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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Evelyne Musambi

Fusion between culture and modernity as children dance in Kenya’s refugee camp

Kenya Refugee Dancers - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Beads of sweat drip from the faces of young girls and boys as they dance to the rhythm of traditional drums and open calabashes, while their peers watch them in awe.

These are refugee children, some who were born in one of Africa’s largest camps — Kakuma, located in northern Kenya, where more than 300,000 refugees’ livelihoods have been affected by funding cuts that have halved monthly food rations.

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