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African-American Blacksmiths Forge a Lineage of Sankofa
Blacksmiths in the South have long embedded West African symbolism into gates, rails, and window bars, proof that the craft evolved with every hand that held the hammer.
Trelani Michelle
Trelani Michelle's research uses oral histories, archival research, and field visits to uncover how Black artisans encoded cultural memory into metal, preserving ancestral knowledge through craft.
