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

  • Curating exhibitions, displays, and programmes for multicultural audiences. Centring Indian indenture history, Caribbean narratives, and discourses of empire and colonisation, to name a few.

  • Undertaking archival research, cataloguing, and other professional archival work. Helping to bring fresh audiences to collections and uncover lesser-known stories.

  • Creating exciting opportunities for heritage organisations to explore historical narratives in new ways. Identifying chances to engage with sensitive and important GEM histories.

  • 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

Rethinking heritage practice

Rethinking heritage practice

Lets curate diverse stories and narratives

Lets curate diverse stories and narratives

Decolonising archives the Caribbean way

Decolonising archives the Caribbean way

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