29/10/2025
THE LION KING EXHIBITION – WIMBLEDON QUARTER
📍 A stunning display of African-inspired costume and creativity.
These beautiful installations draw deeply from African tribal art — the patterns, the beadwork, the raffia, the geometry, the spiritual presence of the ancestors.
Yet, in contrast to the visionary works of Kerry James Marshall, who celebrates the divine darkness of Black skin, these figures — though dressed in Africa’s spirit — are not Black Africans.
🎭 It’s a striking reminder of how Africa’s essence continues to shape the world’s imagination, even as the African body itself is often erased from the centre of the story.
🪶 True African art is more than costume or pattern — it carries life force, identity, and ancestral power.
Let’s continue to honour and represent the real faces behind the inspiration.
