Defying the long shadow of empire Green Bunk Stage Sun, 29th June6:00pm – 7:00pm Panellists: Panashe Chigumadzi, Joe SaccoModerator: Garnette Oluoch Olunya In seeking new answers to the issues that plague us, we look to leading intellectuals whose work decenters Western powers and brings to the fore their moral blindspots. Award-winning Zimbabwean writer and historian, Dr. Panashe Chigumadzi and Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist, Joe Sacco gather to explore what it takes to challenge and transcend colonial hegemony. Supported by the Ford Foundation-Malunga: Network for Global Justice Register Share

Retrospective on a career: In Koli Jean Bofane Green Bunk Stage Sun, 29th June5:00pm – 6:00pm Panellist: In Koli Jean BofaneModerator: Nteranya A. Sanginga Born in 1954 in Mbandaka in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Zaire).,In Koli Jean Bofane is an award-winning writer and exhibit curator whose work has been praised for exhibiting a cynical sense of humour and rebellious wit. His first work, “Pourquoi le lion n’est plus le roi des animaux” (Why the lion is no longer king of the animals) was published in 1996. Bofane’s work has been awarded the Prix Jean Muno (2008), the Prix littéraire de la SCAM (2009) and the Grand Prix…

Balm for a world on fire Green Bunk Stage Sun, 29th June4:00pm – 5:00pm Panellists: Momtaza Mehri, Michelle Angwenyi, Willie Oeba Moderator: Abigail Arunga Celebrated poets Momtaza Mehri, Michelle Angwenyi and Willie Oeba explore meaning-making through the written word and recurring motifs in their craft. Momtaza Mehri is a British-Somali poet, essayist, editor, and researcher. Her poetry collection, Bad Diaspora Poems is the winner of an Eric Gregory Award and the 2023 Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Michelle Angwenyi was shortlisted for the 2017 Short Story Day Africa Prize and the 2018 Brunel Africa International Poetry Prize, and is the author of Gray Latitudes, selected for the New Generation…

For the people, by the people Green Bunk Stage Sun, 29th June3:00pm – 4:00pm Panellists: Eric Wainaina, Neddy Amoga, Mutua MathekaModerator: Ciku Kimeria Hear from creatives telling nuanced stories about Kenyan life through their artist endeavours. Eric Wainaina from the NBO Musical Theatre Initiative has written a brown-black love story filled with original Asian-Kenyan and African-Kenyan sounds. Neddy Amoga shares how Cinema in Nature blends storytelling, history, and forest trails, transporting audiences into the tension, camaraderie, and courage of the Mau Mau movement. Mutua Matheka is an architecture, travel and conceptual photographer and a Ford Foundation (Africa – No Filter) Fellow whose recent project, FRGMNTS presented Nairobi’s skyline through immersive…

Mother tongue on the page Green Bunk Stage Sun, 29th June2:00pm – 3:00pm Panellists: Prof. Kithaka wa Mberia, Jane Obuchi Moderator: Francis Mutegi Spotlight on literary publishing challenging English hegemony with Prof. Kithaka wa Mberia and Jane Obuchi. Prof. Kithaka is a prolific Kiswahili poet and dramatist writer who teaches Linguistics and Languages at the University of Nairobi. Jane Obuchi is a writer, researcher, and teacher who has published a novel, a collection of children’s short stories in Ekegusii and a dictionary of Ekegusii phrasal verbs. Register Share

A Palace for The People: Where were you on 25th June 2024? Green Bunk Stage Sun, 29th June12:00pm – 1:00pm Panellists: Wanjiru Koinange and Angela Wachuka Book Bunk founders Angela Wachuka and Wanjiru Koinange host a special live edition of their podcast, A Palace for the People, an exploration of culture and history through shared memory. This interactive session traces the evolution of protest in Kenya as a powerful form of self-expression, resistance, and change, while reflecting on the role of public libraries as both witnesses to and participants in civic action. As part of the recording, the hosts will collect public responses to the prompt: “Where were you on…