Author archive: Kingwa
Cartoonist Exhibition Exhorts Us To Take Things A Little Less Seriously
The growing fundamentalism and antagonism from the religious front signals that the old ways of imagining the world have proven toxic and detrimental to human existence. Humanity is ripe and ready for a software update.
DetailsKingwa’s Corner: Project Do A Woman
“It was probably around the second semester that Omi decided to turn on me and make me her sexual ‘victim’”. In her first column for UP Magazine, Kingwa Kamencu is looking to expand her arena of love.
DetailsWriter Alex Nderitu Offers Fans an Unexpected Treat on His Birthday (Hurry while stocks last)
It’s Alex Nderitu’s birthday and he has a special gift for Kenyan readers.
DetailsSoul Musings- Notes on Hype
Is hype volume, is it color? Is hype essence, form, content, function, or simply hot air? Is it theme? Is it drama? Is it con-manship, tricksterism? Is it illusion? Maybe it’s all of these.
DetailsWhy Kenyan Theater Audiences Are Begging For More- Q&A With Eliud Abuto
While once barely anyone attended local theater shows, now, they are all the rage. It is not rare to walk to the door of a local playhouse and find the tickets sold out. Producer Eliud Abuto gives us the inside scoop
DetailsTop10Tuesday- Nairobi’s Top 10 Male Writers
Unless you have been living under a rock, a reading revolution is taking place. These days, its not enough to say you’ve read you some Ngugi wa Thiong’o or Chinua Achebe, you must confess an intimate acquaintance with the works (works, not books) of Noviolet Bulawayo, Chika Unigwe or Antje Krogg to namedrop but a
DetailsAnger and Fury Culminate in Diplomacy as Artists Meet Wario
Online fury at the hijacking of the Kenya pavilion by foreigners at the Venice Bienalle, first broke out in 2013. Unfortunately, nothing had changed by early 2015. Tuesday afternoon saw the beginning of movement forward.
DetailsKeeping My Sanity In Times Of Crisis.
From charity and empathy, to indifference and apathy, people have different reactions in times of crisis
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