FIELD NOTES / GMB / Western Africa
Gambia
River sites & histories of enslavement.
START WITH A PLACE
Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites
Kunta Kinteh Island and related sites record encounters along the River Gambia from before the transatlantic slave trade through independence. Their built remains are places of historical testimony and memory.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in mass and surface.
Read the river as a route linking otherwise separate structures. Study access and confinement with the human histories of these spaces in view.
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Limestone paper#eee7d8oklch(0.929 0.021 85.945)
Warm sediment#c6ad86oklch(0.760 0.060 78.678)
Earth ochre#a36545oklch(0.568 0.092 47.550)
Weathered slate#657d79oklch(0.569 0.029 184.084)
Carbon ink#282b2boklch(0.286 0.004 196.917)