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This episode of Afrimaxx celebrates the continent’s rich culture, from Nigeria’s Ojude Oba Festival, to an artisan collective in Eswatini, to a tour of Nairobi. Your host, Zimingonaphakade Mabunzi, invites you to join.
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00:00It is a night of African elegance as luxury fashion house Lord Pulse debuts at the female-led
00:13Candace Berman Gallery in Rosebank, Johannesburg.
00:16But before I dive into the style, here's what we have for you on today's show.
00:22We see how an artisan accessory brand from Eswatini is turning traditional weaving into
00:28modern elegance and economic opportunity for women.
00:33Discover how Joey Kubutlu left his job as an ad executive to make sustainable furniture
00:39in Johannesburg, South Africa.
00:44Then we go on a tour of Nairobi with visual arts curator Nyambura Waringe.
00:52I am Zemi Ngona Pagate Mabunzi and you're watching AFRIMAX.
00:58Ojudé Oba meaning the king's forecourt is a colorful Nigerian festival where the Ijebu people
01:17come together in honor of their king and celebrate their rich culture.
01:21Take a look.
01:22A few heard about Ojude Oba festival
01:30It is not just a festival
01:32It is a living tradition
01:35Where color speaks loud
01:37History
01:38Walk with the kings
01:39Ojude Oba started over a hundred years ago
01:43When Muslim converts in Ojude Oba
01:46Came together after it
01:47To thank the Awu Jali
01:48For their freedom to worship
01:50That simple thank you
01:51They came to this Ojude Oba
01:53The kings forgot
01:55This year something different is happening
01:59A princess, yes, royalty is once again
02:03Riding into the spotlight
02:05In the land where tradition has long spoken
02:10On behalf of women
02:12Princess is rewriting the narrative
02:14Choosing to speak for herself
02:16With her grace and the power of her horse
02:19She rise out speaking follow with every gallop
02:23Now, one may ask
02:25How did she go from the palace hallway
02:28To the back of a horse?
02:30Few days ago, I met with princess during a rehearsal
02:33Let's find out
02:34Good morning princess
02:35Morning
02:36How are you doing today?
02:38I'm very well, thank you
02:39And you?
02:40I'm fine as you can see
02:41I'm enjoying the weather of course
02:43Great
02:43Wow
02:44So what name do you call this?
02:45It's O-O-Won
02:46O-O-Won
02:47Why O-O-Won?
02:50Because
02:50It's literally one of the most
02:52If not the best behaved horse in the whole of Ujavu land
02:55I'm pretty sure a lot of people will want to know
02:59How did you become a horse rider?
03:01Oh, fantastic question
03:03Odujoba made me a horse rider
03:06Let's start from there
03:07But I've always loved horse riding from when I was a kid
03:11But you know how parents are overprotective
03:14And then they will say
03:15Oh no, don't do this
03:16You're going to fall off
03:17You're going to do this
03:18And I've always wanted to ride to Ujavu as a kid
03:20But my dad will always say
03:22Oh, prince and princesses don't ride to Ujavu
03:23You're meant to sit down and let the Balogos and the Eleshins
03:26Come and do their thing
03:28So we don't have a choice
03:30We have to accept
03:31And how did you start it?
03:33So one of my uncles also loves horse riding
03:36And he's been doing it to Ujavu
03:39So I just decided to join them
03:41Oh, okay
03:42And your first experience, how was it like?
03:44It's being selfish
03:45I'm not meant to say it
03:46But yeah, I need to say it
03:47So I can encourage other people
03:49The first time I climbed on horseback
03:51I fell
03:52Wow
03:53Like I wasn't even seated properly
03:54The horse just did this
03:55And I fell
03:57Wow
03:58My first ever time
03:59But that didn't discourage me
04:00I still climbed
04:01And I rode all the way from my family house
04:04To the palace
04:05And back to the family house on horseback
04:07The same day
04:08This will be my first year
04:09That I'll be doing stunts in Ujavu
04:11Like the horse rearing, the dancing
04:13It's something I've been practicing for a while
04:16So yeah, expect that
04:18And maybe more
04:19Today is Ojude Oba festival
04:21And the streets are alive
04:23You can feel the energy
04:25Music, color
04:26And the smell of food
04:27Fill the air
04:29Every corner
04:30Welcomes you
04:31With something unique
04:32A glimpse
04:33A rhythm
04:34And a heartbeat
04:35Of the festival
04:36The gongong
04:37The talking drum
04:37Coss out
04:38Like it's saying
04:39Welcome home
04:40This is more than a festival
04:42It is a celebration
04:44Of tradition
04:45And culture
04:46I'm here to join Princess
04:48At her family house
04:48As she prepares for the festival
04:50Today I'm wearing
04:51Black Ajojo 007
04:53And it's specifically designed for me
04:57For Ojude Oba
04:58To showcase royalty
05:00As you can see
05:01The horses and the riders are ready
05:03And it is time for parade
05:04Let's go there
05:05So guys
05:06Look over there
05:07Those are the horse riders
05:09Now let me give you a quick rundown
05:11Of what is happening
05:12Here today
05:14At the Ojude Oba festival
05:15Over 30 families
05:17Are riding in this year's festival
05:19All to honour the king
05:21The Awujale
05:22Of Ijebu Ode land
05:25What makes Ojude Oba special
05:26From other festivals
05:27That we have in Nigeria
05:28I think it's because of the pop of colours
05:30The horse riding
05:32The reggae reggae display
05:34You know that's one time
05:35Where everybody
05:36Bring their A game out
05:37Everybody wants to wear
05:38Their new glasses
05:39Everybody wants to wear
05:40Their new jewelry
05:41So the fashion
05:42The pop of colour
05:43People love it
05:44I don't just want
05:45Ijebu to be
05:46On Nigeria map
05:47Or just on the map
05:48I want people to see
05:49Ijebu through my lens
05:51It's like
05:51Ah, this is beautiful
05:53People are doing this
05:54And they would also want
05:56To experience it
05:57Wow, I must be honest with you
05:59I'm finding it very difficult
06:00To wrap up this report
06:02The sight
06:03The sand
06:04And the horse riding
06:05The energy from this festival
06:08Is out of this world
06:10Well, we do love a good fashion show
06:16Which is why I am so excited
06:18To be here today
06:19At 223 Yansma's Creative Hub
06:21Johannesburg
06:22I'm here with founder
06:24And creative director
06:25Musisiwe Sloaniana
06:26Whose vision behind it all
06:28Is as captivating
06:29As the looks on display
06:31Musi, can you tell us a bit more
06:33About the inspiration
06:33Behind this brand?
06:35The inspiration behind the brand
06:37Comes from me growing up
06:39You know
06:39And seeing my mother
06:41Sew
06:42Her clothes
06:44On the dining room table
06:46And that inspired me a lot
06:48And she used to be
06:49A good dresser as well
06:50So as I was growing up
06:52I was looking up to her
06:53Collections really are based
06:55On dressing the boardroom
06:57It doesn't necessarily mean
06:59That you need to be incorporated
07:00You could be an entrepreneur
07:01You could be a creative as well
07:05Who wants to look elegant
07:08Timeless, chic
07:10But also with the African luxury
07:12In what you are wearing
07:13So at Lord Pulse
07:15We're just bringing African luxury
07:17Into the boardroom
07:18And that's what inspires
07:20All our collections
07:21And also to make sure
07:23That we're able to dress
07:24That woman as well
07:25Outside of their workwear
07:27We understand that
07:28You're showcasing both old
07:30And new collections
07:30Tell us more about that
07:32Yes, so Lord Pulse
07:33Started in 2019
07:35Just before COVID
07:37So after running
07:39For these couple of years
07:41Post-COVID
07:42We want to now
07:43To officially launch
07:45Lord Pulse
07:47To the public
07:48What we've seen so far
07:49Looks stunning
07:50I cannot wait to see more
07:51In the heart of Eswadini
07:56Coco collection
07:57Blends ancestral basket weaving techniques
07:59Into trendy handbags
08:01This is craft with heritage and hope
08:04All over the world
08:07Bags and handbags in particular
08:10Are inseparably linked to their wearer
08:12Simple and practical versions
08:14That can carry shopping
08:16Or other mysterious items
08:18Are humorously known
08:19As granny bags
08:20They can be simple
08:21Or intricate
08:22And this handbag collective
08:25In Eswadini
08:26Has looked to basket making
08:28To make something special
08:30That makes me proud
08:32Of being Eswadini
08:35Who can make something
08:37That will be known
08:39Around the world
08:39And also it will just
08:41Make people know much
08:43About Eswadini
08:44And also the product
08:46That came from Eswadini
08:47They just boom
08:48We had one of our bags
08:50Tembi
08:52It's a Tembi bag
08:53It was on Vogue magazine
08:56And the love we put
08:58When making the bags
08:59I think also
09:01Add a value on the bag
09:03The original design
09:04For these bags
09:05Was inspired by
09:06How rural women
09:07In Eswadini
09:07Were making woven
09:09Baskets and mats
09:10Product designer
09:11And developer
09:12Philippa Thorne
09:13Had been working
09:14With master weaver
09:15Zintle Vilekati
09:16On a basket weaving project
09:18In 2014
09:20They started experimenting
09:22With techniques
09:23To showcase
09:24High value weaving
09:25Why did they want
09:26To expand
09:27From baskets
09:28To bags
09:29We started thinking
09:31That people have
09:32Much of the homeware
09:34Like the baskets
09:36And the placements
09:37And we also need
09:40To keep the women
09:42Doing more work
09:43So that they can
09:44Do something
09:45That people will
09:46Buy more
09:47Or so
09:48Besides that
09:49We were inspired
09:50About on weaving
09:52Like I always say
09:53I'm more than 50 techniques
09:55So I can make a bag today
09:57But next time
09:58I can make something else
09:59The difference
10:01Between a bag
10:02And a basket
10:03Is that
10:04The bag is more refined
10:06So the coil
10:06Is less
10:07Smaller
10:09Than the basket
10:10High value handbags
10:12Would mean
10:12That the weavers
10:13Would earn more
10:14I really saw
10:15How in Europe
10:16Craftmanship
10:18Was really
10:18Highly valued
10:19As beautiful
10:20For its artwork
10:22For its skill
10:23For the heritage
10:25And culture
10:25And the stories
10:26That it told
10:26And I really felt
10:27Like sometimes
10:28The weaving here
10:30Wasn't respected
10:31In the same way
10:32That it really
10:33Deserved to be
10:34And really like
10:35Being able to create
10:36Something that
10:37Would give the women
10:38A living wage
10:40Would be able
10:40To elevate
10:41Weaving in the eyes
10:43Of global
10:44You know
10:44Audience really
10:45But how did they
10:46Overcome the practical
10:47Challenges of designing
10:49Functional handbags
10:50This bag
10:53The Zinfe
10:53Was actually
10:54The first bag
10:55We ever made
10:56And it was
10:58Quite a process
10:59To develop it
11:00So it actually
11:01Was over the period
11:01Of about a year
11:02From first developing
11:04The weaving side
11:05And then also
11:06The leather side
11:06You know
11:07In terms of the leather
11:08We worked
11:09With an NGO
11:10Called Nest
11:11I reached out
11:12To them
11:13And I said
11:13You know
11:13I'm looking
11:13For someone
11:14With expertise
11:15In handbag design
11:16And that's how
11:17We got introduced
11:18To our third partner
11:19Sapna Shah
11:20And then her
11:22Myself
11:22And Zintle
11:23Embarked on this journey
11:25You know
11:25To kind of
11:25Transform
11:26The placemats
11:28Into these beautiful
11:30You know
11:31Fully lined
11:31Leather bags
11:33What the three of us
11:36Share in common
11:37Is our values
11:38And we all
11:40Had very strong
11:41Matriarchal
11:42Influences
11:43In our life
11:44Sapna
11:45Had been working
11:45In a more
11:46Corporate environment
11:47And when she
11:48Went back to India
11:48And she visited
11:49Her grandmother
11:50Her grandmother
11:51Basically showed her
11:52All the saris
11:53The hand woven
11:54Saris
11:55She collected
11:55And that really
11:56Sparked
11:57Her passion
11:58For hand
11:59Artisan work
12:00And then Zintle
12:02You know
12:02Learning from her mother
12:03And her grandmother
12:04She'd always been
12:05Passionate about it
12:06Myself
12:07I was very inspired
12:08By my granny
12:09She always had
12:09Like piles of
12:10Beaded jewellery
12:11And extravagant hats
12:13So I think she kind of
12:14Really sparked my interest
12:15In fashion
12:15Which kind of
12:16Led me down this road
12:17Of studying fashion
12:18And then coming out
12:20To Eswatini
12:21The basket and wicker
12:22Product market
12:23Was valued at
12:24585 million dollars
12:27In 2023
12:28But the artisans
12:29Who harvest the grass
12:30And weave the products
12:32Usually don't earn much
12:34Unless the weaving
12:35And product design
12:36Is exceptional
12:37Cocoa Collection
12:39Has been intentional
12:40About protecting
12:41The environment
12:42While empowering
12:43The lives of the
12:44Women weavers
12:45They work with
12:45How have they done this?
12:48We have a close
12:49Partnership with
12:50Gone Rural
12:50And they're the ones
12:52Who work with the
12:53Women who
12:53Conduct the annual harvest
12:55And they also
12:56Color the grass fuzz
12:57So on a
12:58Sustainability side
13:00We really want to
13:02Keep working with
13:02Natural fibers
13:03And also that
13:05You know
13:05Something that's
13:06Biodegradable
13:07So you know
13:07Once people are
13:08Finished with our bags
13:09We're not leaving
13:10A you know
13:11A footprint
13:11On the environment
13:12But what are the
13:16Possibilities for growth
13:17Within the current
13:18Production model?
13:19We will always focus on
13:21In terms of growth
13:22Is you know
13:22Product innovation
13:23And you know
13:24Working with
13:25Different weaving techniques
13:26And different
13:27Natural materials
13:28We're always on the
13:30Look out for
13:31You know
13:31Green alternatives
13:32For some of the
13:33Components we use
13:35I mean I'm following
13:36With great interest
13:37Alternatives to leather
13:38For example
13:39And that's something
13:40We would like to
13:41Incorporate in the future
13:42As there become
13:43More of those
13:44On the market
13:45So maybe we should all
13:47Take time to slow down
13:49And look at how
13:50Grandma still does it
13:51Instead of fast
13:53Throwaway fashion
13:54How could we
13:56Impact the world
13:57If we shifted to
13:58Classic
13:59Timeless styles
14:00That make the world
14:01A better place
14:02You have got to love
14:08South Africa's
14:09Diverse fashion scene
14:10From kasi street style
14:12To bold traditional
14:13Prints
14:14We have seen it all
14:15But tonight
14:16We saw a more refined
14:18Take on local fashion
14:19And now
14:20I'm about to go
14:21Catch up with some
14:22Of the people
14:22Who saw tonight's
14:23Runway show
14:24So Karabo
14:26Interesting thing about you
14:28You are already
14:28Wearing the brand
14:29What exactly do you love
14:31About this brand
14:32And perhaps maybe
14:33About the outfit
14:34That you are wearing today
14:35I like that
14:36It amplifies who I am
14:38I'm print
14:39I'm colour
14:40I'm lively
14:40I'm style
14:42So I could
14:43Find myself
14:44In the collection
14:45Because they dress
14:47Different people
14:47Different tastes
14:48So I'm dead
14:49I could find what I like
14:50Miss MC
14:56I see you are also
14:57Wearing Lord Pals today
14:58Yes I am
14:59I'm actually dressed up
15:00In the overjoyed
15:01Pants and jacket
15:03Which is part of
15:04One of their signature
15:05Collections at Lord Pals
15:06So I'm excited
15:07It feels
15:07I feel elegant
15:08I feel sophisticated
15:09And I think that's
15:10What the brand stands for
15:11Listen
15:12Tough choice
15:13But what piece
15:15Was your favourite today?
15:17Very tough choice indeed
15:19I'm going to have to pick two
15:20The Fearless Lady Ensemble
15:24It's this black and orange ensemble
15:26The black
15:27Yeah
15:28With the black coats
15:29With the lace on it
15:30I would definitely wear that
15:32And I have to say
15:33The very last outfit
15:35On the runway
15:36It's extravagant
15:38It's amazing
15:39I love it
15:40Absolutely stunning
15:41Listen
15:41The first collection
15:43The first collection
15:43Was absolutely amazing
15:44Can we go see the second one now?
15:46Okay
15:47After 20 years in advertising
15:53Joey Kabudu made a bold move
15:55Into furniture design
15:56Now he's building a brand
15:58That puts African heritage
16:00At the centre of everyday living
16:02Let's see what that looks like
16:04What's your idea of good furniture?
16:07If it's eye-catching
16:09Long-lasting
16:10And well-priced
16:11Then maybe this man's designs
16:13Are for you
16:14I'm a lover of all things design
16:16I'm a trained designer
16:17But a graphic designer
16:19So all my life
16:20I've loved spaces
16:21I've loved well-designed products
16:23And so forth
16:24But I've found myself
16:25Not finding the furniture
16:27That I loved
16:28At accessible price points
16:30Meet Joey Kabudu
16:32He spent pretty much
16:33His entire career
16:34In advertising
16:35And now he's a self-taught designer
16:37On a mission
16:38To make good design accessible
16:40And to put African heritage
16:42On the map as well
16:43I grew up
16:44With the fortune of
16:45Doing a lot of travelling
16:46And moving around
16:47Sub-Saharan Africa
16:49In particular
16:50Being an African
16:51And consuming
16:53African culture
16:55Be it spaces
16:56Music
16:57Fashion
16:58And so forth
17:00Influences my design
17:03It cannot not influence my design
17:05One of the things
17:06That's very very common
17:07With our pieces
17:07Is the fact that
17:08You hardly see any sharp corners
17:10In our designs
17:11And I think that comes from the fact that
17:14Within African traditional
17:18Craft making
17:19We're always making things by hand
17:21Carving wood by hand
17:24And if you're doing stuff by hand
17:25You're never going to have any
17:26Sharp corners
17:27Or very sharp right angles
17:28The other thing as well
17:29Is if you're going to
17:32Traditional African spaces
17:34Specifically like in the village
17:36And stuff like that
17:37The furniture
17:38Or what we use as furniture
17:39Is quite low to the ground
17:40So we sit on the floor
17:41Our beds are low to the floor
17:44And so forth
17:44So you'll see across our furniture
17:46A lot of the stuff
17:47Is very low to the ground
17:49The reason that we do that
17:50Is that as African people
17:52Even just indigenous cultures
17:53Around the world
17:54The practice of being connected
17:56To the ground
17:56Is quite important
17:57Of earthing ourselves
17:58The intention hasn't been
18:00I'm doing it because it's African
18:01It's been organic
18:03You know
18:04The stuff that I'm drawn to
18:06When I design a piece
18:07How I refine the piece
18:09Is refined
18:10Because of my experience
18:12Of my lived experience
18:13Much of South Africa's furniture
18:15Is imported from China
18:16But it's not everyone's cup of tea
18:18Joey's furniture
18:20Appeals to the middle class market
18:22Looking for high-end
18:23Locally produced furniture
18:25Without breaking the bank
18:27I think that our middle class
18:28Is stretched financially
18:29But they are still aspirational
18:32And at the time
18:34I was still in the corporate space
18:36But even being in the corporate space
18:38Being very well employed
18:40As a senior executive
18:41I found that
18:43Beautifully made pieces of furniture
18:46Were incredibly expensive
18:47What makes these pieces
18:49More in reach for young buyers?
18:51A key intervention
18:52That we employ
18:54That allows us to
18:55Achieve what we're trying to do
18:57Making the furniture accessible
18:58Is the material that we use
18:59The biggest
19:01Well, one of the biggest costs
19:02Is the material that we use
19:03And we specifically use
19:05Pine plywood
19:06It's where they layer pieces of wood
19:10And compress them together
19:10Now, pine plywood
19:12Isn't typically associated
19:14With designer furniture
19:15It's typically used for
19:17Container ships
19:19And for building
19:20And stuff like that
19:21But we saw the opportunity
19:22In this material
19:23Because it's very, very strong
19:24It's incredibly durable
19:25So rather than using
19:26Solid wood
19:27Which is what's typically used
19:29In high-end furniture
19:30We opted for pine plywood
19:32Which is a cheaper material
19:33But at the same time
19:35Its characteristics
19:36Are that of hardwood
19:39For Joey
19:42It's about storytelling
19:43Through design
19:44And not just form and function
19:46One of the things
19:51That we do as well
19:51Is all of our product names
19:53Are named
19:55In indigenous African languages
19:59Whether Swahili
20:00Shona
20:01Even Arabic
20:03And so forth
20:04Just to tell the story
20:06Of the continent
20:06In some shape or form
20:08And also to be obvious
20:10About the story
20:10That we try to tell
20:11And not just African languages
20:12Because I'm South African
20:13But for the continent
20:15Because our aspiration
20:17Is to be on the continent
20:18And not just to be
20:19In South Africa alone
20:20This is called
20:21The Moyo coffee table
20:23As part of the Moyo collection
20:25And the reason why
20:26It's called Moyo
20:27Is because Moyo
20:28Is the sepedi name
20:29For the boobab tree
20:31You know
20:32The African boobab tree
20:34Have got these massive
20:35Big trunks
20:36They're considered
20:38Spiritual trees
20:39And they were so big
20:39That people also
20:40Lived inside them
20:41Because they could be
20:41Hollow at times
20:42These very very thick legs
20:44Are an ode to that
20:46Reminiscent of that
20:48Of this very thick
20:49Very rooted structure
20:52That we see in nature
20:53And essentially
20:55What this range does
20:56It attempts to mimic that
20:57Joey's designs show us
21:00That beauty
21:00Heritage
21:01And accessibility
21:02Can live in the same space
21:04And that good design
21:05Is meaningful design
21:07Our last stop is Nairobi
21:09Where visual curator
21:10Nyambura Waringe
21:11Takes us through
21:12The city's bustling
21:13Creative pulse
21:14Let's join her
21:15And see more
21:16Hello
21:18I'm Nyambura Waringe
21:19I'm a visual arts curator
21:21We're here in Nairobi
21:22The capital of my country
21:24Kenya
21:24Nairobi
21:25With an estimated population
21:28Of over 5 million people
21:30Is an energetic place
21:32It is also one of Africa's
21:34Fastest growing cities
21:36In just over a century
21:37Nairobi has transformed
21:39From a modest railway depot
21:41To vibrant metropolis
21:43An economic and cultural
21:45Habanist Africa
21:46Away from the busy streets
21:49This city boasts
21:50Lush highland terrain
21:51And the savannah
21:52That houses our famous
21:54Wildlife parks
21:55In stark contrast
22:01To those natural wonders
22:02Is Mavarin
22:03One of the largest
22:04Informal settlements
22:05In sub-Saharan Africa
22:06Home to almost
22:08Half a million people
22:09In the late 1800s
22:13Kenya was known
22:13As British East Africa
22:15And the traces
22:16Of this colonial past
22:17Are all over Nairobi
22:19Kenya became independent
22:23From Britain in 1963
22:25These days
22:29Nairobi has a cutting edge
22:30Contemporary art scene
22:32That sits side by side
22:33With more traditional
22:34Creative legacies
22:35All of this
22:40Makes Nairobi
22:41An exciting cultural destination
22:43That reflects a rich past
22:45My country has an ancient
22:48History of trade
22:49With other Indian ocean cultures
22:51And so
22:52We are a multicultural nation
22:54With competing viewpoints
22:56The shows I curate
22:58Offer a perspective
22:59On the complex identities
23:00That Kenyans are embracing
23:02Together with curator
23:08Don Handa
23:09I created a show
23:10Called Found Footage
23:11I would love to show you
23:17One of my first exhibitions
23:18Found Footage
23:19Found Footage
23:21Looks at two photographers
23:23One Kenyan
23:24One Iranian German
23:26The Found Footage show
23:30Featured the work
23:30Of Mahdi Esayay
23:31Who documented
23:32Afro-Iranian communities
23:34Through photographs
23:35The Found Footage exhibition
23:46Also profiled the work
23:48Of Nairobi photographer
23:49Migwen Thiga
23:50Who captures coastal Kenyan communities
23:53By featuring these two photographers
24:00This exhibition explored questions
24:03Around the identities of Africans
24:06In Indian Ocean communities
24:07In this exhibition
24:10In this exhibition
24:10In Found Footage
24:11I really looked at
24:12Also getting archival footage
24:14And this also is set up
24:16So that people interact
24:17One of the goals
24:19Of being a curator
24:20For me
24:21Is how does the public
24:22Engage with the work
24:23How do they live
24:24And leave the space
24:26Engaged
24:27Enlightened
24:28And with new visions
24:30Another exhibition
24:32I'd love to tell you about
24:33Is 27
24:34And I was brought in
24:35As a curator
24:36To catalyze the discussion
24:39Around
24:39Not only gay and lesbian
24:41Human rights
24:42But the rights of freedom
24:43In our country
24:44Section 27
24:46Of the Kenyan constitution
24:48Speaks of the right
24:49To equal protection
24:50Before the law
24:50And with this exhibition
24:52I explored how this applies
24:54To the LGBTQI plus community
24:57Who are criminalized in Kenya
24:59My next big show
25:09Was Norma XR
25:10Which showcased six artists
25:12Working with virtual reality experiences
25:14The XR experience
25:16Norma brought everything together
25:18For me as a curator
25:19How I wanted to engage
25:20With the public
25:21Deeply
25:22Over different types
25:23Of technologies
25:24More importantly
25:25Norma was experimentation
25:27So there you have it
25:31I've introduced you
25:32To some of my favorite children
25:33How about you come and join me
25:35In Nairobi
25:36The capital of my country
25:37Kenya
25:37And that is it for tonight
25:40We hope that you enjoyed the show
25:42I'm about to go mingle now
25:43But do hit us up
25:44On our socials
25:45And until next time
25:46Goodbye
25:50Thank you
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