Sunday 12.20PM–1PM Meet At The Museum Customer Service Desk
Gallery Tour of the Museum
An exclusive behind-the-scenes guided tour with the curators of the various exhibitions. Meet at the Museum Customer Service Desk and collect your voucher.
In partnership with National Museums of Kenya
SATURDAY 1PM LOUIS LEAKEY AUDITORIUM
Teju Cole in conversation with John Sibi-Okumu
Open City
This story of a young Nigerian-German psychiatrist in New York City five years after 9/11 was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and won both the PEN/Hemingway Award and the Internationaler Literaturpreis. ‘A powerful and un-nerving inquiry into the human soul. Open City is ‘a profoundly original work, intellectually stimulating and possessing of a style both engaging and seductive.’ – Time Magazine. John Sibi-Okumu is a Kenyan playwright (Role Play and Minister Karibu) journalist and actor best known internationally for his role in The Constant Gardener.
Sponsored by Van Horn Consulting
SATURDAY 1PM KANGA TENT
Fred Haga chats to Ross Van Horn
Growing Up Different
Senior Assistant Director of Education responsible for Special Needs Education in the Directorate of Basic Education, Mr. Fred Haga, who is visually impaired; and Mumbi Ngugi, Judge of the High Court of Kenya together with Michael Mwendwa from Christian Blind Mission who both have albinism, share their life stories about growing up different, and how it fuels their work and passions. Ross Van Horn is an Executive Coach and Learning Specialist.
SATURDAY 1PM FORD HALL
The Commonwealth Writers Conversation
The Untold Story
The first in a global series of conversations invites writers, artists and thinkers to discuss the subjects and themes that are sometimes met with silence in societies around the world. This is the place to talk about how to communicate the difficult and the unsayable, whether through words or other forms of expression. Panelists include Chief Nyamweya and Keguro Macharia. Tell us on email or twitter what you’d like to discuss with the panel.
In partnership with Commonwealth Writers
1PM KOKO RIKO TENT
Boys to Men
What makes boys tick from birth right through to late teens. Practical and honest advice for parents to recognise the different stages of boyhood and learn how to raise happy, confident and kind young men in modern African society. Understand how to guide a young man to develop his true identity as a man and gain respect for himself and others in his community.
SATURDAY 3PM LOUIS LEAKEY AUDITORIUM
Kwani? Election Panel
Reservoir of Public Memory
In 2008, Kwani Trust produced a collaborative visual and written account of the 2007 elections and its violent aftermath in two journals that have been described as a ‘reservoir of public memory…’ For the 2013 elections, Kwani started collecting material in 2010. The Kwani panel will look at key aspects of the elections: mainstream media, civil society, online and social media, photography and poetry. It will host writers, artists, journalists and activists of different genres on covering the elections: fiction, blogging, investigative journalism, essay and memoir on the elections.
In partnership with Kwani Trust
SATURDAY 3PM KANGA TENT
Ng’endo Mukii, Tazim Elkington, Zukiswa Wanner, Renee Mboya
Shadeism
The film-maker of Yellow Fever, Ng’endo Mukii chats with Tazim Elkington, Zukiswa Wanner and Renee Mboya about the shades of discrimination arising from our convoluted ideas around beauty and skin colour.
SATURDAY 3PM FORD HALL
Chief Nyamweya
Comics Take Over the World
Comics and animation entrepreneur Chief Nyamweya explores the many unexpected lessons learned while trying to re-invent an industry in Kenya. Chief is best known for the prolific crime-fiction comics Roba (syndicated daily in The Star newspaper) and Emergency – both of which popularized the Kenya Noir style of art characterized by abundant use of black ink, high contrasts and dark themes.
In partnership with The Tsunami Studio