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, I put out two different reviews of Kenyan filmmaker...

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...

If everyday conversations were tweets then ‘The Hague’ would be a perennially trending topic in the Kenyan twitosphere. It is almost impossible, these days, to go through urban Kenya without encountering the words, The Hague. It screams at you from the animated natter of street vendors; the self-righteous...

A blonde haired guy with a beard walks up to me. He is fidgety and, from the way he is rubbing his hands together, probably cold. “I am sorry Sir, but I do not understand,” I say to him as he goes off in rapid Dutch. “Engels?” he asks. “Yes, English,” and pointing at my date who is at...

Royal Standard of the Netherlands, Noordeinde Palace in The Hague. 2010 ©N.M Radio Netherlands Worldwide recently did a show titled “A Dutch Island in the Kenyan Sea.” The Dutch national anthem and the royal family are quintessential institutions of life in The Netherlands. So important...

IFFR Poster This January 27th, Rotterdam’s arts and culture scene ups its tempo as it hosts yet another edition of the city’s international film festival. Started by Hubert Bals in 1972, the annual International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is held at the end of January with screenings...