“Painting eo ao kon an America bomb e Bikini im elak moj ej jino an armej nafiinmej im lak leddrik ran etum boraer. lj tomak ke ri-America ran rellukkun kakure armej in Bikini.”
“This painting is about the time when the U.S. tested their nuclear bombs on Bikini Atoll, and it shows how the people started getting sick, and the women started losing their hair. I believe that the U.S. ruined the people of Bikini Atoll.”
In August 2022, Agam Agenda joined the nonprofit organization Jo-jikum for their Climate Change and Health Arts summer camp. The youth of the Marshall Islands gathered together to explore the interconnections of natural habitats, climate change impacts, and community health through the arts. Jo-jikum (which means your home in Marshallese) is led by Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner, cultural ambassador of the Climate Vulnerable Forum and Marshallese poet. Read more.
Where will the coast be?
