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Investigation

Creative resistance and adaptation in Mombasa

17 June 2020

Ruth Kadide Keah

News Editor

Radio Rahma Broadcasting
Topic Covid-19, Pandemic.
Country Kenya.
Tags Creative industries.

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant effect on the creative industry in Kenya. Artists have now found themselves without commercial outlets for their work, as galleries, theatres, music venues and art fairs have shut down, following the government of Kenya’s directive to combat COVID-19.

Meet some of the creatives and artists of the Swahili Pot Hub in Mombasa, Kenya, and find out how they are adapting – by writing songs and poems, working with local communities, doing humanitarian jobs and being active on social media – so that they can remain relevant to their audience.

Photos courtesy of Swahili Pot Hub.

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