The Italian Cultural Institute in Nairobi celebrates the beginning of 2016 with the reopening of its premises – having undergone renovations in the last few months.
Date: January 15, 2016
Venue: Italian Institute of Culture, Westlands
Time: 6 pm
Entry: Free
Date: January 14, 2016
Venue: National Museum Kenya, Old Board Room
Time: 2.30 pm
Entry: Free
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A lecture by the Italian Archaeologist Savino Di Lernia – Director of the Italian Archaeological mission in the Libyan Sahara – will take place at the National Museum January 14th at 2, 30 pm, before departing for Turkana where – in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology of the National Museum of Kenya – will carry out a survey in preparation for a possible Italian Archaeological mission.
Date: Wednesday 20 January 2016
Venue: Rift Valley Institute Office, Seminar Room
Location: Laikipia Road, Kileleshwa
Time 2pm – 4pm
Entrance is by prior registration only. Register here
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It is difficult to know how much Somalia loses to illegal fishing by foreign vessels, but estimates range from USD 100 million to over USD 450 million per annum. Illegal fishing costs Somalis jobs in fishing and post-harvest fish processing, and it costs the Somali state revenue that could be secured from landing fees, licenses, taxes and other fees paid by legal fishing companies. Unregulated illegal fishing also causes overfishing, harming the marine environment and destroying local fishing communities.Join the Rift Valley Forum and Adeso for a panel discussion of the effects of illegal and unregulated fishing in Somalia and the ways in which they can be addressed. This meeting will launch Adeso’s report Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing in the Territorial Waters of Somalia. There will also be a screening of Adeso’s short film Illegal and Unregulated Fishing of the Coast of Somalia.
Moderator: Rashid Abdi, International Crisis Group
Panellists: Abdi Mohamed Dahir – Adeso, Kifle Hagos – The University of Rhode Island, Bashir M Hussein – Researcher, Pauline Gibourdel – Delegation of the European Union to Somalia
On Sunday, 10th January, 2016 from 2:00pm to 6:00pm the African Heritage House will be celebrating one year since it was gazetted as a National Monument. There are several activities on the day such as a charity art auction, guided tour of the house and a music concert by Papillion.
Art auction proceeds will go into uplifting the livelihood of some of the pioneer East Africa artists.
The Art works are by: Sanaa Gateja, Jak Katarikawe, Expeditto Mwembe and Son Michaelangelo, and John Odochameny
Dates: Until January 31, 2016
Venue: Cultural Dynamism Gallery, Nairobi National Museum
Time: Daily 8.30am – 5.30pm
Entry: Normal Museum Rates Apply
About
This exhibition of paintings by Kevin Ndege, Stephen Njenga, Samwel Njoroge and Moses Nyawanda is the artists’ response to certain social issues in the world we live in today.The four artists have varied individual perceptions of this subject that each has addressed in a unique and captivating style. They work in a space situated in the heart of Nairobi’s Central Business District, the Railway Museum Arts Studio that is housed by The Nairobi Railway Museum.
Other members of this studio are Peter Ndirangu, Lia Barhane, Joan Otieno and Sam Githinji.
Dates: January 2-31, 2016
Venue: Karen Country Club
10th Edition of Koroga Festival Ft. Jose Chameleone, Ken wa Maria, J.B. Maina & Tony Nyadundo
Date: January 3, 2016
Venue: Arboretum Gardens
Tickets: KES 2,500 at the Gate
The 14th edition of the Lusophone Film Fest Nairobi will be on the 9-Jan at the Goethe-Institut Nairobi. This session will mark two years of the Film Fest with a selection of the best shorts we’ve had so far.
We will also have a talk with Bernardo Nascimento (director of North Atlantic) and Tosh Gitonga (director of Nairobi Half Life) for a lively discussion after the session! This edition will feature a number of shorts, lasting for about 2 hours:
– A Tropical Sunday (Mozambique)
– 3×3 (Portugal)
– Animalz (Portugal)
– Relic (Brazil)
– The Suspect (Portugal)
– The Ball (Mozambique)
– Isle of Flowers (Brazil)
– Alambamento (Angola)
– Rafa (Portugal)
– North Atlantic (Portugal)
Recognised with international awards at film festivals around the globe, the cinema from the Portuguese-speaking world is still mostly unknown to the general public. This 240 million people linguistic community is a thriving one, promoting over 80 film festivals and cinema awards every year, with movies mostly consumed in the respective countries.
The Lusophone Film Fest is a showcase of the diversity of film production in the eight Portuguese-speaking countries spread across 4 continents. The festival presents multiple works (documentaries, animations, shorts and feature films), in sessions of several films from the different countries.
The event is free of charge. More info in https://www.facebook.com/Lusophonefilmfest
Date: January 14, 2016
Venue: Choices – Baricho Road
Time: 8-11 pm
No Cover Charge
