Ubele critical friends meeting

Earlier this month I recorded at a ‘critical friends’ meeting at SOAS; part of the early stages of the Ubele project (Ubele=Swahili for ‘the future’), which aims to tackle the question “How can we create the next generation of community-based leaders to help build independence and resilience within African-Caribbean communities in England?”. The project is headed up by Reos Partners.

The meeting explored and tested various dimensions of the project so far and the conversation was incredible. I won’t go over the main points here until we’ve posted them on the Reos Retrospective blog and shared them with participants, but here are some images from the recording:

The material generated will also further inform the illustrative identity and visual communications for the project which I am also collaborating with Reos Partners on. The handmade identity for the project was inspired by African craft and symbolism; the symbol in the logo below is an Adrinka symbol which signifies cooperation and interdependence and translates as BOA ME NA ME MMOA WO (‘help me and let me help you’).

For more information about the Ubele project contact Yvonne Field on field@reospartners.com.