With her latest project, Sankofa, Nigerian-American photographer Amarachi Nwosu (amaraworldwide) is tackling fashion's complicated relationship with race.
Amarachi Nwosu understands the power of imagery. But while the 24-year-old photographer and director has seen her work featured in ads for Nike and Sony, her personal projects are about more than selling product. Using photo-essays to examine issues of race and identity, Nwosu’s latest exhibition, titled, explores the history of slavery while attempting to reclaim one of its most potent symbols, Ghana’s Cape Coast Castle.
Nwosu felt that this lingering remnant of the era’s racial injustices was an ideal backdrop for the visuals she sought to create. “The main reason I created this story and chose the location was for the purpose of transforming narratives on slavery and its connection to Africa,” she says. “Rather than reproducing the narrative of black inferiority, which the castle often represents, I wanted to create a story that shows the subjects reclaiming the space and its meaning.
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