Science Café/Book Launch: Kenyan and Ethiopian Athletics, May 10 2018 @ Alliance Française Nairobi

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Date: May 10, 2018
Venue: Alliance Française Nairobi
Time: 6 pm
Entry: Free

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2ZLG-Fij_4

About
Launch of the book ‘Kenyan and Ethiopian Athletics – towards an alternative scientific approach’ by Benôit Gaudin and Bezabih Wolde.

Will the ‘secret’ of East African runners be revealed? Despite decades of research, no study has provided any sort of evidence that portrays biological otherness among populations in Kenya and Ethiopia which produces the best athletes in middle and long distance runners.

Showcase Wednesday ft. Swahili Ally from Tanga – Tanzania, May 9 2018 @ Alliance Française

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Date: May 9, 2018
Venue: Alliance Francaise
Time: 6.30 pm
Entry: Free

About
Swahili Ally is a singer and kora player from Tanga, Tanzania. Born in a family of Digo musicians, Swahili Ally was coached by his grandparents and elders. He started performing with the Dar es Salaam based group of singers, dancers, musician, Lumumba Theatre Group, before joining the Dhow Music Academy in Zanzibar where he learnt to play the Kora, the iconic West African harp.

He has since mastered this string instrument and fluently blends traditional Digo music with the unique sounds of the kora.

Screening: On Palestine – Short Experimental Films, ‘Sci-Fi trilogy’, by Larissa Sansour, May 7 2018 @ Alliance Française Nairobi

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ON PALESTINE IN NAIROBI presented by the British Institute of Eastern Africa

Date: May 7, 2018
Venue: Alliance Française Nairobi
Time: 6 pm
Entry: Free

About
Short experimental films, ‘Sci-Fi trilogy’, by Larissa Sansour, Palestinian multimedia artist, and ‘Home Movies Gaza’ by Basma Alsharif. Under the common themes of loss, belonging, heritage and national identity, the films explore different aspects of the political turmoil in the Middle East.

The screening coincides with a photographic exhibition ‘On Palestine’ by Dr. Annie Pfingst at the British Institute in Eastern Africa.

Book Launch: Dukawalla by Pheroze Nowrojee, May 3 2018 @ Goethe Institut – Nairobi

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Date: Thursday, May 3, 2018
Venue: Goethe-Institut Auditorium
Time: 6 PM
Admission: free

About
Pheroze Nowrojee, born in Nairobi, is a leading human rights lawyer, a poet, and a writer, who over many decades has been an influential part of the political and social movements for constitutional and social change in Kenya.

Dukawalla is a collection of stories that takes readers on journeys into varied Kenyan, East African, and other landscapes, delving into lives and personalities equally diverse.

Exhibition: Conversation in Silence by James Mbuthia, May 5-22 2018 @ One Off Contemporary

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One Off is proud to invite you to an exhibition of new paintings by James Mbuthia; “Conversation in Silence”.

Opening: May 5, 2018
Venue: One Off Contemporary
Time: noon – 5 pm

Until May 22, 2018

“Conversation in Silence” at One Off features new works made over the last one year and is a continuation of the artist’s exploration of telling stories using imagery generated from sounds and using nature as his point of departure in his art making. He says it is a culmination of paintings that have been produced as a result of him sitting, observing, enjoying and silently communicating with nature.
Ogonga Thom – 2018

Yoga Dance Flows with Joanne ‘Jo-1’ Ball-Burgess ft. Vee Kafi & Sharon Ochieng (of MoTra Music), May 12 2018 @ Acacia Studios

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Date: May 12, 2018
Venue: Acacia Studios – Viking House, 3rd Floor, Waiyaki Way

Yoga Dance Flows
Highly popular during the Lamu Yoga Festival for the past three years: Yoga Dance Flows Workshop is back!

Yoga Dance Flows offers yogis a space for new levels of self-expression through the integrated practice of yoga and dance. Asana that is usually still, will be expanded & rhythmic while still honouring the breath. Through the grounding, sweaty, intensity of dance, participants will move into yogic dance combinations as a practice of lively expressions of movement on the mat set to live, traditional drumming.

Vee Kafi and Sharon Ochieng are Kenyan Percussionists who are in an all female percussion band.

Book your space now to avoid disappointment!

Fees:
Pre-registration 1,400 Ksh
Drop-in 1,700 Ksh
Members’ discount 200 Ksh
Pre-register by emailing us at info@acacia-studios.com or send an SMS to 0721 111 141.
Payment can be made via Mpesa (0721 111 141) or in the studio.