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Art and Graft Ehibition Poster In June 2008, I had the pleasure of spending two weeks in Mombasa with almost all of these artists and I have to maintain that I deeply appreciate their work. And of course there work has a social consciousness that...

THE POLITICAL TRAGEDY OF OUR K...

THE POLITICAL TRAGEDY OF OUR KENYAN TIMES
There comes a time, in the history of a nation, when all its citizens are staring the devil in the eye. A time when only two extremes remain: the evil and the lesser evil. That moment when the majority is Us and the minority is Them. A moment, so...

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V. Old Bill says we are mere actors. True. But he never says we cannot be writers and directors too VI. It is meaningful to seek… The artist’s primary duties are to his art and his politics. To find that equilibrium point where the politics don’t...

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UHAI The East African Sexual Health and Rights Initiative And Akiba Uhaki Foundation In conjunction with KHRC, GALCK, YWLI, UAF-A, KLSS and CREAW invites you to A public Lecture on Sexual Minority Rights (Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Rights) in Kenya Keynote...

A Few Thoughts on Soul Boy, th...

After a quick chat with the Director of the Goethe Institut in Nairobi, last Friday, I am under the impression that Soul Boy will be screening here sooner rather than later. The Goethe Institut was one of the supporters of the film. In the meantime,...
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VIII. Shakespeare or the Bible? Ati, what’s that got to do with anything…? Or do you mean to ask which one I penda, eh? Skia, a guy… Just because I know some wannabe writers doesn’t maanisha ati I read them or anything else for that matter. Me, I read money…kwisha! I am a businessman… it...
recent from Ideology A Ganja Guide to [] for the African Immigrant
My journey to the Netherlands opened with film and with film so it must end. The International Film Festival Rotterdam has staged a formidable programme around film from Africa. And boy, aren’t some of those films enchanting. At least those that showed at the Where is Africa? opening last night, really...
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UHAI The East African Sexual Health and Rights Initiative And Akiba Uhaki Foundation In conjunction with KHRC, GALCK, YWLI, UAF-A, KLSS and CREAW invites you to A public Lecture on Sexual Minority Rights (Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Rights) in Kenya Keynote Speaker: Professor Makua W. Mutua Dean, SUNY...
recent from Africa THE POLITICAL TRAGEDY OF OUR KENYAN TIMES THE POLITICAL TRAGEDY OF OUR KENYAN TIMES
There comes a time, in the history of a nation, when all its citizens are staring the devil in the eye. A time when only two extremes remain: the evil and the lesser evil. That moment when the majority is Us and the minority is Them. A moment, so widely imagined by the individual citizens it sounds cliché:...
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