The residence provided 3 Ugandan women artists the chance to experiment with indigenous technologies, advancing traditional techniques, and or new media. The residency provided time to the artists to further their research as they respond to the folktale of Njabala and also explore and expand Ugandan material culture. The story of Njabala is often told as a cautionary tale to young girls about the dangers of not learning to do housework. Using barkcloth, cotton, banana fibres, natural pigments and dyes, charcoal dust, beeswax and other locally sourced and familiar materials the three artists explored new means of image transfer, paper/ canvas making and dyeing along with new media interventions to create works that reflect on women's work and the unspoken grief which is present in the folktale.

The artists were selected through an Njabala open call and were part of Njabala Foundation’s research project; Pillars of Rectitude: East African Women Artists of the 1960s. This research, in part, informed the work that they created as all 3 artists are concerned with themes of reexamining history, memory, loss, grief, and speculative fiction.

The residency lasted 2 months, at Afropocene Studiolab and provided the artists with materials, equipment, and research space to push the limits of their experimental practices and reinterpret the fable through different lenses. The residency culminated into an open studio and community gathering, where the artists presented their findings to the public, and engaged in conversation around the work. The project aimed to foster new techniques and processes of art making and material inquiry as per Afropocene’s remit and the final outcomes were exhibited during the Njabala Annual Exhibition 2024.