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Kwani? Open Mic is back! Catch an exciting new edition, featuring Ogutu Muraya at the Imax Cinema, Mama Ngina on the 3rd of March, from 7pm - 9pm! Tickets 👇

 Imax Cinema, Mama Ngina, CBD
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An adventurous director, the magical producer and an incredible cast before the storm 😎. #TEFBisBack Get your tickets here: tokea.com
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got your tickets yet to mike's @kwanitrust open mic tomorrow? come through we be out here selling books and what not.. 25% off @woozie_m's Perilous Journey or a complete set of drr issue 1, 2 & 3. tell someone 😃
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🎉It is a pleasure to announce that Sarah Ozo-Irabor has been appointed Director of the AKO @CainePrize for African Writing!🎉 "I am excited to carry out the Prize’s work from this new position and increase visibility for writers of African descent" 👉🏿caineprize.com/press-release…
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It's tonight!! Don't miss out. Join us as we enjoy an evening of great poetry, story telling and spoken work. #eunickenya, #kwaniopenmic.
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Okay, so performance? Yeah, I’ve missed that. How does first Tuesday of July sound?
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#KwaniOpenMic is tomorrow!!! We are thrilled to be bringing the show back and humbled by the enthusiasm it has received featuring Jaaziyah. Get your Advance tickets for only 400 - and see you on Tuesday 1st June 4pm - 8.30pm for an unforgettable edition! #Poetry #storytelling
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Faaaam! We are overjoyed to once again be able to gather for a new, live edition of #KwaniOpenMic!!🎙️👩🏾🎤🤘🏾 In celebration of this & other freedoms, Join us on June 1st (Madaraka Day), at Wasanii Restaurant from 4pm - 8:30pm for the most powerful & punchy performances yet!
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It's not too late to register! Join us tomorrow for a conversation on Binyavanga Wainaina’s fiction. Featuring @Catchoris, @AruniKashyap, @SinoxoloMusangi, @GrantaBooks’s @SigridRausing, @edpavlic, @AdhiamboKE, + more! eventbrite.com/e/celebrating…
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Join us online tomorrow for a talk with the artist behind the #invisibleinventories Exhibition. Got any burning questions or feedback about the artwork? We would love to hear from you. The event will be LIVE on the IIP YouTube channel:bit.ly/3s7YJbe
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o nominated as author and translator in first for International Booker theguardian.com/books/2021/m…
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o nominated as author and translator in first for International Booker

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o nominated as author and translator in first for International Booker

Kenyan novelist’s The Perfect Nine is first work written in an indigenous African language to be longlisted

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Day 21 Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Wordsmith Who Whispers to the Wind. @AdhiamboKE @kwanitrust @Nanjala1 @KKombani @maxgacheru @bennetowuonda @Lexa_Lubanga
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Did you know about the IIP magazine, it's already out :) You can get it in Nairobi from Kwani Trust at KES600. Call/Text 0721837151 for delivery. ---- The 'International Inventories Program' is a research, database and exhibition project lead by artists and scholars.
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Did you know about the IIP magazine🙂 You can get it in Nairobi from @kwanitrust and in Germany from #Iwalewahaus (Universität Bayreuth Wölfelstr. 2, 95444 Bayreuth) PS: We already asked about a possible online version so someone is hopefully working on it. Here is a snippet😉
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Get a copy #invisibleinventories at the #kwanibookshop for KES500. Call 0721837151(Mike) for delivery and any sales queries. ------- The project is in partnership with @thisisthenest @goetheinstitutnairob #SHIFTcollective @museumsofkenya @weltkulturenffm
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Radiobook Rwanda, our printed-audible pocketbook collaboration with @HuzaPress & @kwanitrust, is featured in the latest PRINT issue of the incredible @WasafiriMag, 'After Grenfell'🙌🏽 "#RadiobookRwanda was about two key things: experimentation and collaboration." @louiseumutoni
A woman wearing pink glasses and a yellow jumper holds up an issue of Wasafiri magazine. There are green plants in the background.

ALT A woman wearing pink glasses and a yellow jumper holds up an issue of Wasafiri magazine. There are green plants in the background.

A double page spread of the Radiobook Rwanda feature in Wasafiri magazine.

ALT A double page spread of the Radiobook Rwanda feature in Wasafiri magazine.

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Author. Journalist. #AfricanLiteraryGiant. Founder of @kwanitrust and one of @Time's 100 most influential people in 2014, our #BHM2020 honoree Binyavanga Wainaina helped retell the story of the African continent and opened the doors for many others to do the same. Rest in power.
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We are back again with a very interesting discussion for our book talk series! Join Dr. Mshai Mwangola as we feature "DOWN THE RIVER" an independent print and online journal in Nairobi. Register here for Feb 17, 2021 05:00 - 06:00 PM NRB columbiauniversity.zoom.us/.…...
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#KwaniOpenMic is TONIGHT, 6pm - 8.30pm at the Wasanii Restaurant - Kenya National Theatre!!! 🌚 We have lots of exciting performances lined up for you, including a performance by our featured Act, Wahenga Wenyeji. 😇 Advance tickets will close at 4pm. Get yours at Ksh 400.
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Book Talk - 'House of Stone' with Novuyo Rosa Tshuma columbiauniversity.zoom.us/w…
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@kwanitrust please help us reach writers interested in online creative writing classes. Now offering -Screenwriting (3 spots open) makenaonjerika.com/post/intr… -Advanced Editing for Short stories makenaonjerika.com/post/adva…
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