Pawa Salon with Ric Francis, Nov. 8 2012 @Pawa254 Hub

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On November 8, 2012 PAWA254 will host pro-photographer and photojournalist Ric Francis.

Ric Francis is an independent photojournalist who has worked as a staffer with The Bergen Record, Hackensack, New Jersey, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana, and The Associated Press, Los Angeles, California.
Ric voluntarily quit his job with The Associated Press in January 2009. He immediately moved to Lima, Peru which served as his home base as he worked throughout South America.
In May 2012 he relocated to Nairobi, Kenya. Ric’s decision to live abroad is based on his desire to intimately experience and document other cultures.

To see some of his past works, you can visit: http://www.ricfrancis.org/

The salon will start at 4:30-7:00 pm and will be held at PAWA254 hub.

Annual Lecture: Enforcing Social and Economic Rights by Justice Albie Sachs, Nov. 23 2012 @ National Museum

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Date: Friday, 23 November 2012
Venue: The Louis Leaky Auditorium – National Museums of Kenya (NMK)
Time: 6.30pm, followed by a drinks reception
Attendance is free but prior reservation REQUIRED

To RSVP: email NAL@biea.ac.uk to reserve a place or call 0735260004 / 07244576600

Speaker: Justice Albie Sachs – Former Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
Topic: Enforcing Social and Economic Rights

About
Albie Sachs was appointed by Nelson Mandela to South Africa’s first Constitutional Court. He is presently on the Kenya Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board.
Justice Sachs will talk about cases concerning access to dialysis, to anti-retroviral drugs and the right of persons living with HIV to work on South African Airways.

Symposium: the Sidis – Indians of East African origin, Oct. 23 2012 @ BIEA

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Date: October 23, 2012
Venue: the British Institute In Eastern Africa
Time: 10 am – 12.30 pm
Entry: RSVP on seminars@biea.ac.uk

Symposium by Dr. Abdulaziz Y. Lodhi, Uppsala University, Sweden

Dr. Abdulaziz Y. Lodhi (b. 1945, Zanzibar) is Professor of Swahili and Comparative Bantu at the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at Uppsala University in Sweden.

This symposium focuses on the Sidis of Gujarat who are an interesting example of early globalization in the Indian Ocean lands, and the impact of modern globalization on diaspora communities. He has written a publication on the Sidis which will be on sale at the symposium for only Kshs 200.

Respondent: Prof Kithaka wa Mberia – Dept of Linguistics and Languages, University of Nairobi

Moderator: Tom Odhiambo – Senior Lecturer, Dept of Literature, University of Nairobi

Book Launch: South Sudan – from revolution to independence, Oct. 19 2012 @ British Institute In Eastern Africa

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Date: Friday October 19th, 2012
Venue: at the British Institute In Eastern Africa
Location: Laikipia Road, Kileleshwa.
Time: 6-8 pm
Entry: Prior Reservation [seminars@biea.ac.uk]

In July 2011 the Republic of South Sudan achieved independence, concluding what had been Africa’s longest running civil war. The process leading to independence was driven by the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement, a primarily Southern rebel force and political movement intent on bringing about the reformed unity of the whole Sudan. A story of transformation and of victory against the odds, this book reviews South Sudan’s modern history as a contested region and assesses the political, social and security dynamics that will shape its immediate future as Africa’s newest independent state.

About the Author
Matthew LeRiche is a Fellow in Managing Humanitarianism at LSE. He will be launching his book in Kenya which will be prefaced by a few words on the importance of South Sudan to both academicians and practitioners followed by an exposition of the book.

An interlocutory session with the audience will follow thereafter and copies of the book will be available for sale.

Nairobi Festival of Solos and Duets: Presentation & Discussion by Jens Bjerregaard, Oct. 6 2012 @ Goethe

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Dance Forum Nairobi in cooperation with Kenya Performing Arts Group and the Goethe-Institut, presents the Nairobi Festival of Solos and Duets Residency Edition 2012. Jens Bjerregaard, who will make a start, is best described as an architect of movement, with a natural instinct for structure, often inspired by contemporary art and design. He will present his 15 min solo show “Opaque” on the 6th October 2012.

As agreed with the organizers, his performance will start at 5:30 pm – so don’t get confused because of the information given on the posters. In addition, the participants of the already ongoing workshop will present their own short performance and Jared Onyango will be on stage as well.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7QOoKSHxBU] Afterwards, you are very welcome to take part in a discussion with the artists!

Pawa Salon with Wanuri Kahiu, Oct. 10 2012 @ Pawa254 Hub

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On Wednesday 10th October 2012, Pawa254 will host award winning Fimmaker and director, Wanuri Kahiu for Pawa Salon XVI

The salon will be from 4:30pm to 7:00pm and entrance is free.

About
Wanuri Kahiu is a Kenyan film director. She has received several awards and nominations for the films which she directed, including the awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Picture at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2009. Has made 5 films to date including FROM A WHISPER (2008), which received a total of twelve nominations and earned five awards at the 5th African Movie Academy Awards in 2009, FOR OUR LAND (a documentary about the Late Wangari Maathai) and PUMZI (2009) a short science fiction film.
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Discussion: Telling ‘Stories’ In Digital – Online Audiences & Markets, Sept. 28 2012 @ Sarit Centre

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Join in on the discussion at the Kwani? Stand at the International Book Fair

Date: September 28, 2012
Venue: Sarit Centre Expo Hall, Westlands
Time: 10-11am

Background
Following discussions at iHub in late August and the Storymoja Hay Festival in mid-September, Kwani Trust will hold an event on Friday 28th September, 2012 from 10 – 11am at the 15th Nairobi International Book Fair at Sarit Centre, Nairobi.

Panelists will discuss issues of research and knowledge in the online and digital use of creative content, and how national communications policy and legal frameworks are evolving because of the advent of digital and mobile platforms.

Speakers
1. Jimmy Gitonga, Kwani Trust (@kwanitrust): Presenting Findings From Kwani Trust’s Digital Pilot
2. Kaburo Kobia, Kenya ICT Board (@kenyaictboard): National Policy and Legal Frameworks In New Digital Communications
3. Will Clurman, eKitabu (@ekitabu): Private Spaces, National Frameworks
4. Marisella Ouma, Kenya Copyright Board (@kenyacopyright): What The Law Says Re: Content And Online Technologies (TBC)

Full information available here: http://www.kwani.org/event/kwani-out-about/111/telling_stories_in_digital_online_audiences_and_markets.htm

Creativez Catchup: Where Are We Now? Sept. 30 2012 @ the GoDown Arts Centre

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Date: September 30, 2012
Venue: the GoDown Arts Centre, Industrial Area
Time: 2-5pm
Entry: Free

About
This meet up will be a follow-up to the last Catchup- Where Are We Going– in May. This Creativez Catchup aims to unearth from different views and voices where Kenya’s Creative Economy is at a whole. The Challenges, the pace at which we are growing-behind or with Global growth as well as driving home why now in the Global economy more than ever Creative Culture is valuable and deserving of multi-sectoral support.

This will be an open conversation driven by 4 panelists where YOU star. Bring all your questions, concerns, queries and share them with us.

We’ll hear from David Muriithi of Creative Enterprise Centre and his no-holds barred experience and over-view of why Creative business in Kenya is where it is. Dr Mshai Mwangola -Kenya Cultural Centre comes in on where policy and the enabling environment are challenged and how you can play a part in strengthening it while Alex Gakuru of Creative Commonsshares why now more than ever the World awaits Kenyan innovation and creativity and what you need to access the global market. Finally from Julius Sang of Karen Art Village- comes a new exciting creative and artistic hub aimed at developing and sustaining creative genres in Kenya.

This open dialogue session is recommended for: Techies, Creatives, Innovators and ArtyCulturalists

For more info: t: @TheCreativez, Facebook/TheCreativez & email at TheCreativez@gbs.co.ke