Tag: Christopher Okemwa
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Kistrech International Poetry Festival 2018 for October.
The Kistrech International Poetry Festival 2018 is set to happen in a series of towns in Kenya from October 3-10. The Kistrech International Poetry Festival was founded by Dr Christopher Okemwa in 2013 to promote poetry and cultural exchange between local and foreign artists. The annual shebang sees spoken-word, rap, song, poetry reading, oral poetry,…
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Burt Awards Kenya nominees 2015 named
The people in the running for the Burt Award, the richest prize in Kenyan literature at the moment, which is aimed at young adults have announced their 2015 nominees. The nominees for the 2015 Burt Award for African Literature which is run by the The National Book Development Council of Kenya are:1) Charles Okoth –…