‘Ships And Still More Ships’. This was the ambitious slogan of the Black Star Line Steamship Corporation, a shipping company that came into existence in 1919. It was an initiative by Marcus Garvey, who wanted Afro-Americans and African goods to play a bigger role in the world’s economy. Elisabetta Benassi (b. 1966, Rome) highlights an exciting piece of forgotten history.

There is a video artwork by the same artist in Europacentrum, about a rudderless ship gradually running aground on the coastline.