“I am looking at a square cotton canvas about 10 cm by 10 cm. A grid of black and white tiles – they look like domino counters - have been painted on it in alternating patterns. This canvas was given to me by the wonderful artist and Turner Prize winner, Lubaina Himid CBE…”

So begins today’s story from Dr. Anna Arabindan-Kesson. 

For further reading:
Black Bodies, White Gold: Art, Cotton and Commerce in the Atlantic World by Anna Arabindan-Kesson (Duke University Press, 2021) 

Episode transcript:
https://skymichaeljohnston.com/90secnarratives/