Edited by Shailja Patel and Aaron Bady, designed by Imp Kerr

Essays & Poems by Kenyan Writers: Kenya Refuses, Published by @ the New Inquiry

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Edited by Shailja Patel and Aaron Bady, designed by Imp Kerr
Edited by Shailja Patel and Aaron Bady, designed by Imp Kerr

To qualify for contempt you must be disposable. Invisible. Shameable. Usable. Silenceable. – Politics of Contempt by Shailja Patel

About
Kenya Refuses is a supplement of the new inquiry edited by Shailja Patel and Aaron Bady. It is a carnival of transgressive Kenyan voices.
In essays and dialogues, in postcards and poetry, nine Kenyans map out their rejection of both the premises and the outcome of Kenya’s March 2013 election.

Contributions from Keguro Macharia, Wambui Mwangi, Marziya Mohammedali, Ngwatilo Mawiyoo, Michael Onsando, Orem Ochiel, Okwiri Oduor, Kenne Mwikya and Shailja Patel

Download #KenyaRefuses here [pdf]

Kwani? Open Mic: Rebirth Edition with the Best of 2011/2010, Apr. 3 2012 @ Club Soundd

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Date: April 3, 2012
Venue: Club Soundd
Time: 7-9pm
Tickets; Kshs 200

Featured Poets: Larry Liza, Ogutu Muraya, Number 8, Wanjuku Mwaurah, Ngwatilo Mawiyoo, Check Mate, Man Njoro, Kennet B, Monaja, Jemedari & Kimani
Featured Artist: Anto and Paragasha Band

Listen to the debut album by the dynamic duo of man njoro and nemesis cutting across genre’s, races, ages and social standing.

This is one hell of a roller coaster ride of an album and we recommend it highly
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Literature Reading: The Blind Side of the Heart, Feb. 23 2012 @ Goethe

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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.