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Macondo Literary Festival


15 - 17
September
2023
A literary festival on African histories and futures featured in fictional and non-fictional works, bringing together, for the first time on the continent, authors from Arab, English, French and Portuguese writing language zones of Africa in conversations across perceived limitations.

Venue: Kenya National Theatre, Nairobi
 
Check out some of the 2023 Macondo moments you may have missed - or want to remember:
MLF3_FRI_Kalaf Epalanga
MLF3_FRI_Hemley
MLF3 author group photo 1
MLF3_SAT_Kossi, Yvonne
MLF3_SAT_Masande_Ubax-Volunteer
MLF3_SAT_volunteers pod
MLF3_FRI_panel 1
MLF3_FRI_Aminatta Forna
MLF3_FRI_panel 2
MLF3_FRI_portrait Leila Aboulela
MLF3_SUN_conversation outside
MLF3_SUN_Youssef with fan
MLF3_SUN_what does home mean to you
MLF3_SUN_Jennifer Makumbi
MLF3_SUN_crowd Ukumbi Mdogo
MLF3_SUN_Juliani
MLF3 author group photo 2
Photos by Paul Munene

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