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Book Launch: Refuge? Refugees’ Stories of Rebuilding their Lives in Kenya, Dec. 11 2021 @ Alliance Française Nairobi
Date: December 11, 2021
Venue: Alliance Française Nairobi Garden
Time: 2-6 PM
Tickets: Advance KES 700 (Available, here)
*Ticket prices include a copy of the book, and all ticket sales proceeds support Kintsugi’s “Share your Christmas meal with a refugee family” campaign.
About
Join us in celebrating a feat of refugee storytelling with this exciting new compilation of refugee autobiographies. What do these stories tell us about refuge in the modern era? What does it mean for Kenyans to be hosts to nearly 500,000 displaced people?
Panel discussion featuring:
• Prof. Peter Kagwanja, President & CEO, Africa Policy Institute
• Caroline Njuki, Chief Technical Advisor, ILO Kenya
• Foni Joyce, Refugee youth leader and education advocate
Musical performances by Kidum and Nick Kosovo.
Original poetry from Nadine Gakungu.
This event is organized by Kintsugi and the Finance in Displacement (FIND) project of Tufts University and sponsored by FSD Africa and the International Rescue Committee (IRC).
Panel Discussion: Celebrating Women in the Creative Industry, Nov. 26 2021
Date: Friday, November 26 2021
Medium: Online ~ Australian High Commission in Kenya Social Media Platforms (Facebook & Instagram)
Time: 1400-1730HRS
Guest of Honour: Dr. Zippy Okoth
Panellist: Elizabeth Njoroge (Founder of the Art of Music), Chebet Rono (Content Creator – Comedy), Michelle Anyango (Content Creator – Hair), Nikita Kering (Musician), and King Muriuki (Film Director).
Moderator/MC: Nice Githinji
Performance by Njoki Karu
About
The discussion will center around the challenges, opportunities and successes of working in the creatives industry.
The Havoc of Choice: A Book Party! Nov. 7 2020 @ iKigai, Westlands
Date: November 7, 2020
Venue: iKigai, Westlands
Time: 4-9 pm
Tickets: KES 1,500 via Mookh
Join us for the launch of The Havoc of Choice, by Wanjiru Koinange.
The author will be in conversation with Bien-Aime Baraza.
Released in July 2020, The Havoc of Choice is a story about family, politics, and journeying through a fractured country in a delicate time. Long-held captive by her father’s shadow of corruption, Kavata has spent her life suffocated by political machinations. When her husband decides to run in the general election, these shadows threaten to consume her home. Unable to bear this darkness, Kavata plots to escape. As her family falls apart, so too does the country. In the wake of Kenya‘s post-election turmoil, Kavata and her family must find their way back to each other across a landscape of nationwide confusion, desperation and heart-rending loss.
In this title, Koinange explores the long reach and effects of colonisation and corruption within the context of a singular household and the disparate experiences of class and clan they encapsulate.
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Wanjiru Koinange is a writer, restorer of libraries and entrepreneur from Nairobi. She was raised on a farm on the outskirts of the city with her four siblings. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Literature from United States International University – Africa, after which she worked as a talent manager for some of East Africa’s most renowned artists and musicians – then as a festival and events manager. She then later pursued a Masters in Creative Writing from University of Cape Town.
During this time she also worked to explore how art may be used as a catalyst for social change. This was channelled through the global non-profit organisation, Africa Centre. While in Cape Town, she also served on the editorial team of Chimurenga.
Her writing has been published in several journals and magazines across the continent including Chimurenga, SlipNet and Commonwealth Writers where she served as a cultural correspondent for East and Southern Africa in 2015. Wanjiru is also the co-founder of The Book Bunk.
Online Conversation / Pan-African Forum: Defining Pan-Africanism, Oct. 27 2020
Date: Tuesday, 27th October 2020
Medium: Zoom
Time: 7.30 pm
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_09L2OFjATwmixbvhgOZ2jg
About
Welcome to the inaugural Pan-African Forum. These series of online conversations will amplify African perspectives on a range of social, economic, and political issues. Featuring intellectuals from the African continent and diaspora, these forums will enrich ongoing conversations within and among the range of conceptual, geographical, ideological and linguistic regions of Africa and the diaspora, envisioning the potential and possibility of working together beyond the narrow confines of Nation States.This first forum will be anchored by Mr. Brian Kagoro and will give us an overview of the history and conceptual underpinnings of Pan-Africanism. Brian Kagoro, a Zimbabwean citizen, is a Pan-Africanist constitutional and economic relations lawyer and a development governance enthusiast.
The Forums will be moderated by Dr. Mshai Mwangola, Performance Scholar.
Open Restitution Africa Launch: Webinar with Dr. Njoki Ngumi, Aug. 26 2020
Date: August 26, 2020
Medium: Live stream on YouTube (https://youtube.com/channel/UCg6riahrlU-psIkgqlY7_VA)
Time: 6 PM (EAT)
FMI -> http://thisisthenest.com/news/2020/8/25/open-restitution-africa-launch-webinar-with-dr-njoki-ngumi
Screening: Tomorrow Documentary, Jan. 28 2020 @ The Alchemist Bar – Westlands
Date: January 28, 2020
Venue: The Alchemist Bar – Westlands
Time: 8 pm
As mankind is threatened by the collapse of the ecosystems, Cyril, Mélanie, Alexandre, Laurent, Raphäel and Antoine, all in their thirties, explore the world in search of solutions that can save their children, and with them, future generations. Using the most successful experiments in every area (agriculture, energy, habitat, economy, education, democracy…) they try to put back together the puzzle which may tell a new story of the future.
Writers’ Forum: Mbogi ya Mawriters, Jan. 25 2020 @ Alliance Française
Date: January 25, 2020
Venue: Médiathèque, Alliance Française
Time: 2 pm
Entrance: Free
Vincent de Paul is an Author/Freelance Writer, Editor and Publisher. He has published 11 books (two novels, three collections of flash fiction stories, and six poetry books). He has also been published in anthologies in Kenya and West Africa (Through the Journey of Hope by the Writers Guild Kenya and Black Communion: An Anthology of Poems by New Age African Poets in West Africa).
Uncovering Freedom: on Sudan’s Historic Revolution – Khalid Albaih in Conversation with Rozan Ahmed, Jan. 17 2020 @ Circle Art Gallery
Date: Friday, Jan. 17, 2020
Venue: Circle Art Gallery
Time: 6-8 pm
Science Café: Thinking Africa through the Works of the Philosopher V. Y. Mudimbe, Dec. 16 2019 @ Alliance Française
Date: December 16, 2019
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: 6 pm
Free entry
About
V. Y. Mudimbe is a Congolese philosopher, professor and author of poems and novels, a towering figure in Francophone African studies.He is an esteemed scholar of literature and social sciences in the United States recognized for his essays on contemporary African thought and intellectual history.
With the participation of European and Kenyan academics specializing in Mudimbe’s thinking.
Cartoons and Comics in Kenya: Chronicles and Conversations, Nov. 22 2019 @ Goethe Institut
Date: November 22, 2019
Venue: Goethe Institut Nairobi
Time: 2-5 pm
Entry: Free
The Goethe Institut and Kymsnet, are once again bringing together cartoonists, scholars, media practitioners, consumers etc., in a symposium to interact and interrogate the book Ink & Pixels – the wild and wondrous tale of Kenyan comics.
The symposium will also celebrate the contributions that comics and & cartoons have made in the growth of the media space and holistic development agenda in the country.
The panelists include: Prof. Levi Obonyo, Dr. Peter Kimani, James Kamawira (Kham), Roseleen Nzioka, Paul Kelemba (Maddo) and Oby Obyerodhyambo.
Moderated by Dr. Mshai Mwongela.
Admission is free.
Archiving Kenya’s Past and Futures, Nov. 12 2019 @ McMillan Memorial Library
Date: November 12, 2019
Venue: McMillan Memorial Library, Banda Street
Time: 9 am – 3 pm
About
This event is led by Angela Okune and Leonida Mutuku. It brings together researchers, archival specialists, open data technologists, and government representatives to think about the intersection between open data technologies, digital humanities and research data practices in Kenya.How might we imagine more equitable and inclusive systems of knowledge production and infrastructure by/in/for Kenya? Three panel sessions explore how diverse institutions have attempted to support student interests in research and archiving; raise questions about the genre of the academic journal article for scholarly knowledge sharing; and dive into the politics and geographies of data localisation and governance.Key discussion points from the meeting will be synthesised into a report for public dissemination and will include concrete next steps.
Participation is free and registration is open until 5 pm on 7th November 2019: here
Somali Heritage Week 2019, Oct. 18-20 2019 @ Kenya Cultural Center
Dates: October 18-20, 2019
Venue: Kenya Cultural Center
Time: 8.30 am – 7 pm
Entry: Free
Quinzaine de la Francophonie 2019 – Kenya, Mar. 12-28 2019 @ Various
Dates: March 12-28, 2019
Venues: Various
Discussion: Roundtable with Gabi Ngcobo, Feb. 23 2019 @ Goethe Institut Auditorium
Via Goethe Institut
Date: February 23, 2019
Venue: Goethe Institut Auditorium
Time: 5 pm
Find more information, here.
BIEA Nairobi Annual Lecture: Eight Years after a Colourful Constitutional Promulgation – Is it Time for a Referendum? by Prof. Yash Pal Ghai, Feb. 22 2019 @ Louis Leakey Auditorium – National Museum of Kenya
Date: February 22, 2019
Venue: Louis Leakey Auditorium – National Museum of Kenya
Time: 6 pm
Panel Discussion: ‘Social Media: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly,’ Jan. 31 2019 @ Alliance Française Auditorium
Date: January 31, 2019
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Time: from 6.30 pm
Entry: Free
About
International Cooperation, to share ideas and knowledge.
This year’s theme being Facing the Present, the Alliance Française, in partnership with The Elephant (an online platform engaging citizen to reflect, re-member and re-envision their society), will organize a panel discussion on the impact of social media on our society today.
This is what the stellar panel, moderated by Patrick Gathara @gathara, cartoonist, writer, columnist and commentator on Kenya and international affairs, will tackle:
Churchill Otieno @otienoc
Digital Editor, Nation Media Group
Is social media breaking the news and the business of news?Sam Kamau @thesamkamau
Communications trainer and consultant specializing in social media and political communication
Is social media being weaponized for political gains?Kennedy Kachwanya @kachwanya
Technology blogger and Chairman, Bloggers Association of Kenya
Did social media kill the blog?Wandia Njoya @wmnjoya
Commentator on political, social, cultural and gender issues
Social Media: A force for good?Christine Mungai @chris_mungai
Reflections Curator, The Elephant
Social media: Power or just the illusion of power?Don’t be left out. Join the conversation. #nightofideas
Nairobi Fiction Writing Workshop with Makena Onjerika – Winner of the 2018 Caine Prize for African Writing, Application by Dec. 15 2018
Application: by December 15, 2018
Workshop dates: Scheduled for 16 weeks, and starting on January 5, 2019
Venue: YWCA Nairobi
Time: Saturdays – 9 am to 12 noon
Cost: KES 1,500/- per class + 6,000/- refundable deposit
For more details on course + application + scholarship; email Makena at makenaonjerika-at-gmail.com with the subject line NF2W
Science Café: Is Devolution Working? Dec. 6 2018 @ Alliance Française Gardens
Date: December 6, 2018
Venue: Alliance Française Gardens
Time: 6.30 pm
Entry: Free
Presentation: 21st Century Activism in Nairobi – Art, Performance and Protest, Nov. 26 2018 @ BIEA
Date: November 26, 2018
Venue: BIEA Nairobi
Time: 11 pm
Discussion: Afro-Futurism 2063, Nov. 1 2018 @ Goethe Institut – Auditorium
Date: November 1, 2018
Venue: Goethe Institut – Auditorium
Time: 6 pm
Join Tony Mochama, the author of the novel ‘2063 – Last Mile Bet’ in a discussion on the book’s legal themes: the outcomes of crime in a betting nation, automated legal systems in time to come, and the composition of state in a Post-Election War country.
Film Screening: A Plastic Ocean, Nov. 13 2018 @ The Alchemist
A PLASTIC OCEAN
2016 ‧ Documentary ‧ 1h 42m
Craig Leeson discovers a startling amount of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans. Pollution in the world’s oceans and potential solutions are the focus of this documentary.
Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zrn4-FfbXw
When: 13th November from 7:30PM to 9:00PM
Where: The Alchemist
Book Launch: Performances of Injustice by Gabrielle Lynch, Oct. 3 2018 @ Pawa 254 Hub
Performances of Injustice by Gabrielle Lynch
Date: October 3, 2018
Venue: Pawa 254 Hub
Time: 6.30 pm
Find more information, here
Chinua Achebe Colloquium – Conversations about Achebe’s Literary Legacy, Sept. 28 2018 @ British Institute in Eastern Africa
Date: September 28, 2018
Venue: British Institute in Eastern Africa
Conversations about Achebe’s Literary Legacy
–Things Fall Apart: Achebe and Magnum Opus turns 60. ‘Remembering Achebe’s most celebrated work’
–The State of the African State: Politics of Achebe.
–Re-considering the Nobel Prize for Literature. Making the case for Chinua Achebe.
–Leadership, governance and responsibility in African Literature(An appraisal of Achebe, the thinker, essayist socio-cultural critic)
Event: Five Years After Westgate, Sept. 21 2018 @ Rift Valley Institute – Kileleshwa
Photo: Ben Curtis/AP
Date: September 21, 2018
Venue: Rift Valley Institute, Seminar Room, Laikipia Road – Kileleshwa
Time: 10am – 12.30pm
Speakers: Murithi Mutiga – Researcher, International Crisis Group, Abdullahi Abdille Shahow – Researcher, International Crisis Group, Rashid Abdi – Horn of Africa Project Director, International Crisis Group
Discussant
Martine Zeuthen, Royal United Services Institute
Register, here.
Authors and Books: Text Book Centre Book Club Turns 2! Jul. 14 2018 @ Sarit Centre, 1st Floor – Seminar Hall
Date: July 14, 2018
Venue: Sarit Centre, 1st Floor – Seminar Hall
Time: 10 am – 12 Noon
Ft. Yvonne Owuor, Niq Mhlongo, Zukiswa Wanner and Hawa Golakai
Presentation: Why do People Flee their Homes for UNHCR Refugee Assistance? Jul. 13 2018 @ British Institute in Eastern Africa
Date: July 13, 2018
Venue: British Institute in Eastern Africa, Kileleshwa
Time: 2.00 – 4.00 pm
About
This PhD project involved over 80 interviews with South Sudanese refugees at Kakuma refugee camp to develop an understanding of all the reasons why people are fleeing South Sudan. For example, people from the same area will leave at different times (e.g. 2016 and 2018). This project tries to unpick why these differences are present, as well as disaggregate conflict, undeniably the major cause of refugee flight. I also investigated why people chose Kenya as a destination, and how information about potential destinations is gained and shared across South Sudan. I hope that by better understanding the reasons for leaving, recommendations for reducing the need for people to leave their country can be developed, as well as early warning tools to prepare humanitarian organisations for new influxes.
Conversation with Prof. Masri Safwan (Author of ‘Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly’) on the Arab Spring, Jun. 25 2018 @ Columbia Global Center – Nairobi
Join Columbia Global Center | Nairobi for an evening conversation with renown Prof. Safwan Masri for his book talk cum launch over free cocktails
Date: June 25, 2018
Venue: Colombia Global Center, Nairobi
Location: Westcom Point, 8th Floor, Block A, Mahiga Mairu Avenue, Off Waiyaki Way – Westlands
Time: from 6-7:30 PM
Entry: Free
About Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly
The Arab Spring began and ended with Tunisia. In a region beset by brutal repression, humanitarian disasters, and civil war, Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution alone gave way to a peaceful transition to a functioning democracy. Within four short years, Tunisians passed a progressive constitution, held fair parliamentary elections, and ushered in the country’s first-ever democratically elected president. But did Tunisia simply avoid the misfortunes that befell its neighbors, or were there particular features that set the country apart and made it a special case?In Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly, Safwan M. Masri explores the factors that have shaped the country’s exceptional experience. He traces Tunisia’s history of reform in the realms of education, religion, and women’s rights, arguing that the seeds for today’s relatively liberal and democratic society were planted as far back as the middle of the nineteenth century. Masri argues that Tunisia stands out not as a model that can be replicated in other Arab countries, but rather as an anomaly, as its history of reformism set it on a separate trajectory from the rest of the region.
About the Author
Professor Safwan M. Masri is Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development at Columbia University. He holds a senior research scholar appointment at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). A scholar of the contemporary Arab world, Masri’s work focuses on understanding postcolonial dynamics among religion, education, society, and politics. His writings on education and current affairs have been featured in the Financial Times, Huffington Post, and Times Higher Education.
Book Presentation: From Pews to Politics in Africa and Beyond, Jun. 5 2018 @ BIEA Nairobi
Date: June 5, 2018
Venue: BIEA, Laikipia Road – Kileleshwa
Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
From Pews to Politics in Africa and Beyond
Authors: Gwyneth McClendon, New York University and Rachel Beatty Riedl, Northwestern University
More information, available – here
Empire of the Digital Conference: Views from South Asia and East Africa, May 21-22 2018 @ IFRA & Alliance Française
Dates and Time and Venues: Monday 21st at 14:00-18:00 and Tuesday 22nd at 9:00-17:00 and as from 18:00-19:30 a science café at Alliance Française.
For more information and programme, visit this link.
International Museums Day: Hyper Connected Museums: New Approaches, New Publics, May 18 & 19 2018 @ National Museum
Dates: May 18 & 19, 2018
Venue: Louis Leakey Auditorium, National Museum
Time: 4 pm
Lecture: KES 400 and Students KES 200/-
Speakers: Meave Leakey and Pheroze Nowrojee
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