Episode 91: Meet the fine artist turning banana fibers into quality Ugandan products

~ Khaboshi

Kenyan-born artist, educator and entrepreneur, Kimani Muturi, tells us how he is turning the waste products of banana farming in Uganda into beautiful, export-quality fabrics and rugs.

TexFad weaver working on a rug. Picture courtesy of http://www.texfad.co.ug

Published by Khaboshi

Khaboshi is a videographer and currently produces and edits a podcast called Africa Straight Talk. After graduating from San Francisco State University, Khaboshi began working in video production and some of the documentaries she has worked on have been shown at local Bay Area film festivals. After a couple of years, Khaboshi enrolled in Johns Hopkins University and graduated with a Masters in Communications. When not working on the podcast, you will find Khaboshi outdoors hiking, or visiting small towns around California and around the world. -- There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." --Maya Angelou.

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