Defenders Coalition hosted Mashujaa Festival Concert on 20th October 2019 at Alliance Francaise, Nairobi to celebrate and honor human rights and social justice heroes.

The pomp-filled extravaganza attracted human rights defenders and friends of Kenya from across all walks of life. 

During the celebrations, notably, Defenders Coalition honored Prof. Yashpal Ghai who is a constitutional law professor and played a key role in the drafting of Kenya’s progressive new constitution.

Revellers who attended the event were provided with a commemorative wall to write the names of their heroes from as far back as the first liberation of Kenya. 

The event played host to top musicians and poets incuding Sarabi band, Mbogi Konnection, H_Art the band and spoken word poets including Javan the poet, Ndungi Githuku, gravity band, and Anthem Republic.

The celebrations, henceforth, will be an annual event that will serve purpose to mainstream the work of doing human rights defense as well as a platform for coming together to show solidarity, resilience and unappalled respect to HRDs who have lost their live while in the line of duty.