Kwani? Open Mic relocates to Phoenix Players
Nairobi’s longest running performance poetry platform, Kwani? Open Mic commemorates its 8th year with a switch to new venue, Phoenix Players. A […]
New Beginnings for Kenyan Poet in 2015
From a Poet to a Female Entrepreneur, pursuing the preservation of African Heritage Over the weekend, I was at the Jukumu Letu […]
Bookpoint shuts down its Nairobi Book Store, Pursues Malawi & Zambia markets
The new Grey Matter Book Store owned by Bookpoint in Malawi News of the closure of Bookpoint, one of the oldest book […]
Easy Taxi, Story Moja & Kwani Trust start ‘Where books go to live’ campaign
A sample of the mobile library holder If your daily commute in Nairobi entails bracing yourself for more than an hour of […]
Golden Baobab Prizes announce 2014 Shortlisted Writers for African Children’s Literature
Golden Baobab shortlisted Writers for Children’s Literature The Golden Baobab Prizes have announced their shortlisted writers for 2014. Established to inspire the […]
Imagine the world with me at the StoryMoja Festival 17th – 21st Sept
The Story Moja Festival is back despite being cut short last year following the Westgate attacks that took the life of Ghanaian […]
Poem: When Death Calls
When death calls with a whisper so sweet wooing our hearts to a place where rest is the only desire we long […]
A performance Poetry Master class at the Story Moja Festival
Whether performed by Tu-pac through Rap, Mutabaruka through Dub or Wally Serote, Poetry has been spoken into life. The performance of Spoken […]
#Tomorrowisme A Poetry, Music and Art Extravaganza
On July 26th 2014, come be part of an enthralling music, poetry, and art extravaganza at the Hilton Nairobi’s Amboseli ballroom. The […]
A memo to Baba Njoroge
(Image courtesy) Baba Njoroge hii sitarudia kama una jiika ungesema jana Kamwana akisema imenona, hakusema ishinjwo hii kihiko(doa) yetu, yeye na baba […]
Poem: Desire won’t drown you
(Image Courtesy) Desire won’t drown you like wet kisses from a dog It will hang you out to dry your wet dreams […]
Authors Buffet grows into Creatives Academy in partnership with Daystar University
The Daystar Creatives Academy, an idea which began with the Authors Buffet, started its first class on January 18 2014 and will run […]