Ies van Bussel
Graphic Design
Bachelor
Mako & Wazungu: Beyond a Perspective
I was two years old when we moved to Uganda. They called me Mzungu (white person) and I called them Mako (the name of a Kenyan family friend), that was my way of acknowledging their dark skin. When my parents told me I was getting an Ugandan sister they said, “Ies je krijgt een Mako baby zusje!”
So we’re Mako & Wazungu.
In this audio-visual experience, I want to encourage the viewer to explore different sides of the story that we tell. For a story to be understood, it needs to be heard from more than one perspective.
This page was last updated on July 6, 2022