Diaspora Dreams (2023)

Diaspora Dreams is about having roots connected to places far away from your primary home, and the inticrate tapestry of emotions that can create within you. The duality between yearning for distant lands that you may be unfamiliar with, while navigating the realities of your current existence. Feelings of longing and loss and the dreams that mirror this sense of not quite belonging.

This project was created to be a space for all of these emotions. A space with room for the utopias, room to paint the perfect picture or show the inadequate, and everything in between. This resulted in a zine printed in physical copies, consisting of poetry, essays, photos and illustrations. Furthermore we made a one day art exhibition on the launch day of the zine in Huset, Copenhagen. Diaspora Dreams is an ongoing art project founded in 2023.

This project came to life thanks to the Afro Scandinavian artists and writers who contributed to the project:

Celine Szabó, Mathilde Woube, Alicia Moon, Sebolelo Mohapeloa, Maya Ndiaye, Qwin Werle, Samara Maya Fog, Conakry, Sandy Harry Ceesay, Victoria P. Henry, Aviwe Apleni, Ismaila Jallow & Afroinstitutionen, Esther Irakoze, Hanna Stokes, Marit Mevold, Negasi, Melissa Kawooya Friberg, Funmi Adewodu, Sylvia Dickoh, Melanie Njoh, Mathias Didia, Wanda Holopainen, Naomi Holopainen, Josephine Testrup, Alma Akua, Bintou Badjie, Keiria Hissabu, Louisa Yaa Aisin, Afua Atingo, Suzy Attah Mikkelsen, Adrienne Hayden, Jalane Jote

Curator and founder: Alicia Moon

Collaborator: Meleret Melanin

Sponsor: Snabslanten, Huset Cph