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Live Concert: by All Female Kenyan Quartet – Gargar, Mar. 7 2014 @ Alliance Francaise

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Gargar
Date: March 7, 2014
Venue: Alliance Française Gardens
Time: 7 pm
Entrance: Buy their CD going for kshs 300

About Gargar
Gargar, is an all-female Kenyan quartet which came to the limelight with their song Aids Wadilla through the 2008 Spotlight on Kenyan Music project. They are getting ready to leave for France where they have been selected to participate in the 2014 Babel Med Festival and the ‘Couleursdu Monde’ Festival.

Gargar means joining together in Somali. This quartet from Garissa is part of larger Somali women’s self-help and economic empowerment group. Gargar’s music can be described as contemporary folk and is a beautiful arrangement of traditional Somali music to modern rhythms. With a touch of Horn of Africa sounds, Gargar is the first Kenyan group to participate at the 10th Babel Med World Music Festival in Marseille.

Nominated for the “Orange” Award at the Babel Med Festival in Marseille (March 20-22, 2014) and the “World Music Award” at the Couleurs du Monde Festival in Brittany (March 27-30, 2014)

Public Forum: The State of Female Justice in Kenya, Mar. 7 2014 @ Alliance Française Auditorium

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The State of Female Justice in Kenya presented by One Billion Rising Kenya

Date: March 7, 2014
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Time: 5-7pm
Free Entrance

About
One billion rising is an all-inclusive, non partisan group working to address impunity and the lack of accountability as significant factors in the perpetuation of violence against women.

This Forum will focus attention on issues of justice for survivors of gender violence and how to end the rampant impunity. One Billion Rising is motivated by the belief that the justice system affects citizens’ lives in a multitude of ways and that the contributions of an engaged populace are necessary for a strong community.

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Movie screening: 7 vírgenes, Mar. 4 2014 @ Embassy of Spain

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Please remember that the films at the Embassy are shown free of charge and that all films are in Spanish with subtitles in English.

Location: The Embassy of Spain, 3rd Floor of the CBA building in Upperhill.
Days: On the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month as described above.
Time: 5pm. PLEASE BE PUNCTUAL.

Looking forward to see you there and thank you for sharing this information with your friends.

Weekender

Ten Cities Screening Series: Weekender, Feb. 27 2014 @ Goethe Institut

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Weekender
Weekender is a feature film by Karl Golden.

Date: February 27, 2014
Venue: Goethe Institut
Time: 6.30 pm
Entry: Free

About
Situated around 1990 in the UK the film follows the rave scene that has arrived from Ibiza. In Manchester, best mates Matt and Dylan are in their early 20’s and they quickly rise through the ranks to join the promoting elite. It’s everything they dreamed of and more. But as their success continues to grow, they attract a more dark and sinister world. Matt and Dylan start to drift apart as they are forced to question the dreams they set out to achieve and their once solid friendship.

Part of a series of numerous feature films and documentaries, focusing on different aspects of club and sub-culture around the globe under the Ten Cities Project