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feature: photographer osborne macharia celebrates kenyan children’s games with captivating photo project, ‘afro-juba’
Take a look at Kenyan photographer Osborne Macharia’s captivating new photo project, ‘Afro-Juba’ – a hair focused photo series that is “dedicated to the games that defined our childhood, before the era of video games”, says Macharia. The stunning hair designs were created by Richard Kinyua and Corrine Muthoni (with clothing styled by Kevin Abbra), and each design represents one of four Kenyan children’s games: Brikicho (hide and seek), Cha-Mama (girls role playing as mothers and wives; sometimes involving boys playing husbands), Duf Mpararo (skinny dipping in tadpole infested water) and Muwindo (hunting for quails and other smaller birds using a slingshot). Explore below.
By Alexander Aplerku, AFROPUNK Contributor
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Credits
Styling: Kevin Abbra
Wardrobe: Charity Namnyak
Hair: Richard Kinyua and Corrine Muthoni
Make Up: Wachuka
Photography: Osborne Macharia
Assistants: Thandiwe Muriu and Joseph Kyule
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