Over the past ten years I have started a wide range of initiatives pushing the boundaries of heritage and technology. These projects explore issues that are close to me at both a personal and professional level. I embark on them as explorations and opportunities to learn and re-imagine the ways in which technology can be of service to African histories.
AFRICAN DIGITAL HERITAGE
FOUNDER. 2017 – PRESENT
ADH is a Kenya based non-profit organisation founded to encourage a more critical, holistic and knowledge-based approach to the design and implementation of digital solutions within African cultural heritage
MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLONIALISM
CO-FOUNDER. 2018 – PRESENT
Museum of British Colonialism is a UK/Kenya volunteer collective working to communicate a more truthful account of British colonial history. We use digital tools and digital media as the primary way to present, disseminate and explore colonial history in Kenya
OPEN RESTITUTION AFRICA
CO-FOUNDER. 2019 – PRESENT
ORA is an Africa-led project seeking to open up access to information on restitution of African material culture and human ancestors, to empower all stakeholders involved to make knowledge-based decisions.
Save The Railway
FOUNDER. 2012 – 2016
A one of a kind journey to document Kenya’s railway stations that were at risk of demolition and severe dilapidation. This photo essay showcases the journey across Kenya to document the obvious, the elusive, the tangible and the intangible
