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We are LAKU NEG

a yard for African Diaspora

people to connect

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African diaspora

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Nwando Ebizie shares on her multi disciplinary art practice, roles of ritual and self acceptance

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Features

05 September 2025

LAKU NEG Artist Talk with Irene Epie

It has been very difficult trying to make artists understand that a contemporary interpretation of our cultural heritage is possible in a society or world which has portrayed Africa's cultural heritage as backward and uncivilised.

Musings

29 July 2024

Musings on Ancestral Spirituality

In Ifa, ancestors are an essential part of the spiritual realm and serve as guides and protectors. Every individual has a lineage and within the Ifa practice there is an ‘obligation to communicate with the ancestors on a daily basis’ (Fatunmbi).

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Essays

26 February 2024

A Call to all Guardians of the Black [British] Village

Displacement has disrupted our rich traditions – our literal modes of survival – leaving us without actualising rites for our current state. A lack of collective intention bodes ill for the future. How then can we unpack our past and engage with our present to disrupt these futures?