who has always put her own life at the centre of her work, in drawings, paintings, videos, sculptures and installations, she tells very personal stories. we met in a radio studio in the bbc broadcasting house. welcome to this cultural life. your life is always has gone through your art but wended the art stop? it took off at school wended the art stop? it took off at school because - wended the art stop? it took off at school because i - wended the art stop? it took. off at school because i stopped going to school when i was about 13 and i had to go back when i was 15, i went back for three months and i had to do three months and i had to do three days a week by law, otherwise my mum would have beenin otherwise my mum would have been in trouble with social services and things, and ijust did whatever i wanted to do, and i think that s what it was really, it had become me in a serious way and because the teachers took me seriously and trusted me, that was quite a fantastic th
that s really dark skinned, because my great grandfather was from great sudan, and he was from great sudan, and he was a slave in the ottoman empire. was a slave in the ottoman emire. . ,, was a slave in the ottoman emire. . ., , was a slave in the ottoman emire. . ., ~ ., empire. have you always know that? yeah, empire. have you always know that? yeah, my empire. have you always know that? yeah, my background i empire. have you always know that? yeah, my background is| that? yeah, my background is not anglo-saxon, that? yeah, my background is not anglo-saxon, and - that? yeah, my background is not anglo-saxon, and i - that? yeah, my background is not anglo-saxon, and i had i not anglo saxon, and i had never been brought up in an anglo saxon way really. so my dad, all his friends, they said come down to margate, and it s just like the mediterranean, so this was in 1968 and my dad went down to margate and bought all these properties, and join them together and made this hotel, and