Sauti Sol's Fancy Fingers releases new children's book

The father of one took to Instagram on Wednesday celebrating the news, noting that Africa needs to tell its own stories.

According to Polycarp, African stories have been told from generation to generation only verbally, saying the stories have gotten misinterpreted and lost their brilliance.

Polycarp went on to say that African children have not had content that is relatable to them and it matters because that is how they get to know who they are and where they come from.

“Africa needs to tell its own stories. For the longest time our history was transmitted verbally from generation to generation. The downside of that is a lot of broken telephone and others taking advantage to misconstrue our actual truth, taking all the glory of our inventions and brilliance as the African people,” he said.

“Hence the content we feed our children matters a lot, as they get to learn more about the true essence of who they are and where they come from. There hasn’t been enough African content for kids that is relatable.”

The book was conceptualized by Polycarp ‘Fancy Fingers’ written by Melissa Wakhu and illustrated by Mathew Odwyre, an animator.

“That said, Allow me to present to you, ‘WRITTEN IN THE STARS’!! First one of the ‘Papa and I series’ that is set to launch across the next several months. Written by my very good friend @mel_wakhu, illustrated by @odwyre_artworld, conceptualized by yours truly,” he added, 

‘Written in the Stars’ is a celebration of African culture and is based on inspiring African men to be more involved in their fatherhood and intentionally while at it.

The book is part of Fancy Fingers’ ‘Father Studies’ project dubbed ‘Papa and I.’