The candlelit state (opens in new tab)

Power cuts were a regular feature of childhood in Nairobi. When the electricity failed, my father would gather our family by candlelight and draw. On one such evening, he sketched a woman: a baby strapped to her back, a water pot balanced on her head, a basket of provisions carried before her. “This,” he said, […]The post The candlelit state appeared first on ROAPE.