by Omnia Saed, Photographs by Vanessa Diaz and
Caroline Castro, Atmos
“As a scholar engaged in this work, and as one of the very few Black archaeologists in the world—especially those of us who dive and study the Black Atlantic—I can’t think of a single one of us who doesn’t speak about how deeply this work is connected to our own ancestral practices. It’s about paying homage to those who came before us and seeking justice for those whose voices and stories have been reduced to mere commodities.”