Sunday Salon – December 21

This month’s Sunday Salon will feature readings from Kwani? 05

Sunday Salon Nairobi

A Prose Reading Series

This month’s Sunday Salon will feature readings from Kwani? 05 by:

Billy Kahora

David Kaiza

Zukiswa Wanner from South Africa

Muthoni Garland

Music by June Gachui

Four readers

Four unique voices

In a tranquil outdoor setting

7-9pm

Sunday 21st Deecmber

Kengeles, Lavington Green

Entry Only KSh. 300

ABOUT THE FEATURED WRITERS

Billy Kahora

Billy Kahora is Kwani? and Special Projects Editor. He also writes fiction and has recently completed an MS.c in Creative Writing with distinction and as a Chevening Scholar at the University of Edinburgh.
Billy studied and worked in South Africa for 8 years.

After leaving South Africa Billy wrote ‘The True Story of David Munyakei’, an extended non-fiction piece with literary elements for Kwani? and joined the organization to spearhead a new kind of journalism: a journalism that can go beyond the dry official voices of the last 40 years and open up the new socio-cultural and socio-political spaces that are emerging in the country by the use of literary elements.

He has been published in Vanity Fair, Cape Times, the Mail and Guardian and the East African Standard. He has also extensively covered the youth hip-hop scene in Nairobi for the British Council’s WAPI (Words and Pictures) landmark project. He was recently highly commended for his short story, ‘Treadmill Love’ by the 2007 Caine Prize judges. He is currently working on a novel based on his short story, ‘The Applications’ published in Kwani? 3 and is also collaborating on a non-fiction book on environmental corruption in Kenya

David Kaiza

Born in 1975 in the north Ugandan town of Aboke, Kaiza lived in Kampala for 21 years because of the war and attended Makerere University which he graduated from in 1999. He worked as a journalist for the regional newspaper, The EastAfrican for many years where he was also a literary-cultural critic. A fine artist as well, he also did some television work where he was a story teller as well as animator. He has some experience in craftsmanship, particularly brass which has a history – although forgotten – where he was born. His publication in the forthcoming Kwani? 05 is his first lengthy creative output.

Muthoni Garland

Muthoni Garland is the author of the novella, Tracking the Scent of My Mother, published by Storymoja.

Pre Launch Of Children’s Books

On Sunday the 2nd December 2008, IN THE LAND OF THE KITCHEN, a hilarious
analogy of peace and conflict based on kitchen utensils won the Storymoja
storytelling competition at Impala grounds, Nairobi . A few days later, we
went to the ballots and the rest as they say is now history. Premonition??

Fast forward, 20th December 2008 the story has been developed with the help
of child psychologists into an award winning book, with interesting
illustrations and discussion section, it’s a must have in any peace loving
home.

Storymoja invites you to the PRE-LAUNCH of this special book, and two other
children’s titles, Kamau’s Finish and Peanut and the burning tank, bring
your child along, come meet the Authors Oluoch Madian’g, Muthoni Muchemi
and Boniface Gachugu and get signed copies.

Date: Saturday 20th December

Venue: Text Book Center , First Floor Sarit Center , Westlands

Time: 11am to 3pm

Price: 300/=