Date: June 21-23, 2013
Venue: Alliance Francaise d’Eldoret
Time: Friday 6 pm, Saturday & Sunday 1, 3 & 5 pm
Entrance: Free
Programme
Friday: 6 pm Late Bloomers
Saturday: 1 pm The Imposter, 3 pm Wrinkles & 5 pm L’Arbre
Sunday: 1 pm Sleep Tight, 3 pm The Dinner Club & 5 pm Searching for Sugar Man
Dates: June 22-23 2013
Venue: Karura Forest
Entry: Adults Kshs 300, Under 18 Kshs 100
Contact: 0701 395 902
Kwani Trust in partnership with the Nairobi Forum will be hosting an evening of writers on 21 June 2013 at Nairobi National Museum.
Date: Friday 21 June 2013
Venue: Louis Leakey Auditorium, Nairobi National Museum
Time: 5 – 8 pm
Entry: Prior reservation
About Nadifa Mohamed
Nadifa Mohamed, the Somali-British author, will be speaking about her writing and her Somali homeland. Born in Hargeisa and raised in South London, Nadifa’s first novel, Black Mamba Boy(2010), was inspired by the life of her father who was forced to leave Somalia and set out on an odyssey that took him to the UK. Identified by Granta as one of the best of young British novelists, Nadifa’s novel was described by one reviewer as a book of elegance and beauty. It won the Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for numerous other prizes. Nadifa’s new novel, The Orchard of Lost Souls, will be published in August 2013. It describes the fall of the Somali state through the lives of three women.
During the same evening, a panel of writers, bloggers, photographers and poets will also discuss their work on the recently concluded 2013 Kenyan general elections.
Previous Conversations
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Date: June 14, 2013
Venue: Pawa254 Hub
Time: 5.30 to 8 pm
Entry: Free
This month’s focus: creative platforms and their impact in the creative industry.
Dates: June 7-14, 2013
Venue: Zone 10 [around Kilimani]
Look out for
Street Party on Likoni lane opposite Kuona Trust
Date: June 7, 2013
Time: 1-4 pm
Special performances by: Yunasi and Somali musicians.
Download nai ni who zone10 brochure [schedule of events in pdf].
Opening Date: June 11, 2013
Venue: Cultural Dynamism Gallery, Nairobi National Museum
Time: 2 pm
Entry: Free
The exhibition will be opened by the British High Commissioner, Dr Chris Turner.
The winners will be awarded three prizes of Kshs 55,000 each. One Winning Artist will win a trip to London, and one Kenyan state school will win Kshs 100,000 worth of art materials. The Prizes are supported by the Rivers Foundation.
The exhibition will continue until 10 July 2013
It travels to the internationally acclaimed Saatchi Gallery in London from 14 September to 7 October 2013
