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The aim is to engage with grief and memory through Indigenous knowledge systems while confronting colonial histories.

June 5, 2026Open Access

Tributaries, Cosmologies, and Cultural Belongings: Reimagining Zambezia.

Puntos clave

The aim is to engage with grief and memory through Indigenous knowledge systems while confronting colonial histories.
Analyzed ethnographic collections and photographs.
Integrated multisensory and kinesthetic experiences in artistic expressions.
Challenged Eurocentric frameworks to emphasize care and responsibility.
Highlighted the importance of nonhuman actors in cultural narratives.
Expanded understanding of knowledge-making through speculative reimaginings.
Demonstrated the role of Indigenous languages in cultural expression.

Resumen

Banji Chona’s artistic practice engages grief, memory, and relationality across human, nonhuman, and more-than-human actors. Drawing on cultural belongings in ethnographic collections and photographs, she works with Indigenous knowledge systems to confront histories of violence and colonialism. Challenging Eurocentric frameworks and foregrounding multisensory and kinesthetic experiences, her work emphasizes care, responsibility, and speculative reimaginings to expand forms of knowledge-making. Keywords: Zambezia; cultural belongings; the multisensory; nonhuman kin; indigenous languages

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