Book Launch: Peace & Milk-Scenes of Northern Somalia, Jun. 12 2012 @ Goethe Institut

Date: June 12, 2012
Venue: Goethe Institut Auditorium
Time: 6pm
Entry: Free

Somalia is not well known or understood. The images that come from there are one-sided and mostly filled with gloom, violence and suffering.

Fatima Jibrell, a Somali environmentalist, and James Lindsay, a retired diplomat, have both been working closely with the rural communities of Northern Somalia to conserve the environment and improve the standards of living of the rural populations there. But more importantly, they have been able to project to the outside world an image of Northern Somalia as a place of great diversity and serenity. They have published a photographic documentation entitledPeace and Milk: Scenes from Northern Somalia.

Peace and Milk reveals the beauty and variety of the Somali landscape and the communities of Northern Somalia. Informative captions tell the stories behind the photographs and provide an insight into how ordinary Somalis live.

The book launch will be in the form of a moderated panel discussion with the authors and a Q & A session with the audience.

For more information check the Goethe Institut website

POWO presents Art&Protest, Jun 16 2012 @ PAWA254

Fantastic line-up for this month’s POWO meetup. Do not miss it!

POWO (Poets and Writers Online) June 2012 Meetup
Saturday 16th June, 2012, 10.30am – 1.30pm
@PAWA254 – 2nd Floor, Africa Alliance of YMCAs Building
State House Crescent, off State House Road

A Panel Discussion: Art & Protest

Panelists

Boniface Mwangi – Photographer, Activist

Room Thinker – Blogger

Okoiti Omtata – Writer, Activist

Maddo – Cartoonist – The Standard Group

Muki Garang – Hip Hop Artist, Poet, Activist

Feature Poet
Raya Wambui

sign up and more info: http://powojune2012.eventbrite.com/

Concert: Nairobi Orchestra, Jun 16-17 2012 @ Braeburn Theatre

The Nairobi Orchestra is in concert this month at Braeburn Theatre, Gitanga Road, Lavington, Saturday 16th June 7.00 pm and Sunday 16th June 3.00 pm

Programme:
COLERIDGE TAYLOR Petite Suite de Concert
GRIEG Peer Gynt Suites nos 1 & 2
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Conductor Jim Pywell
Leader Marta Lizak

Tickets 700/- at the door
Students/Senior Citizens (with ID) 500/-

find the Nairobi Orchestra on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/NairobiOrchestra

Storytelling: The Fireside Tales, Jun 10 2012 @ Alliance Francaise

The Fireside Tales –  Sigana International Storytelling Festival, presented by Zamaleo Arts and Culture Trust
Tickets: ksh. 200/- children and adults ksh. 500/-

The Fireside Tales programme is an interactive oral folklore performance for family audiences, recreating the well-known traditional evening fireside moment of wisdom sharing.

Among the stories to be presented:

RAINBOW – Kweya Newton In order to get married, the most beautiful creature demands the rainbow. Many animals attempt but fail. Eventually, the Bat manages to get the rainbow and the butterfly agree to marry him because of his caring heart and unselfishness

Wellah Lucy tells us of the brave one who cut of the tail of the Hyena’s tail while a sleep; he became the famous one in the village. The Hyena embarks on the journey to search for him…will he find him…find out in Mkia wa Kisasi.

Alumbe Namai tells us of the great man LWANDA from the land of our brother, a man with the most supernatural features.

#JumpStartThursday/Event: Traditional Market Channels, Jun. 14 2012 @ GrowthAfrica-Cape Point, Ring Road Kilimani


Date: June 14, 2012
Time: 9am-5pm
Venue: GrowthAfrica
Location: Cape Point, Ring road, Kilimani
Tickets: Kshs 1000

Invited guests include: representatives of Google Trader, Export Promotion Council, corporate buyers and craft fair organizers.

The topic of discussion will be traditional market channels. Also to be explored are new business models offered by internet and mobile technology.

NB: Only 12 spots available

You can follow this conversation on twitter by using #JumpStartThursday

About Jumpstart Thursday
Jumpstart Thursday is a brainstorming session for craft designers and producers.

For more info check their Facebook page

Live Argentine Tango by maestros Miriam y Dante, Jun. 12 2012 @ Tree House

Argentine Tango demo performance by maestros Miriam y Dante during la Milonga patamango, 7:30 pm Tuesday 12 June 2012 at The Tree House, Museum Hill Complex, free entrance!

We are very pleased to welcome to Nairobi tango maestros Miriam y Dante who will be present at our weekly La Milonga Patamango (milonga: social tango dancing event) at The Tree House, Tuesday 12 June 2012, during the course of which Miriam y Dante will be offering us demo performances of traditional Argentine Tango. Entrance is free!

The performance above is also the kick-off of a 5-day Tango Festivalito with Miriam y Dante, 12-16 June 2012 — please see the Patamango Association website or email for further details.

Based in Buenos Aires and the UK, Miriam Orcutt and Dante Culcuy travel regularly to teach and perform traditional tango throughout Europe and South America, and this is their first visit to Africa… an opportunity to not miss! Please see their website for their biographies as well as video samples of their dancing.

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