Bebeto Ochieng, also known by his artistic name Thufu-B, poses for a photograph in front of BSQ Crew's abandoned train carriage-turned art studio at the Nairobi Railway Museum in central Nairobi, Kenya, 07 September 2019. Graffiti artists of BSQ Crew, originally started by three founding members, have been working out of an abandoned train carriage they rented from the Railway museum management which they turned into an art studio. Brian Musasia, also known by his artistic name Msale, is one of the original BSQ members. The twenty-six-year-old former art student says that at times, he struggles financially as a street artist in Kenya. Painting on a used pre-painted fabric he used in his house as a window curtain, Msale says the idea to paint over it came when he had no money to buy a canvas. 'It is our responsibility as (African) artists to tell a different story about Africa than what you have been told or been learning - the real stories we live'. Another founding member Bebeto Ochieng, or Thufu-B, says he believes in the role the art plays in society. 'We believe art is a weapon for change. And the new generation of Kenyan artists will shake the whole of Nairobi', the young artist says enthusiastically. Although many artists in Kenya struggle to earn enough for a living and it is rarely seen as a proper profession, yet the art scene in Nairobi has been growing in recent years with an increasing number of artists who gain recognition abroad.
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