Date: August 12, 2012
Venue: the Jockey Club of Kenya
Tickets: Advance Adults Kshs 500 & Children (under12) Kshs 250 [Available at Ticketsasa]
Activities include: Live performances by Capital fm DJ’s, food & drinks on sale, Crafters and exhibitors
For more information visit their Facebook Page
This is a pictorial journey into the world of Kenyan Olympic sports offered by Content House Education Trust.
Dates: July 30-August 31, 2012
Venue: Alliance
‘Kenya’s Olympic Journey’ is presented by Content House Education Trust, a group of Kenyan sports journalists and researchers who seek to promote Kenyan sporting history stories with the aim of informing and uniting Kenyans.
About
The exhibition is a photographic journey into the world of Kenyan sports capturing the training, personal lives and behind the scenes moments that go into the making of an Olympic athlete. From the athletes’ camps in Iten, where many of Kenya’s world famous runners make their home, to the boxing clubs in Nakuru and Nairobi to rugby teams and the perennial disappointments of the national football side, this series of unprecedented images offers us a glimpse into the lives of athletes as they prepare to defend Kenya’s national pride in the biggest sporting event in the world.
Daily live coverage of the Olympic Games
Venue: Alliance Francaise
Time: from 12 to 3pm and 5 to 8pm.
Madam Kenyan President is back!
After being billed as the craziest show so far, Heartstrings Kenya brings 8 final shows of the comedy Madam Kenyan President in August.
Directed by: Sammy Mwangi and Victor Ber
Date: August 7–12, 2012 [8 shows only]
Venue: Alliance Française de Nairobi
Times: 6.30pm weekdays, 3 & 6.30pm weekdays.
Charges: Kshs 500
Contact: 0721 608 656
Hilariously we will get to know why the best man for the job is a woman. What will Kenya be like under a woman president?
We all have arguably shouted from the rooftops that this country Kenya cannot and shall not be ruled by a woman. That there is no place at the top for a woman to hold. That is a position that is traditionally held by men and so women should forget it and take their rightful position. The second position.
Heartstrings Kenya in a ridiculously hilarious manner and their fashion will show that our president doesn’t have to be a woman. And this is because the women have become small presidents in their many positions that they have taken in our society. The way we all drink, eat, breathe, belch, talk, sleep, wake up, etc etc. is all controlled by woman. The hard fact is that whatever each and every individual Kenyan does, a woman is the one who finally decides. So if the society thinks that we don’t have a woman president, they are wrong because we have them in offices, factories, homes, and schools. They are our mothers, wives, girlfriends, concubines, secretaries, mama mbogas, house helps, etc etc.
A woman is not ruling Kenya, but a woman is surely ruling the world.
We will never look at this country in the same way again because what a man can do, a woman already did it better.
In this Play, Honourable Martin Mwangi is in the most dreaded period of an MP’s life- the year just before the ELECTIONS. The journey has been hard and as expected the power too sweet to let go. He engages crooks to make sure that his rivals are kept literally toothless and under control as he goes for another term.
In his quest to amass wealth and more power, the Honourable MP comes face to face with the worst of fears- his world is falling apart and he’s lost control… of EVERYTHING!!! With a spoilt and overly promiscuous daughter, a wayward son who is a drunkard and hates literally everything… well almost everything, except the beer bottle, and a house maid who is in charge of all his household,he soon discovers that even his most trusted Chief Campaigner is upto something. Something good? Something nasty?
The unfolding drama reveals a past that has come back to haunt him…. a past that proved that indeed, mess, we can.
To celebrate the African novel and its adaptability and resilience, Kwani Trust announces a one-off new literary prize for African writing. The Kwani? Manuscript Project calls for the submission of unpublished fiction manuscripts from African writers across the continent and in the Diaspora. The prize seeks fresh, original work that explores and challenges the possibilities of the novel.
http://manuscript.kwani.org/
Date: August 5, 2012
Venue: Michael Joseph Centre
Time: 2-5pm
Tickets: kshs 300
Performances by Parking Lot Grass & Rock of Ages
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Date: August 5, 2012
Venue: Leisure Gardens-Mamba Village
Time: 1-7pm
Tickets: Kshs 1500 Gate Kshs 1300 advance, available at select Dormans outlets and online via ticketsasa.com, 500 Ksh. for children over 5years and free for children between 5-12 years.
Performances by Sauti Sol, Michael Ongaro, Yunasi & Tumi
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9c_y6lZh_g]Sauti Sol will be performing their just released album, ‘Sauti Sol’ for the first time. The album is an experimental work in which Sauti Sol has embarked on an exciting mission – to embrace their artistic versatility and blend their signature harmonies with the futuristic sounds of avant-garde South African rapper/producer Spoek Mathambo. The end result of this much-anticipated collaboration reflects the band’s mission to break (African) musical stereotypes and borders.
Date: August 1, 2012
Venue: British Institute of East Africa
Time: 7-8pm
RSVP to attend at: seminars@biea.ac.uk
To understand events like the 2007-08 post-election violence in Kenya one needs to go back in history.
This effort requires the following of the Kenyan State from the colonial but most importantly from its post-colonial trajectory. This is the focus of Charles Hornsby’s latest book, “Kenya: a history since independence.” Traversing key features of the Kenya post-colony, Hornsby looks at issues such as the politics of redistribution, the saliency of ethnicity and the operation of corruption in Kenya since independence.
The book offers fresh evidence and as such new insights on Kenya’s post-colonial history and will surely remain a widely referenced title in years to come.
The launch will be accompanied by a short discussion on the debates that the book tries to raise or tackle.
Copies of the book will be on sale and Hornsby will gladly be present to autograph sold copies as well.
