Princess Isatu Hassan Bangura, born in 1996, emerged as a dynamic interdisciplinary artist, traversing diverse art forms and mediums to express her vibrant creativity. Engaging in performance, music, and cinema, she orchestrates a symphony of expression, drawing from a rich tapestry of influences.
Her artistic palette, primarily in English, reflects her unique linguistic blend of English and Krio, infusing her works with a distinctive cultural flavour. With her performances described as vivid and rooted in ancestral worship, Bangura mines her West-African/Sierra Leonian heritage and melds it with her encounters in the Western world, crafting narratives that resonate with depth and authenticity.
Known for her vivid, ritualistic performances, she explores themes of spirituality, identity, and the divine, breathing life into fictional personas. As a natural storyteller, she captivates audiences with her primal, earth-bound presence, channelling raw authenticity into every creation in an effort to touch the primal essence of being human.
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