Elkana Ongesa was the first in a long line of stone carvers to acquire a college education. Murumbi was a fervent supporter of Elkana just as he had been of the Dean of East African artists, Francis Nnaggenda. It was then he called Elkana from his deathbed and asked Elkana one final request - that Elkana would carve a bird sculpture for his gravesite. It was then I contacted Elkana and arranged for him to sculpt the bird Murumbi had requested in his final wish. Elkana produced the magnificent “Bird of Peace Emerging from the Stone of Despair” taken from a Martin Luther King speech.

Source: The Star March 13, 2020 21:00 UTC