Historian. Curator. Storyteller.
Foregrounding lives, objects, and stories from the Atlantic World and Black British history.
Discover My Work
Credit: Hydar Dewachi/Art Fund 2026.
Foregrounding lives, objects, and stories from the Atlantic World and Black British history.
Discover My Work
Credit: Hydar Dewachi/Art Fund 2026.
Born in London but raised in Brighton, I have always been fascinated by history. After studying History and Politics, I began my career teaching in London secondary schools, As Head of History, I led the creation of a curriculum that embraced migration stories and the history of empire and race.
My work sits at the intersection of histories of the Atlantic World, decorative arts, material culture and Black Studies.
I am currently Curator of the Atlantic at Royal Museums Greenwich and a PhD candidate at UCL and English Heritage.
My curatorial practice has been shaped by my time in the classroom, I am always seeking to make the past accessible and meaningful. I aim to take people from the familiar to the unfamiliar. I specialise in curating Black British history, the British Empire and the connected histories of West Africa, the Caribbean and Britain. I have worked with the National Portrait Gallery, Chelsea Physic Garden and National Maritime Museum and Queen's House at Royal Museums Greenwich. I am particularly interested in how women built, sustained and navigated empire.
Working with illustrator Jess Nash, we developed a film that introduces visitors to the gallery's key themes.
Developed a interpretation plan for Chelsea Physic Garden that emphasised storytelling, personal connections to plants and foreground Indigenous knowledge .
As part of the NPG's rehang, I designed a interactive digital story map to personalise sitters such as Aina Forbes Bonetta and Prince Alemayehu.
My doctoral research applies Tina Campt's concept of 'A Black Gaze' to the mahogany in two English Heritage houses, Marble Hill and Chiswick House. It brings together Black Studies, histories of the Atlantic World and furniture history to rethink how to interpret objects that are physical legacies of transatlantic enslavement.
My PhD is a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership between UCL and English Heritage, funded by AHRC. I am supervised by Professor Caroline Bressey (UCL, Department of Geography), Professor Matthew Smith (UCL, Centre for the Legacies of British Slavery) and Dr Andrew Hann (English Heritage).
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Whether you are interested in collaborating on curatorial work, commissioning a piece of writing, inviting me to speak, or simply wish to get in touch, I would love to hear from you.