An overexposed grapple with uncertainty. This is a space where I (we) allow ourselves to be confused, lost and unsettled. We ask the questions that spend too much time in our minds-out loud. We normalise the messiness, and inevitably find a way to trust the unknown.

the beginning

A reckoning with the waves of discomfort that come with existential uncertainty.

uncertainty

Earlier this year I took a trip to Eswatini. Here are some of my reflections from being in the middle of what some people may refer to as 'no where.'

being nowhere

Season 2 of the unknowing storytelling series

the wait

A selection of field recordings, documented in the home of Dr. Ntombemhlophe Brigalia Bam between 2021 and 2024. 

Hidden in the soundscape are speeches made by Emperor Haile Selassie (date unknown), Hendrik Verwoed (1961) and a report from the BBC (1948).

- Live in Hamburg, Abdullah Ibrahim & Jonny Dyani (1977)
- Umoya Ethethile (Umrhubhe), Mantombi Matotiyana (2019) 
- Molweni (Hello), Amampondo (2013)
- Love is Everywhere, Pharoah Sanders (1973)
- Umteto We Land Act, Tholakele Caluza (1930) 
- Collective for "Changuito" , Amampondo (2020) 
- Pule, Abdullah Ibrahim (2002) 
- Hark, My Soul, It is Lord! (St Bees), John B Dykes (1862 &1955)
- Salawena, Amampondo (1997) 
- Title Music, The Ouens (1987) 
- Meditation Suite, Bheki Mseleku (1993) 
- Magumede, Dorothy Masuka - Dub (1991) 
- Old Man Plants A Coconut Tree, Koo Nimo (2012) 
- Please Go Easy WIth Me, S.E Rogie (1960-69) 
- Bandan Kohoh/Tikeh Leywey, Princess Fatu Gayflor (1984) 
- Zulu And The Mexican, Hugh Masekela (1965) 
- Progress, Tony Allen (1977) 
- Homesickness, Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru (1963)
- Tizita , Mahmoud Ahmed (1996)

(I do not own the rights to any of the music used in this soundscape.)

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