Out of Town/Festival: The 3rd Malindi Cultural Festival, Apr. 6-8 2012 @ the Malindi Museum seaftront
Dates: April 6-8, 2012
Venue: the Malindi Museum seaftront
Download programme (pdf): programeMalindi 2012
This festival will celebrate and show case Malindi multi-culture. For more information check the National Museum website
Poetry at Discovery Ignited, Mar. 17 2012 @ The Junction Business Lounge
For more info check their facebook event page
Wamathai Spoken Word, Mar. 10 2012 @ Michael Joseph Centre
This week NairobiNow is celebrating Wamathai.com and all the people involved in bringing you Wamathai Spoken Word.
To this effect we have given away two pairs of tickets. The competition is now closed. See you at the event!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xbpJPj8mzs&feature=player_embedded]Reading and Discussion: Amka Space Literature Forum, Feb. 25 2012 @ Goethe
Date: February 25, 2012
Venue: Goethe-Institut Library
Time: 10am – 1pm
Entrance: Free
The Literature Forum brings together upcoming women writers and literary critics to share and discuss stories, poems and current literary trends with the aim of enhancing their creativity. The forum provides a space to listen to the voices of established and budding female writers – voices of women with a passion for literary adventure.
The first product of the Literature Forum is out and available in bookstores in Nairobi: Fresh Paint – Literary Vignettes by Kenyan Women. The volume comprises a selection of poems and short stories presented at the Forum over the last 3 years.
AMKA and the Goethe-Institut organize the monthly readings in the library of the Goethe-Institut every last Saturday of the month.
Participation in the forum is open to both men and women and interested participants may send their poems and short stories to amkaspace@yahoo.com
Literature Reading: The Blind Side of the Heart, Feb. 23 2012 @ Goethe
Date: February 23, 2012
Venue: Goethe-Institut Library
Time: 6 – 8 pm
Entrance: Free
For more info check their Facebook event page
The public reading series “Stories Spoken” is dedicated to introducing contemporary German literature in English translation to the Kenyan audience.
Amid the chaos of civilians fleeing west in a provincial German railway station in 1945, Helene has brought her seven-year-old son with her. Having survived with him through the horrors and deprivations of the war years, she abandons him at the station platform and never returns.
This is a tale of hope, loneliness and love; of a life lived in terrible times; the story of a family, an era, and a fascinating woman.
Excerpts from the novel will be read in English and German by Ngwatilo Mawiyoo and Susan Nadolny respectively.
A discourse shall ensue thereafter about the readings.
WAPI Girls can Rhyme, Dec. 17 2011 @ Sarakasi Dome
WAPI Girls Can Rhyme is for the Ladies. The best of female hip hop talent in Kenya featuring Radio 1’s Adelle, Nazizi, Fenamenal, Ngwatilo, Xtatic, Wanjiku Mwaurah, Lness, Rachael, Michelle the Brand, Sharon Alai supported by some good males Anto Neosoul & Point Blank
Date: December 17, 2011
Venue: Sarakasi Dome
Time: 10am-4pm
Entry: Free
For more info check their facebook event page
Wamathai December, Dec. 3 2011 @ The Michael Joseph Centre, Safaricom House
Wamathai.com presents Wamathai Spoken Word December on;
December 3, 2011
Venue: The Michael Joseph Centre, Safaricom House on Waiyaki Way.
Time: 4pm – 7pm
Charges: Kshs. 300 in advance & Kshs. 400 at the gate
Advance tickets are available from WWW.TICKETSASA.COM & at the Michael Joseph Centre reception desk.
Hosts: TV personality Anyiko Owoko & Blogger and Auditor Robert Kunga.
Poetry Performances by: Wanjiku Mwaurah, Asali, Pearl, Jeremy Levinger, Lonesome Bounty, Kennet B, Nuru Bahati,Kevin ‘Man Njoro’, M.K, Abu Sense, Claude Baus, Miss Soulful, Ngatia, Dave Ndirangu, Aisha Salim, Ami, Mugambi Nthiga, Vickie Zosi, Mark Anthony, PotentAsh and many more
Music by: Elani & Afrology
The event will feature an exhibition of poetographs from the Koroga II project, a collaboration between Kenyan poets and photographers.
Book Launch: Fairy Tales of Business, Dec 1 2011 @ Serena Hotel
Dr. Hooria Fatima Chishti (MBIS, M.Phil, Ph.D) is one of the most versatile business strategists in Africa today. Her eminent academic credentials in tandem with illustrious professional achievements bear testamenttoanexceptionallydistinguishedcareer. Sheisengrossedin the study of business dynamics underpinning the quest for exponential growth and associated challenges. She has been recognized by several business associations all over the world for designing the most unique organizationaldevelopmentprograms. Herteam-buildingandstrategy building workshops are considered an ultimate experience and has been delivered to discerning clients across Europe, Australia and Africa.
For more information about the book, download the full Invitation Card
Amka Literature Forum, Oct. 29 2011 @ Goethe
Amka invites you to its October session reading this Saturday 29th October from 10am – 1pm at the Goethe Institut Library, Maendeleo House, Monrovia Street. They will be reading the following pieces among other selected texts.
Short Stories:
Kampala Express
Inception
Poems:
White Bird in the Dark
A Poem
It’s Our Time
For more information contact: Riva 0751 291 253 Amka Coordinator