Tag: Khainga O’Okwemba
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Literary Crossroads features Nigerian and Kenyan authors
Literary Crossroads is a new series of talks hosted at the Goethe in three African cities where writers meet colleagues from all over the world and from the African diaspora. At these events in Nairobi, Johannesburg and Lagos they discuss trends, topics and themes prevalent in their literatures today. The first of the events in 2016…
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The ladies’ Fresh Paint 2 anthology is here
Fresh Paint II is the second anthology of poems and short stories by Kenyan women done as a partnership between Goethe-Institut Kenya and AMKA. The anthology includes the writing of Nduta Waweru, Linda Musita, Maimouna Jallow, Consolata Mutua, and Gloria Mwaniga. The anthology was launched with an event at the Goethe Institut in Nairobi on…
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Ciku Kimeria, Ndiritu Wahome play to packed Goethe Nairobi
The Goethe Institut in Nairobi was packed to the rafters for the second edition of their “Conversations with African writers” series. The first in the series happened a few months ago with Kinyanjui Kombani being moderated by our favourite actor/teacher/playwright John Sibi-Okumu. Last Thursday early evening the authors on stage were Ciku Kimeria and Ndiritu…
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A visit to KBC’s Books Café with Khainga O’Okwemba
In recent times Kenyan media has come to the plate where literature and its reporting are concerned. The Saturday Nation last year started literary pages where you could find dedicated news and reviews from books from the continent with up to ten pages on the topic. With contributions from the likes of Dr Evan Mwangi,…
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Scenes from Shailja Patel’s Unsilence! Public lecture
Shailja Patel is one of Kenya’s more respected poets both of the reading and performance version as well as a human rights activist. The US-based artist is also highly respected for her work Migritude a 90-minute spoken-word theatre show. It uses her trousseau of saris, passed down by her mother, to unfold hidden histories of…
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Talking books at Marjorie Oludhe-Macgoye’s Ngara home
Where Kenyan writers meet at Marjorie Oludhe-Macgoye’s home in Ngara, Nairobi, and talked books. One of the best movies I have watched in my life was Finding Forrester a movie at the turn of the millennium starring Sean Connery. Connery acts as William Forrester a reclusive writer who lives in Harlem and who has lived…