He won the Entrepreneurial Prize at our creativity and innovation MASK Awards last October, an internship at Unilever’s Heroes for Change, and since then has stayed on our radar, producing exciting art that informs and inspires. In his recent video, he spoke about Nairobi youths who, in the spirit of a true ‘do it yourself’ ethos, make their own creative spaces and support each other’s creativity. And through these stories, I want to lead and inspire others.”Jesse discovered his passion for art when he was a child. Neither his primary nor his secondary school offered any art lessons. Even worse, his secondary school regarded all art activities as “illegal” or “devil-worshiping”, and art was forbidden, so Jesse had to draw in hiding.

Source: The Star December 11, 2020 00:56 UTC