Exhibition and Live Events: Jibambe na Tech. Festival, Nov. 16-30 2020 @ Online + Physical Locations

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Dates: November 16-30, 2020
Medium: Online + Physical Locations

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A Festival of Digital Media brought to you by the Alliance Française de Nairobi and the Goethe-Institut Nairobi, with the support of the French-German Cultural Cooperation Fund.

The online activities will bring together the international games and VR creator community from Kenya and East Africa with the aim of exploring new, creative, and innovative ways in gaming and game development.

Calls for Games demo and Hyper Talks open now for African developers only. The Hyper Talks will give 10 digital creators the opportunity to present their work in 5 minutes, be it games, animation, digital art, immersive experiences, virtual reality, or other playful media.

The Hyper Talks will be streamed live, and the Games exhibited in the A MAZE. / SPACE – a virtual multiplayer 3D game environment between 20th and 22nd November.

Final programme will be available here: https://jibambenatecfestival.space/

Exhibition and Live Events: Jibambe na Tech. Festival, Nov. 16-30 2020 @ Online + Physical Locations

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Dates: November 16-30, 2020
Medium: Online + Physical Locations

About
A Festival of Digital Media brought to you by the Alliance Française de Nairobi and the Goethe-Institut Nairobi, with the support of the French-German Cultural Cooperation Fund.

The online activities will bring together the international games and VR creator community from Kenya and East Africa with the aim of exploring new, creative, and innovative ways in gaming and game development.

Calls for Games demo and Hyper Talks open now for African developers only. The Hyper Talks will give 10 digital creators the opportunity to present their work in 5 minutes, be it games, animation, digital art, immersive experiences, virtual reality, or other playful media.

The Hyper Talks will be streamed live, and the Games exhibited in the A MAZE. / SPACE – a virtual multiplayer 3D game environment between 20th and 22nd November.

Final programme will be available here: https://jibambenatecfestival.space/

LIVE in Nairobi – Thibault Cauvin, Sept. 19 2019 @ Alliance Française

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Alliance Française de Nairobi @70 presents Live in Nairobi by Thibault Cauvin.

Date: September 19, 2019
Venue: Alliance Française de Nairobi
Time: from 7 pm
Entry Fee 1500/-

MPESA – PAYBILL NO. 898660 – ACC. CLASSICAL

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One of the world’s best and most sought-after classical guitarists.

An inspiring and musically limitless solo performance cutting across generations and boundaries.

Showcase Wednesday featuring D’Bass Ganun (Qanun Player from Tanzania), Jan. 23 2019 @ Alliance Française de Nairobi

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Date: January 23, 2019
Venue: Alliance Française de Nairobi
Time: 7 pm
Entry: Free

The 1st Showcase Wed. of the year will feature the qanun player D’Bass Ganun from Tanzania, incorporating this ancient Egyptian string instrument into the vibrant traditional music of the Ndengeleko from Rufiji.

About
Mbwana Mtulia, also known as D’bass Ganun, is a talented Tanzanian singer, songwriter, bassist and Qanun (Ganun) player. The Ganun is a 10th Century ancient Egyptian string instrument.

D’bass picked up an interest in the instrument from his late father, a Qanun maestro, who tutored him. D’bass’s Ndengeleko tribe (from the island town of Rufiji) incorporated the instrument into their vibrant traditional music to create a unique contemporary sound that delivers a memorable listening experience.

Concert/Exhibition: A Colourful Connection – A French/Kenyan Arts Exchange, Jan. 16 2019 @ Alliance Française de Nairobi

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Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Venue: Alliance Française de Nairobi, Loita/Monrovia Streets
Time: 6.30pm

Exhibition runs until 27 January 2019

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A COLOURFUL CONNECTION: A French/Kenyan Arts Exchange – Live concert, live painting, exhibition, video projection presented by Switch-A-Roo featuring French and Kenyan visual artists and musicians.

Simbin Project with Kora Virtuoso Noumoucounda, Feb. 14 2018 @ Alliance Française

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Dates: February 14, 2018
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: from 7 p.m.
Entry: Free

About
Simbin Project is an initiative of the Swiss multi-instrumentalist and producer Fred Hirschy. The strength of the project consists in bringing together the kora virtuoso, Noumoucounda, with experimental musicians, thus creating a unique mix between traditional and ultra-modern music.

This one of a kind concert in Nairobi follows on from the group’s performance at the Sauti za Busara Festival in Zanzibar.

The concert will also feature Kenya’s very own Kasiva Mutua on percussions and Judith Bwire on the nyatiti.

Until Now! Photographic Exhibition by Osborne Macharia & Kevo Abbra, Feb. 9-25 2018 @ Alliance Française

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A photographic installation on Afrofuturism by Osborne Macharia & Kevo Abbra.

Opening: February 9, 2018
Venue: Alliance Francaise
Time: from 6.30 pm
Entry: Free

Special DJ Set by Blinky Bill on Friday, 9 February at 6.30pm.

On Until, February 25, 2018

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Welcome to the artists’ utopic world integrating a reconstructed past, a perceived present and an imagined future.

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