Happy International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month (which are every day)!
I am using this month to create digital collages that celebrate my womanline ancestors.
Last week, I focused my creative energy on completing three digital collages for my Ancestral Medicine collection that celebrate my great-great-grandmother Francis “Fannie” Daniel Thomas and the journey of girlhood to young womanhood of her daughter, Eunice Ann Thomas Roberts (my great-grandmother) and granddaughter Frederica Stanley Roberts Leeke (my grandmother).
I am still marinating on the names of the collages and will share them later when they reveal themselves. Gotta honor the divine creative process!
I added two Nyame Dua Ghanaian 🇬🇭 Adinkra symbols to each collage. Nyame Dua means “Tree of God” and reminds of the Divine’s presence and protection. The symbol is also used as a divine and ancestral altar. Each collage functions as an ancestral altar.
Great-Great Grandmother Francis “Fannie” Daniel Thomas
Collage #2: Great-Great-Grandmother Eunice Ann Thomas Roberts
Collage #3: Grandmother Frederica Stanley Roberts Leeke
Ananda Leeke 