Fine Print: Legba (Eshu) starting his journey to America from the beaches of Ouidah. Benin, 2016 Abbas Prints Marlow’s image turns a roadside

Marlow’s image turns a roadside mishap into a contemplative scene of isolation and subdued drama

and there isn’t a single photograph in which he appears looking at the camera

I am thus trying to depict the situation which many families in this region face

Sammy Davis Jr endured virulent racial prejudice to establish himself as one of greatest American entertainers of all time

as well as notions of ‘Englishness’

Fine Print: Legba (Eshu) starting his journey to America from the beaches of Ouidah. Benin, 2016 Abbas Prints Marlow’s image turns a roadsideEs is one of the most enigmatic entities in the cosmogony of West African religions and he crossed the Ocean hand in hand with the the slaves to land in a new world where forced labour, lack of freedom and missionaries would force a transformation that lasts until today in the global understanding of African rooted religions. Midnight at the Crossroads documents and records these transformations and adaptations from its origin in Benin to Cuba, Brazil