Free style Jukwaani!
September 22, 2009 By 1 Comment
Mnazi: vuta n’kuvute
September 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The curtain fell on the Jukwaani! festival for performance literature today with several great performance; notably; Mnazi:Vuta N’kuvute (Coconut tree: Pull and I pull you), a poem by Abdilatif Abdalla, and Talking Drums. The curtain fell on the Jukwaani! festival for performance literature … [Read more...]
Jukwaani: story tellers, rappers and hip hoppers.
September 20, 2009 By 1 Comment
story telling ‘The Tale of Fumo Liyongo’ performed in Kiswahili by Zamaleo Sigana Storytellers. The story told for centuries along the East African Coast traces one man’s confrontation with dictatorship iresspective of the inherent angers. I like story telling. When it is done right, it … [Read more...]
Ngeli ya Ju-Kwa!
September 18, 2009 By 1 Comment
Swahili poetry Thursday began with a two hour session of Swahili poetry with Ahmed Nassir, Ahmed Sheikh Nabhany, Amira S. Msellem, Mahmoud Mau and Abdilatif Abdalla. Appreciation of poetry and perhaps, of the classical form of Swahili poetry in particular, depends on the mindset of the … [Read more...]
Jukwaani! Festival for performance literature
September 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
href="http://www.goethe.de/ins/ke/nai/prj/juk/enindex.htm">Jukwaani! is a festival of performance literature running from Thursday, 17th September, 2009 to Sunday, 20th September 2009 at the Goethe-Institut. Jukwaani! Is a project by Goethe-Institut and Alliance Française in … [Read more...]
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