Repatriation and Rebellious Objects

Anthropologist and researcher Laibor Kalanga Moko, producer and curator Michelle Broun and ceramicist Shupiwe Chongwe. Facilitated by writer and author Sisonke Msimang.

Laibor Kalanga Moko 

Laibor Kalanga Moko is an anthropologist. Formerly at the University of Dodoma in Tanzania and currently doing his doctoral research at Freie Universität Berlin. He has been conducting ethnographic research on affective dynamics and sentiments surrounding source communities’ encounters with colonial objects of their origin housed in the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin.  

Laibor is part of Ultimate Safari.  

Shupiwe Chongwe  

Shupiwe Chongwe is a Walyalup (Fremantle) raised ceramicist focusing on creating unique pieces that speak to her love of nature and ritualistic living.  Shupiwe mainly practices with stoneware clays producing sculptural forms as well as functional art for the home. She also experiments with Raku firing, employing traditional techniques to produce erratic, unique patterns on ceramic forms. 

Shupiwe is part of the 2025 Perth Festival exhibition program, Bedforms. 

Santilla Chingaipe

Santilla Chingaipe is a filmmaker, historian and author, whose work explores settler colonialism, slavery, and postcolonial migration in Australia. Chingaipe’s critically acclaimed and award-winning documentary Our African Roots is streaming on SBS On Demand; Black Convicts builds on the research for that, taking it further. The recipient of several awards, she was also recognised at the United Nations as one of the most influential people of African descent in the world in 2019. She is a regular contributor to The Saturday Paper and served as a member of the Federal Government’s Advisory Group on Australia-Africa Relations. Chingaipe is the founder of Behind The Screens, an annual program supported by VicScreen, aimed at increasing the representation of people historically excluded from the Australian film industry.

Facilitator, Sisonke Msimang  

Sisonke Msimang is a writer, author and the columnist behind Ms Understanding on The Guardian, which tackles race and racism in the Guardian on a bi-weekly basis. She is also a long-term collaborator with the Centre for Stories where she heads up storytelling and offers a bespoke training and coaching service for leaders interested in improving their storytelling skills. 

Image by Lisa Maier

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