Welcome to Black Archives Sweden,
a contemporary archive on Afro-Swedish experiences

James Abu & Helina Antwi with children Maxwell, Edward, Vanessa 2018, Malmö. Photographer: unknown. James Abu 1986, newly arrived in…

James Abu & Helina Antwi with children Maxwell,…

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The year is 1981. I'm 1 years old sitting in my mother Karin’s lap. Next to us is my sister…

The year is 1981. I'm 1 years old…

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Gabriel, Öland 1984. Photographer: Agneta Karlsson. Gabriel, Öland 1984.  Photographer: Agneta Karlsson. Gabriel, Öland, 1981. Photographer: Agneta Karlsson. Gabriel, graduation,…

Gabriel, Öland 1984. Photographer: Agneta Karlsson. Gabriel, Öland…

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Circa 1996. We had been in Sweden for 2-3 years when this photo was taken. This was at my foster…

Circa 1996. We had been in Sweden for…

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The McKinleys, Smygehamn 1981. My parents Barbro and Shirley McKinley decided to settle in the small Scanian fishing village to…

The McKinleys, Smygehamn 1981. My parents Barbro and…

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What is your relationship to your family archive: photographs, films, sound collections, memories, oral histories? CLAY HOLDS MEMORY Photographer: Alicia…

What is your relationship to your family archive:…

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With mommy and daddy in Gambia. Around 1996. Photographer: Unknown/family. With grandma in Bakau - 96.Photographer: Unknown/family. On Brännö with…

With mommy and daddy in Gambia. Around 1996.…

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Wedding picture of Salim and Samia Zahran. Husby, 24/5- 97. Photographer: Anna Svensson. Derek [with] Mohammed and son Aron. 1995.…

Wedding picture of Salim and Samia Zahran. Husby,…

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What is your relationship to your family archive: photographs, films, sound collections, memories, oral histories? Due to my role as…

What is your relationship to your family archive:…

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What does it mean to decolonise the archive and is it possible? What do we do with our past and…

What does it mean to decolonise the archive…

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Dad and I resting by the water after the long journey here. Taken in the summer of 1991. Photographer: Mum…

Dad and I resting by the water after…

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In this picture I am on the right and my brother, on the left. We are sitting in our maternal…

In this picture I am on the right…

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Do we ever think of sampling as an act of archiving? What is Black music? What happens when we migrate…

Do we ever think of sampling as an…

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On the first photo you see me and my mum. Date: 1995-07-19. Photographer: Grandmother. On the second photo you see…

On the first photo you see me and…

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Is there space for noise in our archives? Are there queer wavelengths? What acoustic feedback do we hear in our…

Is there space for noise in our archives?…

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Photo taken by Mum Rahma. Year 1998. A photo of my little brother who had recently been born. Which was…

Photo taken by Mum Rahma. Year 1998. A…

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Ellen Aduofua Bernardsson on her first bike. 3-4 years old. In front of family friends Anita and Olle's house. Location:…

Ellen Aduofua Bernardsson on her first bike. 3-4…

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1996. Mariama Jobe and her mother. Fatou Ann appears to be at a baptism. It is probably Mariama's own baptism…

1996. Mariama Jobe and her mother. Fatou Ann…

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My little brother, my mother’s friend and I in our old living room. Date: 1997-08-13. Photographer: Unknown My mother gets…

My little brother, my mother’s friend and I…

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How do you relate to your family/kinship archive: photographs, films, audio collections, memories, oral histories? For me it is a…

How do you relate to your family/kinship archive:…

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How do you relate to your family/kinship archive: photographs, films, audio collections, memories, oral histories? I see the archives as…

How do you relate to your family/kinship archive:…

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Black Archives Sweden has spoken to the artist Diana Agunbiade-Kolawole about her work and relation to family archives.

Black Archives Sweden has spoken to the artist Diana Agunbiade-Kolawole...

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Black Archives Sweden has spoken to Michael McEachrane about his family archives.

Black Archives Sweden has spoken to Michael McEachrane about his...

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Black Archives Sweden has spoken to the artist Francine Agbodjalou about her work and relation to family archives.

Black Archives Sweden has spoken to the artist Francine Agbodjalou...

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Black Archives Sweden has spoken to the curator Michael Barrett about his work and relation to family archives.

Black Archives Sweden has spoken to the curator Michael Barrett...

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Black Archives Sweden has spoken to the visual artist and filmmaker, Theresa Traore Dahlberg about her work and relation to...

Black Archives Sweden has spoken to the visual artist and...

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