Kwani? Special Session - July 24
July 13, 2008
Kwani Trust invites you to
Celebrating Kenyan Stories
An interactive session of poetry performances, prose readings and story telling.
Featuring
Kwani? Writers
and
Kwani? Poetry Open Mic Poets
2 -4pm, Thursday 24th July
Kenya National Library Services – Nairobi
Speakers will be announced shortly
ENTRY FREE
Sunday Salon - July 20
June 30, 2008
Sunday Salon, Nairobi
A Prose Reading Series
NEW YORK - NAIROBI - CHICAGO
http://www.sundaysalon.com
Makena Ringera
Al Kags
Peter Chepkonga
Gitura Kamau
Four readers, four unique voices, in a tranquil outdoor setting
An evening of entertainment for discerning lovers of the written word.
With live neo-soul music by
“ANTO”
7-9pm, Sunday 20th July
Kengeles, Lavington Green
Entry Only KSh300
Free entry before 6.30pm
Free entry for all Sunday Salon Alumni
ABOUT THE WRITERS
Gitura Kamau
Gitura Kamau is a young Nairobi theatre and film actor who has recently begun to direct his own movies. His first feature film, “Wangai’s Cross,” was shot in Nairobi and premiered June 18th, 2008. Kamau is currently involved in several film projects, including his second film, “Odohoz.”
Makena Ringera
Makena Ringera (formerly known to use ‘Jackline’ but discarded it after discovering herself to be African) took pen to paper at age 15. The result of that effort was ‘The Mystery of the Twin Webs’, a fantasy novel laced with thrilling adventures, a pinch of romance and some bad grammar. Good luck sent Makena across the Atlantic to Amherst College in 2006 where she is a devote Economics student. Having learned a thing or two in creative writing classes, she is working on a rewrite of ‘Twin Webs’.
Al Kags
Al Kags is the publisher of The Quarterly Colour Series of Poetry, a poetry ebook series that is now distributed virally to over 160,000 people all over the world. He has been writing since he was twelve and has been a regular columnist and feature writer in various publications both in Kenya and Internationally. www.alkags.com
Peter Chepkonga
Peter Chepkonga grew up in Eldoret and can run very fast. He writes for KASS magazine
Open Mic - Tuesday, July 1
June 17, 2008
Next month’s kwani? Poetry Open Mic will feature Khainga O’okwemba, whose poetry is “swift and agile”, delivered by a resoundingly rich, deep and clear baritone voice filled with calm confidence.
Hosted by Cindy Ogana, the event, held every first Tuesday of the month, will also feature regular musician Anto, whose funkalicious neo soul is guaranteed to jazzify all listeners. A sprinkling of regular kwani? Poets will also share their work amidst the brave “Open Micers” who are to register STRICTLY between 5&6pm on show day with a hard copy of their work.
The event starts promptly at 7pm on Tuesday 1st July, and entry is only KSh100.
Sunday Salon - June 15
June 3, 2008
Sunday Salon Nairobi
A Prose Reading Series
Saga McOdongo
Samuel Munene
Susan Njeru
Ken Kamoche
Four readers
Four unique voices
In a tranquil outdoor setting
7-9pm
Sunday 15h June
Kengeles, Lavington Green
Entry Only KSh. 300
ABOUT THE WRITERS
Saga McOdongo
Judy Akinyi, aka Saga McOdongo, was a teacher at the Kenya Polytechnic until 2001 when she was introduced to drug trafficking by one of the most feared operators in the murky business at the time. She was jailed for 11 years for trafficking in drugs but the sentence was commuted on appeal. She was recently released from prison and has published a book about her experiences, Deadly Money Maker.
Samuel Munene
Samuel Munene is a young Nairobi poet, short story writer, and contributor to Kwani? as well as various literary online magazines. He holds an economics degree from the University of Nairobi, and currently earns a living as a freelance writer.
Susan Njeru
Susan Njeru was born and raised in Kenya. She did her undergraduate degree in Business Administration in Nairobi, and her Master’s degree in Urban Policy at the New School University in New York. She currently works in tax administration for the Government of Kenya.
Ken Kamoche
Ken Kamoche’s debut collection of short stories, A Fragile Hope, made the Frank O’Connor long list in 2007 and the Commonwealth Writers First Book short list in 2008. He also won second prize in the 2007 Olaudah Equiano Prize for African Fiction for A Glimpse of Hope. Ken’s stories have appeared in magazines like Ambit, Wasafiri, Kunapipi, New York Stories and in various anthologies, including Dreams, Miracles and Jazz recently released by Picador. For a day job, Ken works as a professor of management, currently at Nottingham Business School. He’s also a columnist for the Sunday Nation.
