Umoja – The Game is an interactive storytelling experience set along the Swahili Coast, inviting audiences to explore histories of resistance, memory, and survival shaped by the Indian Ocean slave trade.
Blending game design, academic research, and immersive narrative, Umoja places visitors inside a living world where history is not simply observed, but encountered. Through exploration and character-driven storytelling, participants engage with the complexities of the past—navigating spaces, voices, and moments often absent from traditional historical narratives.
Developed in collaboration with researchers and cultural partners including SOAS University of London, the project draws from ongoing work around the legacies of slavery and their continued impact on communities today.
Designed for exhibition spaces, Umoja encourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection. It creates an environment where visitors can move beyond passive learning to a more personal and participatory engagement with difficult histories.
Umoja – The Game is part of a broader effort to explore how interactive media can expand the ways history is shared, understood, and remembered.
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