From the sun gods of Lamu to the surfers of Rio, what ties all the stories in this issue together is mediation on Maji (water in Swahili). Together, let's explore the movements, myths and memories that draw us all to the shore.

Find heaven among the sand dunes of Mambrui with IAMISIGO

Inside the wonderfully wonky world of this Nairobi sound artist and researcher

Rafaela Pinah takes us to the edges of Rio de Janeiro to create a visual language steeped in beauty 

Inside the wonderfully wonky world of this Nairobi sound artist and researcher

Creative direction

ANIL PADIA

Film and photography direction
MICHAEL MWANGI MAINA

Unseen archives from Yoshita 1967 take us to the shores of Lamu to explore the brand’s fluid interplay of gender and identity. With Yoshita 1967’s first formal collection, we are invited into the highlands of central Kenya to dance along ‘Temple Road’. Founder Anil Padia dedicates his brand to honouring his family, who migrated from Gujarat, India to Nyeri, Kenya over a century ago, and his own journey to the fashion world in Paris, where the yearning to tell the untold stories, rituals and tensions of his heritage have given birth to this most heartfelt and handcrafted of endeavours.


This digital issue of Nataal magazine is dedicated to dance and considers howthebodyinmovementcan be a tool for self-expression, for political statement,or simplypureenjoyment.

Find heaven among the sand dunes of Mambrui with IAMISIGO

Inside the wonderfully wonky world of this Nairobi sound artist and researcher

Rafaela Pinah takes us to the edges of Rio de Janeiro to create a visual language steeped in beauty 

Inside the wonderfully wonky world of this Nairobi sound artist and researcher