Melanie Issaka Refuses To Dumb Down Her Artistic Work

"You were proud of your heritage but had little understanding of its whole meaning and significance," says photographer and visual artist Melanie Issaka of what it was like to grow up as an African in the UK 20 years ago. She spoke in great detail about the roadblocks and frustrations that many POC artists have to go through even today. What irks her the most is being asked to adjust her work to fit in more with what an audience wants. Rather than to express it wholeheartedly for what it is.