A SPACE FOR THINKING DEEPLY ABOUT HOME
Afri-tectural Digest is your invitation to look at home differently. Homes, interiors and architecture, explored through the lens of the Black home (and an opening essay as to what exactly a 'Black Home' is).
This is the space where I go beyond aesthetics and trends to ask bigger questions. What do our homes actually carry? What do they teach us? And how might they help us live fuller, more intentional lives?
Expect essays, reflections, image led pieces and cultural notes, all exploring how the spaces we live in shape who we are. Come for the Black homes. Stay for the deeper dive into your own.
Recent Writings
I begin with the foundational question: What makes a Black home? It is a question far more difficult to answer than it first appears, yet it sits at the heart of everything I explore here and lies at the core of my forthcoming book.
The recent announcement by Wedgwood, the historic purveyor of fine bone china, that they would be discontinuing their Harlem Toile line with immediate effect stopped me in my tracks.
In 2020, when we first moved in, I did not see a house; I saw a blank canvas. My mission was to use this canvas to centre and celebrate our family’s mixed Jamaican and Nigerian heritage in the most dynamic and joyful way.
Each piece captures a specific element of the Black home experience. They are all particularly unusual and thought-provoking pieces. Each one is a masterpiece.
Rooted in Black homes. Open to everyone.
Black culture and identity are my heritage, my frame of reference and my passion. They are also where I have found some of the richest stories about what a home can be. But the more I explore home and culture, the more I notice something else. So many of these lessons are not only Black but also ancestral.
Ways of living, gathering and creating that have been lost or pushed aside across many cultures, not only mine. If you have ever felt that your home could hold more of your story or wondered what your own family carried that got left behind, this is the place for you. Then subscribe to my Substack.
