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Posted  Saturday, January 23  2010 at  19:09

He helps young painters on a practical level too, running an art school for village children in a studio set aside on his ground floor. “This is their work,” he said proudly, showing me a group of portraits.

Frank Whalley runs Lenga Juu, a fine arts and media consultancy based in Nairobi. Email: fwhalley@gmail.com

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