Nsenga Knight, Tawaf/ Sa’y: Butterfly and Eagle, 22.5 x 22.5″, Oilstick, Olive Oil and Gesso on Vegetable Parchment Paper.
Nsenga Knight, Tawaf/ Sa’y: In Love With/ Struggle For, 22.5 x 22.5 in, Oilstick, Olive Oil and Gesso on Vegetable Parchment Paper
Nsenga Knight, Tawaf/ Sa’y: All, Oilstick, Olive Oil and Gesso on Vegetable Parchment Paper, 22.5 x 22.5 in
Nsenga Knight, Tawaf/ Sa’y: Powerful and Exaulted, 22.5 x 22.5″, Oilstick, Olive Oil and Gesso on Vegetable Parchment Paper.
Nsenga Knight, 2018, Tawaf/ Sa’y: Mankind 22.5 x 22.5 inches, Oilstick, Olive Oil and Gesso on Vegetable Parchment Paper
Tawaf/ Sa’y is inspired by the pilgrimage footsteps of exemplars – Malcolm X, Ali Shariati, and of course Hajjar – the Black woman whose courageous determination led to the opening of the Zam Zam well in Mecca, which has quenched the thirst of millions of pilgrims for thousands of years.