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Avalanche of Kenya Films The film making industry in Kenya has in the recent past made quite some progress, a development which has been received positively by the audience and other stakeholders in the industry. There has been an avalanche of films which have been produced ... Read more

Poetry Meanings have been ascribed to poetry and this indeed is the first step to a complete appreciation of poetry. However, one thing stands out, majority of the populace consider poetry to be a complex phenomenon. The truth of the matter is, a song is a ... Read more

Hope for cancer victims. I have had varying experiences with people who suffer from cancer. This is a killer disease whose cure depends on the period of diagnosis. If discovered earlier then it can be suppressed but if diagnosed at a later stage, then one is bound to succum... Read more

Goethe Institut Library WHAT IS AVAILABLE AT GOETHE INSTITUTE NAIROBI LIBRARY. Goethe institute is a cultural centre hence, apart from hosting many events; their library also has various artistic products that are churned out by both Kenyan and international artists. At ... Read more

The Road To Academic Excellence Public universities in Kenya have undergone massive changes in the last ten or so years. One phenomenal change in this regard is the introduction of self sponsored degree courses which are offered in the evening. Indeed theses courses have attracted ... Read more

Performance reading and the Culture of Reading The issue of reading among the Kenyan public has now been discussed for some time and there is the argument that the public does not have a reading culture. This of course is debatable given the many reasons and purposes for which one decides to read... Read more

Mentoring Young Writers Having a session with secondary school students discussing matters to do with reading and writing was quite some fan. I was in the company of writers and professors who had gone to the coast to do a workshop with young writers who aspire to be publis... Read more

“muziki wa Kenya” AYUBU OGADA IN MENTORSHIP AT THE GOETHE INSTITUTE, NAIROBI. On Saturday, I attended the “muziki wa Kenya” music series at Goethe institute and was partly elated and partly disappointed. This was a follow up to Ayub Ogada’s stunning performance, slig... Read more

Hay Storymoja Festival Three weeks ago, a literary event of immense proportions took place here in Nairobi. This was the haystorymoja festival that was being held in Kenya for the third time. In this event, there were artistic events of all kinds and artists from all over ... Read more

Nairobi Safari Walk AN UNFORGETTABLE ADVENTURE A casual visit to Nairobi Safari Walk proved to be one of the most adventurous trips I have made in recent times. When you enter the gates of Kenya Wildlife Services headquarters, there is no indication that the place has ... Read more

Of Hero's and Monuments The national monuments that am familiar with in this country were created in honor of one hero or another. In fact, it is only the Nyayo monument that debatably does not fit that description. These monuments help Kenyans remember the greatest deeds ... Read more

Ben Okri In a session meticulously moderated by a leading literary scholar based in the UK, Dr. Keguro Macharia, Ben Okri, a world renowned Booker prize award winning writer from Nigeria wowed the audience with his sublimate views and vision about the writing... Read more

Kenya National Library Services Kenya national library services (KNLS) is by far the largest library network in Kenya with 57 branches spread all over the republic. According to the deputy director of KNLS technical division, Mr David Muswii,”Writings are preserved for the sake of ... Read more

Bungee Jumping “The dive from the giddy height of a towering fixed structure, while an elastic cord secures and keeps you suspended inches above ground level” Of course, in this instance we cannot match up to AJ, Hacket who jumped an altitude of 233m from the Maca... Read more

African Languages in performance & the Digital World I have been invited to this event to perform two poems that I have composed in my native African language, dholuo. Any other performance that will be done here will be exclusively in an African language. This forum is a unique performance and discuss... Read more

History Preserved On Monday, I made a visit to the Kenya national museums and toured the three exhibition halls showing Kenya’s precolonial, colonial and post colonial existence. This was meant to be an exploratory tour but it turned out to be so much more than expect... Read more

Prof. Chris Abani Talk Screening!... I attended the screening of one of Nigeria’s foremost writer’s talk, at the university of Nairobi education theater 1. In this talk, Prof Abani zeroes in on the place of African narrative in literary enterprise. A host of pertinen... Read more

Scholars and artists - ‘Meeting of Minds’ Goethe Institute books launch: Literature and creative writing has been gaining momentum in the country as was witnessed during the Contact Zones series of books launch at the Goethe Institute on Thursday evening. Dubbed ‘native intelligence’, the ... Read more