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The 2009 Commonwealth Writers Prize short lists

Sunday, 24 May 2009 13:05 Administrator Contemporary - News

The competition in African is dominated by one country and one publisher

Africa

Best Book

Damon Galgut (South Africa) The Imposter Penguin
Tim Keegan (South Africa) My Life with the Duvals Umuzi
Sindiwe Magona (South Africa) Beauty's Gift Kwela books
Mandla Langa (South Africa) The Lost Colours of the Chameleon Picador Africa Speech
Zoe Wicomb (South Africa) The One That Got Away Umuzi

Best First Book

Jassy Mackenzie (South Africa) Random Violence Umuzi
Uwem Akpan (Nigeria) Say You're One of Them Abacus
Megan Voysey-Braig (South Africa) Till We Can Keep An Animal Jacana Media
Chris Mamewick (South Africa) Shepherds and Butchers Umuzi
Sue Rabie (South Africa) Boston Snowplough Human & Rousseau
Jane Bennett (South Africa ) Porcupine Kwela Books

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Cut off my Tongues UK Tour

Saturday, 16 May 2009 16:35 Administrator Contemporary - News

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CUT OFF MY TONGUE’S WILL PERFORM AT UK'S HAY FESTIVAL ON THE 27TH MAY, 2009.

cutoffmytongue Written by Sitawa Namwalie and produced by Storymoja, this play/dramatized poetry rants, sweats, and breaks into song and dance as it explores the truths that shape us as Africans: our beliefs, the way we behave and why. Woven with music and dance, Sitawa’s Namwalie’s dramatised poetry is moving and frighteningly honest. It is politics - and love - that bites as it teases.

Cast: Sitawa Namwalie, Muthoni Garland, Alice Karunditu, Amimo Olembo, Chichi Seii, Shan Bartley, Ogutu Muraya, Grand Masese, Henry Anyanga.

UK: Tickets £15. Students & Seniors £10.

7pm. Saturday 23rd May, 2009

Hampstead Theatre
Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage
London NW3 3EU

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Telephone: 020-7722-9301

7pm. Thursday 28th May, 2009

Centerprise Trust, Dalston

136 Kingsland High Street,

London E8 2NS.

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Telephone: 020 7254 9632

For more information: www.hayfestival.com, http://storymojaafrica.wordpress.com, www.storymojaafrica.co.ke.

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Top Kenyan constitutional lawyer Hastings Okoth-Ogendo has died

Sunday, 10 May 2009 13:43 Administrator Contemporary - News

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Top Kenyan constitutional lawyer Hastings Okoth-Ogendo has died. Read his obituary from the The Standard here, Daily nation here and here.

Enjoy a limited preview from google books of his essay Constitutions without Constitutionalism published in Constitutionalism and Democracy Edited Douglas Greenberg, American Council of Learned Societies, Stanley N. Katz.

Also attached are some of his papers.

Attachments:
FORMALISING “INFORMAL” PROPERTY SYSTEMS.pdf
GENDER LAND AND PROPERTY RIGHTS.pdf
HWOOkoth-Ogendo_THELASTCOLONIALQUESTION.pdf
okothogendo CV AND Publications.pdf
The perils of land tenure reform- the case of Kenya.pdf

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Unseen, Unsung, Unforgotten Movie Trailer

Friday, 12 December 2008 22:32 Administrator Contemporary - News

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A very gifted crew of enterprising Kenyans have made a movie. Coming soon to a DVD near you, watch this space for updates and exclusive sneak previews. The movie is entitled Unseen, Unsung: Unforgotten. It's a full feature film - 2 hours long. It is about people suffering from HIV/AIDs and how it affects them and their families and friends. The movie hopes to show people that HIV is a disease and not a judgement call on those who have it.

Against the Gods: Wendys War by Crystal Ading

Thursday, 06 November 2008 08:47 Administrator Contemporary - News

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Fimbo publishing project reached a major milestone today. The first, hopefully of many, titles is now available in print

Coverpage-Against the Gods by Crystal Ading

at Amazon.com. The book is a novel titled " Against the Gods: Wendy's War " by Crystal Ading'.

The narrative recounts the struggles of Wendy Bakari in her journey to womanhood. After a successful stay in the city to obtain her education, a jilted Wendy returns to a fictional African village called Lufinga where she is forced to confront misogyny, evil spirits, female circumcision and other strange customs. Yet as the granddaughter of the village witch, she must walk a fine line lest she be consumed by her own desires.

Crystal Ading' is a single mother living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She won joint third prize in the African Performance Playwriting Competition 2007 for her radio play, The Game Plan. The play was produced and aired on BBC Radio. Against the Gods is her first novel.

Order your copy today at Amazon.com