Saturday 30th September | 1.30 – 3.30pm Active Citizenship; Nyumba 10, Zusha, Online and Affirmative Action – John Githongo (KE), Adeniyi Adedayo (Nigeria), Wandia Njoya(KE) Moderator: Nanjala Nyabola(KE)
Saturday 30th September 10.30am – 12.30pm Un[Spoken] – A performance by Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa and Peter Kagayi Based on their books Flame and Song and The Headline That Morning, the show is a conversation about Uganda between two poets of different generations. The show explores how events in the past continue to affect today’s generation, how [read more…]
Masterclass: Digital Marketing With BAKE – Learn from the experts! 27th September | 2 – 5pm Storymoja Festival | Nairobi National Museum KES 500 | Limited Spaces | Register Now
To this day, I remember my first experience with school-based spelling tests. I was in lower primary, either Class 2 or 3, when our class was introduced to daily oral spelling tests. Much to my delight, I discovered that I was good at spelling. However, I also realised not everyone in my class enjoyed spelling [read more…]
Innovation and novelties can get lost in translation, when moving from an idea or concept for a story to an actual constructed manuscript. With this creative writing masterclass, learn how to maintain the creativity of your work through the process of developing the construct/ manuscript of your written work in a way that enhances the [read more…]
I don’t know many people who developed the habit of reading in their adulthood. I haven’t yet heard a story about someone who hated reading as a child and then had adulthood open their eyes to the wonder that are books. I’m sure they are there but in my experience book-lovers are often people who [read more…]
So far yet so near: Liberation? Over the past few months, I have felt unusually saddened by events (especially politically inclined) in my motherland, Kenya. You see, like many of my fellow wananchi (citizens) I had a lot of hope in devolution: serikali mashinani. Such hope that I had foreseen getting a stable job and [read more…]
“Most Kenyans today exclusively associate wildlife conservation care, compassion and even ownership with white people. At a time when Africa has more cell phones than Europe, this same old narrative has weathered the storms of modernity. Africans of European descent have continued to advance the same narrative more than 100 years since Africa’s colonialist – [read more…]
Too Early for Birds returns to the stage to present a beautiful meld of their past two shows for old audiences and new ones. Join us as we follow TEFB on a journey into Kenyan history, see if you might not learn something you never knew! Venue: Storymoja Festival | Nairobi National Museum Date: 28th [read more…]
For more than 55 years, CODE, a Canadian based international development organization, has worked in partnership with local organizations to expand literacy in Africa, the Caribbean, and Canada by supporting the professional development of teachers and librarians, by providing children and youth with access to high quality reading materials, and helping to strengthen the local [read more…]
