Opening: March 23, 2024
Venue: HOF Gallery, Kibera
Time: from 12 Noon – 7 PM
Dates: Until June 10, 2024
About
This Saturday 23rd from Noon to 7pm – 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐢, our first Solo show featuring Adlan Yousif – عدلان يوسف.
All new never before seen works telling a soulful story from his journey the past few years. A show not to be missed.
HOF Gallery Kibera is honored to host Adlan not just for his solo show but also as an Artist in Residency in the Kibera Arts District.
EXHIBITION
Opening: 19th March, 4pm
Venue: Maasai Mbili Studios
Dates: 19th March – 23rd April 2022
PERFORMANCES
// Dates and Locations //
Kibera – 19th March
Gomongo – 26th March
Dagoreti Corner – 9th April
Rongai – 15th April
Kibera (Side B) – 23rd April
About
Obange is a term in Luo language for what was thought to be an evil spirit that would deliberately plague a family with misfortune. The belief in Obange in Luoland is not as strong as it once was, although there are still some believers. Its literal meaning in the Luo language is “disturbed person”.
The series of performances and accompanying exhibition at Maasai Mbili are based on research by Kevo Stero on how you can map a city through the eyes of an Obange.
Date: July 20, 2019
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: 6 pm
Entry: Adults KES 1,500/- and Children KES 500/-
Professional ballet dancers from Europe and Canada return to Nairobi in support of the new Arts Centre being built in Kibera for the community based organization, Anno’s One Fine Day. This centre is the initiative of the two European charities, Anno’s Africa and One Fine Day, and provides arts workshops to hundreds of children from disadvantaged communities.
The dancers, led by Nick Jones and Julia Bergua from Les Grands Ballets Canadiens of Montreal, include Alexander Jones (The Zurich Ballet), Ji-Min Hong (Royal Danish ballet), Oliver Jones (Staatsballet Oldenburg) and James Lyttle and Diana Leon from the Montreal company. They will perform pieces from some of the world’s favourite ballets. There will also be music and dance performances by the Kibera Arts Centre children.
Date: June 27, 2019
Venue: Uweza Art Gallery, House 4, Olympic Estate – Kibera
About
Kibera ArtFest is an exhibition of art and photography from more than 40 Kibera-based artists and photographers.We will be opening the exhibition on Thursday 27th June at 4 pm at the Uweza Art Gallery, House 4, Olympic Estate, Kibera.
KiberaFest is an initiative of Uweza Foundation.
Date: October 2, 2017
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Time: from 6-8pm
Part of the Slum Film Festival 2017, #SFF2017, screenings in Nairobi. Full programme, available, here.
Dates: August 22-26, 2016
Venues: Mathare, Kibera, Kawangware and Mukuru
About
The 2016 edition of the Slum Film Festival, taking place from 22nd to 26th August, focuses on the various achievements that have been made in the past decade through the Millennium Development Goals, and aims to promote citizen engagement with regards to the newly formulated Sustainable Development Goals.For 5 days, the communities in Mathare, Kibera, Kawangware and Mukuru will be treated to a repertoire of films from 70 countries around the world – some of which were nominated in the festival and others that are pre-selected for screening by the 2016 panel of judges. The community screenings will focus on short stories representing and exploring slum realities.
For more information on the 2016 edition of the Slum Film Festival: http://www.slumfilmfestival.net/about-sff2016/
Festival Kick-Off: July 16, 2016
Venue: Kibra, DC Grounds
Participating Neighborhoods in this year’s festival: Kibera, Kamkunji, Kilimani and the South B-‐Mukuru
About Nai Ni Who Festival
Once again, Nairobi is set to host Nai Ni Who, what has now become an annual citywide festival. The festival is scheduled to kick-‐off on Saturday July 16, 2016 and run over the next two months into September 2016.An initiative of The GoDown Arts Centre, Nai Ni Who? showcases the diverse cultures of Nairobi as the City county’s various neighborhoods transform into platforms for sharing Nairobi histories and stories, and celebrating its people and their neighbourhood assets and cultures.
Since it launched in 2013, the festival has catalyzed residents of Nairobi to engage with both the positive and challenging aspects of the city, with a view to expressing pride for and ownership of their city. Nairobians who have participated in previous festivals have made such comments as follow: “ Nai Ni Who helps us to look at people for who they are, to feel the city as it is, to not judge the people and places of Nairobi, ” and “it brought all Nairobi-‐ans together and it promoted our Nai culture.”
This year, as in previous festivals, The GoDown Arts Centre has been engaging in pre-‐ festival meetings with residents in the various neighborhoods, planning the events and programs for the celebrations. Nai Ni Who 2016 will include action in the neighbourhoods of Kibera, Kamkunji, Kilimani and the South B-‐Mukuru. There will also be activities in the City Centre, comprising free city walking tours in the weekends, led by youthful guides who have undergone a training on the histories and stories behind the streets and buildings in the CBD.
Using multiple publicity strategies such as street billboards, flyers and social media, with illustrations drawn from the distinctive style of Nairobi artist Michael Soi, the festival aims to amplify awareness around identity and belonging in the city.
Already lined up by the neighbourhoods are parades, concerts, clean-‐up activities, markets and sports events. Children from Nairobi’s city schools will also have a chance to know their city through visits organized for them by the Nai Ni Who festival to the National Park, the National Museums, Karura Forest and other destinations.
About The GoDown Arts Centre
The Centre, which has been operational for the past 13 years has contributed immensely to the advancement of a robust arts and culture sector in Nairobi. It is the force behind another significant Nairobi arts event -‐ Manjano – the annual Nairobi arts exhibition and art prize for artists resident in Nairobi.
ANNO’S AFRICA & ONE FINE DAY would like to invite you to a musical performance by the children from KAG Academy, Spurgeons Academy and Valley View Academy on Tuesday, 11th November at 12 noon at Spurgeons school in Kibera.
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The children will be demonstrating the skills that they have acquired during the Anno’s Africa intensive workshops and the One Fine Day weekly arts clubs.
ANNOS’S AFRICA & ONE FINE DAY
ANNO’S AFRICA, was founded by Bee Gilbert and Andrew Birkin, in memory of their son, Anno, in 2006. The purpose of the UK registered charity is to give children in the poorest slums in Kenya, the chance to discover their as yet unexplored artistic potential and the opportunity to lead imaginative and self-determined lives.Anno’s Africa, works in partnership with ONE FINE DAY e.V., an NGO founded by Marie Steinmann-Tykwer and Tom Tykwer in Berlin in 2008. These two charities, have combined forces in a programme which offers intensive creative workshops for children and young people living in the Nairobi slums of Kibera and Mathare.
More then 700 participants are free to choose from various arts disciplines, according to their preferences: traditional and contemporary dance, ballet, drama, creative writing/storytelling, music, circus skills, and visual arts. European mentors teach side by side with Kenyan artists and performers, who then continue the lessons in once weekly arts clubs, for the rest of the year.
Continuity is at the heart of the philosophy and commitment from ONE FINE DAY e.V. and ANNO’S AFRICA. With regard to these weekly art clubs, as the firm belief is that young artistic talents should evolve constantly. And these regularly scheduled classes give the children, who live such difficult and challenging lives, an exciting bright spot once a week. Currently 24 such creative weekend clubs are taking place in all disciplines through out the year.
The positive results are unequivocal and the children are all making significant progress not only in the arts but in their academic achievements as well. And all of these talented kids are finding not only self-confidence but also great joy in their lives through their new found artistic skills and the development of their imaginations.
Nyumba Kumi exhibition by artist Kevo Stero of Maasai Mbili Art Studio opens on Thursday 18th September 2014 at the Kuona Trust gallery.
The artworks on show are a collaboration between Kevo and several artists that he works closely with at the Maasai Mbili (M2) space in Kibera.
Opening: Thursday 18th September from 6 pm
Exhibition Dates: 18th–29th September, 9 am – 5 pm Daily
Venue: Kuona Trust, Likoni Lane off Denis Pritt Road, Hurlingham
Exhibition Concept
The ‘Nyumba Kumi’ project is an initiative by the Kenyan government to improve security in the face of increasing insecurity in the country. Under ‘Nyumba Kumi’, landlords are required to establish estate associations to register themselves as well as their tenants. It calls for the vetting of tenants by ensuring an accurate record of what they do for a living so as to establish that they are not criminals or linked to terrorist activities. Providing this information is not an option but an obligation. In the face of rising global terrorism the government deems that effective collaboration between residents and security personnel is the most effective tool in the prevention of attacks as well as building cases against terror suspects. It sites other countries such as neighbouring Tanzania where this exercise has worked.
The artist explores this initiative from the perspective of the slum dwellers of Kibera. As a resident of Kibera, Kevin has conducted widespread research in the area to gather the thoughts and reactions to the ‘Nyumba Kumi’ exercise. Some of the questions he chose to interrogate include- Does the ‘Nyumba Kumi’ apply in Kibera? How is it implemented there? What is the impact if any on the residents? What is the impact on you? Is it bound to succeed or fail?
His intention is to provoke the audience to think deeper into their own perception of the project and its impact. He provides insights into a community that few people really understand. This community also dwells in the cosmopolitan city, Nairobi, which the government so desperately wants to protect. However, the residents of Kibera were probably not a priority in the list for consideration when this initiative was developed.
This exhibition challenges the passive nature of society when faced with various socio-economic and political challenges. Kevin hopes to trigger a more proactive approach to the analysis of situations and deeper thought into the solutions provided for the challenges by the leadership/government of the day.
The curator will be renowned artist Mbuthia Maina.
Dates: August 26 – September 9, 2013
Venue: Kibera & Mathare
SFF 3rd Edition Trailer from Slum Film Festival on Vimeo.
For the programme and more info. visit the festival’s website: http://slumfilmfestival.net/
