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

Everything is political Green Bunk Stage Sat, 28th June11:00am – 12:00pm Panellists: Ntone Edjabe, Rosie Olang, Prof. Tanya HernándezModerator: Ayisha Osori How do multidisciplinary artists and academics find the right avenues to address the state of the world? Hear from Ntone Edjabe, a Cameroonian writer, journalist, DJ and the founding editor of Chimurenga magazine. He will be joined by Prof. Tanya Hernández, a researcher and the Archibald R. Murray Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law, where she teaches Anti-Discrimination Law, and Rosie Olang’, a Kenyan writer, artist and independent curator, about their radical and unconventional practices. Supported by the British Council’s UK/Kenya Season 2025.  Register Share

Kenya, Meet Your Libraries Green Bunk Stage Sat, 28th June10:00am – 11:00am Panellists: Wanjiru Koinange, Maureen Mumbua and Dennis Maina In 2020, Book Bunk set out to better understand Kenya’s public libraries; their histories, collections, architecture, as well as the people who use them. At the time, the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) had listed Kenya as having the highest number of libraries in Africa. We wanted to see them all. Three years later, in 2023, we did just that! We visited every public library in the country. This presentation-style event shares the story of that journey and what we learned along the way: about the state of our…