SINA SIRI NINA JIBU

"I Have No Secrets but I have an Answer" in Swahili

By Eastern African Museum of Art Nairobi (EAMAN)

Behind the scenes travels 13 (2021) by James Muriuki Original Source: https://eaman.org/

Swahili for "I have no secrets but I have an answer"

The performance SINA SIRI NINA JIBU took place on the coastline rooftops of Shela village.
The title was inspired by the Swahili inscriptions found on the broad rim of the khangas used in the performance.

SINA SIRI NINA JIBU, performance 18 (2021) by Olga Kisseleva, James Mweu, and James Muriuki Original Source: https://eaman.org/

Performers

The performance was carried out by the students from the Anidan Centre for Children who interpreted the message from a baobab after learning about methods the project used for data collection from trees.

The performative dance of the creative young people of Anidan is an homage to the baobab, its wisdom, its resilience, and our effort to take the dialogue with nature to a new level of understanding, protection, and exploration.

SINA SIRI NINA JIBU, I have no secrets but I have an answer

Fragment of performance video

SINA SIRI NINA JIBU performance 15 (2021) by Olga Kisseleva, James Mweu, and James Muriuki Original Source: https://eaman.org/

Dancing in the wind

SINA SIRI NINA JIBU performance 1 , Olga Kisseleva, James Mweu, James Muriuki, 2021, Original Source: https://eaman.org/

SINA SIRI NINA JIBU, performance 57 , Olga Kisseleva, James Mweu, James Muriuki, 2021, Original Source: https://eaman.org/

SINA SIRI NINA JIBU performance 2 , Olga Kisseleva, James Mweu, James Muriuki, 2021, Original Source: https://eaman.org/

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SINA SIRI NINA JIBU performance 17 (2021) by Olga Kisseleva, James Mweu, and James Muriuki Original Source: https://eaman.org/

Wind blowing through a message from a baobab tree

Khangas in the installation SINA SIRI NINA JIBU flutter in the wind together with the coastal trees.

The message of the baobab is laid out. Are we listening?

SINA SIRI NINA JIBU performance 20 (2021) by Olga Kisseleva, James Mweu, and James Muriuki Original Source: https://eaman.org/

Performing at the rooftops

SINA SIRI NINA JIBU performance 18 (2021) by Olga Kisseleva, James Mweu, and James Muriuki Original Source: https://eaman.org/

Message of a baobab tree color-coded in khangas, Lamu island

Installation SINA SIRI NINA JIBU facing the Indian ocean

SINA SIRI NINA JIBU performance 19 (2021) by Olga Kisseleva, James Mweu, and James Muriuki Original Source: https://eaman.org/

Colors of nature and culture of the Swahili coast

SINA SIRI NINA JIBU performance 16 (2021) by Olga Kisseleva, James Mweu, and James Muriuki Original Source: https://eaman.org/

The wind settled, the message remained

Color coding (2021) by Olga Kisseleva and James Muriuki Eastern African Museum of Art Nairobi (EAMAN)

From code to life

Credits: Story

SINA SIRI NINA JIBU, Performance (2021)

Author: Olga Kisseleva, James Muriuki
Choreographer: James Mweu
Performers: Students of the Anidan Centre for Children
Photographer: Ian Kathurima Kinyua (SwiftLab), James Muriuki, Margaret Ngigi
Video editing: James Muriuki, Emmaus Kimani, Federico Debetto
Curator: James Muriuki
Project & Technical Coordinator: Emmaus Kimani
Project Director: Maria Amelina

Commissioned, co-created and co-produced by EAMAN

Participation of the Peponi Hotel and Anidan Centre, Lamu are gratefully acknowledged.

Listening to The Rift Valley Project: https://eaman.org

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