Wearing a Sudanese tobe is an art. They're up to 7 meters long, they constantly want to slip off your shoulder or head and you're regularly checking that what started as a tidy knot at your hip holding it all together hasn't slowly unravelled or twisted around your body to sit on your front. Twisting. Tugging. Tweaking. One of two sister pieces, 'Orange Tobe' portrays the tobe as a metaphor for the diasporic condition - to be in diaspora is to be in a constant state of adjustment. One is always trying to "keep the tobe on", or to retain a sense of cultural identity, no matter how hard it is to hold on.

Artwork sold unframed. Framed image is for visual inspiration.