THIS GLOBE
Deanna Tyson
Celebrating Toussaint

Theme - Abolition & Emancipation
Deanna Tyson’s design responds to the theme ’Abolition & Emancipation’, which shares the story of the campaign for abolition, its key events, heroes and allies. It also lays bare the full, messy motivations and process of abolition, which were not as pure as often represented.

I WAS HERE
The Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans meant millions of lives were ended and lost to history. Here we honour ancestors by acknowledging a person we were able to identify by name - at a specific time and place.
We cannot know their story, but we know that they lived.

Name: Ann Henville
Age: 5
Place: St Kitts
Time: 1822

The exhibition is no longer on display!

A series of 36 globes by The World Reimagined, placed in the courtyard of the National Maritime Museum. "The World Reimagined" is a body that aims to bring the transatlantic slave trade and its consequences to humanity to be brought to public attention, with the aim of bringing about equal rights in the inter-racial struggle. 103 such globes were scattered throughout the UK, the current series of 36 globes was displayed in the summer of 2023
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The World Reimagined - Click for a larger image

The goal of the project is also indicated on the globes:
The World Reimagined works to transform how we understand the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans and its impact on all of us, so that we can make racial justice a reality.
This is not ’Black History’, this is all of our history.

Together, we can create a future in which all can say: I am seen.

theworldreimagined.org
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As well as the project name, QR code, and links to Twitter and Instagram.
DISCOVER THE WORLD REIMAGINED
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Each of the globes is illustrated by a different artist, and each one also features the personal story of a person who was sold into slavery.

The current globe was painted by Deanna Tyson, a British artist who combines painting with textiles. The work on the ball focuses on Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803), who was the Governor-General of Saint-Domingue (the former name of Haiti), but is best known for being the leader of the Haitian slave revolt against French rule (1791-1804). Following the revolt, Haiti gained independence (1804). The ball features Toussaint Louverture and Adinkra symbols, symbols originating in Ghana that denote a concise concept or saying, and are also used in the textile industry.

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The personal story (I was here) Click for a larger image