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Njeri Kamau · Nairobi
2024 · 120 × 90 cm
Art Story 01 · Recorded Westlands, April 2026 · 4:12
Four chapters. English and Kiswahili. Eleven days of work in eleven minutes of telling.
Njeri Kamau · Nairobi
"I painted my grandmother on the morning after she died."
4:12
Eng / Sw
Kojo Mensah · Accra
"The Sunday morning church on Independence Avenue, two hours before the matinee."
3:24
Eng / Twi
Amina Mohamed · Mombasa
"Photographed across three Ramadan evenings in Old Town. My grandmother was twenty-five."
2:51
Eng / Sw
Bongani Sithole · Johannesburg
"Charcoal forgives nothing. Yeoville at six o'clock forgives less."
5:08
Eng / Zulu
Lilian Wanjiku · Nairobi
"Karen at three. The horses had just been brought in and the light came through the eucalyptus."
6:34
Eng / Sw
Njeri Kamau · Nairobi
"The conductor on the 46 recognised me before my own brother did."
3:47
Sheng / Eng
Njeri Kamau · Nairobi
"She has weighed sukuma every Saturday on Muthithi for fourteen years."
4:02
Kiswahili
Njeri Kamau · Nairobi
"The mabati roofs at five in the afternoon are made of gold and the people know."
2:55
English
One artist, one story, one image. Sent at 17:00 EAT, one hour before the drop opens.