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Is there a place for African languages online? POWO November meetup
POWO, an acronym for POets and Writers Online, is a forum designed to help writers utilise the Internet to realise their full potential, thus bringing together technology enthusiasts and creative...
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Your words on stage: join the performance!
As much as I love the cybercommunity, there is no such a thing as hearing your sweet voices … your words are the matter shaping the African continent! On the 10th of next month, Nairobi (Kenya) will be...
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Maneno Matamu poetry, 1st edition
It is still time to join the show…click here to find out how. One of our performers, Richard Wambua, just created a Facebook event page: feel free to show some love! Coming up: performers profiles !...
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Sheng’ : a Kenyan linguistic phenomenon – part 1
If you have spent at least a couple of days walking the streets of Nairobi, you cannot but have encountered this characteristic mode of speech we call Sheng’. Although it is still a matter of debate...
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Sheng’: Interview with artists Gaz and Kunimbichi
When I first met Gaz and Kunimbichi at Goethe Institut Nairobi in 2010 I enjoyed their poetry performance, laughed at the few punch lines I could catch in Sheng’ and admired their stage presence and...
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Maneno Matamu : the show is back in Nairobi!
If you missed the first show in December, this is your chance to catch up on the Maneno Matamu vibe! Each performer will present pieces in African languages, including Swahili, Sheng’, Kikuyu, Dholuo...
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Maneno Matamu Poetry (Uhuru Park edition): the photos are out!
The technology fairy tells me that luck is on our side this time. In spite of a stubbornly defective memory card, I managed to upload the pictures of our last show which was held at Uhuru Park...
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