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Storymoja Hay Festival 2010

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Date: 1st - 3rd October 2010 Venue: Railways Club Grounds Time & Price: TBA (picture by Kenyanpoet) Last year's Storymoja Hay Festival held at Impala Club was really good. This event is a must for anyone interested in the arts and literature.

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

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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

Tarica June - "Why I Write"

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Hey folks, hope you've had a great week. Today I'm posting a song from female MC  Tarica June . This is a track from her debut mixtape Moonlight Revolution . I'm also using this post to test the new flash format I'll be using to post up tracks(I tell you blogger can be a pain sometimes, but I'm sticking with her,lol:)