Nii Ayikwei Parkes is the author of Blue Bird Tail, a murder mystery that thrusts the old and new worlds of Ghana together. Tim Williams is the author of Another Sun, where a murder mystery is embroiled in political corruption set on the sun-drenched Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Chaired by the Ugandan founder of the BN Poetry Foundation.
Kenya is being touted as the Silicon Savannah, with its technological innovations flaunted around the world. But is this technology relevant to Kenya’s problems, and why are we still talking about Mpesa and Ushahidi when we talk of innovation? Where are the fresh, exciting new innovations that are putting Kenya on the tech map... and what do we need to do to make the Silicon Savannah a reality? Andrea Bohnstedt is the Publisher of Africa Assets, a website on private equity and venture capital in Africa. Linet Kwamboka is a Software Engineer at Carnegie Mellon University.
In 2007, a transatlantic connection established Sunday Salon Nairobi. This special edition of Sunday Salon celebrates readings and conversations with four East African Writers who have set the region abuzz.
Alexander Ikawah and Dilman Dila were shortlisted for the 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and Temo Buliro is a Jomo Kenyatta Literature Prize Winner. Stanley Gazemba was shortlisted and Timothy Kimutai won the Kwani? Manuscript Prize.
A live band will set the tone and get your feet tapping.
Back in March, Storymoja’s Aleya Kassam received a standing ovation for her brilliant recital of The Woman Who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy, concluding the performance of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues. Join us this evening to see this remarkable performance featuring director Mumbi Kaigwa and her cast: Chichi Sei, June Gachui, Aleya Kassam, Savanne Kemoli, Seroun and Patricia Kihoro.