Eight Kenyan men in thier 20's with a talent for painting make up the Kagongo Self Help Group. Using oil on canvas, the artist piant traditional subjects that in the past were sold to tourists shops in Nairobi. With the political unrest and drastic drop in tourism, the group is making efforts to market thier work internationally. Themes of thier paintings range from images of African animals to people in traditional dress performing daily tasks, to abstract images commomnly found on batiks. Each piece is original and signed by the artist.