Book Launch: Faceless Voices – a Collection of Short Stories by Temo, Jun. 27 2013 @ Goethe Institut

Book Launch Faceless Voices – a collection of Short Stories by Temo

Date: June 27, 2013
Venue: Goethe Institut Auditorium
Time: 6 pm

Contemporary Africa and modern-day USA are the settings for these seven short stories loosely based on the senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell, and intuition. Sometimes humorous, always witty, the engaging tales take unexpected twists and turns. The stories address many of the concerns in today’s society: suppressed expression and emotion; marital relations, including infidelity and divorce; career ambitions and the “glass ceiling”; mental illness or disease; and domestic violence.

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

Zoom magazine

Concert & Exhibition: Launch of Zoom Magazine, Jun. 25 2013 @ Goethe Institut

Zoom magazine
Date: June 25, 2013
Venue: Goethe Institut Auditorium
Time: 6 pm
Entry: Free

Zoom Magazine is a platform for the young people of Nairobi. It is designed, written and founded by Usanii Lab, a collective of young creatives from Nairobi Eastlands. The magazine, which is both in English and Sheng, offers a stage for new talents and speaks with a fresh, bold voice about social issues faced by young adults as well as it entertains. Its first issue will be available on this evening.

New upcoming artists who are featured in Zoom Magazine will spice up the launch with their presence as well as with performances. The event will feature a well-known resident DJ, a live concert and a comedy act that will be sure to liven the crowd. Some artworks created by the Usanii Lab creatives will be on display as well, in the form of a mini exhibition.

Usanii Lab is part of the well-known community based photography and film project Shootback from Mathare Youth Sports Association, founded in January 2013.
Updated information: www.usanii-lab.com

Public Lecture: Global Militarism & the Resilience of Women in Africa by Prof. Amina Mama, Jun. 24 2013 @ University of Nairobi

Date: June 24, 2013
Venue: 8-4-4 Multi Purpose Hall
Time: from 02:30

The Institute for Development Studies (IDS) and the African Leadership Centre in Nairobi, in collaboration with the African Peace building Network of the Social Science Research Council, will hold a Simulation Seminar and Public Lecture at the University of Nairobi on Monday, June 24th 2013.

The event will from 2.30 pm in the 8-4-4 Multi Purpose Hall. The public Lecture, “Global Militarism and Resilience of Women in Africa”, will be presented by Prof Amina Mama, currently the Director of Women and Gender Studies Programme at the University of California, Davis. She is a widely published scholar-activist, and the founding Editor of Feminist Africa, published by the African Gender Institute in Cape Town.
Prof Mama’s Presentation explores the tension between global investments in militarism and commitments to gender equitable development.

The scholar spent 10 years (1999-2009) leading the establishment of the University of Cape Town’s African Gender Institute as a continental resource dedicated to developing transformative scholarship bringing feminist theory and activism together.

Her publications include Beyond the Masks: Race, Gender and Subjectivity (Routledge 1995), Women’s Studies and Studies of Women in Africa (CODESRIA 1996),Engendering African Social Sciences (co-edited, CODESRIA 1997) and numerous book chapters and journal articles.

Documentary on UoN
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music for charity

Concert: Music for Charity, Jul. 6 2013 @ Crooked Q

music for charity

Murfy’s fLaW hosts a Cancer Awareness Gig dubbed “Music for Charity”

Venue: Crooked Q’s Rooftop
Ticket: KSH 1,000/- (inclusive of 1 free cocktail drink)

All proceeds go to Faraja Cancer Support Trust assisting Sheena Malde and Deepa Sumaria raising funds for Cancer Awareness Cycling Challenge (400KMs in 5 days through the Rift Valley to shores of Magnificent Lake Victoria)

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