Sikiliza

Through Sikiliza's Lens - Life Givers

2011-10-04T12:28:00.000+03:00

Earlier this year I teamed up with 5 other women to come together and have an art exhibition in Nairobi to celebrate International Women's day. As African artists we chose to illustrate African women through our lenses and worked with the theme, "Curving the Visual." I chose to work with women being life givers and tried to capture the surreal captivating beauty of a woman with child. Here

A Bodaboda Story

2011-09-23T12:39:00.000+03:00

I enjoy road trips so much...here are some of the things I came across.... Enjoy this picture story with me.... "Boda Boda Album" Create a free slideshow with Picnik!

Lift my Lips

2011-07-29T19:31:00.000+03:00

Sometimes one myself why I turn to write…. I write to express my fleeting thoughts, a slice of my mind…I write because it liberates me, it reminds me…I write because it heals me. I write so that I have something to recollect and muse over when I am lost for words. I write hoping that at least one person can understand me – and if that person is just me, that’s ok. Milele Beach - Nyali I recently spent a weekend in Mombasa to visit our boy in school there. I tend to have a love-hate relationship with the coastal town depending on how brutal the sun is on me…made up of course by relaxing in the sea water. In my times there, I stay in a lovely apartment by the beach and enjoy lovely Swahili dishes from prolific Mzee Hamisi who can

of Picketing and Personalities...

2011-06-05T12:03:00.000+03:00

http://youtu.be/2IkYunWdjlo Dear Kenyans Let me share with you a lesson I learnt recently from my life partner...in all my time living in Kenya, I slinked around perosnalities and individuals who were carrying the mantle of so called "leadership." My opinions and my sentiments were based on the personal characters of these leaders. This influenced my choices in voting and in my expressing who I

Treasure of Time

2011-06-02T10:56:00.000+03:00

Lake Nakuru National Park Walking through some childhood memories takes me to my early primary school (Moi Primo!!!)..Where I was a chipmunk (don’t ask) brownie and a rather fake girl guide. I basically used the uniform to enter the Nakuru show for free. To be honest my frustrations on being Girl Guide were mainly because those blasted snotty class 7’s and 8’s never let us “raise the flag”

Love Air

2011-05-18T08:49:00.000+03:00

The joy in my spirit is dwindledWeighed by sadness and lossOf a cherished part of me.At times with loveOne needs to let things goLeave the room while While the scent of loveStill fills the sensesI take that love with me Inhale it and fill my lungsMy mind, my heartLet the love flowReach each and every part of me.Let it linger in meForever.

I am Dirt

2011-05-11T18:02:00.000+03:00

I am in alone.If I do not climb out of my holeOr seek the light, Then darkness consumes me I shrivel and dieRot and merge with the mulchGet crushed to dust and dirtMy only purpose is to be trod onI am dirt.I am nothing.Not without love and sunshine.

Day & Night Sounds...

2011-04-25T12:21:00.001+03:00

Night sounds Dripping tapsBarking dogsThe trees bowing at every Wind’s presence.Night birds fleeting flapping wings playfullyLone car engines dash pastTick-tock tick-tock tick-tock goes the clockMy breath in–out in-out in-out ; pause; a sudden yawn….Eyes close mutely… Day SoundsLight streams in raucouslySudden amplified movements and rustles as if on cueBurst of loud long song of the day

Fragments of my Heart

2011-04-24T18:00:00.000+03:00

Thoughts to words to smiles or hurtsThe things we think or do or sayThe things we feel or hear or playTruth shrouded with cloaks of all kindsFeelings and thoughts are fragments Of an undone jigsaw puzzle. How many of us have the presence of mindTo put into place each and every pieceTo fit and fix hearts and soulsIn the right space? How long should it take to complete?When does on give in to

Raindrops fall on me...

2011-03-31T10:18:00.001+03:00

Pink Bloom in the Garden by Sikiliza The rain drops plop on the grass carpetSwallowed by the rich red soil beneathThe sky greyed, heavy and swollenOpening revealing and birthingCleansing us with bounties of waterWashing off the grime on my burdened heartI lift my face, close my eyes and waitAs the rain cleanses my tears of sorrow away

Curving the Visual Photography Exhibition Nairobi

2011-03-29T07:59:00.000+03:00

Women who bloom..By Sikiliza Curving the Visual is a photography exhibition involving 5 photographers. The artists are Barbara Minishi, Wambui Mwangi, Kasyoka Mwanzia, Silvia Gichia and me Sikiliza. The show is at Alliance Française Nairobi. The show has been extended to 21st April 2011. Exhibition Review By Frank Whalley, The East African Women and nationhood by Sikiliza I enjoyed my

You are another me....

2011-03-19T12:37:00.000+03:00

Certain Nirvana

2011-01-31T12:27:00.000+03:00

Nairobi Shows - KigeziNdoto

2010-04-22T21:12:00.000+03:00

"Living my Dreams" - KigeziNdoto by Mũmbi Kaigwa, The Arts Canvas

2010-04-15T12:48:00.000+03:00