Money Sense
Event 38 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 11am – 12pm • 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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Giles Foden in conversation with John Sibi-Okumu
Event 39 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 11am – 12pm • Venue: LOUIS LEAKEY AUDITORIUM
The author discusses his novels Zanzibar, Ladysmith and his award-winning Idi Amin novel The Last King of Scotland.
Supported by British Council
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Poetry Gala
Event 40 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 11am – 12pm • Venue: STORYMOJA AMPHITHEATRE
With performances and readings by: Lemn Sissay, Susan Piwang, Paula Biraaro, Eurig Salisbury and the best of POWO Poets
Supported by British Council and Wales Arts International
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Screening – Yes Man!
Event 41 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 11am – 12pm • 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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Boats of the Future
Event 42 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 11am – 12pm • 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.
Supported by the Netherlands Embassy
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My Side of the street
Event 43 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 1pm – 2pm • Venue: BRITISH COUNCIL COURTYARD
Chris Lyimo talks about his journey from alcoholism to sobriety.
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The Writer and the Reader: Who are contemporary African authors writing for?
Event 44 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 1pm – 2pm • Venue: 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 Kubuitsile (Botswana) and writer Claudette Oduor (Kenya) talk to Kwani Managing Editor and 2012 Commonwealth Short Story Prize judge, Billy Kahora (Kenya).
In Association with Commonwealth Writers, www.commonwealthwriters.org
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Spots of a Leopard
Event 45 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 1pm – 2pm • 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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Screening – Inform Action
Event 46 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 1pm – 2pm • Venue: FORD HALL
Supported by the Netherlands Embassy
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The Gay Rights Handbook
Event 47 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 1pm – 2pm • Venue: DISCOVERY HALL
Deciphering the intricacies of where the Kenyan law stands on homosexuality and same-sex couples.
Supported by Gay And Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK) and The Canadian Embassy
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Dinaw Mengestu: Children of the Revolution
Event 48 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 3pm – 4pm • 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.
Sponsored by the US Embassy
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Jung Chang
WANGARI MAATHAI MEMORIAL LECTURE
Event 49 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 3pm – 4pm • Venue: LOUIS LEAKEY AUDITORIUM
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 and Sainsbury’s
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SNAPSHOT MEMORIES OF MOGADISHU
Event 50 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 3pm – 4pm • 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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Screening – Inform Action
Event 51 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 3pm – 4pm • Venue: FORD HALL
Supported by the Netherlands Embassy
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Red Bird Lecture
Event 52 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 3pm – 4pm • 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.
Supported by the Netherlands Embassy
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The Word
Event 53 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 5pm – 6pm • Venue: BRITISH COUNCIL COURTYARD
Playwright and actor John Sibi-Okumu discusses the politics of language, class and race.
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Lola Shoneyin: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
Event 54 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 5pm – 6pm • Venue: 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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Apocalypse Cow
Event 55 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 5pm – 6pm • 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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Screening – The Last King of Scotland
Event 56 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 5pm – 6pm • 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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Storymoja Stir-Up
Event 57 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 7pm till late • Venue: COURTYARD • 300/ without festival ticket
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!
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Cut off My Tongue
Event 58 • Saturday 15 September 2012, 7pm • Venue: LOUIS LEAKEY AUDITORIUM • 2,000/
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!