“Nzuko Umunna” means, “A gathering of kin,” in Igbo language.

This interactive workshop was conducted in Lagos, Nigeria, in collaboration with the Abele Art Foundation, and Tribe XX Lab’s XX-Ceed Festival of Art and Culture.

This event gathered descendants of survivors of the 1967-1970 Nigerian Civil War (or Biafran War) and our allies in a workshop aimed towards intergenerational healing in the aftermath of the war. Together, we examined memory, identity, trauma, and healing by centering our stories and perspectives, asking: What happened back then during the war, who are we collectively and individually today as a result, and how do we move into a future of healing?

I led a conversation exploring how ripples from the war continue to affect survivors and their descendants today socially, psychologically, politically, etc. I created postcards for participants with the official event image on one side, and question prompts on the other side, which guided our conversation.