In Pursuit of Happiness!
Source: PRIDE
Published: May 2008
Author: Cynthia Lawrence

Adelaide Damoah, from medical representative to professional artist.

I was a very artistic child, but my parents pushed me towards a more academic career. I took my degree in Applied Biology and did art whenever I could. If I wasn’t partying or doing the usual things students do, I was often sketching or painting something.

I landed a job with a leading pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, but in 2000 I was diagnosed with Endometriosis. It was frightening, especially when I realised that infertility was a possibility. After a second operation, I was off work for five months. During that time I was bored and in a lot of physical pain, and I started thinking about my future. At the time I wasn’t planning a career in art but I started investing more passion into my artwork. I was simply doing something that could take my mind away from the pain.

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Adelaide Damoah Profile
Source: Diamond Touch Magazine
Published: December 2006

Adelaide, founder, Black Brits, talks about her art inspiration and how endometriosis – a chronic painful condition has affected her life.

Have you ever imagined famous icons such as Winston Churchill, Princess Diana and Kate Moss as black people? Adelaide Damoah did and she created an entire art exhibition based on the concept – the Black Brits. Adelaide talks to Diamond Touch Magazine about endometriosis and the source of her inspiration.

What is endometriosis?

Endometriosis is a chronic condition which causes pain, sometimes extreme pain in the womb mostly during and sometimes outside of the menstrual period. It can cause infertility if not found and managed early enough. Current figures from the National Endometriosis Society show that it affects approximately 2 million women in the UK today. Average time to diagnose is 8 years, which means that by the time of diagnosis some women are already experiencing major complications such as infertility.

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Campaigning Artist Fights Her Cause With a Brush
Source: PRIDE
Published: December 2006
Author: Vicky Huntly

The bright, career-driven daughter of British immigrant Ghanaian parents had her sights on the corporate ladder until her ambition and her life abruptly changed direction.

In February this year Adelaide Damoah staged her first exhibition. Black Brits was rather unusual. Fascinated by faces since childhood, Damoah had been chewing over ideas for a theme for a series of portraits. She started wondering if celebrated British icons such as Princess Diana, Margaret Thatcher, Sir Winston Churchill, Joan Collins – the list goes on – would have achieved iconic status had their skin been black.

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