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Storymoja Festival 2017 set for Nairobi

James Murua September 18, 2017 No Comments Abdi Latif Dahir Abigail Arunga Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Adedayo Adeniyi Aleya Kassam Beth Wanjiku Ndirangu Billy Kahora Boniface Mwangi Bushra al-Fadil Clifford Oluoch Dr. Mordecai Ogada Edna Gicovi Elizabeth-Irene Baitie Elshadai Tesfaye Esther Nshakira Fathia Hassan Moussa Fauza Beltz Hillary Namunyu Ian Arunga Iman Verjee Janet Onyango John Gitau Mbaria Julie Muriuki Kariuki wa Nyamu Kinyanjui Kombani Lea Kilenga Leonard Mindore Liz Kilili Mara Menzies Maryana Munyendo Milka Chepkorir Kuto Muthoni wa Gichuru Muthuri Kinyamu Mwarv (Mwangi Kirubi)Nahida Esmail Natasha Muloko Nyana Kakoma Oswald Okaitei Owaahh Patrick Miller (Millz)Pauline Kea Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa Rasna Warah Rebecca Nandwa Rose Wangari Ruby Yayra Goka Sir Mohinder Dhillon Storymoja Festival Storymoja Festival 2017 Tumiso L. Thomas William E. Mkufya XN Iraki

An epic running of the Storymoja Festival 2017 is set for September 27 – October 1 in Nairobi, Kenya. The festival theme this year is…

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Babishai Poetry Festival 2017

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A snapshot of Uganda’s Babishai Poetry Festival 2017

James Murua August 10, 2017 No Comments Babishai Poetry Festival Babishai Poetry Festival 2017 Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva Kagayi Peter Kariuki wa Nyamu Mbizo Chirasha Oswald Okaitei Rashida Namulondo

The Babishai Poetry Festival 2017 was hosted in Uganda from August 4-6, 2017. There was a sea of activity in Uganda as the world of…

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Kariuki wa Nyamu

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Kariuki wa Nyamu wins Babishai Haiku Prize 2017 in Kampala

James Murua August 7, 2017 4 Comments Adjei Agyei-Baah Babishai Haiku prize 2017 Babishai Niwe Poetry Festival 2017 Emmanuel Kalusian Kariuki wa Nyamu Mercy Ikuri

Kenyan writer Kariuki wa Nyamu is the winner of the Babishai Haiku Prize 2017. The announcement was made at a ceremony in Kampala, Uganda on…

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Babishai Haiku 2017 shortlist announced

James Murua July 20, 2017 1 Comment Abubasam Fahad Mutumba Acen Miriam Carolyne Adjei Agyei-Baah Ahamad Holderness Akor Emmanuel Oche Alawonde Theophilus Femi Anthony Itopa Obaro Babishai Haiku Babishai Haiku 2017 Charlotte Akello Dan'bala Umar Emmanuel Kalusian Fred Kweku Forson Justice Joseph Prah Kariuki wa Nyamu Kuadegbeku Pamela Kwao Jonathan Tetteh Mercy Ikuri Nnedi Ezenwa Ohaeto Obaji Nwali Shegun Osemwengie Zion Usman Karofi

The judges of the Babishai Haiku 2017 competition have announced the shortlist for this year’s competition. The Babishai Niwe Foundation started their Haiku competition in…

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