David Ochieng, also known as ‘Avido’, is a Kenyan designer whose brand is making a noise in the fashion industry. But while his clothes are sold around the world, he stays true to his roots in Nairobi’s Kibera slum.
Colours Are Alive Here, by filmmaker Seydou Mukali, steps into his bustling life to see the young designer in action as he gets a new pop-up event off the ground. The film chronicles the creative life of this inspirational “son of the slums”, who remains deeply grounded in his community as his successes reach great heights.
Seydou Mukali is a Kenyan writer/director based in Nairobi. He has produced content for television and film for more than a decade. His feature film Veve won several awards and was acquired by Netflix. He is developing his next feature film based on Kenyan history, Searching For Lebo.
اخي اول كلامي انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه نازحين من الحرب انا واسرتي استاجرنا بيت الشهر ب 14 الف يمني والان علينا 42 الف حق 3 شهور وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرناندفعله الأجاريروحالئ ائتلافات نبكي ورجعوتكلمو الجيران ومهلنالاخره الأسبوع معادفعنا له حلف يمين بالله هذا بيخرجنا إلى الشارع رحمه واحنا. بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي واخوتي سفار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه ومامعي اخوان كباره في هذا الظروف اخوتي ولكن انا بنت لااستطيع الاطلاع على البيت للشارع وشافو البيت للشارع وشافو الجيران ياكلو راوقفووعند بابهم لجلوهم ولوخبزه يسد والله الذي له ملك السموات والارض انهم غلفو الباب وطردوهم ورجعویبکوایمونومن عیش والان لوما احدنا ساعدنا في إيكيلو دقيق اقسم بالله انموت من الجوع فيا اخي انا دخيله على الله ثم عليك واريد منك المساعده لوجه الله انشدك بالله تحب الخير واتساعدني ولو وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولاتتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير فيا اخي انت رجال إذاشفت اسرتك جاوعين المستحيل من اجل تامن لهم الأكب ولكن انابنت عيني بصيره ويدي قصيره ليس لي أب مثلك واخواني سغار شوف كيف حالتهم وساعدنا وأنقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع تتبهدل أو نموت من الجوع أنا اقسم بالله الذي رفع سبع سموات بلاعمدوبسط الارض ومهداني لااكذب عليك بحرف من ه ذا الرساله واني ماطلبتك إلى من ضيق ومن قسوت الضروف والحال الذي احنافيه وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره ﻳﺎﺃﻫﻞ ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ ﺍﻟﻲ ﻋﻨﺪﻩ ﺍﻟﻘﺪﺭﻩ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺴﺎﻋﺪﺗﻨﺎ لايتاخر علينا لحظه هاذا رقمي واتساب 00967713342392 الذي يقدر يساعدنا يراسلني على الواتساب نرسله الاسم الكامل يحولنا بقدر استطاعته الله يجزيكم خير…
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Very very Exclusive
By. 🌏Al Jazeera English.
Ladies and gentlemen..
“Moments of great difficulty are also moments of great opportunity.
To come together in solidarity. To unite behind solutions that can benefit all people. And to move forward — together — with hope in what our human family can accomplish.”
— by. UN | الأمـــــمُ المتّـحــــدَة
Secretary-General António Guterres in his New Year Message.
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Thanks for your tolerance with me..
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Thank you.
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Thank you very much.
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Staff and Crew of the 🌏Al Jazeera Group 🌍🌎!
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Still benefiting from the colonialists…..
I’m sure that sowing machine is not native to Africa 😂😂
You are just a hateful person.
sewing machine,,, unless of course you saw someone planting seeds that I didn’t.
The Jackets are great, al the best Alvido
Amedungia kijeje😂😂
This words | can’t to translate by goole!
Good work AJ
yes beautiful ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Beautiful. Send them to California 🌈 I love the velvet one
He’s a tough go-getter, using his talents and positivity: he believes in himself ❣️👍🏻
God Bless
Good job Avido.. Its good to see young men making a life of themselves its really inspiring
Beautiful Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪
Our team enjoyed working with Avido and putting this together. We’re grateful to Big World Cinema and Africa Direct for the opportunity to tell fresh African Stories.
This was awesome! Watching from the US 🇺🇸!
@Jay P Thank you
Good job Bro keep it up💯💯💯
May the lord bless you🙏
Hope things go well, will be watching for your label in USA.
Thank you Al Jazeera for showing the pride of africa 🇰🇪
Great job being creative and designing good things! Also great job employing others and keeping it going. Do your best for those sewing for you and for your community and you make the world proud!
Great film and proud of you Avido you motivate me everyday. Thanks foe putting Kibera on the map.
Beautiful Character, Beautiful Story 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
An inspiring story. Fantastic film!
Brilliant. Talented. Creative. Ambitious. Well done.
Kenya is such a beautiful country
This is exactly what we need to be done in Afrika. Produce and buy locally. “Tuko pamoja milele daima.”
God Bless Avido…🙏🏽🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪