Sovereignty
ECHOES Episode 4
This month, we have a dialogue between Mia Imani Harrison and Nzinga Simmons. Both wrote reviews of Simone Leigh’s work—Simmons...
Simone Leigh: Sovereignty
“The work is a gateway, one that bridges extracted projections of African aesthetic realities by refocusing upon the origins of Black exterior expression. Those spaces—just like bodies—hold stories, memories, and dreams. The transformation of this pavilion foreshadowed how this experience would find me in a house of discourses. But this time, there could be a more nuanced conversation about the interiority of Black female consciousness.”