The train rumbled out of the Nairobi Railway Station on a Friday in February on its way to the coastal city of Mombasa with 99 artists and passengers who had jumped on-board for the journey. Soon after our departure, Kenyan beat boxer and poet Checkmate Mido engaged me in a conversation elaborating how he came up with the theme for this year’s residency, which was “Kovu Safarini” or “Scars along the way.”
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