Category: Events
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Kenyan comics anthology launches in Nairobi.
The new Kenyan comics anthology launched at the Alliance Francaise, Nairobi on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. There has been a huge growth in comics in Nairobi as more people have gotten into the business in the last few years. The breadth of the scene was shown when the Nyrobi Comic Fest showcased some of the…
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Natasha Omokhodion, Mulenga Kapwepwe book chat in Lusaka
Natasha Omokhodion and Mulenga Kapwepwe had a chat on their new titles in Lusaka, Zambia on August 15, 2024. Natasha Omokhodion’s new novel is Even if the Stars Should Fall and Mulenga Kapwepwe’s is Perfect Marriage. Natasha Omokhodion first came to the attention of the African literary community when her manuscript No Be From Hia…
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Kenyan Readathon 2024 event for September 14
The official Kenyan Readathon 2024 event will be hosted at the McMillan Memorial Library, Nairobi on Saturday, September 14, 2024. In 2020, literary activist Lexa Lubanga unveiled the “Kenya Readathon” initiative to celebrate writing from the East African nation. It was a virtual series to encourage readers to promote Kenyan authors with their work as…
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Let Us Conspire, Bald Dandelions anthologies launch in Nairobi
The two anthologies Let Us Conspire and Other Short Stories and Bald Dandelions With Their Wishes Blown Off launched at Cheche Books, Nairobi on August 15, 2024. Cheche Books was the site of launching the two anthologies Let Us Conspire and Other Short Stories (Jahazi Press) and Bald Dandelions With Their Wishes Blown Off (Huza…
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Kisumu Literacy Day for August 31
Kisumu Literacy Day will be hosted at the Kenyan National Library in Kisumu on Saturday, August 31, 2024. The Kenya National Library Service is known for its work in providing library services in its many libraries across the country. The beloved service has announced that it will host the “Kisumu Literacy Day” in the city…
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Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Panashe Chigumadzi for University of Johannesburg seminar
Mukoma Wa Ngugi is set to give a seminar at the University of Johannesburg on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. He will be in conversation with recently minted Dr Panashe Chigumadzi. The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is an afropolitan international university with an identity of inclusion transforming lives and diversifying professions based in Johannesburg, South Africa.…
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Iris Mwanza’s “The Lion’s Den” for Cheche Conversations (virtual)
Iris Mwanza’s debut novel The Lion’s Den is the subject of the latest Cheche’s “Conversations With Authors” on Friday, July 26, 2024. The time will be 8 PM EAT/1 PM ET. Cheche Books is a Nairobi-based independent Pan-African feminist bookstore, café, and event space, founded by Ubax Abdi in 2020 to make books by African…
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Shani Akilah’s “For Such a Time As This” launches in London
Shani Akilah’s interconnected short story collection For Such a Time As This launched in London, UK on Thursday, June 27, 2024. Shani Akilah’s short story collection For Such a Time As This follows a group of young, Black British friends navigating the complexities of modern life in London. From the excitement of new relationships to…
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Iris Mwanza’s novel Lion’s Den launches in London
Iris Mwanza’s debut novel Lion’s Den launched at the Africa Centre, London, UK on Friday, June 14, 2024. Here are some images from the launch. Iris Mwanza is a Zambian-American professional who recently wrote the Canongate-published novel The Lion’s Den. The debut follows rookie lawyer Grace Zulu whose first client Willbess ‘Bessy’ Mulenga goes missing…
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eKitabu audiobooks launch in Nairobi
Goretti Kyomuhendo, Lesalon Kasaine, Ciku Kimani, and Scola Moraa launched audiobook versions of their novels at the Alliance Française, Nairobi on Saturday, June 29, 2024. Since 2012, eKitabu has done valuable work to increase accessibility and lower the cost of content for quality education in Kenya. For their efforts, they were feted at the Accessible…
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Caribbean Literature Day 2024 for July 12
The Caribbean Literature Day 2024 is set to be marked for the fifth year across the Caribbean on Friday, July 12, 2024. In 2020, the House of Nehesi Publishers announced the new Caribbean Literature Day to be hosted on July 12. The day was chosen for when Spanish Franciscan priest and bishop of Yucatán, Diego…
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Wangari The Storyteller’s Nairobi book signing
Wangari The Storyteller will have a meet and greet at the Alliance Française Nairobi on Saturday, April 13, 2024. Wangari The Storyteller is a storyteller who infuses her stories with song, dance, chants, and other performance delicacies to create an intimate interaction with her audiences. She has performed at numerous venues starting with her hometown…
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New Journal, Debunk Quarterly, launches in Nairobi
Debunk Quarterly, a new journal from Kenyan media outfit Debunk, launched at the Alliance Française Nairobi on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Also read: Debunk Barbara Achermann Fellowship recipients announced. On Tuesday evening, Nairobi residents were treated to the launch of the newest literary journal in town, Debunk Quarterly. It was a colourful evening of literary…
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Nakuru Kitabu Fest hosted in Kenya’s fourth city
Joan Thatiah, Ciku Kimeria, and Richard Oduor Oduku were the featured writers at Nakuru Kitabu Fest on Sunday, January 28, 2024. Nakuru Kitabu Fest aims to enhance and encourage artistic expression through reading, writing, performance, and intellectual literary discourses and forums in Nakuru City. The first edition of the event, founded by Pita Oduor, featured…
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Carole Boyce Davies for series of events in Kenya.
Caribbean-American academic and author Carol Boyce Davies will be doing a series of events in venues in Kenya this week. Here are some of the places you can engage with her. Carole Boyce Davies is the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters and Professor of Africana Studies and Literatures in English at Cornell…