Kate Henshaw – MOWAA Listening Sessions Colloquium

Kate Henshaw presents a recorded voice-over reading of What is Beauty, an essay that examines African aesthetics from an African-centred perspective.  The reading reflects on how beauty is shaped through shared practices of making, performance, and transmission, highlighting how museum contexts can host and respond to evolving cultural knowledge.

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Text written by: Bolatito Aderemi-Ibitola and Aindrea Emelife, MOWAA

Kate Henshaw is a celebrated Nigerian actress and entertainer with a career spanning over three decades since her 1993 debut in When the Sunset. She won the 2008 Africa Movie Academy Award (AMAA) for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Stronger Than Pain.