Ayanna the Makanga Too often, little girls have dreams that are crushed by society telling them what they can and cannot do and what is “proper” for a girl to be. “Ayanna the Makanga” is a heartwarming reminder to girls everywhere that their dreams are valid and that the voice they should listen to the most is their own. As a little girl, Ayanna loved the road and public transport but was always told that jobs in transport were for “tough boys”. Our heroine doesn’t pay these naysayers any heed. She grows up to do exactly what she loves and ends up changing the industry as a result. A journey Being tanu A sweet and simple poem to remind children through music that everyone is different and that’s ok as it’s these differences that make the world the amaz- It would have been easy to just get any DJs and ing place it is. That these differences, both in pre-record their sets. However, we were looking and have ourselves and in others, should be cherished, created something different. We worked particularly with as variety is the spice of life and being true to DJs who we knew already created experimental music. With yourself, is what matters. them, we found odd locations, as odd as we could make them, where recorded these sets. In a trampoline park, in an elevator and in a dhow. This is music in Kenya and from Kenya, as you’ve never heard and seen it before, so headphones on, volume up! 50nd3k4 353 50nd3k450nd3k4 352352 50nd3k4 353
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