Blankets & Wine introduces Africa Nouveau with 1st Festival on 5 -6th September
After 6 years and 58 editions of showcasing Africa’s most remarkable and emerging bands, Blankets & Wine now presents Africa Nouveau, a 2-day festival designed to showcase the most innovative, cutting-edge, trend setting artists on September 5th and 6th 2015, at the Ngong Racecourse Nairobi, starting from noon daily.
Win tickets to attend the Safaricom Jazz Festival Concert with Salif Keita
With only a week to go to this year’s first Safaricom Jazz Festival Concert featuring Salif Keita, we are giving […]
Reggae band Morgan Heritage for Kenya Concert on 3rd October
Reggae band Morgan Heritage will be in Kenya this October for a concert at the Nyayo stadium. The concert which will be part of Extravaganza 2015 is scheduled to be the main show from 10.00a.m. to 6.00p.m. at the Nyayo Stadium on 3rd of October, 2015.
Discovering Salif Keita, my favorite 15 songs from his 20 Albums
Salif Keita whose career started with the band Les Ambassadeurs Internationales in the early 70s will be in Kenya for the Safaricom […]
Bassey Ikpi for the September Edition of Kwani Open Mic Poetry event
This is perhaps the most exciting news I have received today. Nigerian born and American based poet Bassey Ikpi will be in […]
Is Salif Keita the best choice for the August Safaricom Jazz Festival Concert?
The writer posing with Salif Keita during his 2010 concert at the Carnivore in Kenya Safaricom has finally announced the main act […]
10 Kenyan Jazz Musicians you should know
Trumpeter Christine Kamau is the only lady Jazz musician in Kenya in a male dominated scene Although the Jazz scene in Kenya […]
TriggerFish Story Lab calling on African Writers & Directors for African Animation concepts
After the international success of its first two animated feature films Zambezia & Khumba, Triggerfish Animation Studios is establishing the Triggerfish Story […]
Why African Artists should snub the BET Awards
Ghanian artist Stonebwoy won the BET 2015 Awards Best international Act; Africa Although BET stands for Black Entertainment Television with the awards […]
Who will replace John Legend at finale of Coke Studio Africa Season Three, My Wish list
Some of the artists that have appeard on the Coke Studio Africa Show Coke Studio Africa, a concept by the Coca- Cola […]
Why Poets should not miss Mos Def’s Nairobi Concert
Mos Def hosting Def Poetry Jam As I wrote a few weeks ago, the artist formerly known as Mos Def will be […]
Ink & Pixels – An Exhibition of The Wild And Wondrous Tale Of Kenyan Comics
Shujaaz is a monthly comics magazine that launched in Kenya in February 2010, The exhibition “Ink & Pixles – The Wild and […]