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Event 38
Money Sense
– Venue: BRITISH COUNCIL COURTYARD
Founder of The Money Academy and Pesatalk.com, Joel Macharia hosts this session for young professionals, asking ‘Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?’
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Event 39
Giles Foden talks to John Sibi-Okumu
– Venue: US EMBASSY STAGE - LOUIS LEAKEY AUDITORIUM
The author discusses his novels Zanzibar, Ladysmith and his award-winning Idi Amin novel The Last King of Scotland.
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Supported by British Council
Event 40
Poetry Gala
– Venue: STORYMOJA AMPHITHEATRE
With performances and readings by: Lemn Sissay, Susan Piwang, Paula Biraaro and Eurig Salisbury and the best of the POWO Poets.
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Supported by British Council and Wales Arts International
Event 41
Screening – Yes Man!
– Venue: FORD HALL
Filmed in 2011, Bret Syfert’s moving and inspiring film follows the Live 2 Breakdance project at the Enfants de Dieu Centre in Rwanda. Watch as 130 former street children learn to breakdance with international hip-hop dance idol, Pervez. Followed by discussion and dance with two children from Enfants de Dieu.
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Supported by the Netherlands Embassy
Event 42
Boats of the Future
– Venue: DISCOVERY ROOM
Join Swedish-born Dutch illustrator Marit Tornqvist in this delightful art workshop for adults and children alike, and add to the ever-growing Boats of the Future exhibit.
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Supported by the Netherlands Embassy
Event 43
My Side of the street
– Venue: BRITISH COUNCIL COURTYARD
Chris Lyimo talks about his journey from alcoholism to sobriety.
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Event 44
The Writer and the Reader: Who are contemporary African authors writing for?
– Venue: US EMBASSY STAGE - LOUIS LEAKEY AUDITORIUM
2012 Commonwealth Short Story Prize regional winner, Africa Jekwu Anyaegbuna, (Nigeria) 2011 Caine Prize Winner, NoViolet Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) Caine Prize-nominated Lauri Kubustile (Botswana) and writer Claudette Oduor (Kenya) talk to Kwani Managing Editor and 2012 Commonwealth Short Story Prize judge, Billy Kahora (Kenya).
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In Association with Commonwealth Writers, www.commonwealthwriters.org
Event 45
Spots of a Leopard
– Venue: STORYMOJA AMPHITHEATRE
Aernout Zevenbergen, author of Spots of A Leopard, talks about masculinity and what it means to be a man in Africa.
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Event 46
Screening - Tomorrow will come
– Venue: FORD HALL
Tomorrow will Come/ Kesho Itakuja takes a look at the ICC process and how it affects Kenya after the naming of the 6 suspects by the ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo. (English and Kiswahili versions)
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Supported by the Netherlands Embassy
Event 47
The Gay Rights Handbook
– Venue: DISCOVERY HALL
Deciphering the intricacies of where the Kenyan law stands on homosexuality and same-sex couples.
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Supported by Gay And Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK) and The Canadian Embassy
Event 48
Dinaw Mengestu: Children of the Revolution
– Venue: BRITISH COUNCIL COURTYARD
Born in Ethiopia in 1978 and a graduate of Georgetown and Columbia universities, Mengestu’s 2007 debut novel, Children of the Revolution, won the UK’s Guardian First Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. In 2010, he was included in the New Yorker’s list of ‘20 Under 40 Writers to Watch’. He discusses Children of the Revolution with Ugandan writer and broadcaster Beverley Nambozo.
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Sponsored by the US Embassy
Event 49
The inaugural lecture, honouring Kenya’s great Nobel Peace Laureate and founder of The Green Belt Movement will be given by the Chinese writer and historian Jung Chang, author of Wild Swans and Mao: The Unknown Story.
Sponsored by Dormans Coffee, KHE, Harris Tea and Sainsbury's
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Sponsored by Dormans Coffee, KHE, Harris Tea and Sainsbury’s
Event 50
SNAPSHOT MEMORIES OF MOGADISHU
– Venue: STORYMOJA AMPHITHEATRE
Kenyan writer Rasna Warah,
Daily Nation columnist and co-author of Mogadishu Then and Now: A Pictorial Tribute to Africa's Most Wounded City, in conversation with Ahmed Jama, former resident of Mogadishu and Director of the African Resource and Capacity Initiative (ARCI) and Bruno Geddo, UNHCR representative for Somalia.
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Event 51
Tomorrow will come debate
– Venue: FORD HALL
Following the previous screening of Tomorrow Will Come, a panel discussion around what next? Since 2007, there have been efforts to engage the Kenyan population on political and social accountability. How successful has that been, and in preparation for next year, what are the critical factors that we need to look at.
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Supported by the Netherlands Embassy
Event 52
Red Bird Lecture
– Venue: DISCOVERY HALL
Marit Tornqvist’s exquisite illustrations for this famous book by Astrid Lindgren guaranteed its place as a modern classic. Join her as she talks about her friendship with Astrid, how their childhood together influenced this book, and a sneak peak at her artistic process.
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Supported by the Netherlands Embassy
Event 53
The Word
– Venue: BRITISH COUNCIL COURTYARD
Playwright and actor John Sibi-Okumu discusses the politics of language, class and race
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Event 54
Lola Shoneyin: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
– Venue: US EMBASSY STAGE - LOUIS LEAKEY AUDITORIUM
Nigerian poet, children’s writer and teacher Lola Shoneyin discusses her first novel, a fiercely funny, endearing and provocative tale of four wives and one husband set in modern-day Nigeria.
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Event 55
Apocalypse Cow
– Venue: STORYMOJA AMPHITHEATRE
Scottish novelist, journalist and now Nairobi resident Michael Logan talks about his first book Apocalypse Cow, which won the Terry Pratchett award Anywhere But Here, Anywhen But Now prize for first-time novelists.
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Event 56
Screening – The Last King of Scotland
– Venue: FORD HALL
Giles Foden introduces a screening of Kevin Macdonald’s Oscar-winning movie about Idi Amin and his doctor, based on his novel. Starring Forest Whitaker and James McAvoy. UK, 2007, 121’.
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Event 57
Storymoja Stir-Up
– Venue: COURTYARD
A night to remember: Afro Hip Hop Fusion set from Jemedari, storytelling, open mic and the debut of the special poetry performance ‘School Bell Rings’ by El Poet, Zosi, Anne Moraa, Abu Sense, Samo the Almighty, Kennet B, Wanjiku Mwaurah, SpeCfyd and Achieng Odhiambo. Come and stir it up! Tickets 300/= without festival day ticket or season pass.
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Event 58
Cut off My Tongue
– Venue: US EMBASSY STAGE - LOUIS LEAKEY AUDITORIUM
Having toured in Kenya, Uganda and the UK, this fiercely provocative show will leave you speechless! It rants, sweats, bellows and breaks into song and dance as it explores the truths that shape modern Africans. The show is about our beliefs, the way we behave and why. Woven into music and dance, Sitawa Namwalie's dramatised poetry is moving and frighteningly honest. It is politics -- and love -- that bites as it teases! Tickets 2000/=
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