Dear All,
I'm a photographer working on a participatory project in Wales.
The project is taking the story of Nathaniel Wells, 18/19 century nobleman as a starting point to explore issues around identity, cultural heritage, belonging, borders and race.
Nathaniel was the son of a Welsh plantation owner in St Kitts and one of his enslaved women. The father sent Nathaniel to England for education and after the father's death (about 1800), Nathaniel inherited his property and became man of position: Lieutenant and Sheriff of Monmouthshire. Please find some more information attached.
The project is concerned with making Nathaniel's story visible and, amongst other issues, to discuss the black presence in Wales through history and today.
One of the outputs of the project is going to be an online platform that will collate and further disseminate all the materials collected.
We are looking to connect with people from St Kitts in Wales, or who are in any way related to St Kitts.
We are also looking to connect with people and schools in St Kitts, to collect their responses to the story and themes and to collate some of the family histories as well. We are planning to work via online tools and/or in person, depending on where the participants are based. This also opens up potential for participation to anyone willing to be involved regardless of where they are based. And for schools it could provide a good learning tool.
If you are willing to contribute PLEASE GET IN TOUCH.
Thank you.
Best,
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