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    Enuma Okoro

    Life & Arts columnist

    Enuma Okoro is a weekly columnist for FT Weekend's Life & Arts. She writes on the intersection of arts, culture and life. Based in New York, she is a writer, speaker and cultural curator.
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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Visual Arts
      Bear witness to both your challenges and triumphs

      Paying attention to our daily joys and sorrows is important — and so too is making space for other people’s stories

    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Life & Arts
      The art that resets and restores us

      In troubled times, the life-affirming power of paintings offers respite — and moves us towards compassion

      A painting of a woman lying in some grasses on a beach, reading a book
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      Life & Arts
      A glimpse into the family photo albums of tomorrow

      Images on our phones have changed the way we make our collective memories

    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Let’s pause for breath and consider our shared humanity

      In our age of division and conflict, it requires reflection to focus on all that we have in common. That’s where art can help

      A bench topped by a slab of pale granite in which are engraved the words: ‘It can be startling to see one’s breath, let alone the breathing of a crowd. You usually don’t believe that people extend that far’
    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Life & Arts
      The new beginnings within arm’s reach

      Where in our lives could we benefit from letting go?

    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Life & Arts
      When it’s time to dial down the volume

      Finding quiet spaces is vital for our wellbeing — but are we prepared to dwell in them?

    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Sacred journeys

      Pilgrimages can occur almost anywhere if we recognise that our lives are full of meaningful roads and destinations

    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Let the dance go on

      Summer is a period of vitality but we can harness that energy for other seasons

    • Friday, 4 August, 2023
      Life & Arts
      We’re all part of life’s great orchestra

      The solution to a crisis may lie in recognising how deeply interwoven our lives are

    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Paintings, popes and spiritual lives

      From the Sistine Chapel to an insight into the nature of art

    • Friday, 30 June, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Finding wisdom in the depths

      From mighty whales to the humble goldfish, underwater creatures have much to tell us about living thoughtfully

    • Friday, 16 June, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Machines don’t dream

      Artificial intelligence reminds us what it is to be alive, to create and reflect

    • Friday, 9 June, 2023
      Life & Arts
      The pleasure and possibility of summer

      A pause in the day to connect with nature can change how a person feels physically, mentally and emotionally

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      Life & Arts
      The lessons of parenting — and being parented

      The relationship between parent and child is complex, and changes over a lifetime

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      Life & Arts
      The maps that guide us through our lives

      How do we respond when our routines and pathways are disrupted?

    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
      Life & Arts
      What the birds have to tell us

      Even the humblest of creatures can enrich our lives in surprising ways

    • Friday, 14 April, 2023
      InterviewVisual Arts
      Artist Simone Leigh: ‘My research was fraught with colonial framing’

      The American sculptor discusses moving beyond pernicious tropes about the black body in her first museum survey at ICA Boston

      Artist Simone Leigh, wearing a blue shirt and dark-blue skirt, sits amid ladders and sculpture in progress
    • Friday, 7 April, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Should we ever relinquish our dreams?

      Believing in the possibility of a different reality is a valuable skill

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Stepping into the sun

      The daily rhythms of the sun can help bring much-needed perspective to our lives

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Ways of seeing, ways of knowing

      There is much to learn from artists’ portrayals of the environment, colonialism and our ancestral past

      a giant female figure rises up from a mound of refuse: artwork in a dumpsite created using trash
    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      Life & Arts
      When do we reach the prime of our lives?

      Western society is obsessed with youth — but we should be more imaginative about the gifts and possibilities of growing older

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Why do we set ourselves impossible goals?

      Rethinking the timeless quest for a well-lived life

    • Saturday, 4 February, 2023
      FT Magazine
      Meet the man quietly revolutionising publishing

      Chris Jackson on freedom, anti-racism and the role of the editor

      man leaning against a fence of a rooftop garden
    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
      Life & Arts
      Mary and the quest for peace

      The resonance of the Christmas story is underpinned by the courage of the women from Ukraine to Afghanistan and Iran

      A painting dated 1476 of the Virgin Mary, in a blue veil, reading and against a black background
    • Saturday, 3 December, 2022
      InterviewFilm
      Actress Letitia Wright: ‘I care about how people feel when they watch something of mine’

      The star of ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ and ‘The Silent Twins’ on choosing films with a positive impact

      Smartly dressed Letitia Wright looking thoughtfully towards the camera
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