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Festivals Kenya

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

Festivals Ghana Poetry Uganda Zimbabwe

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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Festivals Poetry

Babishai Niwe Poetry Festival 2016 to make Kampala splash

James Murua August 24, 2016 No Comments Aggie Kabarungi Babishai Niwe Poetry Festival Babishai Niwe Poetry Festival 2016 Beverley Nambozo Duduzile Masaba Fahima Kimbugwe Harriet Anena Hilda Twongyeirwe Jama Musse James Murua Joel Ntwatwa Jordey Lonyo L-Ness the Lioness Lekpele Nyamalon Lillian Aujo Magunga Williams Maipelo Zambane Moses Kilolo Nakisanze Segawa Ngartia Okot P’bitek’s Oswald Okaitei Piankhi Rap Poet Roshan Karmali Sammy Wetala Thato Molosi Wetala (Uganda)

The Babishai Niwe Poetry Festival 2016, founded by Beverley Nambozo, will be making a Kampala splash as poets and other performers land in the Ugandan…

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