In "For Mama Adama," Fawundu appropriates motifs from her grandmother's fabrics, transforming them into patterns of exploration. Using textiles, papers, and various photographic processes, she examines the relationship between materiality and identity. Reflecting on her connection, Fawundu writes, “For Mama Adama is a spiritual conversation between myself and my grandma Adama, who passed away in 1997. Inspired by her Garra textile business in Pujehun, Sierra Leone, I use her 50-year-old textiles to generate the negatives and positives for my prints. By combining these processes, I create new patterns and languages, activating body memory and ancestral consciousness. This work explores the complex nature of identity and reproduction, awakening the radical imagination to dynamically express who we were, who we are, and who we want to be.”
