The sculpture draws from the Sankofa, a potent symbol that calls for a return to the past as a means of understanding the present.
Across its wings unfold scenes of the enslaved, confined within the suffocating holds of transatlantic ships echoes of the brutal voyages that carried them to Suriname.
The bird’s body is marked by scattered, fetus-like forms, evoking generations yet to come, descendants who bear this history within them, both seen and unseen.
Together, these elements compose a layered visual narrative of memory, displacement, and continuity, bridging ancestral suffering with the persistent unfolding of life beyond it.
The figure is grounded on an old wooden stool, hand-carved by a Maroon artisan, anchoring the work in a lineage of resilience, craft, and cultural memory.
visual narrative of memory, displacement, and continuity, connecting ancestral suffering to the enduring presence of life beyond it.