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The Cultural Frontline: My art, my community

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My art, my community

25/03/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - The Cultural Frontline, My art, my community

We meet the artists helping others through their work and activism

Sudanese filmmaker Hajooj Kuka, Russian Tajik musician Manizha, Kenyan artist Shine Tani

This week, we hear from artists who’ve been making a difference in their local communities.  

Sudanese filmmaker Hajooj Kuka first spoke to The Cultural Frontline in 2019 when he was filming the protests taking place after Sudanese President Al Bashir had been deposed following 30 years of authoritarian rule. Anu Anand catches up with Hajooj to hear about the community filmmaking projects he’s been undertaking through his local neighborhood committee.

The Russian Tajik musician and campaigner Manizha moved with her family to Russia aged four to escape the civil war in Tajikistan.  A successful singer songwriter, she was the last person to represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest. She explains how many of her concerts have been cancelled due to her opposition to the war in Ukraine and how her music supports the work of her SILSILA foundation which helps those who have experienced domestic violence, along with championing the rights of refugees and migrants.

Shine Tani is a successful Kenyan artist with his art gallery at the centre of the Banana Hill community just north of Nairobi. Shine came from a poor background, surviving by begging and performing as an acrobat on the streets with his brothers. Self-taught, he now represents over 100 artists from across the continent and his work has helped change the status of local art in the country.

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