— Heritage Film
The Archive is Alive
The Black ArtChives connects historical resistance and botanical knowledge to lived experiences through decolonising Natural History and Archives Collections
Selected work
Puberty: The Law of Biological Difference
A 25-minute video essay presented at King's College Medicine and the Making of Race 2025 conference, exploring the relationship between racial science, slavery and current racialised child sexual protection laws in the UK.
Pelargoniums in the Park
During slavery and colonialism, market women and girls (also called Hawkers by British colonists) were and remain important botanists and medical professionals in their communities.
Always Grounded in Critical Historical Engagement
The Encyclopedia Britannica and Racial Science
Presented at the Society of Social History of Medicine Conference 2024, this video essay explored the role of racial science in shaping popular opinion. It critically examined how popular racial science in the 19th century shaped colonial and imperial child protection laws in the 20th century the Gold Coast and Britain.
Coming Soon
Commissioned by the London Borough of Wandsworth's Black History 365, this Video essay will illuminate the importance of and the appropriation of African plants during slavery and colonialism. Pelargonium Zonals are South African plants that were fundamental to the 'carpet bedding' planting craze introduced to Battersea Park's Sub-tropical gardens by the gardens' designer John Gibson.
