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Rites of Passage: Otamere Guobadia
by Otamere Guobadia on 22 July 2022
'I did not understand my father until I became him. Who we are is in our blood, and our blood must pursue us until the bitter end', writer Otamere Guobadia says in a spoken word piece meditating on personal growth and intergenerational relationships.
'I did not understand my father until I became him. Who we are is in our blood, and our blood must pursue us until the bitter end', writer Otamere Guobadia says in a spoken word piece meditating on personal growth and intergenerational relationships.
- How would you describe what you do?
Otamere Guobadia: Multi-disciplinary writer.
- What is your background?
OG: Nigerian.
- What inspires you?
OG: Love and lovers.
- What is the ambition behind your practice?
OG: To not waste a single moment of this brief crack of light.
- What did you hope to convey with your Bodies Of Knowledge film?
OG: 'My own heart poisons the well.'
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