Event/Symposium: Sheng, Gender, and Youth Culture in Nairobi, Oct. 6 2011 @ Goethe

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Date: October 6, 2011
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Auditorium
Time: 1-6pm
Entry: Free

Sheng has become the basic urban vernacular for the youth in Kenya these days. It is a coded language associated with youth sub cultural identity and has become the most enduring expression of youth hybrid culture.

As opposed to English and Swahili, which are still oftenconsidered foreign languages, Sheng is a language that Kenyan youth cancall their own. On the other hand, men profit much more from speaking the language than women do. Women’s skillful use of Sheng is still associated with prostitution and low moral values. But can we talk about an urban youth culture, if half of the young population is – more or less – excluded from speaking it?

During the symposium there will be a discussion with sociolinguists, gender experts, media representatives, artists, and the youth on the relation of Sheng, gender, and youth culture in Nairobi.

This symposium is organized by Kenya National Commission for UNESCO, Youth Forum.

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Exhibition: Jan Van Esch, Oct. 7-Nov. 10 2011 @ Le Rustique Restaurant

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Opening: October 7, 2011
Time: 6-9pm

Exhibition Dates: October 8-Nov. 10, 2011
Venue: Le Rustique Restaurant
Location: General Mathenge Drive Westlands
Tel: 0721 842 231

“One day a leaf came into my life. It fell off a tree in my garden. And I liked the leaf. Dry as it was, it was still full of form.  Strange to start to like a leaf, and even stranger to feel I was betraying it when another one was found. But it liked being drawn and I liked drawing it, over and over again as if creating my own mantra. That became the start of this series; leftovers from trees – leafs, branches, flowers – are portrayed on existing patterns. Similar patterns on different surfaces do become different things. I gave myself the task to work with dictated surfaces to see how similar patterns became combinations, or not. In the end a white background became a deliberate choice, making a white background a pattern by itself. Ideas, hand movement, memories, preferences and limitations are always there, because a blank slate doesn’t exist.“

Exhibition: Recent Paintings by Joseph Cartoon, Oct. 4-23 2011 @ Alliance

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Dates: October 4-23, 2011
Venue: Alliance Française, Ground Floor gallery

Cartoon is one of many Kenyan artists whose career started at Banana Hill Art Studio and was propelled to further heights by the enigmatic Ruth Schaffner of Gallery Watatu in the 1980s and 1990s.
His work is dominated by traditional lifestyles and rural settings painted in vibrant colours.

Photographic Presentation: Ananias Léki Dago, Oct 7 2011 @ Goethe-Institut

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GOETHE-INSTITUT, Friday 7th October 2011 – 6 PM, Free Entry
Maendeleo House , Monrovia Street
+254-20-2224640 – prog@nairobi.goethe.org

Ananias Léki Dago: Mabati
Photographic Presentation

Ananias Léki Dago is a photographer from Côte d’Ivoire, based in Paris since 2002. After his studies in Abidjan, Ananias began to travel the world, which since then became an essential source of his work. He calls himself a product of urban life and his photographic approach focuses on everyday life within an urban context. Using a personal and free thought process documentary, he offers a different view on the little things in life.

Working on shebeens (illicit bar or club) in South African townships in 2009, Ananias now addresses another urban phenomenon in Kenya: Mabati, the corrugated iron sheets that not only shape the city but also play an important social, economic, and cultural role in the life of Kenyans.
Ananias is going to show us the first pictures of his ongoing project.

Out of Town/Play: Home is where Your Clothes Are, Sept. 29-Oct 1 2011 @ The Little Theatre Club Mombasa

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Dates: September 29-October 1, 2011
Venue: The Little Theatre Club, Mombasa
Time: 6.30pm
Tickets: Kshs 350 advance and Kshs 450 at the gate
For Reservation Contact: 0715435820/0739590989/0726012747/0711459900

Synopsis
This is a farce by Antony Marriot and Bob Grant that will leave you in Stitches.

The play features among Other Blue Njeri, Muscat Moreno, Ashik Yusuf, Nolly wilson Raye, James Gathitu, Mary Muturi, Mercy wanja, Ruth Jahenda and Hilary Namanje.

The play has been Directed by Hillary Namanje.

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Screen on the Green presents ‘Sheena Queen of the Jungle’, Oct 8 2011 @ Kifaru Gardens

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Screen on the Green is a platform for African filmmakers to show their movies, films, documentaries and short films. Screen on the Green delivers a unique and exciting experience for the local audience.

We attended the previous event, and it was truly wonderfully organised – a pleasure to enjoy an open air movie night in such a beautiful garden

This month’s screening: Sheena Queen of the Jungle
Where: Kifaru House off Kanjata Rd. (off James Gichuru) – House with Rhino on gate
When: October 8th 2011
Gates open at 5pm; movie starts at 7pm

Bring your own food and blankie to sit on.
Popcorn, bar, live, food on sale DJ

Advance tickets 800Ksh at http://tickets.pesapal.com/order.aspx/67ce4563-3a1a-46b4-a3f6-10d9c4595375/screen-on-the-green-throwback-classic-edition
Gate tickets 1000ksh

This is the story of Sheena whose parents are killed while on Safari. She is raised by the mystical witch woman of an ‘African tribe’. As Sheena grows up, she learns much from the Shaman about the lore of the jungle and the ways of all its creatures and is even entrusted with the secret of telepathic communication with the animals. Tigora is under the special protection of King Jabalani. The King’s ex-football champion younger brother Prince Otwani is conspiring with his brother’s fiancee, Countess Zanda, to have Jabalani assassinated so that they can exploit the titanium-rich Zambouli lands.

Contact: info@screenonthegreen.co.ke
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