Introducing Phase one of our research project on Women artists from the 1960s.

The Pillars of Rectitude project aims to reclaim time for East African women artists whose work has undergone systematic erasure thereby inspiring the young generation of female East African artists.

How can reclaiming the work of women artists such as Tanzanian artist Abubakar Fatma Abdullah and Kenyan playwright Rebeka Njau draw connections between discrimination against women in the 1960s and 2020s and open spaces to rethink forms of curation that will break a cycle of erasure and instead cherish and protect women artists' voices in contemporary East Africa?

The knowledge derived through the research will be compiled and disseminated in a series of public facing events such as Tuwaye sessions and or symposium. In addition, the information will be published on our web and circulated on all Njabala Foundation social platforms. Watch out for the upcoming newsletters in which we will present to you the phase one research team as well as their respective focus artists from the 1960s. The Pillars of Rectitude project is funded by Rights for Time.