Born Javan Omondi Ofula in a family of five, a lover of literature since his days in school Javan has kept the love on by composing lots of poetry for personal nourishment till until after his O level education that he chose to go main stream by doing socially charged pieces in different forums to champion for social justice and also appreciate African culture. Having composed over twenty piece that saw him perform on different stages for different awards he has worked with so many artists and youth organization in line of empowering youths and arts, Working on his debut album that will compose of some of his best pieces Javan has worked and shared stage with many artist from his home area and other place like Juliani, D.S.G, Sigingi ,Ghost, Rebel, Pac Duo from Kariobangi, Tall Dwarfs, ,Ade of South sudan,Lucas of the BeScot Duo from France, Anataban group from South Sudan. amongst many other more, working with many studios like Rojavo ,Othole fruityloops and Maxsounds of Uganda. Having worked across the border in Tanzania and most recent in Uganda on the Zinduka project that saw him do collaboration with best artists from the group Anataban and also shot a video yet to be released.
Working with the community at large Javan is the youth senate representative from Embakasi North and the co-founder of Mtoto WA Dandora an N.G.O in Dandora he is also the founder of Hip Hop cradle a movement that champions for growth of young artists, and runs a company that promotes arts and artistry in slum areas, Over two years now Javan has been on the helm of organizing events to champion youths issues, this has been through concerts like, Rhyme Mechanic in 2017, Sheng Circle season one and two both in 2017 and 2019 respectfully, these events have brought together over 2000 youths to express themselves artistically, talk about their challenges and the very many possible solutions that have been adopted over time.
Recently he was selected to be part of the project on Promoting Sustainable Peace through the National Youth Policies in the framework of 2030 Agenda by the United Nations and Commonwealth Youths, key to him is organizing youths to self-motivate, Challenge and bridge the gap through availing resources and creating link in the Informal settlements and the most basic space of our communities.
He has recently been nominated for the Upcoming Human Rights Defender of the year 2019 a coveted prize given by the Defenders Coalition Kenya; he is also working on his debut album to be released later this year mostly focusing on social issues. The year 2020 has not only been an interesting one for him but also has seen him work with a pool of artists under the Arts and Sports For Social Justice banner a creatives and sportsmen movement under the Justice Centers Working, a group that he has been leading for the last two
and a half years now, this team comprises of over two hundred artists from all genres and forms of arts and sports, using arts to champion for Social change, with this team exposing and nurturing very strong poets, actors who have traversed the wider Nairobi and some parts of Kenya using street theatre to awaken the masses on issues of human rights and the constitution to empower a humans rights nation, this team has also used graffiti to champion for the same through visual arts, songs, poetry, dances and documentation through film and photography, currently this team is working with a team of thirty artists from three informal settlements of Nairobi namely Dandora, Kayole and Mukuru do albums on human rights issues, freedom of expression and the power of the constitution and Kenyan people.
Javan The Poet has been part of various movements and alliances to impact these conversations through arts, this are namely Pawa254, Fight Inequality Alliance, Silence The Gun Movement, Decoalonize movement, Activistas and Youlead which are not only local but regional too. In this year he was selected by United Nation as one of the world artists to create the song “Imagine” that was adopted as the theme song to celebrate international Youth Day 2020 and also was part of an international panelist to discuss the power of youths collaborating with artists from all over the world, his works have been published both locally and abroad. Overtime Javan the Poet has proven to also be a prolific speaker on numerous issues and majorly on matters human rights, youths in arts, sport and leadership, sharing panels with many to shed lights and share opinions in these key conversations.