Welcome to the documentary in the studio from the BBC World Service.
I am Freni Joey.
Last summer, I met the Kenyan artist Mika Obanda at his studio in the slums of Nairobi,
where I saw the mosaics and drawings he was finishing off for an exhibition.
He's been through a lot since then.
I want to tell you about the challenges he's faced and how that has affected his work.
But first, here's a reminder of the artwork he was making, with a surprising twist.
His mosaics are not created using traditional tiles, but from something most of us throw away, eggshells.
Eggshells can do art, deep, very meaningful art.
For the past six years, he 's been using these delicate shells,
painstakingly placing the tiny pieces to create his vibrant, personal and activist artworks.
When I'm using eggshells, I'm exploring colour.
Mosaica feels very personal to me.
It made me find peace in the moment that I couldn't find peace.
Mika lives and works in Mukuru, a slum area in the south of Nairobi.
Now, about 60% of the capital's population live in slums.
And Mika's artworks often depicts the experiences faced by the 700,000 people who call Mukuru home.
It's crowded.
It can be a difficult place to thrive in. Kuru inspires my work a lot.
Like 90% of what I do is like inspired from here.