Re -writing the narrative of a single story

Desmond tutu says that as a young person it's dangerous not to know your history,but what if your history is distorted? Or one sided or even subjective ? People living in informal settlements or in areas considered to be less privileged have always fallen victims of a single story .for instance every time you hear of kisauni in mombasa you think of wakali kwanza but one might wonder whether there are no good stories that people can write about kisauni. How would people get to know of the beautiful things happening in this areas if all that is written is about robbery ,mugging and all other bad vices . In Shauri Yako,mombasa there kids with amazing talents but nobody talks about them.Recently ,a group of youths came together to put up a talent show in a bid to explore and nurture the talents of this young people. The talent show was dubbed "talent mtaani/Boresha base and the main intention was to change the narrative of how people view Shauri Yako . It was evident that they too had not been spared by the fangs of a single story .an artist (Mr.evans ogony alias mtu saba )that was also part of the initiate had this to say ;

we have been sidelined and discriminated for a very long time yet there is a lot of talent and potential at in the ghetto,there are so many stories of hope buy people dont see that

It's time that we changed the narrative and see beyond geographical lines .we can not afford to let other people be victimized ,we must tell the African story and we must tell it well. What if the world knew about a young person in kisauni Mr.Musa Ali who is devoting his life to helping the youths who have been affected by drugs ,what if we talked about the youths in mlaleo who devote their lives in helping others young people through youth friendly services,i guess it would have made a lot of difference. We must tell stories objectively because stories are very powerful,they either build you or destroy you ,but must importantly we must own our stories.