Sunday Salon
In 2007, a transatlantic connection established Sunday Salon Naiorbi. The evening features 4 writers reading from their own work, and a short Q & A session afterwards.
Sunday Salon returns to Nairobi in December 2010.
Take a look at writers featured at Sunday Salon here
Sunday Salon photo gallery here
Previous Sunday Salon Sessions
Kwani? Sunday Salon will feature readings and conversations with 2014 Etisalat Prize for Literature winner, Songeziwe Mahlangu and celebrated Kenyan writer, Henry Ole Kulet. There will be poetry performances, live music by Sage and readings from the new Chimurenga by Caine Prize winner Yvonne Owour, historian Ngala Chome and Kwani Trust Managing Editor Billy Kahora.
Date: Sunday, May 3rd
Time: 3pm
Venue: Kwani? Trust Office Gardens, Riverside Drive
Event: Writers in Conversation: Meet the Jaladans
Date: Sunday, September 21, 2014
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: National Museums of Kenya, Louis Leakey Auditorium
Entry: FREE
Moderator: Nicholas Orem Ochieng’
Kwani Trust hosts writer Orem Ochiel as he leads a conversation with Linda Musita, Mehul Gohil and Clifton Gachagua on their involvement in pan-African writers’ collective, Jalada. These three writers are fresh and exciting voices in Kenya’s literary scene and are among Africa 39, a list of the 39 most promising fiction writers from Africa. They will read excerpts from their writings and discuss how the online platform has impacted their work.
A Prose & Poetry Series
Featuring: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Billy Kahora, Okwiri Oduor , NoViolet Bulawayo, Karen Jennings, Yewande Omotoso
Date: 29th June 2014
Time: 3:00pm - 9:00pm
Venue: Kwani Trust office gardens
Free entry
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