Meet Jennifer.
14 years old.
B-Girl.
Born and raised in
Kampala.
Primary 7.
I met Jennifer in May 2013
at South by Southwest Camp where she was just 12 years old.
When I saw her at a World
Music event in Kampala in June she came up to me screaming my name saying how
excited she was to see me. I had to
kindly request for her name again and when she told me, I didn’t think anything
of it.
Then the light bulb lit.
It took me over an hour to
realize that this young woman who was growing into her curves was the same
young girl starring in a breakdance performance on domestic violence at that
camp.
Since we are both in
Kampala, I am now lucky enough to hang out with this bright young woman on a
weekly basis.
Jennifer’s dream is to
become a constitutional lawyer to strengthen her country for what is right.
She wants to travel to
Poland because she has friends there who also share her passion of
breakdancing.
The simple things in life
make Jennifer happy… Things like dancing, singing, and swimming. She is not ready to take on the waters Lake
Victoria yet. She sticks to the various
pools around Kampala.
She comes from a family
with 5 other siblings, three brothers and 2 sisters, with her being the second
oldest. When she was 12 her parents
divorced.
Her happiest moment in
life was joining Breakdance Project Uganda (BPU) because everyone welcomed her
freely and openly.
He hardest moment was when
one of her younger brothers passed away in a car accident.
To all the youth out in
the world Jennifer wants to tell you, “Be yourself and look out for what is
best for you!”
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