Screening: Bufis (Daydreamers) Film Premiere, Oct. 26 2023 @ Westgate Cinema – Westlands.

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Date: October 26, 2023

Venue: Westgate, Westlands

Time: 7 PM

Tickets: KES 1,000/-

About

This Kenya-Somali film is directed by Mahad Ahmed and Vincenzo Cavallo (directors of Wazi FM).  It recently premiered at the Warsaw International Film Festival.

Mahad is a Somali Kenyan actor/director, casting director and co-founder of the Nairobi based collective Somali React and Vincenzo is an Italian Kenyan producer/director and script writer and the co-founder of Cultural Video Production/Foundation based in Kenya.

Bufis (daydreamers) is based on a true story.  Many Somalis dream of a life in the West. Assad is the best fixer in Nairobi. When the U.S. opens the green-card lottery, he brings a prostitute, a former warlord, a runaway bride, a widower, and his daughter together to form a fake family.

Hip Hop City Premiere! Screening, Panel & Old Skul Kenyan Hip Hop Party, Jul. 22 2022 @ the Mall, Basement – #Westlands

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Date: July 22, 2022

Venue: The Mall, Basement – Westlands

Time: 6 PM till Late

Entry: Free

About

Launch of a 3 part Documentary on Hip Hop music’s influence on the Kenyan urban culture, identity, fashion and social change.

The screening will be accompanied by a brief panel discussion with pioneers from the Kenyan hip hop music scene.

Special performances by Kalamashaka and a select group of DJ’s.

A collaboration between Goethe Institut Kenya & The MIST.

Hip Hop City Premiere! Screening, Panel & Old Skul Kenyan Hip Hop Party, Jul. 22 2022 @ the Mall, Basement – #Westlands

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Date: July 22, 2022

Venue: The Mall, Basement – Westlands

Time: 6 PM till Late

Entry: Free

About

Launch of a 3 part Documentary on Hip Hop music’s influence on the Kenyan urban culture, identity, fashion and social change.

The screening will be accompanied by a brief panel discussion with pioneers from the Kenyan hip hop music scene.

Special performances by Kalamashaka and a select group of DJ’s.

A collaboration between Goethe Institut Kenya & The MIST.

20th Pop Up & Chill Handmaker’s Market, Aug. 8 2021 @ Mövenpick Hotel – Mkungu Close, Westlands

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Date: Sunday – August 8th, 2021

Venue: Mövenpick Hotel – Mkungu Close, Westlands

Time: 10 am to 6 pm

Entry: Free

About

Find the best in locally hand-made goods from East Africa’s top designers & makers on Sunday, August 8th from 10am to 6pm at Mövenpick Hotel, Westlands.

Our market brings together a selection of lovingly handmade clothing, leather goods, jewellery, furniture, home decor, art prints, apothecary goods, healthy food, baked goods and much more. There will be plenty of kids activities among them, a designated play area and of course, swimming.

Our market is free to the public and will strictly adhere to the Ministry of Health regulations and guidelines. It will be outdoors, maintain soicial-distance, have temperature checks, hand sanitizer and will have monitored capacity.

Find more information, here.

20th Pop Up & Chill Handmaker’s Market, Aug. 8 2021 @ Mövenpick Hotel – Mkungu Close, Westlands

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Date: Sunday – August 8th, 2021

Venue: Mövenpick Hotel – Mkungu Close, Westlands

Time: 10 am to 6 pm

Entry: Free

About

Find the best in locally hand-made goods from East Africa’s top designers & makers on Sunday, August 8th from 10am to 6pm at Mövenpick Hotel, Westlands.

Our market brings together a selection of lovingly handmade clothing, leather goods, jewellery, furniture, home decor, art prints, apothecary goods, healthy food, baked goods and much more. There will be plenty of kids activities among them, a designated play area and of course, swimming.

Our market is free to the public and will strictly adhere to the Ministry of Health regulations and guidelines. It will be outdoors, maintain soicial-distance, have temperature checks, hand sanitizer and will have monitored capacity.

Find more information, here.

The Havoc of Choice: A Book Party! Nov. 7 2020 @ iKigai, Westlands

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Date: November 7, 2020
Venue: iKigai, Westlands
Time: 4-9 pm
Tickets: KES 1,500 via Mookh

Join us for the launch of The Havoc of Choice, by Wanjiru Koinange.

The author will be in conversation with Bien-Aime Baraza.

Released in July 2020, The Havoc of Choice is a story about family, politics, and journeying through a fractured country in a delicate time. Long-held captive by her father’s shadow of corruption, Kavata has spent her life suffocated by political machinations. When her husband decides to run in the general election, these shadows threaten to consume her home. Unable to bear this darkness, Kavata plots to escape. As her family falls apart, so too does the country. In the wake of Kenya‘s post-election turmoil, Kavata and her family must find their way back to each other across a landscape of nationwide confusion, desperation and heart-rending loss.

In this title, Koinange explores the long reach and effects of colonisation and corruption within the context of a singular household and the disparate experiences of class and clan they encapsulate.

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Wanjiru Koinange is a writer, restorer of libraries and entrepreneur from Nairobi. She was raised on a farm on the outskirts of the city with her four siblings. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Literature from United States International University – Africa, after which she worked as a talent manager for some of East Africa’s most renowned artists and musicians – then as a festival and events manager. She then later pursued a Masters in Creative Writing from University of Cape Town.

During this time she also worked to explore how art may be used as a catalyst for social change. This was channelled through the global non-profit organisation, Africa Centre. While in Cape Town, she also served on the editorial team of Chimurenga.

Her writing has been published in several journals and magazines across the continent including Chimurenga, SlipNet and Commonwealth Writers where she served as a cultural correspondent for East and Southern Africa in 2015. Wanjiru is also the co-founder of The Book Bunk.