{"id":10030,"date":"2026-10-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/?p=10030"},"modified":"2026-10-09T13:39:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:39:42","slug":"joseph-a-young-artist-forging-his-own-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/joseph-a-young-artist-forging-his-own-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph \u2013 a young artist forging his own path"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dear friends<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph is an artist and a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Kids of Africa. He paints, writes lyrics, composes, sings \u2013 and inspires people. He grew up with Kids of Africa and is now on the threshold of an independent life. A huge step. He has chosen a path fraught with hardship. For he believes in the power of art, of music \u2013 and in his own talent. Have a listen to some samples of his work for yourself \u2013 and see him \u2018in action\u2019. I hope you have a lovely Sunday morning.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Joseph \u2013 a versatile artist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here you can see him standing in front of one of his paintings. He cannot yet make a living from his art. But he is finding his way, and every now and then he manages to sell a piece.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Joseph \u2013 as a singer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It was in the church choir that he discovered the power of music \u2013 and the talent he now wants to develop. Today, he writes the lyrics, composes and produces his own songs. His performances are a regular feature at our village festivals. He already has quite a small fan base.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n▶︎ Listen now (2:06)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n

What next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Who knows? Music can enrich the heart and soul \u2013 but it rarely enriches the wallet. And yet we believe in art. Because it is as diverse as life itself. Because it can move and strengthen us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wish you a cheerful Sunday morning and thank you for helping to pave the way for people like Joseph through your support.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Warm regards,
Yours always, Burkhard Varnholt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joseph ist bei Kids of Africa aufgewachsen und geht heute seinen eigenen Weg. Mit Leidenschaft f\u00fcr Malerei und Musik verfolgt der junge K\u00fcnstler seinen Traum von einem selbstst\u00e4ndigen Leben. Entdecken Sie seine Geschichte und sein vielseitiges Talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein-en","category-events-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10030"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10032,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10030\/revisions\/10032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}