Seminar: Slum Upgrading Projects in Nairobi, Apr. 6-7 2011 @ Alliance
The French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA-Nairobi) is conducting a seminar on Slum Upgrading Projects in Nairobi focusing on the challenges in programme implementation.
Dates: April 6-7, 2011
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: 8:30am – 5:30pm
Entrance is by prior registration: publications@ifra-nairobi.net
New slum estimates show that currently almost a billion urban dwellers in the world are living in slum conditions. The French Institut for Research in Africa, which has been involved in research projects on informal settlements in East African cities for many years now, presents this conference that brings together key stakeholders involved in slum upgrading projects as well as representatives of associations in Kambi Moto and Korogocho where slum upgrading projects have been carried out. Research papers as well as practical examples, putting forward theoretical frameworks and methodological tools will be shared with the participants.
Programme summary:
* The conference will be opened by His Excellency the Ambassador of France Etienne de Poncins
* What does Slum Upgrading mean?
* KENSUP and KISIP: Overview, comparisons and discussions
* Huruma upgrading project (Kambi Moto, Mahira and Githaturu) the bottom-up approach
* Debate on the issue of the securisation of land tenure in slum upgrading project
* Research findings on informal settlements in Nairobi
* Korogocho upgrading project, the socio-economic profile approach
* The infrastructure approach: the Bio-centres in Mukuru, Korogocho and Kibera
* Lessons and Recommendations
More information on IFRA-Nairobi
Documentary: Inside the Revolution, Apr. 4 2011 @ Alliance
Date: April 4, 2011
Venue: Alliance francaise
Time: 6pm
Entry: Free
Inside the Revolution: A journey into the heart of Venezuela by Pablo Navarrette (2009 -1h05)
Presented by Pamoja Film Initiative
Filmed in Caracas in November 2008, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of Chavez’s controversial presidency, this feature-length documentary takes a journey into the heart of Venezuela’s revolution to listen to the voices of the people driving the process forward. The film traces the recent history of Venezuela, before and after the election of Hugo Chavez to the presidency, using archive material and interviews with Venezuelans living in the barrios of Caracas who are involved in community and social movements.
Review
“A rare film about Venezuela, a country in extraordinary transition. Watch this film because it is honest and fair and respectful of those who want to be told the truth about an epic attempt, flaws and all, to claim back the humanity of ordinary people.”
– John Pilger (Journalist, author and documentary filmmaker).
Derek Wall review of Pablo Navarrete’s documentary
You tube trailer
CinemAlliance: Baby Blues, Mar. 28 2011 @ Alliance
Date: March 28, 2011
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Time: 6pm
Entry: Free
By Diane Bertrand (2008 – 1h35)
Alex and Fabrizio form an ideal couple. Alex yearns for a child which makes Fabrizio nervous to the point of consulting a psychiatrist. It turns out to be the same psychiatrist that Alex has been seeing in secret for the last two years
Concert: Soul Voyage, Mar. 18 2011 @ Alliance
Date: March 18, 2011
Venue: Alliance Française Nairobi Kenya
Time: 7-10pm
Tickets: Kshs 400 (Advance) and Kshs 500 at the door
Advance tickets available at Alliance Française (Tickets Hotline: 0733 339403)
Performances by: Fadhilee (Host) backed by the all female band Karama., Stan, Anto Neosoul, among other promising bands.
Theatre: Oh My God! Mar. 22-27 2011 @ Alliance
A Heartstrings Kenya production conceptualized by Churchill and directed by Sammy Mwangi & Victor Ber
Dates: March 22-27, 2011
Time: Weekdays; 6.30pm and Weekends; 3pm & 6.30pm
Venue: Alliance Française auditorium
Tickets: 500/-
Back due to public demand
In and after many regretful situations and pathetic deeds do, Kenyans are always fond of shouting out “OH MY GOD!”.But Have you ever wondered what would happen if after shouting out OH MY GOD!, God actually appeared and said “Yes?”.
Heartstrings Kenya hilariously explore the reality.
Play: Cat in the Bag! Apr. 1-3 2011 @ Alliance
Dates: April 1-3, 2011
Times: Friday; 6.00pm & 8.30pm, Saturday and Sunday; 3.00pm, 6.00pm & 8.30pm
Venue: Alliance Française de Nairobi auditorium
Tickets: Ksh. 500/- at the gates and Ksh. 400/- for advance tickets, bought before 31st March 2011.
THE FRIENDS ENSEMBLE Makers of the Hit stage comedies Boeing-Boeing & Home is where Your Clothes Are! are back on stage, this time with a classic Comedy “CAT IN THE BAG”
Mr. Kamande is caught in between a rock and a hard place, as he has to make a choice to either stick with his only loving and caring daughter Molly after the death of his wife, or to move on and get married to Mary, his new found love…
Efforts to shift his daughter’s attention from him take a comically frustrating twist as she, on the other hand, not only refuses to let her father go, but does not want to get married either…
Individual and group reservations in Progress!!
For special shows, call 0733 720 585
Advance Tickets available at Burgerdome Restaurant Kimathi Street, Alliance Française reception
Tickets Hotline: 0720 861 236 or 0733 720 585
Email: info@friendsensemble.org
Event: French Language & Francophone Week, Mar. 14-18 2011 @ Alliance
The French Language and Francophone Week was initiated in 1995 by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication with the aim of promoting the French language widely and is marked annually around 20th March, World Francophone Day. It is an occasion to celebrate a language that unites and links over 200 million people around the world, bringing together a diversity of cultures that continue to enrich the language.
Dates: March 14-18, 2011
Venue: Alliance Française Nairobi
Events: Theatre and Movies
Entry: Free
Theatre Play in French: Le Petit Prince
Dates: march 15-17, 2011
Time: 10am and 2pm shows,
Audience: Performance for schools
Entrance free
Heartstrings Kenya presents the celebrated story ‘Le Petit Prince’ by the French writer and aviator, Antoine de Saint Exupéry.
This production in French targets students of French, especially those practicing for the annual Schools’ Drama Festival. ‘Le Petit Prince’ is a French classic, a wonderfully touching and creative story of a man who meets an extraordinary boy and relearns what it means to be a child.
FRANCOPHONE CINEMA
In French, with English subtitles
FINYE by Souleymane Cisse, 1983, 1h45 (Mali)
Mon. 14 March @ 6pm
Vivid social satire, ‘Finye’ (The Wind) tackles the generation gap in post-colonial West Africa.
COMPLICES by Frédéric Mermoud, 2009, 1h33 (Switzerland)
Awards : Lucerne, Swiss Film Prize Quartz “Best Screenplay” 2010, Chicago International Film Festival, Gold Plaque 2009
Tue. 15 March @ 6pm
Vincent and Rebecca have been in love ever since they first set eyes on each other. But two months later Vincent’s body is found in the river Rhone. Inspector Hervé and his colleague Karine lead the investigation… presented by the Embassy of Switzerland
LES MAUVAIS JOUEURS de Frédéric Balekdjian, 2005,1h20 (France)
Wed. 16 March @ 6pm
Vahé, Sahak, and Toros run a bonneteau game on the streets of Paris. They’re Lebanese French of Armenian descent. Vahé also works with his father, a cloth merchant, and is in love with Lu Ann, Chinese French, who’s broken off their affair. Vahé wants to make things right with Lu Ann, with his father’s business, and with Yuen, Lu Ann’s younger brother.
HOP by Dominique Standaert, 2002, 1h44 (Belgium)
presented by the Embassy of Belgium
Thu. 17 March @ 6pm
HOP is the story of the trials and tribulations of a young illegal pygmy, confronting the Belgian authorities in order to recover his expelled father.
QUESTIONS A LA TERRE NATALE by Samba Felix Ndiaye, 2006, 52min (Sénégal)
Fri. 18 March @ 6pm
After many years abroad, Samba Félix N’diaye returns to his hometown Dakar and questions experts and leaders on the future of the continent.