In this work, Africa blooms like a woven flower, rooted deeply yet opening outward to the world. The warm reds and golds in the crochet evoke earth and sun, while the painted strokes move like winds of change. The smaller motifs \u2014 petals and squares \u2014 are seeds, scattered but never lost. Each seed holds memory, resilience, and the promise of return.<\/p>\n
Dimension 100×30<\/p>\n
Part of the\u00a0Threaded Roots Series<\/strong><\/p>\n Threaded Roots is a handcrafted map art series telling stories that history forgot. Each piece is crocheted by Naomi Victoria Mangazi as an act of remembrance, healing, and faith. In this work, Africa blooms like a woven flower, rooted deeply yet opening outward to the world. The warm reds and golds in the crochet evoke earth and sun, while the painted strokes move like winds of change. The smaller motifs \u2014 petals and squares \u2014 are seeds, scattered but never lost. Each seed holds […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[70,43,46,30,47,31,105,695,42],"product_tag":[208,58,126],"class_list":{"0":"post-14155","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-african","7":"product_cat-artists","8":"product_cat-contemporary","9":"product_cat-fine-art","10":"product_cat-gallery","11":"product_cat-mediums","12":"product_cat-mixed-media","13":"product_cat-naomi-victoria-mangazi","14":"product_cat-styles","15":"product_tag-african","16":"product_tag-contemporary","17":"product_tag-mixed-media","19":"first","20":"instock","21":"taxable","22":"shipping-taxable","23":"purchasable","24":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kunyeartfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/14155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kunyeartfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kunyeartfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kunyeartfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kunyeartfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kunyeartfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kunyeartfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=14155"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kunyeartfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=14155"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kunyeartfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=14155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThrough yarn and map, she honours The Forgotten Children of Empire \u2014 those born into exile, silence, and unacknowledged lineage.
\nFAITH & PURPOSE \u2013 \u201cA Stitch of Grace\u201d
\nI create each piece prayerfully. Some are born from grief, some from hope, all from God\u2019s mercy.
\nThreaded Roots is not just art \u2014 it\u2019s ministry. For the forgotten. For the displaced. For those seeking their name.
\nOUR STORY \u2013 \u201cThe Forgotten Children
\nof Empire\u201d
\nThis project honours the lives of children born during colonial rule, conflict, and exile \u2014 especially between 1975 and 1982 in Zimbabwe and beyond.
\nMany were born to British soldiers, Rhodesian officers, or displaced mothers. Their stories were hidden by shame, silence, and state.
\nToday, we stitch them back into history \u2014 not through anger, but through remembrance and art.
\n\u201cBefore I formed you in the womb, I knew you.\u201d \u2014 Jeremiah 1:5
\nWhen bloodlines vanish, thread remembers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"