Charmaine Watkiss
The Warriors Way: Recalling the lost legacies, 2022
Coffee, graphite, pencil, carbon pencil, watercolour, 22ct shell gold and ink on paper
76 x 56 cm
29 7/8 x 22 1/8 in
29 7/8 x 22 1/8 in
CWA 078
This warrior is the Bitter Melon (Memordia Charantia), also known as African Cucumber / Bitter Apple / ndakdi in Dera. These plant warrior women are reminding people on the continent...
This warrior is the Bitter Melon (Memordia Charantia), also known as African Cucumber / Bitter Apple / ndakdi in Dera. These plant warrior women are reminding people on the continent what happened some 500 years ago when people were captured and enslaved in the 'new world'. Along with captives on the many ships which sailed from the coastal regions in Africa, foodstuffs were also colonised.