A Presentation on Capsicum alongside Soda and Zine Making Workshops Led by Kim M. Reynolds
Join us at G.A.S. Lagos on 3rd July 2026 for Assorted Stories of Capsicum, an evening featuring a presentation on the history of capsicum, the genus of plants that includes peppers and chillies, alongside soda and zine workshops led by current resident Kim M. Reynolds.
Drawing on research developed during her residency at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikise, Kim explores capsicum in Black cuisines, tracing its movement through colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade while considering the stories of flavour and wellbeing carried through pepper.
The programme unfolds in three parts. Kim will begin with a presentation on her research, followed by a soda-making workshop where participants will create their own drinks using syrups made from locally sourced ingredients, including lemongrass, hibiscus, and alligator pepper from the G.A.S. Farm. The event will conclude with a zine-making workshop, inviting participants to reflect on food and memory through free writing before creating their own thread-bound zines.
Event Details
Date: 3rd July, 2026
Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: 9b, Hakeem Dickson Drive, off T.F. Kuboye Road, Oniru, Lagos
This event is free to attend, but registration is required. Places are limited to 25 participants and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
About the Facilitator
About Kim M. Reynolds
Kim M. Reynolds is a writer, educator, and maker. She works across the fields of arts writing, politics, and food, focusing on the histories of pan-Africanism, ritual, social justice and arts movements on the continent of Africa and its diaspora (and their pitfalls). Reynolds runs Home Spice, a culinary project on the history of capsicum in Black cuisines, utilising both literature and cooking. She holds master's degrees in Media Studies from LSE and UCT, with work published in monographs, poetry anthologies, and over 30 bylines in publications like Mail & Guardian, and ContemporaryAnd. Reynolds has lectured widely and enjoys teaching the most. She will be in residency at the Zeitz MOCAA later this year with her publishing collective (B)andWi(d)th. Lastly, she co-leads Our Data Bodies, a collective examining how big tech and surveillance reproduce coloniality.Originally from Ohio and of Jamaican heritage, she has lived in South Africa for eight years.
Kim's residency is generously supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
