Growing up, I was a very shy kid. Whenever the teacher asked me a question, it could take me more than a minute to answer. The other kids in class were much faster, so I felt insecure. This is how I realised that I was … Continue readingDiana: “Fear makes my life difficult, but it won’t defeat me”
I grew up along the shores of Lake Victoria, where parents pay thirty cows to get their sons a wife. My mum and dad wanted their first child to be a girl. They were trying to give their brand-new family a future, so I can’t … Continue readingFelister: “If we raise our kids well, we will get to enjoy later”
By the time I turned 30, my job in procurement started to feel repetitive. I had reached my make or break point and couldn’t see how I was adding value to the lives of people around me, until a work trip to Monduli made me … Continue readingMwanaidi: “We need to embrace periods as part of womanhood”
Even if some people discriminate against my profession, I see dance as a way to involve my community and send important messages to society. Here in Tanzania, dancers and artists in general are not well regarded. Most people around me think that I should just … Continue readingZingo: “Dance is my way to send messages to society”