Kwani? 02
March 23, 2008
From the critical and commercial success of Kwani? 01 came the next edition, kwani? 02, in 2004. This edition features contemporary literary Kenyan concerns themed on the question of identity. Building on the first issue, kwani? 02 offers all that kwani? 01 did and mirrors the post-millennial angst of young Kenyan writers, poets, cartoonists and photographers. Once again, kwani? featured in the Caine Prize for African writing 2004 when Parselelo Kantai’s Comrade Lemma and the Black Jerusalem Boys Bandwas runner up. Uwem Akpan’s An Xmas Feast has since been re-worked and published in the New Yorker magazine – the first time an African writer has been featured in that prestigious magazine.
Kwani? 01
March 23, 2008
kwani? 01 is a creative writing journal with photography, cartoons and graphic short stories. Published in Kenya in 2003, it is the first of a series of annual publications by Kwani Trust. Founder Editor Binyavanga Wainaina won Africa’s largest writing prize, the Caine Prize for African Writing, in 2002, with his story, Discovering Home. For the first time in the history of the prize, the judges’ decision was unanimous. Kwani? 01 launched a renewed interest in the reading of local materials by Kenyans and international readers. It showcases various aspects of creative energies that seem to have been dormant in Kenya in the 1990s, hailing the emergence of a new post-independence generation. Kwani? garnered immediate international interest when one of the stories, Weight of Whispers by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, won the Caine Prize for African Writing, 2003; the first time for a country to have won the prize for two consecutive years.
Poetry-Film Competition
March 19, 2008
The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival 2008 competition is now open…
The Literaturwerkstatt Berlin and interfilm Berlin are once again calling for entries for the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, a biannual competition recognising the best in poetry filmmaking, now in its eighth year!
Short films based on poems can be submitted. A programme commission will decide which entries will be shown in the programme or the competition of the fourth ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, taking place in Berlin from 9 to 12 October 2008, an international jury deciding the winners. Prizes worth a total of €10,000 will be awarded. The deadline for entries is 16 June 2008 (for full details, visit: http://www.literaturwerkstatt.org/index.php?id=539&L=1).
The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival has established itself as an international forum for short films that deal with the content, aesthetics or form of poems. It gives filmmakers from around the world the opportunity to exchange ideas and develop new contacts.
Storymania - Sunday 6th April
March 19, 2008
Message from Storymoja:
We at Storymoja have organized a celebration of stories, party of sorts yaani storymania
Why??
To aid and hasten the healing process, give Kenyans better understanding of each other and also have fun, it has been lull..but more importantly give us, all an opportunity to vent out, especially the artist among us.
It will be held at the Ethiopian Restaurant on Woodvale groove, Westlands called Das which is opposite Bandari plaza on the first Sunday 6th April 2008 from 2.00pm till 5.30pm
It’s going to be fun and delicious. Judy kibinge, Tony Mochama aka Smitta, Githanda Githae and Stan Gazemba will set the pace for us but anyone can share their stories in the open mic session, yes all the budding storytellers. There will be three prizes to be won on the day don’t hesitate.
Afterwards Carmen de Tord will question the ‘Verdict of Death’ a story by Onduko B’watebe.
Our aim is that you come and enjoy yourself, explore your talents, share your experiences and even lose yourself. This is the forum to talk, with no inhibitions, or fear.
You know that storo you’ve been trying to dress up?! …yes that one, come tell it like it is. Storymania is designed just for you
Spread the word, bring a friend.
Entry is 100/=
Come out, come join the fun
For advance tickets & more information,
Please contact Millie on 0720 722 991
Storymoja
