Literature Reading: Silence, Apr. 26 2012 @ Goethe

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Date: April 26, 2012
Venue: Goethe-Institut Library
Time: 6 pm
Entrance: Free

Format: Readings in German & English followed by a Discussion

Silence
A young girl disappears while cycling to volleyball practice. Her bike and bag are found in exactly the same place that another girl was murdered, thirty three years before. The original perpetrator was never brought to justice – could they have struck again? The eeriness of the crime unsettles not only the police and public, but also someone who has been carrying a burden of guilt for many years…

Excerpts from the novel will be read in German and English by professional readers.

NB: The public reading series “Stories Spoken” is dedicated to introducing contemporary German literature in English translation to the Kenyan audience.

Weekly Lecture Series: Kenya at Fifty, every Wednesday until July 11 2012 @ Goethe

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Every Wednesday at the Goethe-Institut Auditorium – at 6pm
Entrance: Free

This series of 12 weekly lectures, convened by Professor Karega Munene and organised in cooperation with the Ford Foundation, takes stock of Kenya’s cultural, social, economic, political and intellectual growth in relation to governance and treatment of human rights since independence in 1963. During this period Kenya has had three presidents – the late Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel arap Moi, and currently H.E. Mwai Kibaki – whose styles of leadership have impacted on the lives of Kenyans differently, thus providing us with invaluable lessons that require documentation if they are to serve the country as she faces the future.

The lectures will cover Socio-Economic and Political History of Kenya; Heritage and Social Memory; Education and Management of the State; National Health: Curative and Preventive Approaches; The Economy: Formal and Informal Sectors; Education and Knowledge Economy; English, Kiswahili and Sheng Languages; Literature, Music and Dance; Culture and Religion; The Family as Microcosm of Kenyan Identity; and Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Management.

Browse the up-to-date programme of the lectures on the Goethe Institute’s website

POWO (Poets and Writers Online) Meetup, Apr 21 2012 @ PAWA254

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Poets and Writers Online (POWO) is a forum for Poets and Writers with blogs and those with an interest in using the internet in promotion
of, or as a platform for their writing.

POWO (Poets and Writers Online) April 2012 Meetup
Saturday 21st April, 2012
10.30am – 1.30pm

@PAWA254 – 2nd Floor,
Africa Alliance of YMCAs Building
State House Crescent,
off State House Road

A Panel Discussion: Entrepreneurship in Creative and Performing Arts

Panelists

John Sibi Okumu
Writer, Actor, Presenter

Margaretta wa Gacheru
Arts Correspondent – Nation Media Group

Buddha Blaze
Creative Director – Spark Africa Ltd.

Dann Mwangi (Number 8)
Spoken Word Artist, Journalist

Wanjeri Gakuru
Associate Editor – Mondeas Group, Poet and Writer

Feature Poet
Number 8

Register to the event: http://powoapril2012.eventbrite.com/

@POWO
#POWOApril2012
POWO@kenyanpoet.com

Find directions to the venue here

Public Lecture/Book Launch: by Prof Micere Mugo, Apr. 17 2012 @ UoN

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University of Nairobi, Dept of literature & African Women Studies invites you to:

A Public Lecure and Book Launch by Prof Micere Githae Mugo: From the Heart of my Mind-The Story of our Journey

Date: April 17, 2012
Venue: MPH (8-4-4 Building), University of Nairobi
Time: 2pm

Discussant: Hon. Martha Karua (NARC-Kenya Party Leader)

About
Prof. Micere Mugo is a distinguished writer, scholar and Prof. of Literature, African & African-American studies at Syracuse University

She is also the 2012 Julius Nyerere Intellectual Festival Professorial Lecturer

Public Lecture: Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in a Compared Perspective, Apr. 20 2012 @ UoN

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The Embassy of Brazil in Nairobi and University of Nairobi invites you to a public lecture on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, to be held at the University of Nairobi on April 20, 2012 at 10 a.m.
Venue: MPH (8-4-4 Building), University of Nairobi

Speakers: Maria Carolina Marques Ferracini (PhD) and Prof. Winnie Mitullah

More info on Embassy’s Facebook page

Public lecture: Larry Diamond, Mar. 30 2012 @ Taifa Hall UoN

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Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) in conjunction with UoN dept. of Political Science & Public Admin are organising a Public Lecture on Development

Date: Mar. 30, 2012
Venue: Taifa Hall, University of Nairobi
Time: 2-5pm

Lecture by: Larry Diamond, Director Center for Democracy, Development & Rule of Law, Stanford University (USA)

Discussants:
Prof. Walter Oyugi (Public Admin Specialist)
Prof. Michael Chege (Adv. Min. of Planning & National Development)
Prof. Anyang Nyongo (Min. Medical Services)

Moderator: Dr. Adams Oloo (Chair dept. of Pol. Science UoN)