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- Title
A Tribute to D. Elmina Davis (1958–1995).
- Authors
Bakari, Imruh
- Abstract
D. Elmina Davis, known as Sister D., who passed away in Ghana in 1995, blazed the trail for many black women makers in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, and with her groundbreaking film Omega Rising: Women of Rastafari (1988, United Kingdom), contributed to the redistribution of knowledge regarding the herstory of Rastafari women. Shortly after her passing, a Women's Conference was organized in her memory by the community. The Elmina Davis Foundation works to ensure that her story, images, words live on as witness and testimony for future generations. Scholar/activist Aleema Gray, herself a rastawoman, has revitalized her story and her work, recalling that when watching the film: "it could only be a rastawoman who could handle their stories, their joys, their pains, their tribulations with such care." In 1993, Sister D. arrived with a group of fellow diasporans from Ghana, to FESPACO in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. With dreadlocks almost as long as her height, cascading down her back, her presence exuded "livity," confidence, camaraderie, and Pan-African spirit. From the island of St. Vincent, to Britain, to Africa, she lived her transAfrican journey to its fullest. Imruh Bakari, a filmmaking comrade and the producer of Omega Rising, gave a tribute to her shortly after her passing in Ecrans d'Afrique / African Screen which is republished for the Close-Up.
- Subjects
GHANA; JOY; BLACK women
- Publication
Black Camera: The New Series, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 2, p295
- ISSN
1536-3155
- Publication type
Article