Civic Spaces

Somali Heritage Week is back this year with the theme being Enhancing Inclusivity. The event will run from 5th October to 8th October 2017 at Kenya Cultural Centre. Doors open at 9:00am till 7:00pm every day. Entry is free for all audiences.

In order to celebrate the World Press Freedom Day on the 3rd of May, the Cartooning for Peace Swiss Foundation and the City of Geneva present the 2016 International Editorial Cartoons Prize awarded by the Honorary President of the Swiss Foundation, Mr. Kofi Annan, to the Kenyan caricaturist, Gado and the Malaysian cartoonist, Zunar.

Authored by Nanjala Nyabola - Heinrich Boell Foundation On 24th August 2015, under the hum of security helicopters, Kenyan cartoonists and their fans came together to examine the  legacy of the Obama presidency in relation to Kenya. The US President was in Nairobi for a three day official visit as part of the official programme of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit. Although Obama has always been adored in Kenya, the relationship has definitely soured since his 2008 election after which it became apparent that Kenya would get no preferential treatment from the US because of the Obama connection.

The potential of Africa’s growing youth population fuels the narrative of a continent on the rise. In Kenya, however, young people have been largely marginalised in governance as well as in development. Unless this is addressed, they are likely to be a threat to peace, a hindrance to development and an obstacle to building a strong democracy.

It’s now the second time that the Nairobi office of the Heinrich Boell Stiftung has hosted the launch of the Kenya Arts Diary. This year’s Launch and Arts Exhibition on October 21 attracted a large crowd of artists and art lovers. The German ambassador, Andreas Peschke who was the guest of honor, officially launched the 5th Edition of the Kenya Arts Diary an invaluable documentation and rare collection of art from Kenya and the region. The Diaries flew off the shelves in unexpected numbers, indicating the all around success of the evening

The second Lions of Science Award is coming up in October. Kenyan students are invited to send their applications now to become part of a large network of creative minds and benefit from international partnerships.

“Who I Am, Who We Are” is a process based project that creates spaces and uses diverse expressive tools such as Body Mapping and a Silent Room to reflect on the idea of nationhood and how this is embodied through a sense of identity and everyday interactions. The Finissage at the Kenya Cultural Centre on Saturday, January 25, is but the first step in a journey allowing the public to reflect on memory, identity, aspiration, change, diversity, at a time where Kenya commemorate 50 years of Independence.

The online web-documentary tells the stories of ordinary people from North and South against the background of the separation of the two countries.

The fourth edition of the Kenya Art Diary has been launched on the ground of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Regional Office with many artists and art lovers.