The Film & Animation Expo, Mar. 31 2012 @ Prestige Plaza

ANIMATION EXPO 2012

The 3rd Animation Expo held in March 2011 was a great success with over 500 people attending and 19 exhibitors showcasing their work. This year the Commission has expanded the Expo to include exhibitors from both the film and animation industry. The Film & Animation Expo 2012 will provide an excellent opportunity to trade, network and to showcase local productions.

The Film & Animation Expo will be held at the Prestige Palm, Prestige Plaza, Ngong’ Road on Saturday, 31st March 2012, beginning 9.30am

Register for the event here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1424000223

Request for Material/Share Experiences: For Jomo Kenyatta-Hope and Unity Exhibition, by National Museum of Kenya

The National Museum of Kenya is requesting for materials and/or calling out for experiences you would like to share with them pertaining Mzee Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya’s first president) for an exhibition that will be hosted at the same venue.

The time frames to be covered by this exhibition will be his early life as a young man and the challenges he faced, his time abroad, his return which covers the time frame from 1946 to the year he died, in 1978, and finally, the impact of his Legacy, extending to present day Kenya and beyond.

The National Museums of Kenya extends an invitation to anyone with memorabilia or experiences associated with the late Mzee Kenyatta that can go into the making of this exhibition and provide a refreshing look at the life and legacy of Kenya’s founding father.

They are looking for materials that include, but are not limited to, photographs, letters and written accounts of experiences you or people known to you would have shared with Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.

More information on this and how to get in touch with the National Museums of Kenya check this link:
http://www.museums.or.ke/Jomo_Kenyatta_Exhibition/request_for_materials.html

Consultative Workshop on Climate Change and Heritage, Mar. 21 2012 @ National Museum

The National Museum of Kenya is holding a consultative workshop on Climate change and Heritage. This workshop will be held on the March 21, 2012.
For further information, kindly contact Dr. Ali Adan, Team Leader, NMK Environment, Climate Change and Heritage Policy Group through + 254722961233; Email; aadan@museums.or.ke.
NB: Participation is strictly by invitation only.

For more information and project concept check their website

Seminar: Plots for Sale-The Dynamics of Land Transformation in Periurban Kenya, Mar. 21 2012 @ BIEA /IFRA

Date: March 21, 2012
Venue: BIEA Seminar Room – Laikipia Road, Kileleshwa
Time: 1.30 – 3.30pm
Entry: RSVP seminars@biea.ac.uk

Presenter: Dr. Patrick Mbataru, Department of Agribusiness Management and Trade, Kenyatta University

This will be followed by a debate on: The Gains and Challenges on Land Reforms in Kenya with Mr. Ibrahim Mwathane (Director of Land Development and Governance Institute)
This discussion will help open latitude for updating knowledge on key achievements and associated challenges to date to the reform.
Chair: Dr. Ambreena Manji, BIEA Director and Prof. Christian Thibon, IFRA Director

Synopsis
Land subdivision is one of the processes whose aim is to release land to the market. It allows development of infrastructure in an area. Formal processing of land subdivision also act as a deterrent to emerging informal land markets which lead to urban sprawls and blights. But the process is informed by many factors, resulting to either efficient or dysfunctional land markets.
The land market in Nairobi is distorted. The accelerated subdivision of hitherto prime agricultural land in a time of key debate on land and in the wake of a new constitution calling for land reforms calls us to interrogate the dynamics of land mutation around the country.

The French Language & Francophone Week, Mar. 19-24 2012 @ Alliance

The French language and Francophone week was initiated in 1995 by French Ministry of Culture and Communication with the aim of promoting the French language widely and is marked annually around March 20th, World Francophone Day. It is an occasion to celebrate a language that unites over 200 Million people around the world, bringing together a diversity of cultures that continue to enrich the language and promote peace, democracy and human rights.

Date: March 20, 2012
Play: Allah is not obliged (A play in French with English sub-titles)
Time: 7pm
Entry: Free

Date: March 21, 2012
Competition*: international writing competition in French
*Open to Alliance Francaise students level B and above

Dates: March 21-27, 2012
Interactive Schools visit: Open to all schools teaching French
Time: 9am-12pm
NB: Registration in advance required

Dates: March 21-24, 2012
Francophone Films: Films with English sub-titles
Time: weekdays 6pm and weekend 3pm
Entrance: Free