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		<title>A call for (war) poetry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Against Agamemnon: War Poetry
WaterWood Press, a publishing consortium with editorial offices in
Texas, New York, London, Paris &#038; Madrid will be accepting war poetry
beginning May 1, 2008, and ending September 1, 2008 for its upcoming
soft cover anthology entitled Against Agamemnon: War Poetry.
WaterWood Press is managed by a worldwide editorial staff, including
faculty from top universities, who have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kwani.org/main/a-call-for-war-poetry/</link>
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		<title>Artist Residency at Rockefeller Foundation&#8217;s Bellagio Center, Italy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For nearly fifty years, the Rockefeller Foundation has hosted scholars, creative artists, and practitioners at Bellagio for concentrated work on major projects.  Talented professionals use time at Bellagio to advance work that has impact across disciplines, while interacting daily with an active and diverse intellectual community.  Artists and scholars stay for one month [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kwani.org/main/artist-residency-at-rockefeller-foundations-bellagio-center-italy/</link>
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		<title>Kwani? Special Session - July 24</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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
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		<link>http://kwani.org/main/kwani-special-session-july-24/</link>
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		<title>Sunday Salon - July 20</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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
&#8220;ANTO&#8221;
7-9pm, Sunday 20th July
Kengeles, Lavington Green
Entry Only KSh300
Free entry before 6.30pm
Free entry for all Sunday Salon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kwani.org/main/sunday-salon-july-20/</link>
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		<title>Open Mic - Tuesday, July 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Next month&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kwani.org/main/open-mic-tuesday-july-1/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Remembering Kenya&#8221; - Panel Discussion at the Goethe Institut, Wednesday June 18</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Remembering Kenya: Identities, Culture and Freedom,&#8221; is public discussion series brought to you by the Goethe Institut in partnership with the Ford Foundation and Generation Kenya. The series is an attempt to have academics re-engage more robustly with the rest of the nation. It is dedicated to the necessity of freedom of thought and will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kwani.org/main/remembering-kenya-panel-discussion-at-the-goethe-institut-wednesday-june-18/</link>
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		<title>Vain Jango - spoken and written</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A spoken version of Vain Jango, the Kwani? 01 classic, is now available here, for free; we&#8217;ve also reproduced the print version below, in case you&#8217;re the kind of person who likes to read along. 
Vain Jango Letter
The other Sato I was chilling in Cactus. My skinny butt was perched precariously on a bar stool [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kwani.org/main/vain-jango-spoken-and-written/</link>
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		<title>Another Fine Salon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to all who showed up for this month&#8217;s installment of Sunday Salon - the house was packed like never before, and the performers all rose to the occasion. Possibly our best night yet - but don&#8217;t take our word for it; check out what this Kenyan Poet had to say&#8230;
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		<link>http://kwani.org/main/another-fine-salon/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Orange Peals&#8221; - Call out for poetry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a call out to all poets around the word: Submissions are invited for the 7th E-book of the Quarterly Colour Series of Poetry. 
Orange Peals, &#8216;a sense of the light-hearted,&#8217; is the seventh e-book after Gray Spots, Blue Smudges, Red Streaks, Green Piece, Brown Steps and Indigo Smoothies. So far we have thought [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kwani.org/main/orange-peals-call-out-for-poetry/</link>
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		<title>Chronicle of an Election Foretold - by Zenzele Ndebele</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the March election, many Zimbabweans thought they were going to deal with the Mugabe-led Government once and for all. The majority of us voted for change. ZANU PF lost the election, but unfortunately, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change didn&#8217;t quite manage to win: With Robert Mugabe pulling  43.7% of the vote and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kwani.org/main/chronicle-of-an-election-foretold-by-zenzele-ndebele/</link>
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