The Musings of Kajuzi!

Adam Levine famously sang that 'the best laid plans sometimes are just a one night stand.' I loved that song, Lost Stars. There are many times i have wished i was that random girl who could decide to go watch a live band at Mocha-Locha barely  20 minutes to 5 pm on a Friday evening,  just because a dude said he has 2 extra tickets. The girl who would take a guy's hand and see where they wake up tomorrow. But i was never that girl. I have always been the girl who makes a plan, and then spends half the time worrying that things are not going according to plan. I never do things for the sake. I always have the big picture in mind. I have this constant need to know why i am taking certain actions and what they contribute to the larger picture . I have been told that i never do things that are not for my own benefit in the full circle, which apparently comes off as selfish and narcissistic. :( But don't get me wrong, i am not all BOOORING... I am at the same t

The past four weeks i have had residence in the busy, bustling and ever moving Mumbai. Bombay, as the locals call it, is a mix of contradiction, promise, pain and a huge population, which the residents have gotten so used to that nothing, not even the flooding and possible death and displacement of fellow Indians in a neighboring state, fazes them. To them, that is just another Tuesday. The day i arrived, as i exited the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 3am in the morning, i was greeted by a  huge presence of small house structures with blue rooftops lining both sides from the airport entrance for a long way out. The slums. In the still quiet night light, mixed with the uniformly arranged street lights and a sky so high up, i was filled with awe as I stared at the scene ahead expanding into the city; the tall buildings and bridge silhouettes seen from kilometers away gave a sense of a city seeking to be discovered. 'Its beautiful.' I whispered as a sigh of exci

How Can Art Foster Sound Leadership? A Musical Concert by Dowe Music in Collaboration with the YALI Network. Performance: Dowe Music Led by Douglas Guest Speaker: Maureen Changawa- Community Development Worker & 2017 Mandela Washington Fellow “Art testifies to the power of imagination, the unique capacity of humans to project, to dream and to reflect things not only as they are but as they could be”- anonymous It was around 2:30pm last Friday, the 19 th of January, when I walked into the Kenya National Library Services- Nakuru Building to an Instrumental live performance of the Kenya National Anthem by the Dowe Music Team. From The ground floor, you could hear the soul lifting blend of about 8 instruments playing our national prayer in a somewhat sombre tone. It was beautiful!  This was the beginning of an amazing concert of spoken word, music performances and discussions that focused on the contribution of Art to Sound Leadership, in our communities and t