Leilah Babirye Nansamba II Blue Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Washington DC United States // WASHINGTON D.C., United States — Leilah Babirye's 2021 sculpture, "Nansamba II from the Kuchu Ngabi (Antelope) Clan," rests on a gallery pedestal, featuring a blue glazed ceramic head crowned with woven bicycle tire inner tubes and found objects. The artwork reclaims the precolonial history of Uganda's Buganda kingdom, where clans once honored totemic animals, by assigning these traditional names to the queer community. By incorporating the term "kuchu" (meaning queer) and the feminizing "Na-" prefix into h

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