I am currently working on the project "Bittersweet: Food and Memory at Zimbabwe's Margins".
In Zimbabwe, formerly the British colony of Rhodesia, the term ‘Coloured’ refers to people of mixed African, European and Asian ancestry whose identities emerged through colonial encounters and cultural creolization. Historically marginalized under colonial rule and often overlooked in post-independence national narratives, the community has a strong presence in Bulawayo, a key centre of Coloured life and heritage.
This University of Helsinki-funded doctoral research and arts project (2026-2029) explores lived memory, care and belonging within Bulawayo's Coloured community. It uses food as a lens, asking what family recipes, cooking practices, and the meanings and material cultures around food reveal about remembering and forgetting difficult and sometimes contradictory pasts.
The project will result in an academic monograph, an ethnographic cookbook and a short film.
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