Kwani? Open Mic presents Ian Kamau
Date: Tuesday August 7th, 2012 Venue: Club Soundd, Kaunda Street Time: 7:00pm Tickets: Ksh200 (free before 6.30pm)
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Ngugi Wa Thiong'o @ Kwani? Litfest
I hope to go for this, would really like to meet the man Ngugi wa Thiong'o at least once in my life. Date: 12th - 17th December, 2010 (Keep checking this post for additional details) Featuring amongst others Binyavanga Wainaina and Mukoma wa Ngugi
Video: How Not to Write About Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina
Narrated by Djimon Hounsou When Bono edited the Africa issue of Vanity Fair, it included an essay written by Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina . Through that, we became aware of another piece he'd written for Granta a number of years ago called "How (Not) to Write About Africa." Director Jesse Dylan and his company FreeForm worked with Binyavanga and the Beninois actor Djimon Hounsou to create this filmed performance of the essay. Read the entire essay here
Kwani? and 2010 CDC Caine Prize Workshop Reading
Kwani Trust is pleased to announce a reading in collaboration with The CDC Caine Prize workshop. The event will include an award ceremony for the winner of the recent Kwani? Short Story Competition. The Caine Prize readings will feature Mamle Kabu and Stephen Kenai, both shortlisted for the Caine Prize in 2009 and 2008 respectively. Kwani? readings will feature 4 upcoming new titles to be released into bookshops on April 1 2010 Date: Wednesday, March 24th 2010 Venue: #3 Kifaru Gardens, Kanjata Rd.(off James Gichuru Rd.) Time: 7:30 pm Entry: Free
Kenya's growing literary scene..
Whatever opinions you have one way or another about Kwani? Storymoj a and the like, (and trust me I do have my opinions on them which I may post one day) you can't deny that they are at the forefront of an Kenyan-urban literary revival.and that is a good thing, it is obvious that Kenyans are a relatively politically aware and opinionated lot and it was just that we needed the freedom to express ourselves which the KANU regime totally regimented. So, I'm not really surprised by the thriving literary scene which continues to grow by leaps and bounds. I went for this literary festival last year at Impala Grounds called the Storymoja Hay Festival and I was left feeling encouraged and hopeful about what the future holds for literature in Kenya. It has only just begun, I believe. Anyway check out this article from the Christian Science Monitor about this burgeoning scene.. It might be just another club night in party-hearty Nairobi. In a littl...
My first Kwani? poetry performance...disaster?
So, I just came back from doing my first performance of poetry ever at Kwani? I have been attending Kwani?(and other) open mics for months now and I decided it was finally time for me to get up there and perform! If you know em I'm mostly a big procrastinator(I'm seriously working on that) and I had been putting it off for some months now, but finally decided to do it. So i gathered up the courage and printed my favorite poem I've done so far, called "Passion Juice at Java," and one by Blair Wingo called "Allow Me to Re-Introduce the Christ" which I love! Anyway, so thing is I hadn't really practiced before going there, just on the same day I rehearsed for a few hours. So I hadn't memorized the poems and was going to perform by reading off a paper. Well, anyway I get there just before it starts and was last to register, I greet some folks I know and settle down to watch the performances. Well I've never been really a public performer ...