On’Hipiti

Some places preserve their history in archives. Others preserve it in monuments. Mozambique Island preserves it in layers.

The island’s memory extends far beyond its official history. It survives in family albums, handwritten postcards, forgotten documents, domestic spaces, and in the everyday gestures of those who continue to inhabit it.

ON’HIPITI brings together contemporary photographs, historical archives, and personal discoveries collected over several years.These fragments do not follow a chronological order. Instead, they enter into conversation. Different moments in time overlap and reshape one another, revealing an island in constant transformation.

History lingers. Memories reappear. Meanings shift. The island does not offer answers. It offers traces.