by Sarah Wyatt – USA – Years of hardship and backbreaking labor in the riot-stricken slums of Kibera in south Kenya have worn 18 year old Eshe Koome to the bone. A single mother of two, she walked out on…
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Kenya’s Kazuri Bead Factory Allows Women from Kibera Slum to Build New Lives
Tagged with: Africa, Arts & Culture, Education, handicrafts, Kenya, poverty, Women Entrepreneurs, women's empowerment
Posted in Economy, Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Economy, Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Art for a Time of Crisis
by Nancy Van Ness – USA – In a heap on the studio floor as though they had collapsed under some disaster, fallen birds present a scene of despair. I am drawn toward them. They are a very powerful artistic…
Tagged with: activism, Arts & Culture, Dance, handicrafts, Politics, United States
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Even As Traditional Art in Malawi Begins to Prosper, Its Future Is Threatened
by Pilirani Semu-Banda – Malawi – Over 65 percent of Malawi’s 12 million people live below the poverty line of less than $1 a day, while an additional 22 percent are categorized as “ultra-poor.” The average annual income of Malawi…
Tagged with: Africa, Arts & Culture, Economy, endangered resources, Environment, handicrafts, Malawi
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
