Habib Hajallie // The British Dream Tea Towel

100% cotton with hang loop featuring the work of Habib Hajallie, exclusively to Southwark Park Galleries.

Dimension: 47 x 67.8cm

About The Artwork

Habib Hajallie’s The British Dream draws on research undertaken during his residency at Southwark Park Galleries in August 2021 as part of the Mayflower 400 Project, marking the 400th anniversary of the ship’s journey from Rotherhithe via Plymouth to North America.

The title plays on the notion of “the American dream”, as for many immigrants Great Britain is also representative of a land of opportunity. This ballpoint pen portrait depicts the artist’s grandmother Huda – who emigrated to England in the 1990’s to find hope from the tensions of early civil war in Sierra Leone – drawn on top of an 1866 geographical text and framed within an authentic Sierra Leonean fabric collage.

Originally made for Southwark Park Galleries’ annual flagpole commission.