Kanzu or Burqa

When Amina returns to Lamu for her mother’s funeral, she carries more than grief in her suitcase. She carries a choice. One outfit will let her sit quietly with the family. The other will tell the truth about who she is and might cost her safety.

Set between a tense matatu journey and a homecoming thick with memory, silence, and judgment, Kanzu or Burqa follows a trans woman navigating mourning, faith, gender, and belonging in a town that remembers her only as who she used to be. As relatives sharpen their tongues and tradition tightens its grip, Amina must decide whether survival means hiding or finally arriving as herself.