Interested in politics of identity, home and belonging, Sana Ginwalla (b. 1996) is an

artist, curator, archivist, designer, lecturer and writer. She is the founder of the Everyday

Lusaka Gallery and Zambia Belonging counter–archive – art platforms dedicated to

shifting towards a more considered visual representation of Zambia’s past and present

to build a contemporary archive for future generations. Zambia Belonging is a crowd-

sourced counter-archive of photographs from Zambia’s past after encountering 1000

odd forgotten photographs from Fine Art Studios – one of Lusaka’s oldest photo studios.

The collection has been presented at the Lusaka National Museum, the 13th African

Biennale of Photography in Bamako, the Lusaka Contemporary Art Centre as well as the

University of Cambridge.

Prior to opening the Everyday Lusaka Gallery, Ginwalla independently curated exhibitions

at the National Gallery of Zambia, Lusaka National Museum, and Modzi Arts Gallery and

Zamrock Museum. She regularly curated works at the Alliance Française de Lusaka,

working with internationally acclaimed artists such as James Barnor and Vitshois

Mwilambwe Bondo, as well as several upcoming and established Zambian artists such

as David Daut Makala, Mika Marffy, Visule Kabunda and Kalenga Nkonge. By engaging

the public in her exhibitions, Ginwalla’s curatorial work often transcends the protocols

of gallery and museum spaces through participatory installations. She is drawn towards

bodies of work that explore heritage, memory and the family archive. Working in this

way allows her to further understand her identity and place in the world and is what she

aims to facilitate for others too.

Sana is the photo-editor of Zambia’s first stock photography platform called ZamStock

and is soon publishing Zambia’s first photo-book of archival street photographs from

Lusaka. Sana is currently lecturing and pursuing her Masters in Creative Arts at the

Open Window University Zambia, while also researching visual material from Zambia at the University of Cambridge Library