Afrodance

Dance is a way Ada connects to a higher power outside of herself, as well as a means through which she can connect to her heritage. Before Ada begins secretly attending dance classes, dancing is a private place she goes to in her imagination to free herself from her worldly constraints, serving to her as a means of private and internal freedom.

Drawing

Drawing is a form of artistic expression Ada uses as a means of trusting her intuition. She has been taught only to use the eraser “only if we wanted to forget our mistakes,” and therefore to support an acceptance of the results of expression whatever form that may take.

First Born Daughter

Ada is the first-born daughter in her family, and the name “Ada” means first daughter in the Igbo language. This is a role that is saturated with lots of responsibility and...