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…
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
Smollo, Bisieri shine in powerful joint debut, ‘The Vows and The Vices’ Nairobi’s Kenya National Theatre was alive with anticipation on November 26, and…
The Hows: New book helps parents decode children’s behaviour compassionately If parenting came with a manual, many parents would have ordered the express delivery…
On a warm Friday night in Kilimani, Tracy and her friends gather in a small apartment lit by amber bulbs, soft music drifting beneath…
Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki’s book, NaiRobbery Cocktail. (Courtesy) Picture this, it is a Saturday night and a priest on the prowl picks up a hooker and they…