And then she said

And Then She Said: 5 Novels Re-Imagined, Apr. 14 2016 @ Goethe Institut Auditorium

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And then she said
Date: April 14, 2016
Venue: Goethe Institut, Auditorium
Time: 6-8.30 pm
Tickets: KES 500

About
Five Novels. Five Women. Five Stories. Experience African literature in a totally new way through an intimate re-imagining of five acclaimed novels, performed for the stage. The women grapple with questions of race, sexuality, patriarchy, friendship, love, loneliness and much more.

– So Long a Letter, 1980: by Mariama Ba, re-imagined by Sitawa Namwalie
– Coming to Birth, 1986: by Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye, re-imagine by Mumbi Kaigwa
– The Orchard of Lost Souls, 2013: by Nadifa Mohamed, re-imagined by Raya Wambui
– Maid in SA: 30 Ways to leave your Madam, 2013: by Zukiswa Wanner, re-imagined by Patricia Kihoro
– The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives, 2014: by Lola Shoneyin, re-imagined by Maimouna Jallow

Kenya Elections

Nadifa Mohamed in Conversation + Kenyan Writers & the 2013 Elections, Jun. 21 2013 @ National Museum

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Kenya Elections
Kwani Trust in partnership with the Nairobi Forum will be hosting an evening of writers on 21 June 2013 at Nairobi National Museum.

Date: Friday 21 June 2013
Venue: Louis Leakey Auditorium, Nairobi National Museum
Time: 5 – 8 pm
Entry: Prior reservation

About Nadifa Mohamed
Nadifa Mohamed, the Somali-British author, will be speaking about her writing and her Somali homeland. Born in Hargeisa and raised in South London, Nadifa’s first novel, Black Mamba Boy(2010), was inspired by the life of her father who was forced to leave Somalia and set out on an odyssey that took him to the UK. Identified by Granta as one of the best of young British novelists, Nadifa’s novel was described by one reviewer as a book of elegance and beauty. It won the Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for numerous other prizes. Nadifa’s new novel, The Orchard of Lost Souls, will be published in August 2013. It describes the fall of the Somali state through the lives of three women.

During the same evening, a panel of writers, bloggers, photographers and poets will also discuss their work on the recently concluded 2013 Kenyan general elections.

Previous Conversations
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