Sunday 1PM Louis Leakey Auditorium

Peter Godwin, Juliet Barnes and John Sibi-Okumu

Growing Up White African

Zimbabwean Peter Godwin is author of Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa, a memoir about growing up in Southern Rhodesia in the 1960s and 1970s during the Rhodesian Bush War. It was described by the Boston Globe as ‘devastatingly brilliant’ and ‘one of the best memoirs to come out of Africa’. Kenyan author Juliet Barnes wrote The Ghosts of Happy Valley, a history of Kenya’s Happy Valley houses, in which she explores their ‘tragedy, scandal and dubious legacy’. They swap stories about growing up White African. In conversation with our favourite black mzungu, John Sibi-Okumu.

Sunday 1PM Storymoja Amphitheatre

Teju Cole, Keguro Macharia and Ross Van Horn

#SmallFates on Twitter

#SmallFates are the little tragedies in life that we miss, or glance over. They are about the small fates of ordinary people. They are life in raw:

With a razor blade, Sikiru, of Ijebu Ode, who was tired of life, separated himself from his male organ. But death eluded him.

There were 119 first-class graduates from the University of Lagos this year, some of whom deserved it.

Sunday 1PM Kanga Tent

Punchline Poetry

The State of the Poetry Nation

A conversation between the heads of the poetry families on the past, present and future of Kenyan poetry. A discussion on style, art, written vs performance poetry, the future of Spoken Word and the business of poetry.

Sunday 1PM Ford Hall

Paula Kahumbu

Hands Off Our Elephants

Renowned conservationist, Festival Director and National Geographic explorer, Paula Kahumbu talks about the stupidity of wearing ivory and why killing elephants is murder.

In support of the Hands off our Elephants Campaign 

Sunday 3PM Storymoja Amphitheatre

Wanjiru Kamau-Ruttenburg, Michael Onsando, Caroline Mutoko and Jackson Biko.

FemAttack – Media Misogyny

Portrayal of women by the media is still so chauvinistic, outdated and playing to stereotypes. This panel fiercely debates what can be done to change attitudes and improve the portrayal of women in the media.