What can creative work offer a displaced spirit? How does one heal back into their community? How do we return to forgotten (hi)stories? In this fragment we think through the healing properties of creative practise for black creative practitioners.

Community contributors 

The James Family

Mrs Kutazwa James 

The community yaku Gatyana 

Willowvale Arts Center and with special thanks to the Art Center Manager, Lukhanyo Muluse

Azola Krweqe

Ms Nobuhle James

Mrs Nokhaya Jilingisa

Willowvale Makers Co-op

Mr Mangaliso Jafta

Special thanks to the production team:

Executive Producer - Bongani Tau

Content Advisor - Sihle Sogaula 

Graphic Designers - 2DOTS Space Agency 

UN/FOLDING_RE/FOLDING_FOLDED is nestled under THE FOLD – a creative and collaborative research project led by the African Fashion Research Institute in partnership with Creative Nestlings Foundation for the New Narratives Programme 2023