Curator
&
Archivist
Hiya! I'm Makiya Davis-Bramble.
I'm passionate about amplifying Caribbean histories and decolonising colonial narratives.
I specialise in Indian indenture history, Colourism, and British Empire stories,
With family heritage from St. Vincent, Montserrat, and Canada, I bring a diasporic lens to my work.
As a Curator at the International Slavery Museum and a PhD candidate, I push British-Caribbean personal histories to the forefront, creating community-focused heritage experiences.
I’ve worked with
EXPERTISE
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Curating exhibitions, displays, and programmes for multicultural audiences. Centring Indian indenture history, Caribbean narratives, and discourses of empire and colonisation, to name a few.
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Undertaking archival research, cataloguing, and other professional archival work. Helping to bring fresh audiences to collections and uncover lesser-known stories.
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Creating exciting opportunities for heritage organisations to explore historical narratives in new ways. Identifying chances to engage with sensitive and important GEM histories.
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Enhancing and updating heritage records using a decolonial lens. Developing approaches to collections that re-contextualise, re-interpret, and re-imagine existing items.
SERVICES
Archival research on the Caribbean, slavery, and the British Empire
Exhibitions and displays
Diaspora workshops
Blogs and articles
Public speaking
Museum reflection spaces
