Trajet Ngamba at the Bamileke

Coffee Edition2024Article and research and creation residency at Bandjoun - CA

Trajet Ngamba Éditions aims to connect with and revitalize trade traditions across Africa. The "Trajet Ngamba Edition Cafe", launched during Ngamba's residency at Bandjoun Station in Cameroon in 2025, is a first attempt to foster reciprocal trade across Africa via her artistic journeys. Featuring distinct packaging and branding, this cafe edition promotes the distribution of Congolese coffee across Africa. By engaging with ancestral dignitaries in Cameroon like the Bamileke, renowned for their successful trade practices.

This is part of Hadassa Ngamba’s long-term art project "Trajet Ngamba" that unravels via artistic journeys throughout the world. Her travels are not merely geographical; they are intellectual and artistic explorations. She traverses the landscapes of history, technology, and knowledge, seeking to interrogate colonial legacy, to uncover hidden connections, and to challenge prevailing narratives.

At the heart of "Trajet Ngamba" lies the concept of reciprocity. Ngamba seeks to understand how seemingly opposing forces can achieve symbiosis, and how tools of power, like colonial cartography, can be transformed into instruments of equitable just exchange. Through her art—painting, sculpture, installation, performance - and her travels, she aims to incite reciprocal symbiotic relations, focusing particularly on reciprocal commercial interactions.