NYALOKA: The Girl from Across the Water

Nyaloka is my story. In the early 1990s, I left Australia to marry Okeyo, a Kenyan national. Along my 3 year journey, I learnt about the Luo culture and the art of surviving on a remote farm in Western Kenya and how to navigate the cultural divides. Okeyo’s family welcomed me with open arms, despite my inability to carry jerry cans of river water on my head. My husband was a sound technician and video photographer. We made a living managing a video lending library and producing documentarie...