Category archive: Literature
An Ode to Hip Hop
What you can look forward to this month at the Kwani? Blankets and Wine Writer’s stage.
DetailsA Very Kenyan Story
How were your grandparents told stories? Did they have an official “bedtime” when stories were told? Who was in charge of passing on the stories to the youth and how has it changed from the way we receive stories today? In this month’s feature, Checkmate Mido recounts the evolution of storytelling in Kenya…
DetailsSights, Stories and Sounds at Storymoja
There is nothing quite like a week dedicated to the written and spoken word. Here are some images of what that looks like.
DetailsDear StoryMoja
UP spoke to Kenyan writers to find out why they felt they had not been fully valorised at the StoryMoja Hay Festival this year.
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This weekend, art and literature lovers will be spoilt for choice. Just a reminder before we get into the basket of goodies, Paul Onditi’s show, Pipes That Bind, Faces In Places is still going on at the Goethe Institut. The exhibition will run till 8th October. Join us tomorrow at Kuona Trust for the Absolut Art
DetailsFuture Fridays- Events
The weekend is here. What does it hold in store? Here’s where the UP team will be.
DetailsFinding Space For Words: Okwiri oduor
Okwiri Oduor - I would like to think that you are more interested in my writing than in me
DetailsBilly Kahora engrosses the mind with The Gorilla’s Apprentice
Encapsulating two stories in one, Billy Kahora weaves a narration of post election violence to enthrall the reader.
DetailsAt one with nature at the Karichota Training Program
Following our article on the July Travel Issue, UP Magazine sent its star reporter Ondi Madete to find out more about the acting workshops currently going on ar Karichota Cottage on the outskirts of Naro Moru.
Details“The Privilege Was Ours” poetry honouring Madiba
Last week, Nairobians came together at Pawa 254 to celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela.
DetailsGoing Down Moi Avenue
On April 12th this year, Mabrigan Limited launched its first volume of Manure Fresh – a collection of poems, art-work, short stories and photographs entitled, Going down Moi Avenue.
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Is The Government Right in Limiting Student Reading Lists?
For years the government,every year, dictates which three books students would study for their time in high school a system that we, at UP Magazine, think is sorely lacking.
DetailsTop 5 Bookshops in Nairobi
For those of you who are avid book readers but can’t find the time to look for places to actually buy the books, UP Magazine has compiled a list of the best 5 places to buy books in Nairobi.
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Kwani Sunday Salon: An overview
Literature, music, haystacks and storytelling under the Sunday sun at Kwani? Trust; ending your weekend the right way.
Photo Credit: Paul Munene/ Kwani Trust.
Yewande Omotoso on writing Bom Boy
“While I might not be as solitary as my character, being a loner as a teenager, being a misfit in South Africa having come from Nigeria in the early nineties; all of that definitely helps me get a sense of what it’s like to be alone, to be quite painfully separate. So I suppose I did draw on that. You always draw from your experiences and your own sensations.”
Details#inlovewithliterature
Our calendars are brimming with literature events and to celebrate literary works and writers, we are definitely #inlovewithliterature
DetailsNai Ni Who: Round Two
“Confidence and harmony within a city is built through recognition and respect for its diverse communities.”
“Let’s not try to define who Nairobi is – let Nairobi define itself.”
Watu wa Nairobi- Humans of Nairobi
Contrary to the mainstream media depiction of Nairobi, the stories here are not all depressing, political or about terrorism. Read about a group of people dedicated to capturing the voices and images of regular Nairobians as they go about their lives.
Photo credit: Humans of Nairobi
Invisible - Stories from Kenya’s Queer Community
There is absolutely nothing to compare this poignant compilation of experiences of gay Kenyans on bookshelves with anywhere.
DetailsReview: Six and the City
The elusive character of Nairobi and the people who inhabit the city are discussed expertly in Six and the City. Here’s a review of the book launch and two plays performed at Goethe Institut. Photo courtesy Copyright Goethe Insitut
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