Date: September 27, 2017
Venue: Safari Park Hotel, Nyama Choma Ranch
Time: 16:30 – 18:30
Entry Free
About
It gives us great pleasure to welcome you to our 2017 Korean traditional music concert that will enable you to enjoy a refreshing performance showcasing DASRUM, the Premier All female Korean Music Ensemble.
Join Didier Bokelo Bile, author of the biography, ‘Papa Wemba: icon of African music from generation to generation’ as he discusses the parallel worlds of ‘the man’ and the ‘artist’.
The King of Rhumba Rock, Papa Wemba, or Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, was also the undisputed king of the ‘sapeurs’.
Dates: September 22-24, 2017
Venue: the National Theatre, Kampala – Uganda
Makadem is one of the Kenyan acts that will be performing at this year’s Bayimba International Festival in Kampala, Uganda. Thereafter he will embark on a tour of the greater East Africa, in what is dubbed the Nyatiti East African Tour, that should see him perform in; Kigali, Kampala, Kisumu, Arusha ,Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Mombasa and finally end back in Nairobi.
https://bayimbafestival.com/
Date: September 21, 2017
Venue: the Kobo Trust – 523 Riara Road
Time: 6 pm
Date: September 7, 2017
Venue: BIEA Seminar Room, Laikipia Road, Kileleshwa
Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Panelists: Hon. Dr. Nancy Baraza (University of Nairobi), Dr. Agnes Meroka (University of Nairobi), Job Akuno (KEMEA) and Brenda Wambui (FRIDA).
http://www.biea.ac.uk/event/the-f-word-what-is-the-place-of-feminism-in-contemporary-kenya/
Dates: September 3-8, 2017
Venue: Kuona Trust Studio 12
Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm daily
Entry: Free
About
Lionel Garang is having a weeklong of art sale of his art works, from 3rd – 8th September 2017 in his Studio at Kuona Trust.This is an opportunity for you to own one or two of his art pieces at an incredible pocket friendly price.
The studio is open and the artist on standby, daily, between 10:00am – 5:00pm.
Date: September 5, 2017
Venue: BIEA Seminar Room, Laikipia Road, Kileleshwa
Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
About
In this discussion, we wish to present our research project about a comprehensive narrative of the mwomboko dance, song and poetry from the late 1930s until present day. Mwomboko is a Gikuyu performance genre that emerged between the late 1930s and the early 1940s in the southern districts of Central Kenya as a traditional cum modern dance performed by young people and newly married couples. In postcolonial Kenya, the style evolved as a living Gikuyu tradition, various groups reviving its choreographic, musical and aesthetic composition as part of regional and national cultural festivals, agricultural shows, and national celebrations such as Madaraka Day and Jamhuri Day. From embodied oral stories to transmit to younger generations to rural associations providing their members with financial support, we inquire about the developmental features of mwomboko in Gikuyu everyday life. We also seek to draw attention to the performance repertoire within which mwomboko is embedded, inscribing performers within local and national narratives that sustain debates about Gikuyu popular imagineries, ethnicity and nationalism.
http://www.biea.ac.uk/event/mwomboko-history-performance-and-beyond/
Date: September 2, 2017
Venue: Zen Garden
Time: 10 am – 5 pm
Entry: Free
About
Ichyulu.com is an online concept store that offers select edits from African fashion and accessory designers. The Pop Up will be an opportunity for people to view pieces from the site in person, shop new arrivals and discounted pieces. Ichyulu.com features over 18 designers from around the continent
Dates: Every Sunday
Venue: K1 Klub House
Time: 10 am – 6 pm
Entry: Free
Dates: August 28-30, 2017
Venue: Alliance Française
Are you an aspiring DJ or have basic knowledge in DJ-ing?
A chance to participate in a music production and DJ-ing workshop with DJ B-Brave and music producer Michael Dela Gafatchi.Send your motivation letter to cultural2@alliancefrnairobi.org
Limited to 10 participants.
