Meet Our Braiders

By Natachi Onwuamaegbu with help from Dianne Saliamo Photos by Elsa Kariuki Lucy Ann Adhiambo loves to work. Well, maybe it’s better to...

by Natachi Onwuamaegbu with help from Dianne Saliamo Photos by Elsa Kariuki It was Connie’s mother who first showed her the beauty of...

by Natachi Onwuamaegbu with help from Dianne Saliamo Photos by Elsa Kariuki It’s hard to find someone as passionate as Bruno,...

By Natachi Onwuamaegbu with help from Dianne Saliamo Photos by Elsa Kariuki Silantoi is pictured beaming outside her office in a stunning...

by Natachi Onwuamaegbu with help from Dianne Saliamo Margaret in her salon at Kenyatta Market. Photos by Elsa N. Kariuki Margaret Ogare...

by Natachi Onwuamaegbu with help from Dianne Saliamo Photos by Elsa Kariuki Kenyatta Market has over 500 hair braiders. Of those 500,...

by Natachi Onwuamaegbu with help from Dianne Saliamo and Carly Steyer Photos by Carly Steyer It’s hard for Stella Mwende to recall one...

By Natachi Onwuamaegbu with help from Dianne Saliamo and Carly Steyer Bonnie (left) on a Zoom call with Sarah (right). Photo by Carly...

By Natachi Onwuamaegbu with help from Dianne Saliamo and Carly Steyer Photo courtesy of Moderne Studio Over two years ago, Joanna...

By Natachi Onwuamaegbu with help from cultural guide and translator Dianne Saliamo & photographer and visual lead Carly Steyer Photos by...

By Natachi Onwuamaegbu with help from Dianne Saliamo & Carly Steyer Carly Steyer For Rose Orata, Kenyatta Market was a fresh start from a...

By Natachi Onwuamaegbu with help from translator and cultural guide, Dianne Saliamo Photos by Carly Steyer When Jemmimah Atieno Owya was...

by Natachi Onwuamaegbu with help from Dianne Saliamo To find out more about this project and Kenyatta Market, visit our welcome note on...