Review of Reality Awaits by The Strokes
An album where its originality drowns itself in a wall of Auto-Tune.
My Latest Work
Review of 'you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' by Olivia Rodrigo
An album that seems so good for something which happened by accident.
Analysis of an Art Piece
This work aims to show my ability to analyse artwork for three different kinds of audiences.
The written piece analyses my own art from four years ago in three ways:
1. Providing a museum style caption to briefly explain the piece.
2. "Artist statement translation” - explaining the piece’s meaning to a general public audience in accessible, engaging language.
3. A longer, interpretive, formal analysis - used for more experienced and interested art critics or viewers.
The written piece analyses my own art from four years ago in three ways:
1. Providing a museum style caption to briefly explain the piece.
2. "Artist statement translation” - explaining the piece’s meaning to a general public audience in accessible, engaging language.
3. A longer, interpretive, formal analysis - used for more experienced and interested art critics or viewers.
Memorial Piece: The Herero & Nama Genocide
A memorial piece which aims to prove an ability to communicate with care about loss, trauma, and historical injustice.
The Herero and Nama genocide, carried out by German colonial forces in present-day Namibia between 1904 and 1908, remains under-discussed in British public life despite its connections to colonial history I engaged with closely during my degree. I wanted to ask: how would I communicate this to a general public audience, with the same sensitivity a memorial programme demands?
That is what this project aims to do
The Herero and Nama genocide, carried out by German colonial forces in present-day Namibia between 1904 and 1908, remains under-discussed in British public life despite its connections to colonial history I engaged with closely during my degree. I wanted to ask: how would I communicate this to a general public audience, with the same sensitivity a memorial programme demands?
That is what this project aims to do
Fictional Newsletter
A fictional newsletter written in the voice of Steve Biko, based on the true events of SASO's founding in 1969. Drawing on Biko's own presidential address and historical record of the subject.
This piece demonstrates the ability to inhabit a different voice and communicate in a different format with accuracy, ideological depth, and historical authenticity.
This piece demonstrates the ability to inhabit a different voice and communicate in a different format with accuracy, ideological depth, and historical authenticity.
Review of 'Cry Baby' by Vince Staples
An incredible piece of political storytelling that will be remembered as one of the most politically assertive albums of the 2020s.
Review of 'Experimental Rap' by JPEGMAFIA
An album titled ‘Experimental Rap’, where the rap is as easy to predict as it gets.
Who did transnational anticommunist movements target as their enemies?
This short essay analysises Suharto in Indonesia and SWAPO in Namibia, analysing how their respective oppressors labeled them as communist to discredit their revolutionary movements
Calculated Outrage: Rethinking Sharpeville’s Significance in British Foreign Policy
Dissertation written for the University of Leeds.
The dissertation analyses British Foreign Policy towards South Africa in 1960-1963 following the Sharpeville Massacre.
The dissertation analyses British Foreign Policy towards South Africa in 1960-1963 following the Sharpeville Massacre.
How professional were Britain’s intelligence services between 1909 and 1949?
Written for the 'Secret Service' module in December. The essay analyses the professionalism of the early British Secret Service.
Analysis of 'History Will Absolve Me' by billy woods
Originally written as coursework for 'Public History and Popular Culture' at the University of Leeds, this is a slightly unconventional "review" that analyses billy woods' masterclass of a 2012 album.
The essay notably analyses the ways the album relates to historical figures and how it relates to historiography
The essay notably analyses the ways the album relates to historical figures and how it relates to historiography
Why is there a 'Mobutu Gap' in Historiography?
This 'Long Essay' analyses why historiography often fails to examine Mobutu Sese Seko's actual assumption of power, instead simplyifying his rise to Lumumba's assassination and military coups.