the two sudans

Film Premiere: The Two Sudan’s, Nov. 28 2013 @ Goethe-Institut

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the two sudans
Date: 28th November 2013
Venue: Goethe-Institut Auditorium
Time: 6.30 pm
Entry: Admission free

On 9th July 2011 the largest African nation was split into two: Sudan and South Sudan. Preceding that date, a group of young filmmakers from Sudan and Germany felt the need to witness the impact of this unique, historical moment with their cameras. Driven by the interest to understand how these events are affecting the lives of the people in North and South, the Sudanese directors started to follow their protagonists – sometimes friends or family members – asking questions about their lives, hopes and dreams. What will change in your future life? What does home mean to you? How can you reach your personal goals? How do you define your identity?

With the support of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and others, an on-going web-documentary was created, embarking on a visually and emotionally capturing journey into Sudan and South Sudan. From a place with virtually no film infrastructure, young film makers are telling the stories of those whose voices are never heard. In cooperation with Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.

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Creatives Garage Sondeka Fest, Nov. 29-Dec. 1 2013 @ the Green House Mall – Ngong Road

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Creatives Garage is excited to present to you Sondeka Fest! Sondeka Fest will be Kenya’s first annual creative festival, happening at the GreenHouse, Ngong Road, from 29th November-1st December.

It is a 3-day festival open to the public that will enable creative entrepreneurs to showcase and sell their goods and services, attract investment and develop new markets. It is also geared towards celebrating Kenya at 50. Thus, the theme is “Kenya at 50 and beyond”.

There will be 5 teams of creatives, including painters, digital artists and fashion designers who will be creating masterpieces out of re-usable items in 50 hours. The pieces of art will then be auctioned to the public on the final day of the festival. The money received will go into running a 10-week art program in 5 partnering children’s homes.

There will be performances by dancers, musicians, bands, poets, DJs and fun activities like bladah play-offs. We will also have exhibitions and mini events like Artsy Mama and the Mini Garage for kids:
• Artsymama is an exhibition and creative seminar for stay at home parents. The seminar includes guest panellists who share their success stories as stay at home parents.The theme for this edition of Artsymama is ‘Do It Yourself’ and will feature interior design enthusiast Nancy Mukabi, Elle Designers and Jaclyn Juma of Earthmovers LTD. It will be happening on Friday 29th Nov(2pm-4pm).
• The Mini Garage will be happening throughout the 3 days of the festival. The kids will be involved in art activities like colouring, painting, and drawing. They will be supervised by the Creatives Garage team.

The live performances at the festival include:

Friday November 29, 2013
• 10am-10.30am:Opening Ceremony: Kenya Performing Arts Group
• 10.30-2pm: Music by DJ Blank
• 4pm-5.30pm: Music by DJ Kris
• 5.30pm-7.30pm: Electric Fuse – live performance by Son of a Beat Crew
• 7.30pm- 12am: 60s/70s themed party by DJ D-Lite

Saturday November 30, 2013
• 2pm-4pm: Floetry Mash up – featuring upcoming spoken word and rap artists
• 4pm-6pm: Zilizopendwa Live – by Ziki and her band, Peter Nyabuto, Azz, Linda and Ashley Nyambura
• 6pm-8.30pm: Penya Africa Presents Dempsey , KIU and Sauti Academy
• 8.30pm till late: Muthurukishion– Afrolectic Tribal House music by DJs Kollektive and Dance Parade (KES 300)

Sunday, December 1, 2013
• 9am-1pm: Kutendereza Party – featuring the Kenyan Boys Choir, Kenyan Girls’ Choir, Jubilee Chorale, Nairobi Girls Chorale, St. Johns Pumwani Choir and Chosen Generation from Braeside
• 1pm-6pm: Live performances from Mercy Myra, Sarabi, H_art the Band ,Everlastand music from DJ Absolute.

Kwani at 10

Events: Reflections on a Kwani? Decade, Nov. 27-30 2013, @ Various Venues

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Kwani at 10
Between 27th-30th November Kwani Trust will host a series of literary, creative and artistic events that reflect on its work in the context of the literary history of Kenya, East Africa and the continent. Culminating in the launch of Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor’s debut novel Dust and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s third novel Americanah.

The programme includes public lectures, readings, an Awards Ceremony for the Kwani? Manuscript Project and a visual art retrospective that reflects on a shared sensibility between photographers, writers and other artists curated by Mbithi Masya (Just a Band).

For more info. download Kwaniat10

http://kwaniat10.kwani.org/

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Party: Kenya Nights 4th Anniversary, Nov. 29 2013 @ TreeHouse – Museum Hill

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KN 4TH BIRTHDAY POSTER A3
Date: November 29, 2013
Venue: Tree House
Entrance Kshs 1,000 [Gate Tickets Only] Time: 9pm – Morning

Acts: BLINKY BILL, JEAN MARIE, JASON BOVA [Special Guest from San Francisco], MAX MELESI & ERIK

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KENYA NIGHTS 4TH ANNIVERSARY

A year ago Kenya Nights had their first ever event at the Tree House Club in Nairobi’s party district; Westlands. It was on that night that this dedicated group of like-minded individuals came together to put on arguably the best party of November 2012. A great line-up of local underground DJs and the surprise cherry on the cake; Klartraum’s Nadja Lind. The night made history.

The years are now flying by, and Kenya Nights is now firmly embedded in Kenya’s nightlife culture. With an impressive array of events under their wings, the brother and sister team of Rizwan and Sadia have made serious waves in the entertainment industry. Now comes the time to celebrate the fourth year of kick-ass events, so please join us to raise a toast to the best thing in town this November, here’s presenting… THE KENYA NIGHTS 4TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY!

The Kenya Nights Crew will be bringing the noise with some very talented acts on this auspicious occasion. The lethal sounds of Just A Band’s BLINKY BILL, the flying Frenchman JEAN MARIE, ERIK, and Techno master MAX MELESI. There will be an extra special guest from the USA, the one and only JASON BOVA. The San Francisco native will have to be the highlight of the night, with his top notch groovy ghetto funk tracks. It all goes down at the Tree House Club, the place where it all began. Mark your calendars and cancel any other plans as 29th November is set to rock your box!

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