The program for the Macondo Literary Festival 2023 to be hosted in Nairobi, Kenya from September 15 – 17, 2023, has been announced. You can download it by clicking here.
The Macondo Literary Festival is a creation of the Macondo Book Society, founded by author Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor and journalist Anja Bengelstorff. The name comes from “Macondo,” the fictional place where magical things happen in the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Colombian Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Márquez. It was aimed at initiating and encouraging the engagement of a wider public with literature and its creators as a means of societal growth. Read our reporting of the festival that has run for two editions, 2019 and 2022, by clicking here.
The 2023 edition run under the theme “disrupting home” had its dates announced in March followed by the revelation of the guests who would feature in July. The guests come from Arab, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish writing language zones in conversation across perceived limitations, barriers and silos.
Festival organisers have announced the program for one of the most highly anticipated festivals in the region. The events will principally be physically at the Kenya National Theatre although some of the events will be available as Livestream events. Below are the events in Nairobi;
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