With Praise House, Adama Delphine Fawundu weaves a constellation of connections between herself and her global kin, mapping both physical and metaphysical movements across Africa and its diaspora. Fawundu's practice centers on memory, conjuring, and the radical imaginary, challenging the boundaries of the photographic medium.
The exhibition opens with an image of a physical praise house on St. Helena Island, built from weathered wooden planks. This sacred structure becomes a bridge between Fawundu's Mende heritage and the Gullah-Geechee communities of the Carolina Sea Islands.
Praise House is more than a site—it is a cosmological gesture. It envisions the migrations and transformations of African indigenous worldviews as they echo through the Caribbean, the Americas, and Europe. Ultimately, Praise House is a love song for our humanity, our environment, and the future we are called to imagine and co-create.
