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And when a day we canât talk,after a fight I still stay awake all night,curtains wide open Clinging on the balcony,expecting a sign A looming kiss on my neck,as I [âŠ]
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Is my past, That reminds me of my failures And never tells me I tried.
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It is my fear, Of my future imperfections That always drags me behind When I chase after my dreams.
It is my pride, I hold dear in me That selects my paths On my way to my highest limits
It is my ego, That restrains me from having what is mine For fear of their thoughts of me
It is my unclear conscience, That leaves me undecided And makes me go for wrong choices
It is my competitiveness, That denies me my peace of mind For always wishing to be the best
Heeding fansâ calls to devolve Fatumaâs Voice from the capital city; and besides Nakuru, thee organisers present #FatumasVoiceMombasa. This is happening for the first time this October 17th at YMCA Mombasa (And monthly afterwards)!
If you know of any artists (poets/musicians/painters/acrobats/etc) from Mombasa, organizations that you feel they could partner with in subsequent sessions, persons in leadership or community development programs, kindly tell them to get in touch with Eric Otieno on 0722790479 or email [email protected].
#WCW wangu leo ni @misskihoro . Sura yako mami...na sauti pia. Mungu akubariki.
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no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well
your neighbors running faster than you breath bloody in their throats the boy you went to school with who kissed you dizzy behind the old tin factory is holding a gun bigger than his body you only leave home when home wonât let you stay.
no one leaves home unless home chases you fire under feet hot blood in your belly itâs not something you ever thought of doing until the blade burnt threats into your neck and even then you carried the anthem under your breath only tearing up your passport in an airport toilets sobbing as each mouthful of paper made it clear that you wouldnât be going back.
you have to understand, that no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land no one burns their palms under trains beneath carriages no one spends days and nights in the stomach of a truck feeding on newspaper unless the miles travelled means something more than journey. no one crawls under fences no one wants to be beaten pitied
no one chooses refugee camps or strip searches where your body is left aching or prison, because prison is safer than a city of fire and one prison guard in the night is better than a truckload of men who look like your father no one could take it no one could stomach it no one skin would be tough enough
the go home blacks refugees dirty immigrants asylum seekers sucking our country dry niggers with their hands out they smell strange savage messed up their country and now they want to mess ours up how do the words the dirty looks roll off your backs maybe because the blow is softer than a limb torn off
or the words are more tender than fourteen men between your legs or the insults are easier to swallow than rubble than bone than your child body in pieces. i want to go home, but home is the mouth of a shark home is the barrel of the gun and no one would leave home unless home chased you to the shore unless home told you to quicken your legs leave your clothes behind crawl through the desert wade through the oceans drown save be hunger beg forget pride your survival is more important
no one leaves home until home is a sweaty voice in your ear saying- leave, run away from me now i dont know what iâve become but i know that anywhere is safer than here
Warsan ShireWarsan Shire is a Kenyan-born Somali poet, writer and educator based in London. Born in 1988, Warsan has read her work extensively all over Britain and internationally â including recent readings in South Africa, Italy, Germany, Canada, North America and Kenya- and her dĂ©but book, âTEACHING MY MOTHER HOW TO GIVE BIRTHâ (flipped eye), was published in 2011. Her poems have been published in Wasafiri, Magma and Poetry Review and in the anthology âThe Salt Book of Younger Poetsâ (Salt, 2011). She is the current poetry editor at SPOOK magazine. In 2012 she represented Somalia at the Poetry Parnassus, the festival of the world poets at the Southbank, London. She is a Complete Works II poet. Her poetry has been translated into Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Warsan is also the unanimous winner of the 2013 Inaugural Brunel University African Poetry Prize.
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Kenya has in recent years been in the limelight of the global experience of a growing dominance of fundamentalist voices and acts of terror justified on religious grounds. This is particularly sad because Kenya has had a long established culture of religious acceptance, tolerance, accommodation and exchange.
These cultures are being undermined by an infusion of hard-line interpretations of faith and the deepening of a global identity based on media stories about division, terrorist attacks and insecurity. The risk is a cultural confusion that would have agents of insecurity succeed in dividing these societies.
Are we going to allow religious differences divide us? How can we overcome the fear caused by religious intolerance that seems to be silently but slowly rising in our country? âColour In Faithâ, an initiative aiming at using art to unite the world are joining us this Saturday so we could be part of an important conversation going worldwide. Humanity must unite. Come see how we shall do it with poetry, music, and talk.
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12.09.15 Pawa 254 5pm-8pm 100/-
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Last Word Standing presents its September edition of it its popular Poetry, Spoken Word and Hip hop night, at Alliance Francais de Mombasa.
Yonah Mudibo describe himself as a lost soul on a self-discovery path through art. He is an artist who expresses his words much better through the hands rather than his mouth. That said, he is very modest, and as shy of attention as one gets.
Mombasa Governor Jojo enjoys Yonahâs Works
I caught up with him in his stand at the Mombasa County celebrations of the International Youth Day and we had the following conversation on art and more.
Who or what would you accredit as your greates inspiration? Iâm inspired mainly by life. Life to me is a box with a conglomeration amd enlightment. It is a chance to know oneself. I use art to express the feelings in life that are quite hard to explain in words. Like âonusâ, âopiaâ and others.
Fine Art or Abstract? Why? I mainly do Abstract, because it expreses emotions best. It excite and provokes oneâs mind to think deeper into the feelings expressed therefore taking the viewer into a journey of revelation and self-actualisation.
What are your your views on the local art scene? Do Kenyans really appreciate art such as yours? Or is it a preserve for tourists alone? In my view, though it is gradual, locally more and more people arebeginning to not only appreciate art, but lso quality art. I was at an exhibition recently and two guys were staring at my piece, âOpiaâ and they wrer excited by the emotion behind it. Their thoughts on the stories behind it were amazing.
Does art pay? Do YOU get paid for your art? Definately! I sell my pieces at Diani Beach Gallery, who are very arist-friendly. I also do commissioned paintings for average clientele. what I get is definately enough to live off.
How can people contact you or get your works? My works are sometimes available at Diani Beach Art Gallery. Visit there. Iâm on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. You can also call or Whatsapp 0702994013.
Any one question for us? Do I look like an artist? I mean, I do all arts and sports, but people say I look thuggish. Do I?
Yonah with fellow artist mark at the Pwani art exhibition
Thuggish? Yes. Like an Artist? We dnât know. How does an artist look like?
Parting shot/Word of advice to budding artists and painters? You have to have patience and passion to succeed in this field.
You become. It takes a long time, that is why it doesnât happen often to those who easily breakâŠ
That is a quote by the Velvetten Rabbit.
Yonah with blogger Madge Sony and fellow artist Mark.
These sentiments were first expressed here.
I donât exactly know how artistes demonstrating for their cause in the streets became a bloggersâ issue.
Artist prostesting. Image (C) ketekete.com
Now every asshole with a keypad is a sound engineer telling us how bad Kenyan music is compared to Nigeriaâs. How it is uncultured to demand for fair airplay. How they are âforcedâ to listen to âlocalâ music. Blah. Blah. Blah.
Look, these are grown ups with families to feed. If your selling of clothes or writing pays your bills, music does that for some of us. Remember Kenyan hawkers demonstrating over the infiltration of Chinese hawkers in Nairobi? Or South Africanâs chasing foreigners over employment? Anyone knows Russia did/does the same? Or the KKK in US hates Mexicans and other foreigners over the same and the hold serious demos? Or how Pan-Africanists talk ill of Wazungusâ monopoly over African resources? What then is wrong with raising a voice if you feel short-changed?
The annoyance you experience when a neighbourâs music is louder that your own is the same here. Foreign music is louder in local radios than our own. We are human. We get jealous. We speak out our frustrations. We want a bigger slice of the pie.
And donât be fooled that as a blogger your are safe. How many have been jailed for blogging hatred? How many bloggers have been killed in the Middle East for anti-Islamic or atheistic views?
What is the Bloggers Association of Kenya for if not to stand for a cause when need arises?
Bottom line, letâs support our own. If itâs substandard, compared to, say Nigeria of all places, build each other up. You donât shun your mom or spouse or brother because they have a physical defect. You love, support, correct.
Artistes protesting. Image (C) mdundo.com
If anything, we grew up on Kenyan music: Benga, Ohangla, Mugithi, Mukangala, local gospel of all genres, Rap/Hiphop, GengeâŠname them. Letâs not pretend. Letâs not ridicule the efforts of uplifting our own culture on social media for the sake of trolling.
Performers in Kenya have for years been faced with the ever present problem of not being taken seriously and even worse not taking themselves seriously.
On Thursday the 3rd of September 2014 PAWA254 partnering with the Kenya Writerâs Guild and will be holding a PAWASalon on âPackaging the Actor to Succeedâ from .
RSVP to the Event here
This one and half hour session will take the actors through the steps of packaging themselves in a way to be taken seriously and to horn their craft to allow for better financial returns, identifying financially viable opportunities and the loop holes to look out for. The issue of negotiation Contracts and the Place of copyright in performance will be discussed as well as the role of KAG.
We will tackle Branding V Packaging and how to package and sell yourself.
The talk will be given by Ian Mbugua and Millicent Ogutu and moderated by the Kenya Actors Guild. We wish to have a Q & A session for the last half hour.
ABOUT KENYA ACTORS GUILD
The Kenya actorsâ guild is a national outfit that was founded in 2008 with the sole purpose of securing the Kenyan artistâs future professionally and in other respects. KAGâs main objective is the development and improvement of standards and professionalism amongst its members by promoting Intellectual Property Rights within Kenya, preserving and expanding work and training opportunities and the furtherance of the general welfare of its members.
The Guild is run by an Executive Committee of 8 elected committee Members namely a Chairperson, Secretary, Treasury and 5 other executive committee members. The current committee is serving a 3 year term form September 2014, when the members held their first official AGM- the composition is gender representative with four male and four female.
RSVP to the event here.
You can also follow the eventâs Facebook page here.
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Music has lost meaning, there is absolutely no creativity requires, just put together some rhyming words, mention alcohol and women with big behinds include that in the video too then bribe some few presenters, and there, you have a âhit songâ. I stopped listening to radio a long time ago. And if you still think todayâs music is terrible, you should probably switch off that radio. If you want good music,you have to go out your way to get it. You will be surprised to find a lot of relevant music out there,something you might have thought is extinct. Right now I am bumping to a brand new album from Dizasta. I have to say am among the first people to listen to this album, straight from the source, yes I know people. After listening to his first album, Black City, which was really impressive, I couldnât wait to listen to this one. The title, First Train From Lamu.
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If you are indoors on a Saturday afternoon in a chill mode, or probably doing laundry, or maybe you are traveling and you need to put the earphones on to shoo off strangers (we all do that at some point) then this is the album you need. Good music to listen to. Nice wordplay, not too complicated, nice beats, not too noisy. If you are looking for a club banger,you are in the wrong place. This album is meant for your ears only. But that is my opinion. Listen to it and see if we share the same thoughts.
The third of Destination Unknown 3 will be going down on 7th of August 2015. I am exited, really, and a little tense. You see, with events, you can never be too sure. I am a small-scale event organizer, and I, like my counterparts meet all the problems possible. First off, we lack any financial support from anyone. Evidently it is impossible to do anything without money these days. You canât pay for venue, you canât afford sound, marketing is a challenge. So how do I do it? You may ask. Destination Unknown is not entirely a one man project. First, I started with Alliance Francaise and Stantmastaz as the main sponsors. Stantmastaz entertainment give the sound system, from the speakers to the deejay decks. Alliance Francaise give the venue. Then later on Loudtown Radio, which is an online radio based in Mombasa joined the team. They mostly deal with graphics and video coverage.
This Edition, is a special one for female artists. The performing artists include Boomer, Krispee, Dally and Elsie from Coast Side Militia. There will be a special appearance from DJ SASHY who is one of Mombasaâs top female entertainers.
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The 57th edition of Slam Africa brings together some of the countryâs fast rising Spoken Word Poets to battle it out for the crown of Poetry Slam Champion on a Sunday afternoon laced with edifying poetry performances on the backdrop of Live music. Performances by: | Ngartia | RASH
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Charges: 250 Advance 500 Gate (Advance ticket sales end at 11:59 PM on 9th August. LIMITED ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE) Call 0720785173 for details and ticket bookings.
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The festival is a show case of critically acclaimed European Films showing a multicultural 21st Century Europe with enriching, educating and entertaining content.
The programme for the showcase is as follows.
The Childrenâs Republic synopsis is shown below.
Dear Mr. Investor,
Talent is one the best gift your Creator can bless you with. Being talented, makes you feel special, you feel like you have a purpose in this world. Every time you want to grow your talent, you want to stretch it to infinity, discover new abilities bestowed within you. Do the impossible. Yes, I know, I sounded more dramatic than poetic, but if you feel that way, then you have no talent. Otherwise, you would agree with me.
All the same, having a gift can be frustrating. You may have this incredible talent, say in music, and you are ambitious, hoping to do great things, but you lack that support you need most, finance. The worst part is no one gives a ratâs ass about it, especially those who can finance your project. They may see it as a waste of their money, and hence reluctant to offer any aid, or maybe they are not informed about the idea of art.
You see, Mr. Investor, the point of a co-operate body in whichever field, is to reach out to the masses, connect with your customers who are members of a given community. That is the same reason you spend a lot of money on billboards and TV adverts in the name of marketing. Moreover, honestly speaking some of your advertisement campaigns are so terrible; they fail to communicate the message as intended. They lack creativity, something that an artist possesses in abundance. I mean we spend almost every hour of the day trying to outdo our own creativity.
Most of you have also realized the power of social media. Almost every other company has an online account, which is dormant. Have we not all at some point looked up a certain organization on Facebook or twitter, only to find their last update was a year ago? It is frustrating. Big co-operates actually have a specific person in the PR department whose work is to handle the social media pages, and he gets a wholesome salary just for that. Medium and small-scale co-operate usually find that unnecessary, not realizing the big mistake they are making. If you fall in that group, then sit back, relax and get some lessons on how you will make your brand popular.
The first and important thing you need to do is get a brand ambassador. Many co-operates are too held up in official business such that they know not the happenings of the environment. Regardless of your field every co-operate needs to be updated on whatâs trending in the social world, what do people like, whatâs the âin-thingâ so that you can modify your products, services, message, to fit in perfectly with the current society. Your brand ambassador is like the unofficial PR person, like a hired gun. He does the unofficial work for you. And he is more likely to connect with the customers better than your academically qualified, A-grade PR manager, who knows things theoretically ONLY. When choosing an ambassador, you need to look for a person who has good virtues and has positive vibe because it can backfire. This person is the image of your company. If for some reason you feel like he is not fulfilling, you can always drop him and pick another. There are so many talents in different fields. Since we are talking about medium-small co-operates, I recommend you to choose upcoming talents. The main reason is that they are affordable as compared to big names, and easy to direct. The other reason is that, they are hungry for fame. They want the limelight so bad, so they want to show the world they are worthy. Now, being associated with an organization like yours is like a dream come true. He will market you products, services, and agendas so aggressively it will eventually reduce your advertising costs. When this artist goes for interviews on radios and TV stations, he has to mention to the viewers that he is you ambassador. A good brand ambassador can bring many clients to your company, because he is a public figure, people have been watching grow his talent, his struggles his pain. They can connect to him better than your outreach program. They have bestowed their trust in him. Now he is telling them that your product, your service, is the best. They have no choice but to follow. His job has no limit to time, as long as the contract is valid, he will spread your gospel wherever he goes.
Take for instance an artist like Ohms Law Montana. He is one of the best hip-hop artists from Mombasa with a huge following online and offline. He hails from the streets of Mshomoroni, where everyone practically worships him, as he does to them in his lyrics. He is also a student at the biggest university in Mombasa Country, the Technical University of Mombasa. He is one of the most popular people in campus too. If you were looking at it from my angle, you would see the number of prospects he is has at hand. In addition, not just prospects, these people look up to him with admiration. Now imagine he is your ambassador. All these people, when they look at him they see your company, your brands, your products. They will not talk about him without mentioning your brand. Instead of paying thousands for your radio campaigns, would it not be better if you invested in an artist? You would actually spend a lot less than paying over five radio stations to pass your message. An ambassador has no off duty hours. Every single hour he is working for you, round the clock. [âŠ]