In the Black Fantastic, Hayward Gallery
29 June –⁠ 18 September 2022

Curated by Ekow Eshun

Alayo was a curatorial intern for In the Black Fantastic, curated by Ekow Eshun at the Hayward Gallery in 2022. The exhibition brought together 11 contemporary artists from the African diaspora, who draw on science fiction, myth and Afrofuturism to question our knowledge of the world.

Photography courtesy of the Hayward Gallery

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