Profile: Natasha Muloko Country: Kenya Natasha Muloko is a 28 year old women who lives with Systemic Lupus, a challenging autoimmune disease that is often accompanied by complications such as renal failure. Natasha believes in living whole and positively despite the challenges if SLE. She runs a business to support herself. Session at the Festival: [read more…]
Profile: Lea Kilenga Country: Kenya Lea is a storyteller, advocate, entrepreneur and most importantly a Sickle Cell Warrior. She initiated the photo documentary 10003 Warrior Project, which later fueled further work into Sickle Cell policy advocacy, education and improving Sickle Cell healthcare infrastructure/services under the Africa Sickle Cell Organization. Lea also represents and advocates for [read more…]
Profile: Julie Muriuki Country: Kenya Julie Muriuki is a Kenyan writer, editor and ardent reader. Her writing has appeared on the Storymoja Festival Blog, Hay Festival Newswire, True Love Magazine East Africa, Saraba Magazine and forthcoming elsewhere. She is currently hard at work on her debut novel. Session at the Festival: Sunday – 1.30 – [read more…]
Ng’ash P aka Ulimi Tamu, has deep spiritual poetry that revolves around the issues in his background. He is good in delivery, word play and storytelling, making him an all-round spoken word artist, a rare thing to find in this industry. His well-done videos feature common themes such as calling out the evil in church, [read more…]
Artist: Pauline Kea Country: Kenya I am a lecturer at St. John’s Teachers Training College, Kilimambogo. I have worked as a part-time lecturer at The Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) in Nairobi, African Nazarene University, Multimedia University and Highlands State College. I hold a B.Ed (Kiswahili and Religious Studies) and M.A in Kiswahili Studies [read more…]
Artist: Muthuri Kinyamu Country: Kenya Muthuri Kinyamu is a Director at Saffir Africa and co-founder of Turnup.Travel. He’s a marketer and publicist by training and traveler every other weekend. Previously, Muthuri Kinyamu led a social media takeover campaign for Kenya Tourism Board to promote the Great Migration and domestic tourism. Muthuri has been a part [read more…]
A fun and interactive Storytelling Workshop for children aged between 6 – 13 years and their parents. Come and discover the secrets of storytelling with Author & Storyteller Muthoni Garland. Later, add some moves into your story with Dafrose Ambani as she infuses dance into storytelling. Entrance: Kshs. 500/ per child. 3rd child and parent [read more…]
‘Armageddon seems to have arrived sooner. Much sooner than I expected. Tumepelekwa ndani.’, read Suraya’s text. It had to be her. Suraya, the angel of darkness. Suraya who prays for the cockroaches in her house. Suraya who gets arrested on a Friday morning. Suraya who texts me about Armageddon when I am anxiously waiting for [read more…]
The gods had fallen Hell opened doors to her furnace So the heat ran free to earth Scorching the sand lands of north Turkana, to torture our soles And thirst our throats; Still, we walked. The winds rose, and whirled Picked up the dust And blasted our hard worn faces The cacti stared at the [read more…]
Artist: Oswald Okaitei Country: Ghana Oswald Okaitei, CEO of Play House.kom, is a multi-award winning poet & Spoken word artiste. He is a Performer Poet who combines music with poetry lines/verses to paint imagery in the eyes of the mind. He is one of the fresh breaths to poetry/spoken word worldwide. Oswald has transformed several [read more…]
