Nuh-Mi-Bee-Uhn
Germany's Forgotten Genocide
VIDEO: Watch Hambira and fellow collaborator Gleckman-Krut, discuss the parallels between the German colonial genocide and the Nazi Holocaust, as well as efforts towards solidarity and reparations. St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, February 2023.
52nd University of California, Berkeley
Master of Fine Art Graduate Exhibition
MFA - Thesis Exhibition, 2022: Hambira created an installation that is grounded in a large multicolored flag, on which Namibia is spelled out phonetically. Quilted with colors that are found in both the German and Namibian flags, the piece enforces a correction while tethering the error to the colonial violence that defines Namibia’s history and present. Alongside the flag is an otjikaiva, a Victorian-style hat like those worn by nineteenth-century German missionaries but made of Namibian fabrics—an important sign of cultural identity for the Herero in resistance to the history of the genocide.
VIDEO: Kavena delivers his opening remarks and previews an excerpt of his new short film Nuhmibeeuhn, at The 52nd Annual UC Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition, May 2022.
The People's Uncle
Short Film
First Year MFA Show: After the murder of his nephew Oscar Grant by a BART police officer in 2009, Cephus “Uncle Bobby” Johnson emerged as a national social justice activist. At the forefront of the struggle to end police violence in the United States, the story of “The People’s Uncle” chronicles his journey and his work with families affected by similarly brutal experiences.
VOLUNTEER WORK
Families United for Justice
VIDEO: The Love Not Blood Campaign and Families United For Justice held their annual conference between Sept- Oct 22 in Myrtle Beach, SC. The organization serves those who have lost loved ones to State and community violence across the United States.
VIDEO: Miles Hall Foundation Youth Summit, “Breaking Barriers - Achieving Black Excellence”, hosted in partnership with the Mt Diablo Unified School District & Diablo Valley College, October, 23.