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Woman UP! Podcast Series 2, Episode 3 - Amanda Holiday

Amanda Bintu Holiday considers herself an accidental poet having been an artist and then filmmaker for much of her life. Born in Sierra Leone, shge moved to the UK at the age of five. After studying Fine Arts at Wimbledon she exhibited in landmark black art shows across the UK in the 1980s before moving into film – directing experimental shorts for the Arts Council, BFI and Channel 4. Between 2001 and 2010 she lived in Cape Town where she worked in educational TV.

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Virginia Chihota – Testimony with Empty Hands 2015


The Art Poems



Flight Into Egypt, Paula Rego


Kalk Bay 2003


The Dame With The Goat’s Foot, Paula Rego