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The session was moderated by Njeri Wangari of ‘Mines and Mind Fields’. The discussion focused on the meanings of slam poetry, spoken word and poetry in general.

Written by Linda Musita Freedom of expression on the Internet was the topic of discussion at the US Embassy tent on Sunday, the 18th of September 2011. Ahmed Salim, Jonathan Ledgard, Susan Pointer, Basil Ibrahim and Njeri Rionge were the panelists. Pointer who works at Google was quick and happy; to rightly say that the [...]

Dayan Masinde had a lovely session with kids from Kibera Mpira Mtaani at the Publish your Own Book tent.

“It’s wonderful to be in the presence of live poets.”

What does self-help mean? What is personal development, this multi-billion dollar industry where people are trying to sell you training programs, books, CDs?

“The love of football has to surpass that of winning or losing,” he told the children.

The Storyhippo Village was a beehive of activity as more children kept trooping in to sample events specially meant for them.
The weather was been warm since the Festival started.

When Storymoja offered me a free Saturday pass to Storymoja Hay Festival 2011 because of my participation in the activities of the Storymoja Writers’ Blog, I had no idea of how much I stood to benefit. I remember being excited at the prospect of mingling with established writers and hearing them,,,

Something very peculiar happened during the “Human Rights and Sexual Minorities” panel at the Storymoja Tent on Saturday afternoon. Five minutes before the event, the tent was virtually empty apart from the presence of David Kuria, the panel moderator, Monica Kareithi, a panel participant and sexual minorities’ law expert and I. A minute into the …

Two athletes, Mary Nakhumitsa and Abdelkader Benali sat with the British High Commissioner to Kenya and discussed their triumphs on and off the track.