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  1. 4 generations of change Sunalini Mathew India Image
  2. 23rd Psalms Jevonte Chatham Antigua and Barbuda Audio · 2:56
  3. A Bangladeshi girl “আমি একজন মেয়ের কথা বলছি—” Shahreen Sneha Bangladesh Written
  4. A Book That Resembles All of Us. “I have always believe that: Things Fall Apart is not an Igbo book, but an African book. No African tribe can claim owne…” Stephen Adinoyi Nigeria Written
  5. A Canvas of 133 Threads Syeda Anika Mansur Bangladesh Image
  6. "A Caribbean Tapestry" Jasmine Deyal Trinidad and Tobago Image
  7. A Colonial Still “In Guyana’s sweltering heat, where the silty Demerara flows,” Raj Doobay Canada Written
  8. A Common Ingredient “Blankets, foods and lands” Shreoshee Sarder Bangladesh Written
  9. A Drop of Paint... “Once,” Kavya Gamage Sri Lanka Written
  10. A Feriwala & the Weight of Noise 01 Pintu Bisoyi India Image
  11. a grandmother's garden “This is the garden; humble and grand” Irene Flores Belize Written
  12. A Haiku to Thread “Sitting at my desk” Tara Mittra United Kingdom Written
  13. “A heartfelt poem reflecting my journey…” ““The Thread I Carry”” Rebecca Tuitasi-Chadwick Samoa Written
  14. A knot from my heart “From divinity to infinity” Jemina Rose Seychelles Written
  15. A lady from the north (Yar Arewa) Maryam Aliyu Nigeria Video · 1:45
  16. A Line That Refuses to Break/Urudodo rwanze gucika “Navukiye aho amakarita atinda gusobanura, hagati y’igihugu cy’amavuko n’icyibutso.” TWIRINGIRIMANA Eric Rwanda Written
  17. A Mermaid On The Mountain Words by Alliouagana Pearl Montserrat Image
  18. A Million Stars “A song I whisper of yesterday” mere kaleca Fiji Written
  19. A mother walking towards the ocean “The rain shudders to touch me,” Moksha Kochar India Written
  20. A Mother's Day Prayer “When she tries to lend a hand” Anjani George India Written
  21. A Mother's Gift “As the plane descended toward Calgary, I pressed my toes against the embroidered insoles my mother had made for me. I r…” Juhua (Manna) Liu Canada Written
  22. A NEW SEASON HAS BEGUN “The sun has risen” Faith Malele - Sivoinavatu Samoa Written
  23. A nobody “I was born without trumpets,” Juliana Paul Malawi Written
  24. A Path Towards Resilience Faria Tabassum Sujan Bangladesh Image
  25. A Poem for Commonwealth Quilt “Each Life a Patch, Each Dream a Stitch” Sekhar Banerjee India Written
  26. A Prayer for Peace “At this critical stage in global relations peace cannot be an impossible option, a far-fetched, implausible reality of…” Nandita De nee Chatterjee India Written
  27. A Quilt for the Human Mind “Where shall we find” Dr Darpan Kaur ( The Mirror Poet ) India Written
  28. A Quilt from Home “I see dad's surname” Harlord Ankwasa Uganda Written
  29. A Reflection- Taj Mahal Alecia Hanif Guyana Image
  30. A romantic Poem “মনে রেখো নবনীতা” ABUL KALAM AZAD AZAD Bangladesh Written
  31. A Slow Jazz of Yarns “A weaver’s sudden slickness slices such raw rhythm through” Daniel Naawenkangua Abukuri Ghana Written
  32. A STITCH IN TIME “By HAIMANTI DUTTA RAY (Calcutta, INDIA)” HAIMANTI DUTTA RAY India Written
  33. A Story of my life “A Boy from Gambia a village called Brufut.. With a vision of leading his people from a low standard of living and depen…” Ebrima Bojang Gambia Written
  34. A Tale of Language “Helal Uddin Ahmed” Helal Uddin Ahmed Bangladesh Written
  35. A Thread “That is what ties our bonds together” Roxana Terranera Rwanda Written
  36. A Thread Against the Tide “Salty, unsettling, the storm lingers on her tongue. She listens to what’s left: outside, the tide, drawing breath. Insi…” Patricia Furstenberg South Africa Written
  37. A thread between us “"One should love all people across nations and never show partiality towards tribes," my grandmother used to say as she…” Mosa Nts'oeu Lesotho Written
  38. A Thread Of Hope “My thread is woven from hope, perseverance, and a belief in the power of learning.” ISHIMWE Jean Baptiste Rwanda Written
  39. A thread of hope Kevin Goreeba Mauritius Image
  40. A THREAD THAT SEWS US “Some threads cannot be seen.” Saadu Ajarat Opeyemi Nigeria Written
  41. “A Thread Through Time: Ahmedabad |…” Khushtar Heritage Collective India Image
  42. A Traditional Visual Art I've created using Adobe Illustrator David Kabulanga Solomon Islands Image
  43. A witness to love. “You know, I think of you sometimes.” Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria Written
  44. A Work of Heart: Championing transformative technology and digital education for women and girls Davi Ramkallawan Trinidad and Tobago Image
  45. A woven Malawi “I am a thread from the Warm Heart of Africa,” Lao Nsusa Malawi Written
  46. A-frame within a frame CHAWEZI TEMBO Zambia Image
  47. Abstract Alzira Muezucauala Mozambique Image
  48. ACCOMPONG MAROON ANCESTRAL THREAD “Accompong, Cockpit Country, Jamaica” Racquel Dunn Jamaica Written
  49. Across Common Lives “Sadiq learn earlier” Sharifuddin Adamu Nigeria Written
  50. Across Where the Heart Grows Fonder “Across where Heart Grows fonder” Kwabena Churchill-MOMC Ghana Written
  51. Adari in Bela “I” Prof. Rajeshwar Prasad India Written
  52. Advice Given “Aim high, go to school and do your best, each generation must improve on the rest. We all married young and we all achi…” Linda Ashton Barbados Written
  53. Africa ain't Feeling African “I'm freaking out.” Taboka Mulongoti Zambia Written
  54. Africa Will Rise Tumelo Simelane Eswatini Image
  55. African Woman “Growing up, I wanted to be a boy” Asha Taban Uganda Written
  56. Afterlight “As wind cleared my coast, Things became clear.” Sreerag C India Written
  57. Aftermath there is an afterlife “So many things happen now in this world that i don't understand the reason why .” Warren Danin Landangoye Gabon Written
  58. Airdance “In Ozomagala junction there is an evaporation of bustling sweats that spread suffocating smells of desperate survival.…” Chisom Nsiegbunam Nigeria Written
  59. Alike in ache. “For the privilege of loving you, I bear the burden of missing you” Marleen Akunassah Ghana Written
  60. All around Us “Just an atom” Geethanjali Bhas India Written

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About the call

The Commonwealth Foundation’s creative open call asked people across the Commonwealth to respond to a single word: Thread.

Poems, stories, images, songs and films came in from across the Commonwealth. Every work in the quilt is shown exactly as it was sent: titles, names and words as their makers wrote them.