Sundays Best

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Sundays Best
NR 17 min
As part of his current research Larry Achiampong is interested in the mutations of traditions and language that are birthed as a result of colonisation and how they affect people today In particular the relationship with Christian imperialism and its impact on his tribe the Ashanti Sundays Best considers how belief systems within the diaspora are inflected by these colonial histories in the present day The work is a confluence of the vivid sounds and images of praise and worship sessions in a Ghanaian community church married with the stark interiors of a Roman Catholic Church Documented across a number of sites in London Sundays Best maps out a narrative of coming to terms with the incongruence of faith practices that straddle western and nonwestern influences

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Original Language:English