Botanical Afterlife of IndentureCEFR A1
27 Jul 2025
Adapted from Janine Mendes-Franco, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Joao Vitor Marcilio, Unsplash
- Many people came to the Caribbean a long time ago.
- They worked on farms and in towns far from home.
- An exhibition in Port of Spain showed old memories and art.
- The show used old photos and familiar plants as symbols.
- Artists made new images from the old photographs and items.
- The pieces ask questions about women and work.
- Some works were made to be carried and worn.
- Visitors were asked to look down and notice the floor.
Difficult words
- exhibition — a public show of art or objects
- memory — a past event you can remembermemories
- symbol — a thing that stands for an ideasymbols
- photograph — a picture made with a cameraphotos, photographs
- artist — a person who makes artArtists
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Discussion questions
- Have you ever seen old photos in a show?
- Do you like looking at art?
- Do you notice the floor when you visit a place?
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