SONS OF THE RIFT: Throughout African history, beadwork has consistently played an integral role in how different communities express their unique concepts of beauty and social heirarchy. In a deliberate effort to expand the boundaries of historical representation, ‘SONS OF THE RIFT’ emerges as part of an ongoing Afrofuturistic portrait series –reimagining young men as generals and decorated war heroes.

This series envisions the Great Rift Valley without borders and how a beadwork expressive tribe emerges from the engagement of different communities residing in this geological marvel, which spans from Eritrea to Mozambique.