Arts & Culture
John Katana, Suzanne Gachukia Opembe, Eric Musyoka and Angela Ndambuki (photo by Bernard Orwongo) Kenya’s rich and ever-evolving music story is finally getting the spotlight it deserves and it is loud, proud and unapologetically Kenyan. The Recording Industry of Kenya…
Artist Adlan Yousif explores loss through fragmented sculptures Adlan Yousif explores deprivation through fragmented sculptures, rebuilding discarded materials into human figures. His subjects are never whole. The bodies are deliberately incomplete, reflecting fragmentation both in material and lived…
Kenyan literary giants face off in 2026 TBC Penmanship Awards The deadline to vote for your…
Artists rally to support veteran Patrick Mukabi’s medical care with benefit exhibition Two exhibitions are running…
Shangwe T. Khalwale explores endometriosis, identity in debut novel ‘Journey Through Her Twenties’
Journey Through Her Twenties, a debut novel by Shangwe T. Khalwale (R) Joeni thought her twenties…
Nalani Njeri Ngunyi, who plays Sarafina in a collaboration between Igiza Arts Production and Kirawa Road School. [Courtesy] The seminal musical Sarafina! returns to the stage this April in a school production by Igiza Arts Production in collaboration with Kirawa…
Amina Hamisi had spent most of her married life raising children and supporting her husband’s fishing business in Mombasa. When her last-born left for university, the silence…
Arts & Culture Weekly Round Up
Kenyan writer W.B. Njeru takes on mission to reclaim fantasy storytelling W.B. Njeru is a full-time author and publisher set on a mission to…
Tucked within Busia town’s informal settlements, Burumba Estate has long operated as an open secret: a hub where illicit brews flow from dawn to…
Between applause and rent: The economics of being a poet in Kenya Poetry in Kenya is no longer confined to smoky open mics or…
National Housing Corporation Houses (L) along the Southern Bypass are accessible from Langata and Otiende. (R) Artistic impression of Purple Tower. (Photos: File, Standard, Courtesy) Nairobi’s skyline has long been defined by…
