Musician, artist and poet come together for charity
From left, Michal Waga, Lucinda Ochieng, Abigail Mwende and Natalia Oloo. PHOTO | THOMAS RAJULA
What you need to know:
Listening to Michal Waga do Kathy Troccoli’s Go Light Your World, I was outside taking a call and thought I was listening to a recorded track, because the instrumentation was from a playback track.
The room was all quiet, and keenly listening. Helps much that the message on the song resonated with the reason the ladies were meeting: To light a candle for someone else in need.
A musician, an artist and a poet shared a stage in celebration of the beauty of art in an effort to raise funds for sanitary towels meant to help refugees in Kenya.
The event, held on Saturday July 18 at Pride Inn, was organised by Beautiful Petals, a blog founded by Beverly Chahonyo that “celebrates the woman in all her seasons of life”.
THE ARTISTES
Lucinda Ochieng, a Psychology major at Daystar University, is a brilliant part-time artist.
Three of her paintings were here on display, and they were amazingly finished. The young lady has a fine stroke, and an eye for beautiful representations of objects, and a great imagination.
Paintings by Lucinda Ochieng. PHOTO| THOMAS RAJULA
Spoken-word enthusiast Abigael Mwende did a recital of a piece written by Chahonyo that makes one revere the woman: her body, her spirit, her emotions.
Save the best for last, they say. The number of female vocalists in this country is a dime a dozen, so when one stands out for you, you know there’s something special.
I was outside taking a call and listening to Michal Waga do Kathy Troccoli’s "Go Light Your World", I thought I was listening to a recorded track, because the instrumentation was from a playback track.
The room was all quiet, and keenly listening. Helps much that the message on the song resonated with the reason the ladies were meeting: to light a candle for someone else in need.
The packs, made by Africa Heart, contain 12 sanitary towels, four panties, and female-health books. Each pack costs Sh600, and can sustain each woman for a year.
