MACICIO (Kikuyu word for “spectacles”), 2015
CONCEPT/PHOTOGRAPHY: Osborne Macharia
COSTUME & SPECTACLE DESIGN: Kevo Abbra
“This is my first of many fictional stories to come. It revolves around the Mau Mau (guerilla fighters during Kenya’s struggle for independence).
Rumour has it that within the Mau Mau fighters was a special unit of 5 opticians who hand-crafted special-made spectacles that they used to to spot the enemy at night. Little is known about them…til now.”