Live poetry performance Green Bunk Stage Sat, 28th June6:00pm – 9:00pm Don’t miss this gathering of the best international and local voices in Spoken Word and page poetry. Followed by a DJ set. Register Share

The woman as free Green Bunk Stage Sat, 28th June5:00pm – 6:00pm Panellists: Leila Slimani, Ayanna Banwo, Goretti Kyomuhendo Moderator: Aleya Kassam Creating complex portraits of womanhood has been a through line across the works of award-winning authors Leila Slimani, a Franco-Moroccan author and journalist, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, whose debut novel “When We Were Birds” won the 2023 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and, Goretti Kyomuhendo, one of Uganda’s leading novelists and founding member of Ugandan Women Writers’ Association, FEMWRITE. The trio take a deep dive into the necessity of this firm resolve across their fiction and non-fiction work. Supported by the Embassy of France . Register Share

Riding the Storm: The Untold Story of Africa’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Green Bunk Stage Sat, 28th June4:00pm – 5:00pm Panelists: Toni Kan, Strive Masiyiwa Moderator: Dr. Eghosa Imasuen This panel will examine the groundbreaking collaborations that shaped Africa’s COVID-19 response. Key figures who feature in the book, Riding the Storm, and its author will join a panel to examine cooperation among African financial institutions, governments and health organisations in addressing the immediate crisis and creating lasting models for continental self-determination. The discussion will highlight how these partnerships laid groundwork for more integrated African markets and strengthened financial systems that can weather future global disruptions. Supported by CANEX Creations…

Print to Platform: The Future of Radical Media Green Bunk Stage Sat, 28th June3:00pm – 4:00pm Panellists: William Shoki, Boima TuckerModerator: Wairimu Gathimba Africa Is a Country began as a blog challenging Western media clichés. Fifteen years on, it has grown into a platform for critical writing, debate, and imagination across Africa and the diaspora. This panel reflects on AIAC’s evolution, and asks how “little magazines” can keep publishing with purpose in a world of hashtags, disinformation, and digital overload. With programming support from Africa Is a Country Register Share

Indigenous wisdom and climate change Green Bunk Stage Sat, 28th June2:00pm – 3:00pm Panellists: Waringa Wahome, Biani Madsa’ Juárez, Joan OtienoModerator: Edith Kimani Powerhouses in ecological activism and sustainable art examine the interconnectedness of things and how the roadmap to reversing our ecological reality always existed. Gain insights from Waringa Wahome, an activist, lawyer and political theorist, Joan Otieno, an artist and environmentalist plus Bia’ni Madsa’ Juárez López who advocates for Indigenous peoples and communities to strengthen and consolidate the relationship with their territories and the expressions of their cultures. Supported by the Ford Foundation-Malunga: Network for Global Justice on website instead of Open Society Foundations, South to North series…

Imagine Freedom: Where do we go from here? Green Bunk Stage Sat, 28th June1:00pm – 2:00pm Panellists: Christine Mungai, Keith Ang’ana, Faith OdhiamboModerator: Wanjeri Gakuru Why was it not possible to transform the momentum of the June-July protests into a political movement with a vision and strategy? As the country marks one year since the Gen-Z revolution, what can we learn from the events of that time and what unfolded after? We seek insights from Christine Mungai, News Editor of Pan-African newspaper The Continent and former Curator at Baraza Media Lab; Keith Ang’ana, a writer, editor, and one of the founders of Qwani, a vibrant youth-led initiative and Faith Odhiambo,…

Emerging voices in Kenyan fiction Green Bunk Stage Sat, 28th June12:00pm – 1:00pm Panellists: Dennis Mugaa, Sandra Nekh, Joan ThatiahModerator: Otieno Owino Curious to know what the path to publishing entails? Three emerging Kenyan authors speak on their journeys so far. Dennis Mugaa won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest and published a debut short story collection, “Half Portraits Under Water”, Sandra Nekh is a filmmaker and lecturer with several novels independently published in Nairobi and Joan Thaitah is a lawyer and the writer behind the popular “Confessions of Nairobi” series featuring candid conversations with men and women living in the city. Register Share