EA Wave 2015

Concert: The East African Wave 01, Dec. 3 2015 @ Soulfood Café – Liaison House

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EA Wave 2015
Date: December 3, 2015
Venue: Soulfood cafe, Liaison house
Time: 7 pm – 2 am
Tickets: ksh 500

About
EA Wave is a movement/ group term of the different sounds emanating from the region. Similar to the blanket term ‘EDM’ (Electronic Dance Music). EA Wave consists of Sub Genres that different individuals are pushing UKWELI with Swahili Trap, Nu Fvnk with Swahili Bass and Jinku with Tribal Downtempo.

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Marie Pierre Wine Club, Dec. 5 2015 @ Nairobi Serena Hotel

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Date: December 5, 2015
Venue: Nairobi Serena Hotel
Time: 2-6 pm
Tickets: 3,500

About
Join our Sommelier Juan Cambil on Saturday, 5th Dec 2015 from 2 PM till 6 PM at the Nairobi Serena for our last wine tasting edition this year. Kindly note that first tasting kicks off at 2:20 PM.

Taste over 15 wines from South Africa, Italy and Spain perfectly paired with canapés and cheese. Enjoy great discounts on any bottle of wine and cheese bought at the event. Prices start at Kshs. 900 per bottle of wine and Ksh.300 per 250gms of cheese.

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Launch: Hiding in Plain Sight by Nuruddin Farah at 2015 Kwani? Litfest, Dec. 5 2015 @ Kwani Trust

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N. Farah
On Saturday 5 December the Rift Valley Forum and Kwani? Litfest 2015 will host Nuruddin Farah for the launch of his book Hiding in Plain Sight.

Date: Saturday 5 December 2015
Venue: Kwani? Trust
Location: Off Riverside Drive, Chiromo
Time: 2 – 4pm

About
Nuruddin is the winner of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the Lettre Ulysses Award, and has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times. His body of work includes two trilogies, Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship (1980) and Blood in the Sun (1986). The novel Hiding in Plain Sight is partially set in Nairobi and explores themes of family, freedom and loyalty. Says the New York Times Book Review, “The rewards of reading Hiding in Plain Sight lie in Farah’s sensitive exploration of grief and his depiction of a family’s love for one another…Farah is particularly adept at evoking the way in which the sight of a familiar face or place can trigger painful memories and how comfort can come to us from unexpected sources.”

This year’s Kwani? Litfest, themed “Beyond the Map of English”, will also host a variety of conversations on language and writing, including:

Language and its changing relations to African experience and writing on the continent, a panel discussion featuring Siphiwo Mahala, Patrick Mudekereza, and Yvonne Owuor. Wednesday 2 December 2015, 6:00pm – 7:30pm, at the Kenya National Theatre.

Capturing African Worlds, a public lecture by acclaimed Ghanaian-Nigerian writer Taiye Selasi about her work and the different worlds language that capture African experiences. Taiye will later join Yvonne Owuor in conversation with Dr. Sheila Ochugboju. Wednesday 2 December 2015, 7:30pm – 9:00pm, at the Kenya National Theatre.

Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature winners Anna Samwel, Mohammed K. Ghassani, Enock Maregesi and Christopher Bundala Budebah in conversation with Mukoma wa Ngugi. Friday 4 December 2015, 6:00 – 7:30pm, at Kwani Trust.

New contemporary narratives – escaping the straitjacket of genre. Where do fiction and non-fiction meet? A conversation with Wu Ming 1 and Mikhail Iossel, moderated by Billy Kahora. Friday 4 December 2015 ,7:45pm – 9:30pm, at Kwani Trust.

Pre-registration is not required.

More information and the full Kwani? Litfest 2015 programme are available at http://kwanilitfest.tumblr.com.

Kwani Literature Festival

5th Edition of Kwani? Litfest: Beyond the Map of English, Dec. 1-6 2015 in Nairobi

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Kwani Literature Festival
The fifth edition of Kwani? Litfest, a biennial gathering of writers, artists and thinkers from across Africa, takes place from 1st-6th December 2015.

This year’s literary festival, Beyond the Map of English: Writers in conversation on Language hosts readings, performances and discussions that explore issues of language and how this relates to African experiences and writing on the continent.

Confirmed participants include Nuruddin Farah, Taiye Selasi, Boris Boubacar Diop, Yvonne Adhiambo Owour, Wu Ming, Prof. Aldin Mutembei,FOKN Bois and Siphiwo Mahala.