Ben Okri on Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: A Dialogue Across Time
The eighteenth-century portrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo is the earliest known British portrait of a freed slave. Fascinated with Diallo’s enigmatic story, poet Ben Okri responds to the subject in a new poem, ‘Diallo’s Testament’ as part of his involvement in the portrait’s tour of partner venues around the UK.
20 September 2013 - 27 July 2014
National Portrait Gallery, London
Admission Free
