Tag: Storymoja Hay Festival 2014
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Storymoja Festival 2014 Daily Blog – Sunday 21st, September
Sunday was the last day of the Storymoja Festival. This day was special as there would be a memorial in the evening to remember Prof Kofi Awoonor who died when bad folks attacked the Westgate Mall last year. It was a whole year already since that horrible day was upon us. Wow. I started the…
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Storymoja Festival 2014 Daily Blog – Friday 19th September
Friday was first day that I spent a whole day at the museum to enjoy the textures of Kenya’s real literary festival. I spent the day mostly meeting up with authors and getting a full feel of the museum and what was happening. Take for instance the “Diaper Mentality” exhibition curated by our good pal…
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The Storymoja Festival 2014 is here!
It took a while but after many moons of preparation and other such things, the Storymoja Festival 2014 is upon us. The National Museum of Kenya is starting today the epicenter of all events literature in Nairobi. The events will be many and we shall keep you abreast of as much as I can but…
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Chris Abani, Prajwal Parajuly for Storymoja Hay Festival 2014
The Storymoja Hay Festival 2014 promises to be the coolest event in town if the reports coming out from the organisers is any indication. Firstly the Storymoja Festival now has a new status as an OFFICIAL sister festival of the Hay Festivals (UK). Not bad for a little get-together that started as a Nyama Choma…
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Wole Soyinka confirms Storymoja Hay Festival 2014 attendance
The Storymoja Hay festival wasn’t the best last year as one of its most prominent guests Dr Kofi Awoonor died when terrorists attacked the Westgate Mall and he was one of the victims. Events had to be cancelled as the country reeled from the madness of the period. The literature world was shocked with none…