Conversations with African Writers: Khainga O’Okwemba in Conversation with Hilda Twongyeirwe & Elizabeth Kabui, Oct. 21 2016 @ Goethe-Institut Nairobi

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Date: Friday, October 21 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut Nairobi
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Admission: free

About
In this session, Khainga O’Okwemba (President, PEN Kenya) will be in conversation with the founder of FEMRITE, Hilda Twongyeirwe and Kenya’s award-winning writer Elizabeth Kabui (winner of the Burt Award, 2014).

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Book Launch: the Ghosts of 1894, Oct. 19 2016 @ Goethe Institut

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Date: October 19, 2016
Venue: Goethe Institut
Time: 6-8 pm
Entry: Free

About
Habineza is born in a peaceful Rwanda. But that is short-lived. In 1959, the fierce Hutu Revolution forces him and his family to flee the country to Uganda – into the fangs of Idi Amin’s ghosts.

Believing that the ghosts of Idi Amin will never be exorcised, Habineza leaves for his home country where he starts a family until the ghosts of 1994 emerge and set fire upon the highly inflammable Army, militia, and the people.

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Sale Weekend at Afrika Handmade Gallery 2016, Oct. 15-16 2016 @ Alliance Française

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The Afrika Handmade gallery is coming to an end this week-end and they are ‘folding up’ in style by giving you an opportunity to buy the items you have been craving for in the last few days the exhibition has been up!

Dates: October 15-16, 2016
Venue: Alliance Française
Live entertainment by DrumJam Kenya | grills | vendors of lifestyle products

About
It’s the sale weekend!

We spent months scouring the region for the most innovative brands working in home decor + home textiles + garden.

For 2 weeks, we staged a magnificent installation featuring these products.

This weekend, everything goes up on sale!

15+ brands offering attractive discounts on indoor and outdoor furniture, lighting, hand woven floor rugs & blankets, textiles, table top accessories and much more!
It is going to be a great weekend…and everyone is invited!

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Exhibition: Young Woman Welcome to the Holocene by April Zhu, Oct 21-Nov 4 @ The Shifteye Gallery

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Opening Night: October 21, 2016
Venue: The Shifteye Gallery, Priory Place, Hurlingham
Time: 7pm
Free entry

Exhibition runs through November 4, 2016

About
“Young Woman, Welcome to the Holocene” is the debut solo show of American artist April Zhu in Nairobi, featuring works on canvas and poetry.

Opening night is Friday, 21 October at 7pm. The Exhibition will be on the Ground Floor of The Shifteye Gallery at The Priory Place.

April Zhu was born in West Virginia, USA. She received her BA in Environmental Studies and Studio Art from Wellesley College in 2014, where she has previously exhibited in group shows Half Artist and Object and Image (2013) and independently Kinyago (2014). She lives and works in Nairobi, Kenya.