Tomorrow’s Creators Today
Introducing arts kushinda!, a new curated collection of Art and Writing from Africa and the world’s smaller nations, including work previously published at kushinda.blogspot.com. The Gallery pages feature only artists we think represent the best creative talent, applications are invited but acceptance is not guaranteed. Likewise we invite submissions of new writing, but we will only publish work which reaches an acceptable standard – we owe that to art!
The launch of arts kushinda! is dedicated to the underpriviliged but inspirational young people of Kampala, and in particular to the children of The Butterfly Project and Imagine Us Here
Featured artwork is from Imagine Us Here 2010. All but one of these young artists had never used paints or anything but a pencil before joining the project, these are some examples of what they achieved in just four months. Thanks to John Okot, Ssali Yusuf, and Damba Ismail Musoke for helping to nurture their talents. Please see also Portrait Of Us 2011
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- Joseph (17) ‘The Fight’
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- Gilbert (14) ‘Water by a Spring’
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- John (15) ‘Acholi Quarter at Night’
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- Daniel (12) ‘Housing in Kireka’
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- John ‘Education Under a Tree’
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- Mark (12) ‘Canoeists’
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- Oswan (11) ‘Lakeside’
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- Rashidah (15) ‘Rural Scene’
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- Robert Ivan (16) ‘Acholi Quarter Jumble’
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- Samuel (14) ‘Danger!’
Life In Schools
By Martin Kayondo, aged 15, of Kampala, Uganda, a member of The Butterfly Project
Student
You were found stealing
And asked why you were
Teachers punished you
And told you to leave it
But you said you never had the things you stole
They all hated you
Why did you tell them what they knew?
Student
You were found smoking
And given some advice on it
That it is a health hazard
But you asked why the teachers smoked too
And they all hated you
Why did you tell them what they knew?
Student
You were found teasing friends
And given some strokes
You were told to apologise
Or else to be suspended
But you chose a suspension
And after you reported to police
That teachers had caned
Yet it was against the constitution
They all abandoned you
Why did you tell them what they knew?
Student
You were asked a question in class
And you failed it
The teacher noticed that you were not attentive
And asked why
Your answer was ashaming him
That what he was teaching was boring
He sent you out of his lesson for a week
Why did you tell him what he knew?
Student
You were warned of your behavior
That it may lead to your failure
And you said no one of them paid your school fees except your father
The teachers felt shame
And they hated you
Why did you tell them what they knew?
arts kushinda! is a project of kushinda.org
