Showcase Wednesday with Extra Muros, Sept. 4 2019 @ Alliance Française

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Date: September 4, 2019
Venue: Alliance Française Gardens
Time: 7-10 pm
Entry: Free

FLEE is a cultural engineering platform dedicated to the documentation and enhancement of hybrid cultures. It promotes emerging forms of East-African music where traditional music encounters avant-gardist electronic music.

Following a two-week music residency, this concert will feature collaborations between the French techno producer Tite, the Kenyan producer Joseph Kamaru, aka KMRU, known for creating emotive ambient music at the intersection of sonic landscapes, electronica and techno, the Italian electronic music composer, Pier Alfeo and the Flee founders.

Film screening: The Food Challenge, Sept. 6 & 7 2019 @ KICC

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Dates: September 6-7, 2019
Venue: KICC
Time
Friday 6th Sept: 16:30 – 19:30
Saturday 7th Sept: 14:00 – 17:00
Entry: Free

“The Food Challenge” is a documentary about the use of toxic pesticides in Kenya and the threat they pose to people’s health, the environment and food security.

The story exposes the manner in which small-scale farmers believe in the promises made by pesticide manufacturers for better yields. The film critically questions whether agro-chemicals are needed to fight hunger whilst simultaneously proposing alternative approaches to food production, such as organic farming.

Book Launch: Benga, a Kenyan Kaleidoscope (by the Flee Project), Sept. 4 2019 @ BIEA

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Date: September 4, 2019
Venue: BIEA
Time: 2-4 pm

As the process of globalization and digitalization intensifies, previously confidential music genres are now experiencing a heightened level of visibility. Access to new audiences, however, can also present challenges for these often peripheral cultures, related to their re-interpretation and the ethical, economic and cultural difficulties associated with their diffusion. As a genre often looked down on by elites in Kenya, Benga does not escape this logic.

With new practices aimed at hybridizing and pushing the genre beyond its national borders, benga is facing multiple dilemmas. Digital music production tools have rendered the composition and recording of music open to a growing number of artists. Using traditional music and other local sounds, emerging artists are re-inventing traditional music and disrupting conventional definitions of national heritage.

On 4 September 2019, the British Institute in Eastern Africa in collaboration with the Rift Valley Institute, will launch the book, Benga, a Kenyan Kaleidoscope, by the Flee Project.

Out of Town: Nyege Nyege Festival, Sept. 5-8 2019 @ Njeru, Jinja – Uganda

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Dates: September 5-8, 2019
Venue: Njeru, Jinja – Uganda
Tickets: Die hard 4 Day Pass UGX 100,000/-, available here

NYEGE NYEGE FESTIVAL 2019 4 Days, 5 Stages, Featuring Over 200 Artists East African biggest festivals’ 2019 edition is upon us.

Nyege Nyege is one of the most diverse gatherings of like-minds from across the world, coupled with some of the most exciting new acts from the region and beyond (this year especially from Asia and South America and US).

NYEGE NYEGE 2025

Pop Up & Chill Handmaker’s Market, Sept. 1 2019 @ Shamba Café – Loresho

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Date: Sunday – September 1st, 10am to 6pm
Venue: Shamba Cafe, Loresho
Time: from 10 am
Entry: Free

Description
” We’re back with another exciting market day for you!

..And once again we’re joined by some of East Africa’s most talented designers, creators, makers and growers at Shamba Cafe in Loresho.

On September 1st, from 10am to 6pm, you will find the best in locally handmade, homemade and homegrown goodies at the beautiful Shamba Cafe in Loresho, Nairobi while enjoying great music, great company, great food and all around great vibes.”