Women behind the lens: ‘I envisioned these slaves whose lives were exchanged for indigo’

<p>Stacey Gillian Abe’s Indigogo project explores how the dye was used in the slave trade – and how those enslaved people lost their identities</p><p>In 2018, I ended a 10-year relationship and it left me broken. I became quiet and irritable; I craved isolation and found myself putting up emotional barriers to avoid having to talk to anyone about it. It felt like I’d never recover.</p><p>Taking long walks has always been one of the ways I’ve dealt with my emotional and mental state. On one of these walks around my home city, Kampala in Uganda, I discovered an abandoned warehouse. The building was in the heart of the city, among offices and factories, but seemed isolated and forgotten.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/nov/04/women-behind-the-lens-stacey-gillian-abe-indigogo-slavery-identity">Continue reading...</a>