Homecoming for China-trained acrobat

Little did Mathias Kavita, a 14-year-old Kenyan boy, know that after completing two years of rigorous training at the Guangzhou Acrobatic Troupe in South China, it would take him four decades to return to the country he had come to consider his second home.

From 1983 to 1985, Kavita, together with 23 other Kenyan teenagers, spent two rewarding years of intense training marked by both hardship and joy. This unforgettable experience profoundly influenced him, who has since become a respected acrobatics coach in Kenya, training more than 1,000 acrobats.