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Speaking Our Identity

4 min readNov 2, 2019

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Documenting the traditional methods used by El Molo fishermen on Lake Turkana. Photo: Nick Lunch/InsightShare, 2019
“El Molo Traditional Fishing, Loiyangalani.” Video: InsightShare, 2019
Tingatinga and Magella (left to right) review footage shot during their participatory video training. Photo: Thor Morales/InsightShare, 2018
Hellen (center) editing footage with members of the Konso tribal team. Photo: Neville Meyer/InsightShare, 2018
The remote El Molo village on the shore of Lake Turkana. Photo: Nick Lunch/InsightShare, 2019

Participatory video is the “eyes of our community”: it captures our culture and keeps it alive. Most importantly, it allows us to do this for ourselves.

“Eyes of the Community.” Video: InsightShare, 2016
Participatory video was used to capture fishing practices now endangered due to overfishing by outsiders. Photo: Nick Lunch/InsightShare, 2019
Magella, Hellen, and Tingatinga are part of a northern Kenyan video collective called NENO, meaning “the message.” This unique collaboration brings together El Molo, Gabbra, Borana, and Konso tribes for peaceful coexistence. Photo: Nick Lunch/InsightShare, 2019

The Indigenous Youth Storytellers Circle: Share Your Story with the World!

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