Impromptu songs from Dzaleka refugee camp, Malawi rec. summer 2022 Album

In the summer of 2022, my partner and I had the pleasure of accompanying friends who were documenting visual art, poetry, dance, and music created by refugees at Dzaleka, in Malawi as part of a larger book-based project on refugees and their art around the world. Our host family, who took amazing care of us, had lived as refugees from Burundi for many years. One afternoon, a few singers and guitarists, names Jeres, Eliza, and Dan, all refugees from the DRC, picked up guitars and created these raw, gorgeous performances. The photo is of the youngest son of the family we stayed with playing a guitar I brought from the US to give to him.