From: Esther Ndeti
Date: Jul 23, 2009 12:13 PM
Subject: Invitation to the StoryMoja Hay Festival
Hello,
On behalf of StoryMoja Africa, I would like to extend you an invitation to the StoryMoja Hay Festival coming end of this July.
This historic literary event is a 3 day festival of ideas that will bring together a variety of workshops such as: Men Under Attack, Spoken Word Slam, Post Petrol World, Ideas Factory, Climate Change, Online Business Opportunities, Fashion, Mentorship…et cetera.
These workshops will be run by a host of facilitators including Nobel Laureate – Wangari Mathai, Oyunga Pala, Imani Woomera, Sunny Bindra, Al Kags, Ed Rege, Muthoni Garland, Satinder Bindra, PLO Lumumba, Lucy Rao …to mention but a few.
Also present will be best selling authors and numerous renowned writers
More details are briefed below and the programme sheet here-in attached.
Feel free to log into our website http://storymojaafrica.co.ke/ for even further details.
For tickets and reservations, call Esther +254 722 608580 or send an email to esndeti@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Esther
THE STORYMOJA HAY FESTIVAL
The International Storymoja Hay Festival is expected to draw 10,000 visitors in a three-day celebration of stories, ideas, writing and contemporary culture through books, storytelling, skits, music, live discussion forums, demonstrations, workshops, open-mike sessions, debates, exhibitions, live performances and competitions. There will be plenty of entertainment including music concerts, storytelling and mchongoano competitions.
The festival is modelled on The Hay Festival held in the UK every May in which up to 100,000 people attend – ranging from presidents to authors to fans. The Storymoja Hay Festival will run as a partnership between Storymoja, an emerging local company, and 22 year-old, Hay Festival (UK).
The festival will be held in a temporary ‘tented city’ at the Impala grounds and will include a main stage for live performances and competitions, and themed tents in which 4-6 two-hour events will be held concurrently. The events are intended to generate public debate around critical issues facing East Africa including Literature, Environment, Gender, ICT, Health, Diversity, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Culture, Gender, Beauty and Self-Development.
Venue: Impala Club, Ngong Road, Nairobi
Dates: Friday 31st July, Saturday 1st August, Sunday 2nd August 2009
Day Pass: 500 Kenya Shillings
Festival Pass:
Advance Tickets – 1000 Kenya Shillings
At the Gate – 1500 Kenya Shillings (covers unlimited events throughout the festival including the launch ceremony on 30th July)
Over 50 international and local literary luminaries are invited to this monumental event, including leading thinkers and writers Wangari Mathai (Kenya), Hanif Kureishi and Vikram Seth (UK), Petina Gappah and Brian Chikwava (Zimbabwe), Danial Morden, Germaine Greer (UK), Monica Arac de Nyeko and Doreen Baingana (Uganda), Sarah Manyika and Tony Kan (Nigeria), Suleiman Addonia (Ethiopia/Eritrea), Mohamed Haroun Kafi (Sudan), Sandra Mushi and Abdou Simba (Tanzania), Mukoma wa Ngugi, Billy Kahora, Rasna Warah and Parselelo Kantai (Kenya) and many others.
What is the purpose of the Storymoja Hay Festival?
The festival hopes to encourage Africans to ‘own’ their problems by exploring our situations/stories, and search for solutions by generating platforms for discussion and debate. To achieve our 2030 vision, Kenyans need to read widely, discuss ideas, and exploit our diversity of stories/backgrounds for the greater good. It is also part of a longer-term campaign to get East Africa to value reading, writing and ideas in general.
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Esther Ndeti
StoryMoja Africa Foundation
Mobile: +254 722 608580
Office: +254 020 2089595
http://storymojaafrica.co.ke
Everything is permissible..—but not everything is beneficial.
……………………..(1 Corinthians 6:12)