Screening and Panel Discussion: Vanishing Vultures – The Ugly Betty of the Wildlife World, Mar. 20 2018 @ Alliance Française

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Date: March 20, 2018
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: 7 pm
Free Entry

About
The documentary ‘Vanishing Vultures’ (The Ugly Betty of the Wildlife World) produced with the support of the Aga Khan Graduate School of Media and Communication for its ‘Giving Nature a Voice’ project will be screened, followed by a discussion on ‘Endangered Species: Finding the Right Balance’.

Panelists include:
Dr. Munir Virani, Vice President and Global Director of Conservation Strategy, The Peregrine Fund
Dr. Jacqueline Uku, Africa President of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association and Senior Research Scientist at the Kenya Marine & Fisheries Research Institute
Mr. Eric Ole Reson, Coordinator, Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancy Association

Moderator:
Ms. Rupi Mangat, Editor of the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya magazine ‘Komba’, African trotter and writer

Quinzaine de la Francophonie, Mar. 11-28 2018 @ the French Cultural Centre (Alliance Française), CUEA, Windsor Hotel

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Dates: March 11-28, 2018
Venues: the French Cultural Centre (Alliance Française), CUEA, Windsor Hotel etc

About
The Quinzaine de la Francophonie, refers to two week of events that promote the French language and the Francophone cultures around the world.

In Kenya, the events run from Sunday March 11, 2018 to Wednesday March 28, 2018 and will include; pétanque tournaments, concerts, movie screenings and much more!

The culmination of these events will be on Sunday, March 25, 2018, during the Francophonie Day which will be celebrated at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa.

Join over 4 500 people, in Kenya, who attend the Francophonie Day each year – and participate in a day full of games, exhibitions, shows and much more.

All are welcome.

Find more information, here.

Kenyan-German Author Exchange: Nora Bossong & Yvonne Owuor, Mar. 16 2018 @ Goethe Institut – Nairobi

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Date: March 16, 2018
Venue: Goethe Institut – Nairobi
Time: 6-8 pm
Entry: Free

Reading
Nora Bossong and Yvonne Owuor are both internationally acclaimed writers. Bossong’s works are available for in our e-library (free registration on our website: https://www.goethe.de/ins/ke/en/kul/bib/onl.html) while Owuor’s can be borrowed from our physical library.

Nora Bossong is a German writer. She was the 2001 Fellow of the first Wolfenbüttel literature laboratory. She studied literature at the German Institute for Literature, as well as cultural studies, philosophy and comparative literature at the Humboldt University of Berlin, the University of Potsdam, and the Sapienza University of Rome. Her poetry and prose have been published in individual newspapers, anthologies and literary journals. In 2006, she published her debut novel.
Nora Bossong lives in Berlin and has written several fact and fiction books and won several numerous awards.
Source: Wikipedia.

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is a Kenyan writer, who won the 2003 Caine Prize for African Writing for her story “Weight of Whispers”, which considers an aristocratic Rwandan refugee in Kenya. In 2004, she won the Woman of the year (Arts, Heritage category) for her contributions to the arts in Kenya. In September 2015, her critically acclaimed book Dust was not only shortlisted for the Folio Prize, but also won Kenya’s pre-eminent literary prize, the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature.

Born in Nairobi, Owuor studied English at Kenyatta University, before taking an MA in TV/Video development at Reading University. She obtained an MPhil, Creative Writing from the University of Queensland, Australia.
Source: Wikipedia.

Admission is free!

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