This series is an autobiographical exploration of my experience as a migrant child. I immigrated from Cameroon to France at the age of six, and later, my family relocated to Louisiana. In the U.S., I often felt a lingering francophone connection to my birth country, which intensified my sense of cultural dissonance. The distortion and confusion surrounding my family’s immigration story sparked a deep need to further investigate my personal and collective history.

I have always found it unsettling that the narrative of the immigrant parent is often acknowledged, while the journey of the immigrant child remains invisible. My artistic practice reflects on the inner thoughts and emotions shaped by displacement. Through photography and interdisciplinary techniques, I revisit what was lost during my cultural transition, using my adult perspective to reclaim and reinterpret fragments of memory and identity.

In my work, I engage with themes of recollection, loss, and identity by drawing from family archives and oral histories passed down by elders. These layered narratives allow me to navigate the complexities of migration, belonging, and the blurred boundaries of home.