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You died. I could not say it, I could not write it; I told them, ‘She’s gone’, Then I said, ‘She left us’, But that made it your fault. So I settled for ‘She’s now at peace’. I looked for a suitable heading – I said ‘The farewell of …’ It did not sound formal enough. I wrote ‘The departure of …’ But that was too vague. So I settled for ‘The promotion to glory of .. ’ I needed to do the roll-call…

Storytelling Through the Lens of a Kenyan Photographer

Rich Allela is currently an award-winning Kenyan photographer at age 28. Though it might seem like an obvious goal to target for a man and his camera, his story gives us insight into why his career path may have been unforseeable; a stark reminder on the key our hobbies hold when navigating careers – the things we truly love to do. Village Life … At the tender age of 9, Rich’s family moved away…