EAMI Dance Part 1.wmv

The East African Media Institute's 2nd place dance during the Nairobi Province Drama Festival. The dance is adapted from a traditional Luhya dance and portrays the stigma that is attached to disabled people in Kenya.

The dance tells the story of a young couple who are married and then give birth to a baby girl. After the initial celebration, the girl is found to be blind which sends the father into a rage. He blames his wife and daughter for the apparent misfortune and drives them from his home. He then takes refuge in traditional alcohol while lamenting his fate...

Continued on Part 2...

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Kenya
• culture
• dance
• traditional
• luhya
• luyia
• festival
• nairobi
• disability

[briihlaynes]

where is the part two though i would really like to see what happens to the child and how it ends