If I were to paint the colour of peacelet you feel the texture of ithow deep the hue soaks into the wall,the canvas turned skin turned garment I would use the most…
Activism through Art
Hanging out with Stacy Ann Chin
Last week amidst the downtime I received an interesting message on my MKZ . Someone had noticed all the toil of trying to make it as a poet and blogger and Kenya…
Visions of a Future without Vultures
Boniface Mwangi Posing in front of the first Wall Graffiti on Muindi Bingu Street, Nairobi By Boniface Mwangi Four years ago, I quit active journalism because l was frustrated hearing and recording…
Art & Protest: Poets & Writers Online June Edition on 16th
Art & Protest Those are two words which, individually hold alot of weight. Coming together, well their potency has been witnessed throughout history be it through music, painting, poetry, graffiti, cartoons just…
Feature Artist: Iyeoka Okoawo- A poet, singer, activist
I discovered Iyeoka recently through, not her poetry, but through her music thanks to the Capital Jazz club group on FB. Her music caught my eye only for me to discover that…
Africa Liberation Day Poem: He had a Dream, an African Dream
A painting of Kwame Nkrumah ( Image sourced from omgghana.com) He Had A Dream, An African Dream It all started as a vision of one man, A dream of one son, A…
Sitawa Ignited poetry night for 100 girls in 100 days campaign
The Campaign; The 100 girls in 100 days campaign began on March 1st with an amazing launch at Laico Regency. The campaign is an effort to mobilize resources to take 100 girls…
Kwani Writer Billy Kahora speaks on his Nomination for the Caine Prize 2012
Billy Kahora Billy Kahora, a writer and Managing Editor at Kwani Trust was on 1st May 2012 announced as one of the shortlisted writers for the 2012 Caine Prize for African Writing.…
MAASAI MARKET-ROUNDTABLE FORUM: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDIGENOUS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEGISLATION IN KENYA
Regesha Kiondo, Regesha Kikoi, Regesha Hazina! Maasai Market Empowerment Trust is an umbrella organization which was founded to confront the challenges facing the curio craft industry in Kenya. Intellectual property rights have…
The Re-Scramble for Africa
I speak of a round table Conference in Berlin, Germany Where the so called superpowers divided Africa The French, Brits, Germans, Portuguese and the rest Like pieces of meat from a dead…