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The woman on the right is smiling and talking on a phone, with papers and a phone on the table. The man on the left is smiling at the camera, wearing glasses and a white shirt with a colorful bag hanging around his neck. The young woman standing in the background is looking to her left, wearing glasses, a hoodie, and carrying a backpack. The tent is decorated with colorful posters and photos, bookshelves, and wicker chairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/f489965b-8607-460f-ade9-4e11a773409c/MLF3_SAT_Masande_Ubax-Volunteer.jpg 2023 Macondo Gallery Group of women at an outdoor festival, laughing and chatting under a decorated canopy, with books and bottles on a table nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b415846e-76bc-46aa-a101-c2e45ce147a7/MLF3_SAT_volunteers+pod.jpg 2023 Macondo Gallery Two women in a colorful, eclectic room with a background of newspaper-covered walls arranged to spell 'AMONI' with large white letters held by green poles. One woman with long black dreadlocks stands next to a seated woman with glasses, both dressed in black. The room has vintage TVs, a potted plant, a yellow armchair, and various decor items including a red and black plaid blanket and old suitcases. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/73b8b972-b1e0-467f-9e79-f07ad75d05d3/MLF3_SUN_conversation+outside.jpg 2023 Macondo Gallery Group of people chatting outdoors at an event with white tents and a banner in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a1189194-bf77-4a73-a7fd-510817c7cf2e/MLF3_SUN_crowd+Ukumbi+Mdogo.jpg 2023 Macondo Gallery People seated in a conference room attending a lecture or presentation, with some taking notes and others listening attentively. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/58c0d159-859a-4d32-a6ca-cec76bcd6e37/MLF3_SUN_what+does+home+mean+to+you.jpg 2023 Macondo Gallery A whiteboard with colorful handwritten messages and drawings about the meaning of home, surrounded by newspaper pages, with a string of lights, inside a tent or booth. Outside, people are gathered and talking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/f4355d8f-d1b3-487e-869f-b46e979876b6/MLF3_SUN_Youssef+with+fan.jpg 2023 Macondo Gallery A man with glasses and a white shirt sits at a table with a young woman with braided hair, sunglasses, and a colorful orange shirt. They are signing a paper, and there are items on the table including a water bottle, a can, and some papers. The setting appears to be an indoor event or fair with people and booths in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b37f394f-90e4-4b63-b7cb-32eecf36aefd/mlf17-09-2023-0625+%281%29.jpg 2023 Macondo Gallery A woman and a man sitting on stage during a discussion at Katiba Nao Yangu's 2023 anniversary event, with a large screen behind them displaying a logo and a message of appreciation to Kenyans speaking out against inequity, patriarchy, ethnocism, racism, and homophobia. https://www.macondolitfest.org/2024-macondo-programm-1 daily 0.75 2026-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/5f847173-84d4-407a-ba4e-5357a54212ae/MLF3+Program.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/0263b39a-7148-425c-a9bc-4c30e4d020cc/Workshop+Poster+Makena.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/887735c9-e5fa-4506-871b-deb97e41dfa8/Workshop+Poster+Slim+Shaka.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2953a8ef-6029-4bab-90ad-31c81ab45cf5/workshop+Chief.JPG https://www.macondolitfest.org/gallery-3-1-1 daily 0.75 2026-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/448814b7-edd0-42d1-a43e-3aedc0d1d729/festival+visitor.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery A young woman with braided hair, wearing large hoop earrings and shell necklace, attentively listening in a setting with other blurred attendees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/538acd43-ba99-4759-93cc-05a83eeb2fe4/final+panel.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery A panel of six diverse individuals sitting on a stage in colorful chairs, participating in a discussion, with water bottles on small tables beside each. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/e76df592-1403-4d66-811e-ffa5131a0d3d/Naivo.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery A man wearing glasses and a gray blazer smiling and holding a microphone, sitting next to a woman with dark hair in a patterned top during a panel discussion or interview, with a dark background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8cbf993f-f2c2-4393-bc1d-07ac3ce4de79/opening+crowd.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery A large group of people attending a conference or event, raising their hands in a cheer or gesture of celebration in an auditorium setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/948ade77-69f8-40f4-a4f4-4923726be998/opening-panel-1.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Panel of seven diverse women and one man sitting on stage in colorful chairs, participating in a discussion at the Macondo Literary Festival 2022, with a large screen in the background displaying the event logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/112dbcd5-4ed0-46c8-8ed8-55656400a4ee/Patrice+Nganang%2C+Jos%C3%A9+Eduardo+Agualusa.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Two men on stage, one in a red shirt and glasses holding a microphone, smiling, and another man in a light blue shirt with long hair smiling, against a black background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/f8cba1ba-00ca-4ed6-9a95-38306c8fecab/Patrice+with+fan.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery A woman with glasses and a white shirt stands next to a man in a red jacket, both smiling and posing for a photo in a busy outdoor setting. There are two other people in the background, one on the phone and another holding a tray and a paper bag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/70ad8bae-a8b7-44c4-800f-f86806cd4095/people+at+book+stall.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery People browsing and buying books at an outdoor book market or fair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/e6787028-c25b-46e6-b4f7-b96975beaa69/Roberta+Estrela+D_Alva%2C+Brazil.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery A woman in a red patterned dress singing into a microphone on stage with a black background. Names of performers are displayed below in blue text. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d22d9d0b-347d-4aed-879c-feee3c194de5/Roberta+with+dancer.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Two performers on stage, one singing into a microphone with eyes closed, wearing a red patterned robe, and the other with a hooded cloak and arms raised, set against a dark background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/fbd6ddf3-8954-4dbf-b7e5-b7dfcdb6bc5f/Slim+Shaka%2C+Kenya.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery A man wearing a black jacket, white shirt, and a black headscarf speaking into a microphone on stage with a projected background of blue text. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/df354c97-1591-462e-a340-60e20fc2fadb/Sylvie+hugging+fan.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Two women hugging outdoors, smiling, one wearing a red headscarf. Several people are in the background, some looking at their phones, with trees and parked vehicles behind them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/c8a1f8dc-18e3-4dc8-973f-d5a83a480285/Sylvie+Kand%C3%A9.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery An elderly woman speaking into a microphone during a discussion or interview on a stage, with water bottles in front of her and a dark background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/af23eb1c-5e83-4f9e-b704-bf9d3ecb1a83/visitor+in+auditorium.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery A woman claps and smiles in an indoor setting with maroon upholstered chairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0efb75b-3b63-42f1-aa23-f0b0b2fc7d65/VR+head+set.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery A man wearing a white virtual reality headset, sitting on a red chair in an indoor setting with blurred background lights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/c07394e0-d3f0-4929-99fc-c597d3a56712/Wanuri+Kahiu.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery A woman with short black curly hair, wearing a green dress and a smartwatch, sitting on a red chair with a colorful pattern, holding a microphone, speaking at an event with a background that says 'Macondo Literary Festival.' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/ee53cf36-be77-433f-972d-27435347fa9b/Yara+Monteiro%2C+Aleya+Kassam.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Two women are on stage, one holding a microphone and laughing, the other sitting on a colorful armchair, also laughing. They are engaged in a joyful conversation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/bdc9c498-54d4-4471-9a49-08e1ada61816/Yvonne+Owuor.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery A woman with curly hair smiling and holding a microphone during a speech or performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/5e28e466-5a62-4f22-93f1-a3221cd86d07/Zahid+and+wife.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Three elderly individuals seated in auditorium chairs, listening attentively, with two women and one man, all wearing glasses and colorful clothing, in a wood-paneled room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b4265897-8e53-43cd-ac5d-8d9da03dc236/3+visitors.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Three women sitting together outdoors, smiling, with white chairs and a person standing in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/fe799ac2-f403-4970-9a5b-deaf74bed589/Abdulai+Sil%C3%A1.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery A man with gray hair, glasses, and a beard is speaking into a microphone while sitting on a yellow chair, wearing a beige blazer and purple shirt, against a dark background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/fe277561-e030-4b25-ac39-15a289298ab6/Abdulai+with+volunteers.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Four people smiling and standing in front of a building entrance at the Macondo Literary Festival, with others in the background, some with backpacks and wearing badges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b47306e1-5df7-445e-8d2a-2d30eb7e71d2/AG+reading.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery An elderly man with glasses, gray hair, and a beard, sitting on a yellow chair, wearing a blazer, holding a microphone, and reading a book on stage with a black background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/5f3ef890-ed9f-41f4-acf8-f66992b65f49/AG+signing+standing.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery An elderly man with white hair is signing a book for a woman with long dark hair holding a phone. Several people stand around in the background outside on a paved area, with trees and buildings visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/1ac337cd-510c-4fbc-ba93-07d97b8e0de7/AG+signing.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Women at a registration or check-in table under a large white tent, smiling and interacting with an elderly man. The women are holding smartphones and small books, and some are dressed in yellow tops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/7f58c925-c613-40c8-8204-2e9c054abdb8/AG_Anja_Ahmed.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Three individuals at an outdoor event, standing closely together and smiling at the camera. They are wearing badges, with tents and trees in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/74495983-d5a7-4b6f-9b8c-196fbe7682f0/AG_Macondo+wall.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery An elderly man with white hair and beard speaking into a microphone on stage, with a background reading 'Macondo Literary Festival'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/ff2381af-49a9-4b28-9f56-9b31e37291f8/AG_Nadifa.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery A smiling woman wearing a pink head wrap and colorful dress stands next to an elderly man with white hair, beard, and glasses, both standing in a bright indoor setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3f10f425-6e6f-4720-9392-a66fba95ecd8/AG_Naivo.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Two men having a friendly discussion in an office or waiting area, with a green potted plant in the foreground and a water cooler in the background. One man with white hair and a gray cardigan is writing or signing something, while the other man with glasses and a suit jacket is smiling and holding a colorful magazine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/74a65f4d-9c4d-4c55-a940-118d402d0ba1/closing+ceremony.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery People attending the Macondo Literary Festival outside the National Theatre, seated on white chairs under white tents, with a building and neon signs in the background during evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00ade619-b836-4da5-9aab-86dea74f903f/closing+dancing+2%281%29.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Group of women walking and smiling in front of a building with a banner that reads 'Macondo Literary Festival.' The women are dressed in colorful and varied clothing, and some are wearing wristbands. There are tents and other people in the background, indicating a festival or event setting at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/9a20aef8-6731-403b-9feb-9203e5c81d36/closing+dancing.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery People dancing and socializing outside the Macondo Literary Festival at night, with two men singing or speaking into microphones in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/35082472-4131-445f-bb2d-a35b729b1588/crowd+courtyard.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Crowd of people gathered outside under a red banner that reads 'Macondo Literary Festival,' with tents and trees in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/ccf0ffca-12c9-47df-8ebb-f867543e2d9c/dancer%2C+musicians.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Four performers on stage, one singing into a microphone, one playing guitar, one dancing with dreadlocks, and one playing drums, in a dark setting with stage lighting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4c905480-ebe0-4ca3-8fb0-3add98a54da7/final+panel.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Six individuals seated on a stage engaged in a panel discussion, with black background and small tables with water bottles in front of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/f183cde0-410a-41ec-8c9b-efe59e1b87ae/Gado-workshop.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Man wearing glasses, a cap, a black blazer, a blue shirt, and khaki pants stands at a presentation or conference, with a group of seated attendees in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/286b221f-d1ec-433f-ae39-2a8d4c4b4152/group+photo+book+club.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery A group of people gathered outdoors under a large tree, holding books or pamphlets, smiling for a photo during daytime in an urban setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/35adc8b2-e859-44ae-ad79-d303228b2212/Group-photo-Library.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Group of diverse people standing on the steps of a building with large columns and stone facade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3fdb1717-b113-4977-a77a-df94fda8a753/Hafsa+with+fan.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Two smiling women standing outdoors, one holding a yellow book titled "We Are All Refugees of Uganda". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/9b729638-e171-4545-9011-0054a70e47ee/Hafsa+Zayyan.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery A woman with long curly hair holding a microphone and speaking at a panel or discussion event, with a man in glasses and a suit listening or waiting to speak next to her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/0500f9b7-6b18-4397-921f-f8a01b7190a2/History+in+poetry.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Four women sitting on a stage having a panel discussion, one woman is speaking into a microphone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/1dade4ea-bb84-4cf5-adfd-cd4371f2fab3/James+Murua%2C+Yara+Monteiro.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Two people taking a selfie at the Macondo Literary Festival, smiling and surrounded by festival attendees at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/fc6e7945-4c72-4c15-9355-e715d6c44609/JEA+session.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Three people sitting on colorful chairs on stage during a panel discussion, with a large book cover projected in the background. The person on the left holds a microphone and is speaking, the person in the middle is smiling and holding a microphone, the person on the right is laughing. Three water bottles are on small tables in front of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3be7f402-13a2-4551-a848-8cea49a3bfe3/JEA+with+Gloria.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery A man and woman smiling outdoors in front of white tents at an event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/f5c28672-b487-4abe-96ad-1b3828a1a143/Mshai+Mwangola%2C+Aleya+Kassam.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Two women speaking on stage with microphones, seated on colorful chairs, and a large screen behind them showing a logo of a face with glasses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/46a5aa4a-1281-4b97-8256-d88681a4de7b/Nadifa+book+club.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery A group of people sitting in a circle outdoors under a large tree, participating in a discussion or meeting, with additional people standing in the background near a residential building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/f24e5ef9-05e8-4a75-bb9a-396dd0984f63/Nadifa+Mohamed%2C+Angela+Wachuka.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Two women sitting in red chairs on a stage engaged in conversation, each with bottled water on a side table. One woman wears a beige and patterned dress with a head wrap, and the other wears a peach blouse and black pants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/cecdb5d2-ac3a-45cc-9ea9-14a233295d78/Nadifa+signing.jpg 2022 Macondo Gallery Three people smiling and engaging in conversation at an outdoor event under a tent. A woman wearing a pink headwrap is holding a brochure, while a young woman with glasses and a white shirt and an older man with glasses and a patterned shirt are leaning toward her, laughing. https://www.macondolitfest.org/2024-macondo-programm-1-1 daily 0.75 2026-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3501c299-771e-4a36-badd-22c96a90ad34/MLF2+programme_FINAL.jpg https://www.macondolitfest.org/gallery-3-2 daily 0.75 2026-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/f79a13da-1f36-466d-a2c2-6f6bb502ed07/1a.jpg 2025 Macondo Gallery Three women smiling at an outdoor event, standing in front of a white tent. One holds a brochure, another has a tote bag with 'Macondo Literary Festival 2023' on it, and the third woman wears sunglasses and a white shirt. There are other people and event booths in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dda5c529-c386-4de6-9b2c-3ec9143ef414/2d.jpg 2025 Macondo Gallery A panel discussion taking place on a stage with three people seated on colorful chairs, in front of a large cartoon-style poster. The poster depicts a person in a tank labeled "Autoritarianism," shooting at a woman with a speech bubble saying "Full Tank!". The woman, labeled "COVID 19," is holding a spray bottle towards the tank, which has a sign reading "Fake News." There is also a small table with books and a microphone on stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2ea86caa-100a-48bd-9a4b-183c21ff6d8f/3h.jpg 2025 Macondo Gallery Three men standing on stage with a screen behind them displaying text about a festival in 2025. The man on the left has curly, purple-tinted hair, a beard, and glasses, wearing a green T-shirt. The man in the middle has short dark hair, glasses, and a beard, wearing a black T-shirt. The man on the right is bald with glasses and a beard, wearing a black T-shirt with bold white and pink text that reads 'SCORU HITCHAMP'. All three have lanyards with badges and are smiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/e6c68e5a-13c7-4d6c-a785-bb7f0123b7b6/4.jpg 2025 Macondo Gallery Photograph of an elderly shirtless man wearing a cowboy hat and jewelry, standing outdoors near a body of water with trees in the background, displayed on a photo stand at an outdoor market or exhibition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/1f824eb2-67cd-4cd2-8e98-516212b0ce3f/11.jpg 2025 Macondo Gallery A woman standing and speaking to a group of three women in a meeting room. The standing woman is wearing a green dress, has curly hair, and is gesturing with her right hand. The women sitting at the table have various hairstyles and are listening attentively. On the table are water bottles, a laptop, a disposable coffee cup, and a projector. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/589b5036-f469-45c4-8a84-7ad1f582c9f8/13.jpg 2025 Macondo Gallery Women attending a presentation about orality in a written world, with bottles of water on the table and a projected slide on the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/40337864-3890-4de8-bc23-2de5029ede27/15.jpg 2025 Macondo Gallery A group of ten diverse people standing together indoors, smiling for the camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/040e2d3c-653e-4fcc-8996-4805ae1b0c36/16.jpg 2025 Macondo Gallery A woman with glasses and large earrings speaking into a microphone during a conference or event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/e6d171de-235d-4ae3-918e-abe816f3df93/22.jpg 2025 Macondo Gallery Group of four women standing together at a conference or event, wearing conference badges. They are smiling, with a backdrop displaying text related to a travel event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ddeb53b-a3ac-44f0-a397-47a9fdb6a501/27.jpg 2025 Macondo Gallery People in an auditorium laughing and engaging with each other during an event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/f07be933-9019-4023-986d-af5f0fa6c8dd/28.jpg 2025 Macondo Gallery A woman in colorful traditional attire sitting with eyes closed, holding papers and a microphone, next to another person bending over a drum on stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b77bbdaa-ef24-48b2-b1af-6ec2858ac482/29_1.jpg 2025 Macondo Gallery A DJ wearing a yellow striped shirt and helmet performing at a dark event with her arms raised, surrounded by an audience with many illuminated by phone lights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/32e7ea13-eb73-44e0-a382-e4a5b6facffb/33%281%29.jpg 2025 Macondo Gallery Two men talking outdoors at an event, one wearing a black cap, glasses, a tan jacket, and a badge, the other with curly dark hair and a colorful short-sleeve shirt, holding sunglasses, with tents and trees in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4ad59720-c5da-4f98-b7bb-ea229498a540/33.jpg 2025 Macondo Gallery Two people are sitting in a dark room with a black background. The person on the left, with dreadlocks and beard, is facing to the right and resting their hands on a drum. The person on the right, with tied back hair, is holding a microphone and reading from papers on their lap, wearing a colorful patterned dress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/df9afd34-b8cb-43ca-a045-61f6ae059e04/36.jpg 2025 Macondo Gallery Group of diverse people standing on stage at the Macondo Literary Festival 2025, with a large green screen behind them displaying event details and titled 'Chronicles and Reports'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d4fb8071-8e86-43e8-9bec-16a98ba2a1d9/41_1.jpg 2025 Macondo Gallery A man with a bald head and wearing a checkered shirt with a beige vest, speaking into a microphone on stage. 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Beside her, there are water bottles and a coffee cup on the table. Other people are also present, some partially visible, in a room with yellow walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2223b7e5-dfc8-4bf0-ae55-366733700d81/IMG_8838.JPG 2025 Macondo Gallery An open notebook with handwritten notes on the left page and a date on the right page, resting on a dark fabric surface with some yellow letters and a sticker of a tree on a circular background nearby. 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In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 1 Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 1 Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 1 Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 1 Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 1 Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 1 Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 1 Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 1 Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. 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Under her Nalo Studios banner, she is currently cultivating her slate originals, and has led her team through service work for Walt Disney Animation, Netflix Animation, Nickelodeon and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b0c03391-ca3c-47be-9c09-fbd889fd9524/portrait+Yvonne+Muinde_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Khadija Abdalla Bajaber - Kenya Yvonne Muinde is an artist, muralist and illustrator and the founder of IKWETA ARTS who looks to share her experiences and knowledge as a Matte-Painting Supervisor and concept artist from her work at the best Post-Production (VFX) studios around the globe. Her Visual Effects career has spanned over 20 years working on numerous iconic and award-winning film productions. In 2009, Yvonne and her team were awarded the VES (Visual Effects Society) Award for Outstanding Matte-Painting in a Motion Picture for AVATAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/cdc0d338-7d54-48d0-aac4-586b1820534e/Buke+Abduba_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Khadija Abdalla Bajaber - Kenya Buke Abduba is a Kenyan writer and pharmacist who was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2023. Her work has been featured in publications like Adda Stories, Lolwe, and an East African anthology Let Us Conspire and Other Stories (2024), published by Jahazi Press. She is currently working on a manuscript with a vision to authentically reflect the lives and experiences of people in her community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/91a23bb1-5127-4aaf-9deb-a164e5654426/head+shot+adam1%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Khadija Abdalla Bajaber - Kenya Adam Chienjo is a Kenyan contemporary dancer, choreographer, artistic director, teacher, curator, and performance critic with 22 years of experience in interdisciplinary performances incorporating dance and movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc467962-cce3-47f6-a935-a2e73a851c89/SCHOLAR_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Khadija Abdalla Bajaber - Kenya Scholar Akinyi is an award-winning writer. In her debut book, Hop, Skip and Jump, she brings to light the experiences of children caught up in Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence, emphasizing the importance of including children in discussions that shape a country's history. Akinyi's work has earned her the YouthHubAfrica Flash Fiction Award, and she was shortlisted for the inaugural African Writers Awards in Flash Fiction. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Writers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67f3eddc-0a51-4561-9a97-9152ff74e441/Schola_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Khadija Abdalla Bajaber - Kenya Scholastica Moraa has a passion for poetry and stories. She expertly weaves her poems to present the full mix of emotions associated with love. Her work has been featured in Konch Online Magazine and Imbiza. She also writes for children. Ms. Moraa is a mother to one daughter, a literature lover, and an avid reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/54d378dc-1b80-41ca-9332-4866d0966462/Hassan+Ghedi+Santur_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Khadija Abdalla Bajaber - Kenya Hassan Ghedi Santur s the author of the novels Something Remains and The Youth of God and the non-fiction book Maps of Exile. The Youth of God was a finalist for the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing. Nuur, the film adaptation of The Youth of God, is currently in pre-production. Santur is working on his third novel, Imagined Lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8b610ed2-094a-4f78-97a0-821e7aeb956c/Mshai+2020+photo+_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Khadija Abdalla Bajaber - Kenya Mshai Mwangola is an oraturist / performance scholar who uses the lens of culture in her work as an academic, artist and activist. 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His latest natural history book, The Grasses of East Africa, has been received with wide acclaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f540651-1c87-4209-9d5e-bb9f5e92316a/Alex+Teyie+headshot+photo+pic_edited%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Khadija Abdalla Bajaber - Kenya Alex/is Grace Teyie is an artist and researcher. Previous books include a poetry chapbook, Clay Plates: Broken Records of Kiswahili Proverbs, and a children's book, Shortcut. Teyie was one of the co-founders of Enkare Review, and currently works with Down River Road (DRR). They also provide advisory for nonprofits and startups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67a9c100-a600-4c59-b447-1d3d0b82859f/MUFASA_S+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Khadija Abdalla Bajaber - Kenya Mufasa is a multi-award winning poet, actor, writer and a teaching artist from Kenya who uses his art to discuss and showcase works inspired by day-to-day life on the African continent. He constantly writes to speak on the commonality of our differences and to interrogate the social political environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b59d0587-77ce-4997-9991-5fb2d6f8284b/LAM1+small_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Khadija Abdalla Bajaber - Kenya The LAM Sisterhood is an award-winning story company filling the world with stories for African women to feel seen, heard and beloved. 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You can find her work at Enkare Review, A Long House, Lolwe, and Down River Road among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3c96c762-7575-457c-a2a7-f5f5868b592a/Kiprop_Bio_Photo_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Kiprop Kimutai - Kenya Kiprop Kimutai is a rising Kenyan writer who won the 2023 Graywolf African Fiction Prize for his manuscript The Freedom of Birds, set to be published by Graywolf Press in 2026. His fiction has appeared in No Tokens, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Kwani?, Evergreen Review, and Jalada Africa. A 2023 Miles Morland scholar and a finalist for the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award. Kimutai’s work is known for its cultural depth and emotional resonance, making him a notable voice in contemporary African fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3bb2b45e-de74-4558-bb65-cd2c813b066a/NYASH_S+PHOTO_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Kiprop Kimutai - Kenya Nyangari Macharia (Nyash) s a graduate and enthusiast of literature, and the 2022 Poets You Should Know Poetry Slam Queen. She uses her to advocate for the community and her environment, to inspire change and provoke conversations in regard to the socio-economic system. She aims to instigate change with every opportunity she gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/9b0d8a2f-5158-4b29-adb3-6082df6026e2/SLIM+SHAKA+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Kiprop Kimutai - Kenya David Otieno AKA Slim Shaka is a performance poet and storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the reigning Poetry Slam Africa Champion (65th). Shaka has written and performed six poetry productions, the latest being Of A Dying Breed, a 2-hour production infusing sound design, puppetry, spoken word, music and contemporary dance. The conflicts of the 21st century world and the history behind it are the subjects of Slim Shaka's poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/38dd0c90-2789-4b66-8d27-dd879fd81439/Naddya_Image_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Kiprop Kimutai - Kenya Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya is an Animation Director and Musician from Nairobi, Kenya. For the past 15 years, her practice has toyed with the upper limits of form and function, spanning Animation, Comics, Games, XR, Product Design and Music. Under her Nalo Studios banner, she is currently cultivating her slate originals, and has led her team through service work for Walt Disney Animation, Netflix Animation, Nickelodeon and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b0c03391-ca3c-47be-9c09-fbd889fd9524/portrait+Yvonne+Muinde_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Kiprop Kimutai - Kenya Yvonne Muinde is an artist, muralist and illustrator and the founder of IKWETA ARTS who looks to share her experiences and knowledge as a Matte-Painting Supervisor and concept artist from her work at the best Post-Production (VFX) studios around the globe. Her Visual Effects career has spanned over 20 years working on numerous iconic and award-winning film productions. In 2009, Yvonne and her team were awarded the VES (Visual Effects Society) Award for Outstanding Matte-Painting in a Motion Picture for AVATAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/cdc0d338-7d54-48d0-aac4-586b1820534e/Buke+Abduba_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Kiprop Kimutai - Kenya Buke Abduba is a Kenyan writer and pharmacist who was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2023. Her work has been featured in publications like Adda Stories, Lolwe, and an East African anthology Let Us Conspire and Other Stories (2024), published by Jahazi Press. She is currently working on a manuscript with a vision to authentically reflect the lives and experiences of people in her community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/91a23bb1-5127-4aaf-9deb-a164e5654426/head+shot+adam1%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Kiprop Kimutai - Kenya Adam Chienjo is a Kenyan contemporary dancer, choreographer, artistic director, teacher, curator, and performance critic with 22 years of experience in interdisciplinary performances incorporating dance and movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc467962-cce3-47f6-a935-a2e73a851c89/SCHOLAR_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Kiprop Kimutai - Kenya Scholar Akinyi is an award-winning writer. In her debut book, Hop, Skip and Jump, she brings to light the experiences of children caught up in Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence, emphasizing the importance of including children in discussions that shape a country's history. Akinyi's work has earned her the YouthHubAfrica Flash Fiction Award, and she was shortlisted for the inaugural African Writers Awards in Flash Fiction. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Writers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67f3eddc-0a51-4561-9a97-9152ff74e441/Schola_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Kiprop Kimutai - Kenya Scholastica Moraa has a passion for poetry and stories. She expertly weaves her poems to present the full mix of emotions associated with love. Her work has been featured in Konch Online Magazine and Imbiza. She also writes for children. Ms. Moraa is a mother to one daughter, a literature lover, and an avid reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/54d378dc-1b80-41ca-9332-4866d0966462/Hassan+Ghedi+Santur_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Kiprop Kimutai - Kenya Hassan Ghedi Santur s the author of the novels Something Remains and The Youth of God and the non-fiction book Maps of Exile. The Youth of God was a finalist for the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing. Nuur, the film adaptation of The Youth of God, is currently in pre-production. Santur is working on his third novel, Imagined Lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8b610ed2-094a-4f78-97a0-821e7aeb956c/Mshai+2020+photo+_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Kiprop Kimutai - Kenya Mshai Mwangola is an oraturist / performance scholar who uses the lens of culture in her work as an academic, artist and activist. She is a storyteller who holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (USA), a Masters of Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University (Kenya). She is an Advisory Board member of the Macondo Literary Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d02a68eb-7c4a-4266-939e-b052e26a5bb4/DJM_Mpala+Elephant+June-2020_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Kiprop Kimutai - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins is a Kenyan artist, naturalist and writer. An entomologist and evolutionary biologist, he is currently the Director of the Turkana Basin Institute. He holds a PhD from Harvard University (2011) and seeks to share the wonder and diversity of nature, especially the hidden, beautiful details that are intrinsic to human life. Teaching people to see, understand and care about the details of the living world are central to his work and life. His latest natural history book, The Grasses of East Africa, has been received with wide acclaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f540651-1c87-4209-9d5e-bb9f5e92316a/Alex+Teyie+headshot+photo+pic_edited%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Kiprop Kimutai - Kenya Alex/is Grace Teyie is an artist and researcher. Previous books include a poetry chapbook, Clay Plates: Broken Records of Kiswahili Proverbs, and a children's book, Shortcut. Teyie was one of the co-founders of Enkare Review, and currently works with Down River Road (DRR). They also provide advisory for nonprofits and startups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67a9c100-a600-4c59-b447-1d3d0b82859f/MUFASA_S+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Kiprop Kimutai - Kenya Mufasa is a multi-award winning poet, actor, writer and a teaching artist from Kenya who uses his art to discuss and showcase works inspired by day-to-day life on the African continent. He constantly writes to speak on the commonality of our differences and to interrogate the social political environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b59d0587-77ce-4997-9991-5fb2d6f8284b/LAM1+small_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Kiprop Kimutai - Kenya The LAM Sisterhood is an award-winning story company filling the world with stories for African women to feel seen, heard and beloved. From viral videos to podcasts, from stageplays to screenplays, they are obsessed with story in every form and genre. https://www.macondolitfest.org/portfolio-1-1/project-one-f5w4d-z9nem-s3jda-x8w73-5wtt2-84hx2-y697h-bbh69-b2zbg-mhrnw-z5bbj-aatw2-sbg6l-48tpe-k4bht-mzfxx monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/eeaf2fa4-a023-4223-b4ea-e643d39f9121/Khadija+portrait_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Slim Shaka - Kenya Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is a Kenyan writer and the author of The House of Rust which won the inaugural Graywolf Press Africa Prize and The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. You can find her work at Enkare Review, A Long House, Lolwe, and Down River Road among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3c96c762-7575-457c-a2a7-f5f5868b592a/Kiprop_Bio_Photo_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Slim Shaka - Kenya Kiprop Kimutai is a rising Kenyan writer who won the 2023 Graywolf African Fiction Prize for his manuscript The Freedom of Birds, set to be published by Graywolf Press in 2026. His fiction has appeared in No Tokens, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Kwani?, Evergreen Review, and Jalada Africa. A 2023 Miles Morland scholar and a finalist for the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award. Kimutai’s work is known for its cultural depth and emotional resonance, making him a notable voice in contemporary African fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3bb2b45e-de74-4558-bb65-cd2c813b066a/NYASH_S+PHOTO_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Slim Shaka - Kenya Nyangari Macharia (Nyash) s a graduate and enthusiast of literature, and the 2022 Poets You Should Know Poetry Slam Queen. She uses her to advocate for the community and her environment, to inspire change and provoke conversations in regard to the socio-economic system. She aims to instigate change with every opportunity she gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/9b0d8a2f-5158-4b29-adb3-6082df6026e2/SLIM+SHAKA+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Slim Shaka - Kenya David Otieno AKA Slim Shaka is a performance poet and storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the reigning Poetry Slam Africa Champion (65th). Shaka has written and performed six poetry productions, the latest being Of A Dying Breed, a 2-hour production infusing sound design, puppetry, spoken word, music and contemporary dance. The conflicts of the 21st century world and the history behind it are the subjects of Slim Shaka's poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/38dd0c90-2789-4b66-8d27-dd879fd81439/Naddya_Image_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Slim Shaka - Kenya Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya is an Animation Director and Musician from Nairobi, Kenya. For the past 15 years, her practice has toyed with the upper limits of form and function, spanning Animation, Comics, Games, XR, Product Design and Music. Under her Nalo Studios banner, she is currently cultivating her slate originals, and has led her team through service work for Walt Disney Animation, Netflix Animation, Nickelodeon and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b0c03391-ca3c-47be-9c09-fbd889fd9524/portrait+Yvonne+Muinde_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Slim Shaka - Kenya Yvonne Muinde is an artist, muralist and illustrator and the founder of IKWETA ARTS who looks to share her experiences and knowledge as a Matte-Painting Supervisor and concept artist from her work at the best Post-Production (VFX) studios around the globe. Her Visual Effects career has spanned over 20 years working on numerous iconic and award-winning film productions. In 2009, Yvonne and her team were awarded the VES (Visual Effects Society) Award for Outstanding Matte-Painting in a Motion Picture for AVATAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/cdc0d338-7d54-48d0-aac4-586b1820534e/Buke+Abduba_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Slim Shaka - Kenya Buke Abduba is a Kenyan writer and pharmacist who was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2023. Her work has been featured in publications like Adda Stories, Lolwe, and an East African anthology Let Us Conspire and Other Stories (2024), published by Jahazi Press. She is currently working on a manuscript with a vision to authentically reflect the lives and experiences of people in her community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/91a23bb1-5127-4aaf-9deb-a164e5654426/head+shot+adam1%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Slim Shaka - Kenya Adam Chienjo is a Kenyan contemporary dancer, choreographer, artistic director, teacher, curator, and performance critic with 22 years of experience in interdisciplinary performances incorporating dance and movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc467962-cce3-47f6-a935-a2e73a851c89/SCHOLAR_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Slim Shaka - Kenya Scholar Akinyi is an award-winning writer. In her debut book, Hop, Skip and Jump, she brings to light the experiences of children caught up in Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence, emphasizing the importance of including children in discussions that shape a country's history. Akinyi's work has earned her the YouthHubAfrica Flash Fiction Award, and she was shortlisted for the inaugural African Writers Awards in Flash Fiction. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Writers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67f3eddc-0a51-4561-9a97-9152ff74e441/Schola_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Slim Shaka - Kenya Scholastica Moraa has a passion for poetry and stories. She expertly weaves her poems to present the full mix of emotions associated with love. Her work has been featured in Konch Online Magazine and Imbiza. She also writes for children. Ms. Moraa is a mother to one daughter, a literature lover, and an avid reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/54d378dc-1b80-41ca-9332-4866d0966462/Hassan+Ghedi+Santur_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Slim Shaka - Kenya Hassan Ghedi Santur s the author of the novels Something Remains and The Youth of God and the non-fiction book Maps of Exile. The Youth of God was a finalist for the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing. Nuur, the film adaptation of The Youth of God, is currently in pre-production. Santur is working on his third novel, Imagined Lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8b610ed2-094a-4f78-97a0-821e7aeb956c/Mshai+2020+photo+_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Slim Shaka - Kenya Mshai Mwangola is an oraturist / performance scholar who uses the lens of culture in her work as an academic, artist and activist. She is a storyteller who holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (USA), a Masters of Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University (Kenya). She is an Advisory Board member of the Macondo Literary Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d02a68eb-7c4a-4266-939e-b052e26a5bb4/DJM_Mpala+Elephant+June-2020_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Slim Shaka - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins is a Kenyan artist, naturalist and writer. An entomologist and evolutionary biologist, he is currently the Director of the Turkana Basin Institute. He holds a PhD from Harvard University (2011) and seeks to share the wonder and diversity of nature, especially the hidden, beautiful details that are intrinsic to human life. Teaching people to see, understand and care about the details of the living world are central to his work and life. His latest natural history book, The Grasses of East Africa, has been received with wide acclaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f540651-1c87-4209-9d5e-bb9f5e92316a/Alex+Teyie+headshot+photo+pic_edited%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Slim Shaka - Kenya Alex/is Grace Teyie is an artist and researcher. Previous books include a poetry chapbook, Clay Plates: Broken Records of Kiswahili Proverbs, and a children's book, Shortcut. Teyie was one of the co-founders of Enkare Review, and currently works with Down River Road (DRR). They also provide advisory for nonprofits and startups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67a9c100-a600-4c59-b447-1d3d0b82859f/MUFASA_S+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Slim Shaka - Kenya Mufasa is a multi-award winning poet, actor, writer and a teaching artist from Kenya who uses his art to discuss and showcase works inspired by day-to-day life on the African continent. He constantly writes to speak on the commonality of our differences and to interrogate the social political environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b59d0587-77ce-4997-9991-5fb2d6f8284b/LAM1+small_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Slim Shaka - Kenya The LAM Sisterhood is an award-winning story company filling the world with stories for African women to feel seen, heard and beloved. From viral videos to podcasts, from stageplays to screenplays, they are obsessed with story in every form and genre. https://www.macondolitfest.org/portfolio-1-1/project-one-f5w4d-z9nem-s3jda-x8w73-5wtt2-84hx2-y697h-bbh69-b2zbg-mhrnw-z5bbj-aatw2-sbg6l-48tpe-k4bht-mzfxx-rplck monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/eeaf2fa4-a023-4223-b4ea-e643d39f9121/Khadija+portrait_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Nyash - Kenya Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is a Kenyan writer and the author of The House of Rust which won the inaugural Graywolf Press Africa Prize and The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. You can find her work at Enkare Review, A Long House, Lolwe, and Down River Road among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3c96c762-7575-457c-a2a7-f5f5868b592a/Kiprop_Bio_Photo_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Nyash - Kenya Kiprop Kimutai is a rising Kenyan writer who won the 2023 Graywolf African Fiction Prize for his manuscript The Freedom of Birds, set to be published by Graywolf Press in 2026. His fiction has appeared in No Tokens, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Kwani?, Evergreen Review, and Jalada Africa. A 2023 Miles Morland scholar and a finalist for the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award. Kimutai’s work is known for its cultural depth and emotional resonance, making him a notable voice in contemporary African fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3bb2b45e-de74-4558-bb65-cd2c813b066a/NYASH_S+PHOTO_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Nyash - Kenya Nyangari Macharia (Nyash) s a graduate and enthusiast of literature, and the 2022 Poets You Should Know Poetry Slam Queen. She uses her to advocate for the community and her environment, to inspire change and provoke conversations in regard to the socio-economic system. She aims to instigate change with every opportunity she gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/9b0d8a2f-5158-4b29-adb3-6082df6026e2/SLIM+SHAKA+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Nyash - Kenya David Otieno AKA Slim Shaka is a performance poet and storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the reigning Poetry Slam Africa Champion (65th). Shaka has written and performed six poetry productions, the latest being Of A Dying Breed, a 2-hour production infusing sound design, puppetry, spoken word, music and contemporary dance. The conflicts of the 21st century world and the history behind it are the subjects of Slim Shaka's poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/38dd0c90-2789-4b66-8d27-dd879fd81439/Naddya_Image_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Nyash - Kenya Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya is an Animation Director and Musician from Nairobi, Kenya. For the past 15 years, her practice has toyed with the upper limits of form and function, spanning Animation, Comics, Games, XR, Product Design and Music. Under her Nalo Studios banner, she is currently cultivating her slate originals, and has led her team through service work for Walt Disney Animation, Netflix Animation, Nickelodeon and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b0c03391-ca3c-47be-9c09-fbd889fd9524/portrait+Yvonne+Muinde_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Nyash - Kenya Yvonne Muinde is an artist, muralist and illustrator and the founder of IKWETA ARTS who looks to share her experiences and knowledge as a Matte-Painting Supervisor and concept artist from her work at the best Post-Production (VFX) studios around the globe. Her Visual Effects career has spanned over 20 years working on numerous iconic and award-winning film productions. In 2009, Yvonne and her team were awarded the VES (Visual Effects Society) Award for Outstanding Matte-Painting in a Motion Picture for AVATAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/cdc0d338-7d54-48d0-aac4-586b1820534e/Buke+Abduba_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Nyash - Kenya Buke Abduba is a Kenyan writer and pharmacist who was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2023. Her work has been featured in publications like Adda Stories, Lolwe, and an East African anthology Let Us Conspire and Other Stories (2024), published by Jahazi Press. She is currently working on a manuscript with a vision to authentically reflect the lives and experiences of people in her community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/91a23bb1-5127-4aaf-9deb-a164e5654426/head+shot+adam1%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Nyash - Kenya Adam Chienjo is a Kenyan contemporary dancer, choreographer, artistic director, teacher, curator, and performance critic with 22 years of experience in interdisciplinary performances incorporating dance and movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc467962-cce3-47f6-a935-a2e73a851c89/SCHOLAR_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Nyash - Kenya Scholar Akinyi is an award-winning writer. In her debut book, Hop, Skip and Jump, she brings to light the experiences of children caught up in Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence, emphasizing the importance of including children in discussions that shape a country's history. Akinyi's work has earned her the YouthHubAfrica Flash Fiction Award, and she was shortlisted for the inaugural African Writers Awards in Flash Fiction. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Writers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67f3eddc-0a51-4561-9a97-9152ff74e441/Schola_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Nyash - Kenya Scholastica Moraa has a passion for poetry and stories. She expertly weaves her poems to present the full mix of emotions associated with love. Her work has been featured in Konch Online Magazine and Imbiza. She also writes for children. Ms. Moraa is a mother to one daughter, a literature lover, and an avid reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/54d378dc-1b80-41ca-9332-4866d0966462/Hassan+Ghedi+Santur_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Nyash - Kenya Hassan Ghedi Santur s the author of the novels Something Remains and The Youth of God and the non-fiction book Maps of Exile. The Youth of God was a finalist for the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing. Nuur, the film adaptation of The Youth of God, is currently in pre-production. Santur is working on his third novel, Imagined Lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8b610ed2-094a-4f78-97a0-821e7aeb956c/Mshai+2020+photo+_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Nyash - Kenya Mshai Mwangola is an oraturist / performance scholar who uses the lens of culture in her work as an academic, artist and activist. She is a storyteller who holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (USA), a Masters of Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University (Kenya). She is an Advisory Board member of the Macondo Literary Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d02a68eb-7c4a-4266-939e-b052e26a5bb4/DJM_Mpala+Elephant+June-2020_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Nyash - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins is a Kenyan artist, naturalist and writer. An entomologist and evolutionary biologist, he is currently the Director of the Turkana Basin Institute. He holds a PhD from Harvard University (2011) and seeks to share the wonder and diversity of nature, especially the hidden, beautiful details that are intrinsic to human life. Teaching people to see, understand and care about the details of the living world are central to his work and life. His latest natural history book, The Grasses of East Africa, has been received with wide acclaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f540651-1c87-4209-9d5e-bb9f5e92316a/Alex+Teyie+headshot+photo+pic_edited%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Nyash - Kenya Alex/is Grace Teyie is an artist and researcher. Previous books include a poetry chapbook, Clay Plates: Broken Records of Kiswahili Proverbs, and a children's book, Shortcut. Teyie was one of the co-founders of Enkare Review, and currently works with Down River Road (DRR). They also provide advisory for nonprofits and startups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67a9c100-a600-4c59-b447-1d3d0b82859f/MUFASA_S+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Nyash - Kenya Mufasa is a multi-award winning poet, actor, writer and a teaching artist from Kenya who uses his art to discuss and showcase works inspired by day-to-day life on the African continent. He constantly writes to speak on the commonality of our differences and to interrogate the social political environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b59d0587-77ce-4997-9991-5fb2d6f8284b/LAM1+small_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Nyash - Kenya The LAM Sisterhood is an award-winning story company filling the world with stories for African women to feel seen, heard and beloved. From viral videos to podcasts, from stageplays to screenplays, they are obsessed with story in every form and genre. https://www.macondolitfest.org/portfolio-1-1/project-one-f5w4d-z9nem-s3jda-x8w73-5wtt2-84hx2-y697h-bbh69-b2zbg-mhrnw-z5bbj-aatw2-sbg6l-48tpe-k4bht-mzfxx-rplck-4wjw8-nh6pc monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/eeaf2fa4-a023-4223-b4ea-e643d39f9121/Khadija+portrait_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mufasa the Poet - Kenya Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is a Kenyan writer and the author of The House of Rust which won the inaugural Graywolf Press Africa Prize and The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. You can find her work at Enkare Review, A Long House, Lolwe, and Down River Road among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3c96c762-7575-457c-a2a7-f5f5868b592a/Kiprop_Bio_Photo_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mufasa the Poet - Kenya Kiprop Kimutai is a rising Kenyan writer who won the 2023 Graywolf African Fiction Prize for his manuscript The Freedom of Birds, set to be published by Graywolf Press in 2026. His fiction has appeared in No Tokens, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Kwani?, Evergreen Review, and Jalada Africa. A 2023 Miles Morland scholar and a finalist for the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award. Kimutai’s work is known for its cultural depth and emotional resonance, making him a notable voice in contemporary African fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3bb2b45e-de74-4558-bb65-cd2c813b066a/NYASH_S+PHOTO_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mufasa the Poet - Kenya Nyangari Macharia (Nyash) s a graduate and enthusiast of literature, and the 2022 Poets You Should Know Poetry Slam Queen. She uses her to advocate for the community and her environment, to inspire change and provoke conversations in regard to the socio-economic system. She aims to instigate change with every opportunity she gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/9b0d8a2f-5158-4b29-adb3-6082df6026e2/SLIM+SHAKA+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mufasa the Poet - Kenya David Otieno AKA Slim Shaka is a performance poet and storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the reigning Poetry Slam Africa Champion (65th). Shaka has written and performed six poetry productions, the latest being Of A Dying Breed, a 2-hour production infusing sound design, puppetry, spoken word, music and contemporary dance. The conflicts of the 21st century world and the history behind it are the subjects of Slim Shaka's poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/38dd0c90-2789-4b66-8d27-dd879fd81439/Naddya_Image_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mufasa the Poet - Kenya Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya is an Animation Director and Musician from Nairobi, Kenya. For the past 15 years, her practice has toyed with the upper limits of form and function, spanning Animation, Comics, Games, XR, Product Design and Music. Under her Nalo Studios banner, she is currently cultivating her slate originals, and has led her team through service work for Walt Disney Animation, Netflix Animation, Nickelodeon and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b0c03391-ca3c-47be-9c09-fbd889fd9524/portrait+Yvonne+Muinde_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mufasa the Poet - Kenya Yvonne Muinde is an artist, muralist and illustrator and the founder of IKWETA ARTS who looks to share her experiences and knowledge as a Matte-Painting Supervisor and concept artist from her work at the best Post-Production (VFX) studios around the globe. Her Visual Effects career has spanned over 20 years working on numerous iconic and award-winning film productions. In 2009, Yvonne and her team were awarded the VES (Visual Effects Society) Award for Outstanding Matte-Painting in a Motion Picture for AVATAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/cdc0d338-7d54-48d0-aac4-586b1820534e/Buke+Abduba_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mufasa the Poet - Kenya Buke Abduba is a Kenyan writer and pharmacist who was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2023. Her work has been featured in publications like Adda Stories, Lolwe, and an East African anthology Let Us Conspire and Other Stories (2024), published by Jahazi Press. She is currently working on a manuscript with a vision to authentically reflect the lives and experiences of people in her community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/91a23bb1-5127-4aaf-9deb-a164e5654426/head+shot+adam1%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mufasa the Poet - Kenya Adam Chienjo is a Kenyan contemporary dancer, choreographer, artistic director, teacher, curator, and performance critic with 22 years of experience in interdisciplinary performances incorporating dance and movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc467962-cce3-47f6-a935-a2e73a851c89/SCHOLAR_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mufasa the Poet - Kenya Scholar Akinyi is an award-winning writer. In her debut book, Hop, Skip and Jump, she brings to light the experiences of children caught up in Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence, emphasizing the importance of including children in discussions that shape a country's history. Akinyi's work has earned her the YouthHubAfrica Flash Fiction Award, and she was shortlisted for the inaugural African Writers Awards in Flash Fiction. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Writers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67f3eddc-0a51-4561-9a97-9152ff74e441/Schola_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mufasa the Poet - Kenya Scholastica Moraa has a passion for poetry and stories. She expertly weaves her poems to present the full mix of emotions associated with love. Her work has been featured in Konch Online Magazine and Imbiza. She also writes for children. Ms. Moraa is a mother to one daughter, a literature lover, and an avid reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/54d378dc-1b80-41ca-9332-4866d0966462/Hassan+Ghedi+Santur_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mufasa the Poet - Kenya Hassan Ghedi Santur s the author of the novels Something Remains and The Youth of God and the non-fiction book Maps of Exile. The Youth of God was a finalist for the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing. Nuur, the film adaptation of The Youth of God, is currently in pre-production. Santur is working on his third novel, Imagined Lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8b610ed2-094a-4f78-97a0-821e7aeb956c/Mshai+2020+photo+_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mufasa the Poet - Kenya Mshai Mwangola is an oraturist / performance scholar who uses the lens of culture in her work as an academic, artist and activist. She is a storyteller who holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (USA), a Masters of Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University (Kenya). She is an Advisory Board member of the Macondo Literary Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d02a68eb-7c4a-4266-939e-b052e26a5bb4/DJM_Mpala+Elephant+June-2020_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mufasa the Poet - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins is a Kenyan artist, naturalist and writer. An entomologist and evolutionary biologist, he is currently the Director of the Turkana Basin Institute. He holds a PhD from Harvard University (2011) and seeks to share the wonder and diversity of nature, especially the hidden, beautiful details that are intrinsic to human life. Teaching people to see, understand and care about the details of the living world are central to his work and life. His latest natural history book, The Grasses of East Africa, has been received with wide acclaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f540651-1c87-4209-9d5e-bb9f5e92316a/Alex+Teyie+headshot+photo+pic_edited%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mufasa the Poet - Kenya Alex/is Grace Teyie is an artist and researcher. Previous books include a poetry chapbook, Clay Plates: Broken Records of Kiswahili Proverbs, and a children's book, Shortcut. Teyie was one of the co-founders of Enkare Review, and currently works with Down River Road (DRR). They also provide advisory for nonprofits and startups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67a9c100-a600-4c59-b447-1d3d0b82859f/MUFASA_S+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mufasa the Poet - Kenya Mufasa is a multi-award winning poet, actor, writer and a teaching artist from Kenya who uses his art to discuss and showcase works inspired by day-to-day life on the African continent. He constantly writes to speak on the commonality of our differences and to interrogate the social political environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b59d0587-77ce-4997-9991-5fb2d6f8284b/LAM1+small_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mufasa the Poet - Kenya The LAM Sisterhood is an award-winning story company filling the world with stories for African women to feel seen, heard and beloved. From viral videos to podcasts, from stageplays to screenplays, they are obsessed with story in every form and genre. https://www.macondolitfest.org/portfolio-1-1/project-one-f5w4d-z9nem-s3jda-x8w73-5wtt2-84hx2-y697h-bbh69-b2zbg-mhrnw-z5bbj-aatw2-sbg6l-48tpe-k4bht-mzfxx-rplck-4wjw8-nh6pc-n54zc monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/eeaf2fa4-a023-4223-b4ea-e643d39f9121/Khadija+portrait_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya - Kenya Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is a Kenyan writer and the author of The House of Rust which won the inaugural Graywolf Press Africa Prize and The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. You can find her work at Enkare Review, A Long House, Lolwe, and Down River Road among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3c96c762-7575-457c-a2a7-f5f5868b592a/Kiprop_Bio_Photo_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya - Kenya Kiprop Kimutai is a rising Kenyan writer who won the 2023 Graywolf African Fiction Prize for his manuscript The Freedom of Birds, set to be published by Graywolf Press in 2026. His fiction has appeared in No Tokens, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Kwani?, Evergreen Review, and Jalada Africa. A 2023 Miles Morland scholar and a finalist for the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award. Kimutai’s work is known for its cultural depth and emotional resonance, making him a notable voice in contemporary African fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3bb2b45e-de74-4558-bb65-cd2c813b066a/NYASH_S+PHOTO_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya - Kenya Nyangari Macharia (Nyash) s a graduate and enthusiast of literature, and the 2022 Poets You Should Know Poetry Slam Queen. She uses her to advocate for the community and her environment, to inspire change and provoke conversations in regard to the socio-economic system. She aims to instigate change with every opportunity she gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/9b0d8a2f-5158-4b29-adb3-6082df6026e2/SLIM+SHAKA+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya - Kenya David Otieno AKA Slim Shaka is a performance poet and storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the reigning Poetry Slam Africa Champion (65th). Shaka has written and performed six poetry productions, the latest being Of A Dying Breed, a 2-hour production infusing sound design, puppetry, spoken word, music and contemporary dance. The conflicts of the 21st century world and the history behind it are the subjects of Slim Shaka's poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/38dd0c90-2789-4b66-8d27-dd879fd81439/Naddya_Image_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya - Kenya Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya is an Animation Director and Musician from Nairobi, Kenya. For the past 15 years, her practice has toyed with the upper limits of form and function, spanning Animation, Comics, Games, XR, Product Design and Music. Under her Nalo Studios banner, she is currently cultivating her slate originals, and has led her team through service work for Walt Disney Animation, Netflix Animation, Nickelodeon and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b0c03391-ca3c-47be-9c09-fbd889fd9524/portrait+Yvonne+Muinde_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya - Kenya Yvonne Muinde is an artist, muralist and illustrator and the founder of IKWETA ARTS who looks to share her experiences and knowledge as a Matte-Painting Supervisor and concept artist from her work at the best Post-Production (VFX) studios around the globe. Her Visual Effects career has spanned over 20 years working on numerous iconic and award-winning film productions. In 2009, Yvonne and her team were awarded the VES (Visual Effects Society) Award for Outstanding Matte-Painting in a Motion Picture for AVATAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/cdc0d338-7d54-48d0-aac4-586b1820534e/Buke+Abduba_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya - Kenya Buke Abduba is a Kenyan writer and pharmacist who was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2023. Her work has been featured in publications like Adda Stories, Lolwe, and an East African anthology Let Us Conspire and Other Stories (2024), published by Jahazi Press. She is currently working on a manuscript with a vision to authentically reflect the lives and experiences of people in her community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/91a23bb1-5127-4aaf-9deb-a164e5654426/head+shot+adam1%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya - Kenya Adam Chienjo is a Kenyan contemporary dancer, choreographer, artistic director, teacher, curator, and performance critic with 22 years of experience in interdisciplinary performances incorporating dance and movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc467962-cce3-47f6-a935-a2e73a851c89/SCHOLAR_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya - Kenya Scholar Akinyi is an award-winning writer. In her debut book, Hop, Skip and Jump, she brings to light the experiences of children caught up in Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence, emphasizing the importance of including children in discussions that shape a country's history. Akinyi's work has earned her the YouthHubAfrica Flash Fiction Award, and she was shortlisted for the inaugural African Writers Awards in Flash Fiction. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Writers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67f3eddc-0a51-4561-9a97-9152ff74e441/Schola_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya - Kenya Scholastica Moraa has a passion for poetry and stories. She expertly weaves her poems to present the full mix of emotions associated with love. Her work has been featured in Konch Online Magazine and Imbiza. She also writes for children. Ms. Moraa is a mother to one daughter, a literature lover, and an avid reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/54d378dc-1b80-41ca-9332-4866d0966462/Hassan+Ghedi+Santur_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya - Kenya Hassan Ghedi Santur s the author of the novels Something Remains and The Youth of God and the non-fiction book Maps of Exile. The Youth of God was a finalist for the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing. Nuur, the film adaptation of The Youth of God, is currently in pre-production. Santur is working on his third novel, Imagined Lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8b610ed2-094a-4f78-97a0-821e7aeb956c/Mshai+2020+photo+_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya - Kenya Mshai Mwangola is an oraturist / performance scholar who uses the lens of culture in her work as an academic, artist and activist. She is a storyteller who holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (USA), a Masters of Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University (Kenya). She is an Advisory Board member of the Macondo Literary Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d02a68eb-7c4a-4266-939e-b052e26a5bb4/DJM_Mpala+Elephant+June-2020_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins is a Kenyan artist, naturalist and writer. An entomologist and evolutionary biologist, he is currently the Director of the Turkana Basin Institute. He holds a PhD from Harvard University (2011) and seeks to share the wonder and diversity of nature, especially the hidden, beautiful details that are intrinsic to human life. Teaching people to see, understand and care about the details of the living world are central to his work and life. His latest natural history book, The Grasses of East Africa, has been received with wide acclaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f540651-1c87-4209-9d5e-bb9f5e92316a/Alex+Teyie+headshot+photo+pic_edited%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya - Kenya Alex/is Grace Teyie is an artist and researcher. Previous books include a poetry chapbook, Clay Plates: Broken Records of Kiswahili Proverbs, and a children's book, Shortcut. Teyie was one of the co-founders of Enkare Review, and currently works with Down River Road (DRR). They also provide advisory for nonprofits and startups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67a9c100-a600-4c59-b447-1d3d0b82859f/MUFASA_S+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya - Kenya Mufasa is a multi-award winning poet, actor, writer and a teaching artist from Kenya who uses his art to discuss and showcase works inspired by day-to-day life on the African continent. He constantly writes to speak on the commonality of our differences and to interrogate the social political environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b59d0587-77ce-4997-9991-5fb2d6f8284b/LAM1+small_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya - Kenya The LAM Sisterhood is an award-winning story company filling the world with stories for African women to feel seen, heard and beloved. From viral videos to podcasts, from stageplays to screenplays, they are obsessed with story in every form and genre. https://www.macondolitfest.org/portfolio-1-1/project-one-f5w4d-z9nem-s3jda-x8w73-5wtt2-84hx2-y697h-bbh69-b2zbg-mhrnw-z5bbj-aatw2-sbg6l-48tpe-k4bht-mzfxx-rplck-4wjw8-nh6pc-n54zc-t95gp monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/eeaf2fa4-a023-4223-b4ea-e643d39f9121/Khadija+portrait_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Yvonne Muinde - Kenya Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is a Kenyan writer and the author of The House of Rust which won the inaugural Graywolf Press Africa Prize and The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. You can find her work at Enkare Review, A Long House, Lolwe, and Down River Road among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3c96c762-7575-457c-a2a7-f5f5868b592a/Kiprop_Bio_Photo_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Yvonne Muinde - Kenya Kiprop Kimutai is a rising Kenyan writer who won the 2023 Graywolf African Fiction Prize for his manuscript The Freedom of Birds, set to be published by Graywolf Press in 2026. His fiction has appeared in No Tokens, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Kwani?, Evergreen Review, and Jalada Africa. A 2023 Miles Morland scholar and a finalist for the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award. Kimutai’s work is known for its cultural depth and emotional resonance, making him a notable voice in contemporary African fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3bb2b45e-de74-4558-bb65-cd2c813b066a/NYASH_S+PHOTO_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Yvonne Muinde - Kenya Nyangari Macharia (Nyash) s a graduate and enthusiast of literature, and the 2022 Poets You Should Know Poetry Slam Queen. She uses her to advocate for the community and her environment, to inspire change and provoke conversations in regard to the socio-economic system. She aims to instigate change with every opportunity she gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/9b0d8a2f-5158-4b29-adb3-6082df6026e2/SLIM+SHAKA+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Yvonne Muinde - Kenya David Otieno AKA Slim Shaka is a performance poet and storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the reigning Poetry Slam Africa Champion (65th). Shaka has written and performed six poetry productions, the latest being Of A Dying Breed, a 2-hour production infusing sound design, puppetry, spoken word, music and contemporary dance. The conflicts of the 21st century world and the history behind it are the subjects of Slim Shaka's poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/38dd0c90-2789-4b66-8d27-dd879fd81439/Naddya_Image_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Yvonne Muinde - Kenya Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya is an Animation Director and Musician from Nairobi, Kenya. For the past 15 years, her practice has toyed with the upper limits of form and function, spanning Animation, Comics, Games, XR, Product Design and Music. Under her Nalo Studios banner, she is currently cultivating her slate originals, and has led her team through service work for Walt Disney Animation, Netflix Animation, Nickelodeon and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b0c03391-ca3c-47be-9c09-fbd889fd9524/portrait+Yvonne+Muinde_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Yvonne Muinde - Kenya Yvonne Muinde is an artist, muralist and illustrator and the founder of IKWETA ARTS who looks to share her experiences and knowledge as a Matte-Painting Supervisor and concept artist from her work at the best Post-Production (VFX) studios around the globe. Her Visual Effects career has spanned over 20 years working on numerous iconic and award-winning film productions. In 2009, Yvonne and her team were awarded the VES (Visual Effects Society) Award for Outstanding Matte-Painting in a Motion Picture for AVATAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/cdc0d338-7d54-48d0-aac4-586b1820534e/Buke+Abduba_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Yvonne Muinde - Kenya Buke Abduba is a Kenyan writer and pharmacist who was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2023. Her work has been featured in publications like Adda Stories, Lolwe, and an East African anthology Let Us Conspire and Other Stories (2024), published by Jahazi Press. She is currently working on a manuscript with a vision to authentically reflect the lives and experiences of people in her community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/91a23bb1-5127-4aaf-9deb-a164e5654426/head+shot+adam1%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Yvonne Muinde - Kenya Adam Chienjo is a Kenyan contemporary dancer, choreographer, artistic director, teacher, curator, and performance critic with 22 years of experience in interdisciplinary performances incorporating dance and movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc467962-cce3-47f6-a935-a2e73a851c89/SCHOLAR_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Yvonne Muinde - Kenya Scholar Akinyi is an award-winning writer. In her debut book, Hop, Skip and Jump, she brings to light the experiences of children caught up in Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence, emphasizing the importance of including children in discussions that shape a country's history. Akinyi's work has earned her the YouthHubAfrica Flash Fiction Award, and she was shortlisted for the inaugural African Writers Awards in Flash Fiction. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Writers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67f3eddc-0a51-4561-9a97-9152ff74e441/Schola_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Yvonne Muinde - Kenya Scholastica Moraa has a passion for poetry and stories. She expertly weaves her poems to present the full mix of emotions associated with love. Her work has been featured in Konch Online Magazine and Imbiza. She also writes for children. Ms. Moraa is a mother to one daughter, a literature lover, and an avid reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/54d378dc-1b80-41ca-9332-4866d0966462/Hassan+Ghedi+Santur_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Yvonne Muinde - Kenya Hassan Ghedi Santur s the author of the novels Something Remains and The Youth of God and the non-fiction book Maps of Exile. The Youth of God was a finalist for the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing. Nuur, the film adaptation of The Youth of God, is currently in pre-production. Santur is working on his third novel, Imagined Lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8b610ed2-094a-4f78-97a0-821e7aeb956c/Mshai+2020+photo+_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Yvonne Muinde - Kenya Mshai Mwangola is an oraturist / performance scholar who uses the lens of culture in her work as an academic, artist and activist. She is a storyteller who holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (USA), a Masters of Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University (Kenya). She is an Advisory Board member of the Macondo Literary Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d02a68eb-7c4a-4266-939e-b052e26a5bb4/DJM_Mpala+Elephant+June-2020_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Yvonne Muinde - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins is a Kenyan artist, naturalist and writer. An entomologist and evolutionary biologist, he is currently the Director of the Turkana Basin Institute. He holds a PhD from Harvard University (2011) and seeks to share the wonder and diversity of nature, especially the hidden, beautiful details that are intrinsic to human life. Teaching people to see, understand and care about the details of the living world are central to his work and life. His latest natural history book, The Grasses of East Africa, has been received with wide acclaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f540651-1c87-4209-9d5e-bb9f5e92316a/Alex+Teyie+headshot+photo+pic_edited%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Yvonne Muinde - Kenya Alex/is Grace Teyie is an artist and researcher. Previous books include a poetry chapbook, Clay Plates: Broken Records of Kiswahili Proverbs, and a children's book, Shortcut. Teyie was one of the co-founders of Enkare Review, and currently works with Down River Road (DRR). They also provide advisory for nonprofits and startups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67a9c100-a600-4c59-b447-1d3d0b82859f/MUFASA_S+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Yvonne Muinde - Kenya Mufasa is a multi-award winning poet, actor, writer and a teaching artist from Kenya who uses his art to discuss and showcase works inspired by day-to-day life on the African continent. He constantly writes to speak on the commonality of our differences and to interrogate the social political environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b59d0587-77ce-4997-9991-5fb2d6f8284b/LAM1+small_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Yvonne Muinde - Kenya The LAM Sisterhood is an award-winning story company filling the world with stories for African women to feel seen, heard and beloved. From viral videos to podcasts, from stageplays to screenplays, they are obsessed with story in every form and genre. https://www.macondolitfest.org/portfolio-1-1/project-one-f5w4d-z9nem-s3jda-x8w73-5wtt2-84hx2-y697h-bbh69-b2zbg-mhrnw-z5bbj-aatw2-sbg6l-48tpe-k4bht-mzfxx-rplck-4wjw8-nh6pc-n54zc-t95gp-jbwtl monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/eeaf2fa4-a023-4223-b4ea-e643d39f9121/Khadija+portrait_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Buke Abduba - Kenya Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is a Kenyan writer and the author of The House of Rust which won the inaugural Graywolf Press Africa Prize and The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. You can find her work at Enkare Review, A Long House, Lolwe, and Down River Road among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3c96c762-7575-457c-a2a7-f5f5868b592a/Kiprop_Bio_Photo_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Buke Abduba - Kenya Kiprop Kimutai is a rising Kenyan writer who won the 2023 Graywolf African Fiction Prize for his manuscript The Freedom of Birds, set to be published by Graywolf Press in 2026. His fiction has appeared in No Tokens, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Kwani?, Evergreen Review, and Jalada Africa. A 2023 Miles Morland scholar and a finalist for the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award. Kimutai’s work is known for its cultural depth and emotional resonance, making him a notable voice in contemporary African fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3bb2b45e-de74-4558-bb65-cd2c813b066a/NYASH_S+PHOTO_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Buke Abduba - Kenya Nyangari Macharia (Nyash) s a graduate and enthusiast of literature, and the 2022 Poets You Should Know Poetry Slam Queen. She uses her to advocate for the community and her environment, to inspire change and provoke conversations in regard to the socio-economic system. She aims to instigate change with every opportunity she gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/9b0d8a2f-5158-4b29-adb3-6082df6026e2/SLIM+SHAKA+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Buke Abduba - Kenya David Otieno AKA Slim Shaka is a performance poet and storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the reigning Poetry Slam Africa Champion (65th). Shaka has written and performed six poetry productions, the latest being Of A Dying Breed, a 2-hour production infusing sound design, puppetry, spoken word, music and contemporary dance. The conflicts of the 21st century world and the history behind it are the subjects of Slim Shaka's poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/38dd0c90-2789-4b66-8d27-dd879fd81439/Naddya_Image_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Buke Abduba - Kenya Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya is an Animation Director and Musician from Nairobi, Kenya. For the past 15 years, her practice has toyed with the upper limits of form and function, spanning Animation, Comics, Games, XR, Product Design and Music. Under her Nalo Studios banner, she is currently cultivating her slate originals, and has led her team through service work for Walt Disney Animation, Netflix Animation, Nickelodeon and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b0c03391-ca3c-47be-9c09-fbd889fd9524/portrait+Yvonne+Muinde_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Buke Abduba - Kenya Yvonne Muinde is an artist, muralist and illustrator and the founder of IKWETA ARTS who looks to share her experiences and knowledge as a Matte-Painting Supervisor and concept artist from her work at the best Post-Production (VFX) studios around the globe. Her Visual Effects career has spanned over 20 years working on numerous iconic and award-winning film productions. In 2009, Yvonne and her team were awarded the VES (Visual Effects Society) Award for Outstanding Matte-Painting in a Motion Picture for AVATAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/cdc0d338-7d54-48d0-aac4-586b1820534e/Buke+Abduba_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Buke Abduba - Kenya Buke Abduba is a Kenyan writer and pharmacist who was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2023. Her work has been featured in publications like Adda Stories, Lolwe, and an East African anthology Let Us Conspire and Other Stories (2024), published by Jahazi Press. She is currently working on a manuscript with a vision to authentically reflect the lives and experiences of people in her community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/91a23bb1-5127-4aaf-9deb-a164e5654426/head+shot+adam1%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Buke Abduba - Kenya Adam Chienjo is a Kenyan contemporary dancer, choreographer, artistic director, teacher, curator, and performance critic with 22 years of experience in interdisciplinary performances incorporating dance and movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc467962-cce3-47f6-a935-a2e73a851c89/SCHOLAR_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Buke Abduba - Kenya Scholar Akinyi is an award-winning writer. In her debut book, Hop, Skip and Jump, she brings to light the experiences of children caught up in Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence, emphasizing the importance of including children in discussions that shape a country's history. Akinyi's work has earned her the YouthHubAfrica Flash Fiction Award, and she was shortlisted for the inaugural African Writers Awards in Flash Fiction. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Writers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67f3eddc-0a51-4561-9a97-9152ff74e441/Schola_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Buke Abduba - Kenya Scholastica Moraa has a passion for poetry and stories. She expertly weaves her poems to present the full mix of emotions associated with love. Her work has been featured in Konch Online Magazine and Imbiza. She also writes for children. Ms. Moraa is a mother to one daughter, a literature lover, and an avid reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/54d378dc-1b80-41ca-9332-4866d0966462/Hassan+Ghedi+Santur_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Buke Abduba - Kenya Hassan Ghedi Santur s the author of the novels Something Remains and The Youth of God and the non-fiction book Maps of Exile. The Youth of God was a finalist for the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing. Nuur, the film adaptation of The Youth of God, is currently in pre-production. Santur is working on his third novel, Imagined Lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8b610ed2-094a-4f78-97a0-821e7aeb956c/Mshai+2020+photo+_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Buke Abduba - Kenya Mshai Mwangola is an oraturist / performance scholar who uses the lens of culture in her work as an academic, artist and activist. She is a storyteller who holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (USA), a Masters of Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University (Kenya). She is an Advisory Board member of the Macondo Literary Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d02a68eb-7c4a-4266-939e-b052e26a5bb4/DJM_Mpala+Elephant+June-2020_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Buke Abduba - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins is a Kenyan artist, naturalist and writer. An entomologist and evolutionary biologist, he is currently the Director of the Turkana Basin Institute. He holds a PhD from Harvard University (2011) and seeks to share the wonder and diversity of nature, especially the hidden, beautiful details that are intrinsic to human life. Teaching people to see, understand and care about the details of the living world are central to his work and life. His latest natural history book, The Grasses of East Africa, has been received with wide acclaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f540651-1c87-4209-9d5e-bb9f5e92316a/Alex+Teyie+headshot+photo+pic_edited%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Buke Abduba - Kenya Alex/is Grace Teyie is an artist and researcher. Previous books include a poetry chapbook, Clay Plates: Broken Records of Kiswahili Proverbs, and a children's book, Shortcut. Teyie was one of the co-founders of Enkare Review, and currently works with Down River Road (DRR). They also provide advisory for nonprofits and startups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67a9c100-a600-4c59-b447-1d3d0b82859f/MUFASA_S+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Buke Abduba - Kenya Mufasa is a multi-award winning poet, actor, writer and a teaching artist from Kenya who uses his art to discuss and showcase works inspired by day-to-day life on the African continent. He constantly writes to speak on the commonality of our differences and to interrogate the social political environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b59d0587-77ce-4997-9991-5fb2d6f8284b/LAM1+small_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Buke Abduba - Kenya The LAM Sisterhood is an award-winning story company filling the world with stories for African women to feel seen, heard and beloved. From viral videos to podcasts, from stageplays to screenplays, they are obsessed with story in every form and genre. https://www.macondolitfest.org/portfolio-1-1/project-one-f5w4d-z9nem-s3jda-x8w73-5wtt2-84hx2-y697h-bbh69-b2zbg-mhrnw-z5bbj-aatw2-sbg6l-48tpe-k4bht-mzfxx-rplck-4wjw8-nh6pc-n54zc-t95gp-jbwtl-wfe5s monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/eeaf2fa4-a023-4223-b4ea-e643d39f9121/Khadija+portrait_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholar Akinyi - Kenya Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is a Kenyan writer and the author of The House of Rust which won the inaugural Graywolf Press Africa Prize and The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. You can find her work at Enkare Review, A Long House, Lolwe, and Down River Road among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3c96c762-7575-457c-a2a7-f5f5868b592a/Kiprop_Bio_Photo_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholar Akinyi - Kenya Kiprop Kimutai is a rising Kenyan writer who won the 2023 Graywolf African Fiction Prize for his manuscript The Freedom of Birds, set to be published by Graywolf Press in 2026. His fiction has appeared in No Tokens, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Kwani?, Evergreen Review, and Jalada Africa. A 2023 Miles Morland scholar and a finalist for the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award. Kimutai’s work is known for its cultural depth and emotional resonance, making him a notable voice in contemporary African fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3bb2b45e-de74-4558-bb65-cd2c813b066a/NYASH_S+PHOTO_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholar Akinyi - Kenya Nyangari Macharia (Nyash) s a graduate and enthusiast of literature, and the 2022 Poets You Should Know Poetry Slam Queen. She uses her to advocate for the community and her environment, to inspire change and provoke conversations in regard to the socio-economic system. She aims to instigate change with every opportunity she gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/9b0d8a2f-5158-4b29-adb3-6082df6026e2/SLIM+SHAKA+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholar Akinyi - Kenya David Otieno AKA Slim Shaka is a performance poet and storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the reigning Poetry Slam Africa Champion (65th). Shaka has written and performed six poetry productions, the latest being Of A Dying Breed, a 2-hour production infusing sound design, puppetry, spoken word, music and contemporary dance. The conflicts of the 21st century world and the history behind it are the subjects of Slim Shaka's poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/38dd0c90-2789-4b66-8d27-dd879fd81439/Naddya_Image_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholar Akinyi - Kenya Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya is an Animation Director and Musician from Nairobi, Kenya. For the past 15 years, her practice has toyed with the upper limits of form and function, spanning Animation, Comics, Games, XR, Product Design and Music. Under her Nalo Studios banner, she is currently cultivating her slate originals, and has led her team through service work for Walt Disney Animation, Netflix Animation, Nickelodeon and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b0c03391-ca3c-47be-9c09-fbd889fd9524/portrait+Yvonne+Muinde_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholar Akinyi - Kenya Yvonne Muinde is an artist, muralist and illustrator and the founder of IKWETA ARTS who looks to share her experiences and knowledge as a Matte-Painting Supervisor and concept artist from her work at the best Post-Production (VFX) studios around the globe. Her Visual Effects career has spanned over 20 years working on numerous iconic and award-winning film productions. In 2009, Yvonne and her team were awarded the VES (Visual Effects Society) Award for Outstanding Matte-Painting in a Motion Picture for AVATAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/cdc0d338-7d54-48d0-aac4-586b1820534e/Buke+Abduba_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholar Akinyi - Kenya Buke Abduba is a Kenyan writer and pharmacist who was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2023. Her work has been featured in publications like Adda Stories, Lolwe, and an East African anthology Let Us Conspire and Other Stories (2024), published by Jahazi Press. She is currently working on a manuscript with a vision to authentically reflect the lives and experiences of people in her community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/91a23bb1-5127-4aaf-9deb-a164e5654426/head+shot+adam1%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholar Akinyi - Kenya Adam Chienjo is a Kenyan contemporary dancer, choreographer, artistic director, teacher, curator, and performance critic with 22 years of experience in interdisciplinary performances incorporating dance and movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc467962-cce3-47f6-a935-a2e73a851c89/SCHOLAR_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholar Akinyi - Kenya Scholar Akinyi is an award-winning writer. In her debut book, Hop, Skip and Jump, she brings to light the experiences of children caught up in Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence, emphasizing the importance of including children in discussions that shape a country's history. Akinyi's work has earned her the YouthHubAfrica Flash Fiction Award, and she was shortlisted for the inaugural African Writers Awards in Flash Fiction. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Writers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67f3eddc-0a51-4561-9a97-9152ff74e441/Schola_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholar Akinyi - Kenya Scholastica Moraa has a passion for poetry and stories. She expertly weaves her poems to present the full mix of emotions associated with love. Her work has been featured in Konch Online Magazine and Imbiza. She also writes for children. Ms. Moraa is a mother to one daughter, a literature lover, and an avid reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/54d378dc-1b80-41ca-9332-4866d0966462/Hassan+Ghedi+Santur_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholar Akinyi - Kenya Hassan Ghedi Santur s the author of the novels Something Remains and The Youth of God and the non-fiction book Maps of Exile. The Youth of God was a finalist for the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing. Nuur, the film adaptation of The Youth of God, is currently in pre-production. Santur is working on his third novel, Imagined Lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8b610ed2-094a-4f78-97a0-821e7aeb956c/Mshai+2020+photo+_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholar Akinyi - Kenya Mshai Mwangola is an oraturist / performance scholar who uses the lens of culture in her work as an academic, artist and activist. She is a storyteller who holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (USA), a Masters of Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University (Kenya). She is an Advisory Board member of the Macondo Literary Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d02a68eb-7c4a-4266-939e-b052e26a5bb4/DJM_Mpala+Elephant+June-2020_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholar Akinyi - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins is a Kenyan artist, naturalist and writer. An entomologist and evolutionary biologist, he is currently the Director of the Turkana Basin Institute. He holds a PhD from Harvard University (2011) and seeks to share the wonder and diversity of nature, especially the hidden, beautiful details that are intrinsic to human life. Teaching people to see, understand and care about the details of the living world are central to his work and life. His latest natural history book, The Grasses of East Africa, has been received with wide acclaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f540651-1c87-4209-9d5e-bb9f5e92316a/Alex+Teyie+headshot+photo+pic_edited%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholar Akinyi - Kenya Alex/is Grace Teyie is an artist and researcher. Previous books include a poetry chapbook, Clay Plates: Broken Records of Kiswahili Proverbs, and a children's book, Shortcut. Teyie was one of the co-founders of Enkare Review, and currently works with Down River Road (DRR). They also provide advisory for nonprofits and startups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67a9c100-a600-4c59-b447-1d3d0b82859f/MUFASA_S+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholar Akinyi - Kenya Mufasa is a multi-award winning poet, actor, writer and a teaching artist from Kenya who uses his art to discuss and showcase works inspired by day-to-day life on the African continent. He constantly writes to speak on the commonality of our differences and to interrogate the social political environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b59d0587-77ce-4997-9991-5fb2d6f8284b/LAM1+small_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholar Akinyi - Kenya The LAM Sisterhood is an award-winning story company filling the world with stories for African women to feel seen, heard and beloved. From viral videos to podcasts, from stageplays to screenplays, they are obsessed with story in every form and genre. https://www.macondolitfest.org/portfolio-1-1/project-one-f5w4d-z9nem-s3jda-x8w73-5wtt2-84hx2-y697h-bbh69-b2zbg-mhrnw-z5bbj-aatw2-sbg6l-48tpe-k4bht-mzfxx-rplck-4wjw8-nh6pc-n54zc-t95gp-jbwtl-wfe5s-2m48h monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/eeaf2fa4-a023-4223-b4ea-e643d39f9121/Khadija+portrait_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholastica Moraa - Kenya Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is a Kenyan writer and the author of The House of Rust which won the inaugural Graywolf Press Africa Prize and The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. You can find her work at Enkare Review, A Long House, Lolwe, and Down River Road among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3c96c762-7575-457c-a2a7-f5f5868b592a/Kiprop_Bio_Photo_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholastica Moraa - Kenya Kiprop Kimutai is a rising Kenyan writer who won the 2023 Graywolf African Fiction Prize for his manuscript The Freedom of Birds, set to be published by Graywolf Press in 2026. His fiction has appeared in No Tokens, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Kwani?, Evergreen Review, and Jalada Africa. A 2023 Miles Morland scholar and a finalist for the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award. Kimutai’s work is known for its cultural depth and emotional resonance, making him a notable voice in contemporary African fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3bb2b45e-de74-4558-bb65-cd2c813b066a/NYASH_S+PHOTO_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholastica Moraa - Kenya Nyangari Macharia (Nyash) s a graduate and enthusiast of literature, and the 2022 Poets You Should Know Poetry Slam Queen. She uses her to advocate for the community and her environment, to inspire change and provoke conversations in regard to the socio-economic system. She aims to instigate change with every opportunity she gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/9b0d8a2f-5158-4b29-adb3-6082df6026e2/SLIM+SHAKA+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholastica Moraa - Kenya David Otieno AKA Slim Shaka is a performance poet and storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the reigning Poetry Slam Africa Champion (65th). Shaka has written and performed six poetry productions, the latest being Of A Dying Breed, a 2-hour production infusing sound design, puppetry, spoken word, music and contemporary dance. The conflicts of the 21st century world and the history behind it are the subjects of Slim Shaka's poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/38dd0c90-2789-4b66-8d27-dd879fd81439/Naddya_Image_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholastica Moraa - Kenya Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya is an Animation Director and Musician from Nairobi, Kenya. For the past 15 years, her practice has toyed with the upper limits of form and function, spanning Animation, Comics, Games, XR, Product Design and Music. Under her Nalo Studios banner, she is currently cultivating her slate originals, and has led her team through service work for Walt Disney Animation, Netflix Animation, Nickelodeon and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b0c03391-ca3c-47be-9c09-fbd889fd9524/portrait+Yvonne+Muinde_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholastica Moraa - Kenya Yvonne Muinde is an artist, muralist and illustrator and the founder of IKWETA ARTS who looks to share her experiences and knowledge as a Matte-Painting Supervisor and concept artist from her work at the best Post-Production (VFX) studios around the globe. Her Visual Effects career has spanned over 20 years working on numerous iconic and award-winning film productions. In 2009, Yvonne and her team were awarded the VES (Visual Effects Society) Award for Outstanding Matte-Painting in a Motion Picture for AVATAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/cdc0d338-7d54-48d0-aac4-586b1820534e/Buke+Abduba_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholastica Moraa - Kenya Buke Abduba is a Kenyan writer and pharmacist who was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2023. Her work has been featured in publications like Adda Stories, Lolwe, and an East African anthology Let Us Conspire and Other Stories (2024), published by Jahazi Press. She is currently working on a manuscript with a vision to authentically reflect the lives and experiences of people in her community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/91a23bb1-5127-4aaf-9deb-a164e5654426/head+shot+adam1%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholastica Moraa - Kenya Adam Chienjo is a Kenyan contemporary dancer, choreographer, artistic director, teacher, curator, and performance critic with 22 years of experience in interdisciplinary performances incorporating dance and movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc467962-cce3-47f6-a935-a2e73a851c89/SCHOLAR_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholastica Moraa - Kenya Scholar Akinyi is an award-winning writer. In her debut book, Hop, Skip and Jump, she brings to light the experiences of children caught up in Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence, emphasizing the importance of including children in discussions that shape a country's history. Akinyi's work has earned her the YouthHubAfrica Flash Fiction Award, and she was shortlisted for the inaugural African Writers Awards in Flash Fiction. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Writers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67f3eddc-0a51-4561-9a97-9152ff74e441/Schola_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholastica Moraa - Kenya Scholastica Moraa has a passion for poetry and stories. She expertly weaves her poems to present the full mix of emotions associated with love. Her work has been featured in Konch Online Magazine and Imbiza. She also writes for children. Ms. Moraa is a mother to one daughter, a literature lover, and an avid reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/54d378dc-1b80-41ca-9332-4866d0966462/Hassan+Ghedi+Santur_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholastica Moraa - Kenya Hassan Ghedi Santur s the author of the novels Something Remains and The Youth of God and the non-fiction book Maps of Exile. The Youth of God was a finalist for the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing. Nuur, the film adaptation of The Youth of God, is currently in pre-production. Santur is working on his third novel, Imagined Lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8b610ed2-094a-4f78-97a0-821e7aeb956c/Mshai+2020+photo+_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholastica Moraa - Kenya Mshai Mwangola is an oraturist / performance scholar who uses the lens of culture in her work as an academic, artist and activist. She is a storyteller who holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (USA), a Masters of Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University (Kenya). She is an Advisory Board member of the Macondo Literary Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d02a68eb-7c4a-4266-939e-b052e26a5bb4/DJM_Mpala+Elephant+June-2020_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholastica Moraa - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins is a Kenyan artist, naturalist and writer. An entomologist and evolutionary biologist, he is currently the Director of the Turkana Basin Institute. He holds a PhD from Harvard University (2011) and seeks to share the wonder and diversity of nature, especially the hidden, beautiful details that are intrinsic to human life. Teaching people to see, understand and care about the details of the living world are central to his work and life. His latest natural history book, The Grasses of East Africa, has been received with wide acclaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f540651-1c87-4209-9d5e-bb9f5e92316a/Alex+Teyie+headshot+photo+pic_edited%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholastica Moraa - Kenya Alex/is Grace Teyie is an artist and researcher. Previous books include a poetry chapbook, Clay Plates: Broken Records of Kiswahili Proverbs, and a children's book, Shortcut. Teyie was one of the co-founders of Enkare Review, and currently works with Down River Road (DRR). They also provide advisory for nonprofits and startups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67a9c100-a600-4c59-b447-1d3d0b82859f/MUFASA_S+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholastica Moraa - Kenya Mufasa is a multi-award winning poet, actor, writer and a teaching artist from Kenya who uses his art to discuss and showcase works inspired by day-to-day life on the African continent. He constantly writes to speak on the commonality of our differences and to interrogate the social political environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b59d0587-77ce-4997-9991-5fb2d6f8284b/LAM1+small_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Scholastica Moraa - Kenya The LAM Sisterhood is an award-winning story company filling the world with stories for African women to feel seen, heard and beloved. From viral videos to podcasts, from stageplays to screenplays, they are obsessed with story in every form and genre. https://www.macondolitfest.org/portfolio-1-1/project-one-f5w4d-z9nem-s3jda-x8w73-5wtt2-84hx2-y697h-bbh69-b2zbg-mhrnw-z5bbj-aatw2-sbg6l-48tpe-k4bht-mzfxx-rplck-4wjw8-nh6pc-n54zc-t95gp-jbwtl-wfe5s-2m48h-x3x6y monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/eeaf2fa4-a023-4223-b4ea-e643d39f9121/Khadija+portrait_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Hassan Gedhi Santur - Kenya Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is a Kenyan writer and the author of The House of Rust which won the inaugural Graywolf Press Africa Prize and The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. You can find her work at Enkare Review, A Long House, Lolwe, and Down River Road among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3c96c762-7575-457c-a2a7-f5f5868b592a/Kiprop_Bio_Photo_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Hassan Gedhi Santur - Kenya Kiprop Kimutai is a rising Kenyan writer who won the 2023 Graywolf African Fiction Prize for his manuscript The Freedom of Birds, set to be published by Graywolf Press in 2026. His fiction has appeared in No Tokens, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Kwani?, Evergreen Review, and Jalada Africa. A 2023 Miles Morland scholar and a finalist for the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award. Kimutai’s work is known for its cultural depth and emotional resonance, making him a notable voice in contemporary African fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3bb2b45e-de74-4558-bb65-cd2c813b066a/NYASH_S+PHOTO_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Hassan Gedhi Santur - Kenya Nyangari Macharia (Nyash) s a graduate and enthusiast of literature, and the 2022 Poets You Should Know Poetry Slam Queen. She uses her to advocate for the community and her environment, to inspire change and provoke conversations in regard to the socio-economic system. She aims to instigate change with every opportunity she gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/9b0d8a2f-5158-4b29-adb3-6082df6026e2/SLIM+SHAKA+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Hassan Gedhi Santur - Kenya David Otieno AKA Slim Shaka is a performance poet and storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the reigning Poetry Slam Africa Champion (65th). Shaka has written and performed six poetry productions, the latest being Of A Dying Breed, a 2-hour production infusing sound design, puppetry, spoken word, music and contemporary dance. The conflicts of the 21st century world and the history behind it are the subjects of Slim Shaka's poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/38dd0c90-2789-4b66-8d27-dd879fd81439/Naddya_Image_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Hassan Gedhi Santur - Kenya Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya is an Animation Director and Musician from Nairobi, Kenya. For the past 15 years, her practice has toyed with the upper limits of form and function, spanning Animation, Comics, Games, XR, Product Design and Music. Under her Nalo Studios banner, she is currently cultivating her slate originals, and has led her team through service work for Walt Disney Animation, Netflix Animation, Nickelodeon and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b0c03391-ca3c-47be-9c09-fbd889fd9524/portrait+Yvonne+Muinde_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Hassan Gedhi Santur - Kenya Yvonne Muinde is an artist, muralist and illustrator and the founder of IKWETA ARTS who looks to share her experiences and knowledge as a Matte-Painting Supervisor and concept artist from her work at the best Post-Production (VFX) studios around the globe. Her Visual Effects career has spanned over 20 years working on numerous iconic and award-winning film productions. In 2009, Yvonne and her team were awarded the VES (Visual Effects Society) Award for Outstanding Matte-Painting in a Motion Picture for AVATAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/cdc0d338-7d54-48d0-aac4-586b1820534e/Buke+Abduba_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Hassan Gedhi Santur - Kenya Buke Abduba is a Kenyan writer and pharmacist who was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2023. Her work has been featured in publications like Adda Stories, Lolwe, and an East African anthology Let Us Conspire and Other Stories (2024), published by Jahazi Press. She is currently working on a manuscript with a vision to authentically reflect the lives and experiences of people in her community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/91a23bb1-5127-4aaf-9deb-a164e5654426/head+shot+adam1%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Hassan Gedhi Santur - Kenya Adam Chienjo is a Kenyan contemporary dancer, choreographer, artistic director, teacher, curator, and performance critic with 22 years of experience in interdisciplinary performances incorporating dance and movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc467962-cce3-47f6-a935-a2e73a851c89/SCHOLAR_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Hassan Gedhi Santur - Kenya Scholar Akinyi is an award-winning writer. In her debut book, Hop, Skip and Jump, she brings to light the experiences of children caught up in Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence, emphasizing the importance of including children in discussions that shape a country's history. Akinyi's work has earned her the YouthHubAfrica Flash Fiction Award, and she was shortlisted for the inaugural African Writers Awards in Flash Fiction. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Writers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67f3eddc-0a51-4561-9a97-9152ff74e441/Schola_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Hassan Gedhi Santur - Kenya Scholastica Moraa has a passion for poetry and stories. She expertly weaves her poems to present the full mix of emotions associated with love. Her work has been featured in Konch Online Magazine and Imbiza. She also writes for children. Ms. Moraa is a mother to one daughter, a literature lover, and an avid reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/54d378dc-1b80-41ca-9332-4866d0966462/Hassan+Ghedi+Santur_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Hassan Gedhi Santur - Kenya Hassan Ghedi Santur s the author of the novels Something Remains and The Youth of God and the non-fiction book Maps of Exile. The Youth of God was a finalist for the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing. Nuur, the film adaptation of The Youth of God, is currently in pre-production. Santur is working on his third novel, Imagined Lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8b610ed2-094a-4f78-97a0-821e7aeb956c/Mshai+2020+photo+_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Hassan Gedhi Santur - Kenya Mshai Mwangola is an oraturist / performance scholar who uses the lens of culture in her work as an academic, artist and activist. She is a storyteller who holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (USA), a Masters of Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University (Kenya). She is an Advisory Board member of the Macondo Literary Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d02a68eb-7c4a-4266-939e-b052e26a5bb4/DJM_Mpala+Elephant+June-2020_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Hassan Gedhi Santur - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins is a Kenyan artist, naturalist and writer. An entomologist and evolutionary biologist, he is currently the Director of the Turkana Basin Institute. He holds a PhD from Harvard University (2011) and seeks to share the wonder and diversity of nature, especially the hidden, beautiful details that are intrinsic to human life. Teaching people to see, understand and care about the details of the living world are central to his work and life. His latest natural history book, The Grasses of East Africa, has been received with wide acclaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f540651-1c87-4209-9d5e-bb9f5e92316a/Alex+Teyie+headshot+photo+pic_edited%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Hassan Gedhi Santur - Kenya Alex/is Grace Teyie is an artist and researcher. Previous books include a poetry chapbook, Clay Plates: Broken Records of Kiswahili Proverbs, and a children's book, Shortcut. Teyie was one of the co-founders of Enkare Review, and currently works with Down River Road (DRR). They also provide advisory for nonprofits and startups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67a9c100-a600-4c59-b447-1d3d0b82859f/MUFASA_S+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Hassan Gedhi Santur - Kenya Mufasa is a multi-award winning poet, actor, writer and a teaching artist from Kenya who uses his art to discuss and showcase works inspired by day-to-day life on the African continent. He constantly writes to speak on the commonality of our differences and to interrogate the social political environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b59d0587-77ce-4997-9991-5fb2d6f8284b/LAM1+small_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Hassan Gedhi Santur - Kenya The LAM Sisterhood is an award-winning story company filling the world with stories for African women to feel seen, heard and beloved. From viral videos to podcasts, from stageplays to screenplays, they are obsessed with story in every form and genre. https://www.macondolitfest.org/portfolio-1-1/project-one-f5w4d-z9nem-s3jda-x8w73-5wtt2-84hx2-y697h-bbh69-b2zbg-mhrnw-z5bbj-aatw2-sbg6l-48tpe-k4bht-mzfxx-rplck-4wjw8-nh6pc-n54zc-t95gp-jbwtl-wfe5s-2m48h-x3x6y-67yw2 monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/eeaf2fa4-a023-4223-b4ea-e643d39f9121/Khadija+portrait_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mshai Mwangola - Kenya Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is a Kenyan writer and the author of The House of Rust which won the inaugural Graywolf Press Africa Prize and The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. You can find her work at Enkare Review, A Long House, Lolwe, and Down River Road among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3c96c762-7575-457c-a2a7-f5f5868b592a/Kiprop_Bio_Photo_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mshai Mwangola - Kenya Kiprop Kimutai is a rising Kenyan writer who won the 2023 Graywolf African Fiction Prize for his manuscript The Freedom of Birds, set to be published by Graywolf Press in 2026. His fiction has appeared in No Tokens, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Kwani?, Evergreen Review, and Jalada Africa. A 2023 Miles Morland scholar and a finalist for the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award. Kimutai’s work is known for its cultural depth and emotional resonance, making him a notable voice in contemporary African fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3bb2b45e-de74-4558-bb65-cd2c813b066a/NYASH_S+PHOTO_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mshai Mwangola - Kenya Nyangari Macharia (Nyash) s a graduate and enthusiast of literature, and the 2022 Poets You Should Know Poetry Slam Queen. She uses her to advocate for the community and her environment, to inspire change and provoke conversations in regard to the socio-economic system. She aims to instigate change with every opportunity she gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/9b0d8a2f-5158-4b29-adb3-6082df6026e2/SLIM+SHAKA+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mshai Mwangola - Kenya David Otieno AKA Slim Shaka is a performance poet and storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the reigning Poetry Slam Africa Champion (65th). Shaka has written and performed six poetry productions, the latest being Of A Dying Breed, a 2-hour production infusing sound design, puppetry, spoken word, music and contemporary dance. The conflicts of the 21st century world and the history behind it are the subjects of Slim Shaka's poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/38dd0c90-2789-4b66-8d27-dd879fd81439/Naddya_Image_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mshai Mwangola - Kenya Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya is an Animation Director and Musician from Nairobi, Kenya. For the past 15 years, her practice has toyed with the upper limits of form and function, spanning Animation, Comics, Games, XR, Product Design and Music. Under her Nalo Studios banner, she is currently cultivating her slate originals, and has led her team through service work for Walt Disney Animation, Netflix Animation, Nickelodeon and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b0c03391-ca3c-47be-9c09-fbd889fd9524/portrait+Yvonne+Muinde_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mshai Mwangola - Kenya Yvonne Muinde is an artist, muralist and illustrator and the founder of IKWETA ARTS who looks to share her experiences and knowledge as a Matte-Painting Supervisor and concept artist from her work at the best Post-Production (VFX) studios around the globe. Her Visual Effects career has spanned over 20 years working on numerous iconic and award-winning film productions. In 2009, Yvonne and her team were awarded the VES (Visual Effects Society) Award for Outstanding Matte-Painting in a Motion Picture for AVATAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/cdc0d338-7d54-48d0-aac4-586b1820534e/Buke+Abduba_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mshai Mwangola - Kenya Buke Abduba is a Kenyan writer and pharmacist who was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2023. Her work has been featured in publications like Adda Stories, Lolwe, and an East African anthology Let Us Conspire and Other Stories (2024), published by Jahazi Press. She is currently working on a manuscript with a vision to authentically reflect the lives and experiences of people in her community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/91a23bb1-5127-4aaf-9deb-a164e5654426/head+shot+adam1%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mshai Mwangola - Kenya Adam Chienjo is a Kenyan contemporary dancer, choreographer, artistic director, teacher, curator, and performance critic with 22 years of experience in interdisciplinary performances incorporating dance and movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc467962-cce3-47f6-a935-a2e73a851c89/SCHOLAR_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mshai Mwangola - Kenya Scholar Akinyi is an award-winning writer. In her debut book, Hop, Skip and Jump, she brings to light the experiences of children caught up in Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence, emphasizing the importance of including children in discussions that shape a country's history. Akinyi's work has earned her the YouthHubAfrica Flash Fiction Award, and she was shortlisted for the inaugural African Writers Awards in Flash Fiction. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Writers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67f3eddc-0a51-4561-9a97-9152ff74e441/Schola_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mshai Mwangola - Kenya Scholastica Moraa has a passion for poetry and stories. She expertly weaves her poems to present the full mix of emotions associated with love. Her work has been featured in Konch Online Magazine and Imbiza. She also writes for children. Ms. Moraa is a mother to one daughter, a literature lover, and an avid reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/54d378dc-1b80-41ca-9332-4866d0966462/Hassan+Ghedi+Santur_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mshai Mwangola - Kenya Hassan Ghedi Santur s the author of the novels Something Remains and The Youth of God and the non-fiction book Maps of Exile. The Youth of God was a finalist for the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing. Nuur, the film adaptation of The Youth of God, is currently in pre-production. Santur is working on his third novel, Imagined Lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8b610ed2-094a-4f78-97a0-821e7aeb956c/Mshai+2020+photo+_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mshai Mwangola - Kenya Mshai Mwangola is an oraturist / performance scholar who uses the lens of culture in her work as an academic, artist and activist. She is a storyteller who holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (USA), a Masters of Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University (Kenya). She is an Advisory Board member of the Macondo Literary Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d02a68eb-7c4a-4266-939e-b052e26a5bb4/DJM_Mpala+Elephant+June-2020_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mshai Mwangola - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins is a Kenyan artist, naturalist and writer. An entomologist and evolutionary biologist, he is currently the Director of the Turkana Basin Institute. He holds a PhD from Harvard University (2011) and seeks to share the wonder and diversity of nature, especially the hidden, beautiful details that are intrinsic to human life. Teaching people to see, understand and care about the details of the living world are central to his work and life. His latest natural history book, The Grasses of East Africa, has been received with wide acclaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f540651-1c87-4209-9d5e-bb9f5e92316a/Alex+Teyie+headshot+photo+pic_edited%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mshai Mwangola - Kenya Alex/is Grace Teyie is an artist and researcher. Previous books include a poetry chapbook, Clay Plates: Broken Records of Kiswahili Proverbs, and a children's book, Shortcut. Teyie was one of the co-founders of Enkare Review, and currently works with Down River Road (DRR). They also provide advisory for nonprofits and startups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67a9c100-a600-4c59-b447-1d3d0b82859f/MUFASA_S+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mshai Mwangola - Kenya Mufasa is a multi-award winning poet, actor, writer and a teaching artist from Kenya who uses his art to discuss and showcase works inspired by day-to-day life on the African continent. He constantly writes to speak on the commonality of our differences and to interrogate the social political environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b59d0587-77ce-4997-9991-5fb2d6f8284b/LAM1+small_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Mshai Mwangola - Kenya The LAM Sisterhood is an award-winning story company filling the world with stories for African women to feel seen, heard and beloved. From viral videos to podcasts, from stageplays to screenplays, they are obsessed with story in every form and genre. https://www.macondolitfest.org/portfolio-1-1/project-one-f5w4d-z9nem-s3jda-x8w73-5wtt2-84hx2-y697h-bbh69-b2zbg-mhrnw-z5bbj-aatw2-sbg6l-48tpe-k4bht-mzfxx-rplck-4wjw8-nh6pc-n54zc-t95gp-jbwtl-wfe5s-2m48h-x3x6y-67yw2-glyzx monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/eeaf2fa4-a023-4223-b4ea-e643d39f9121/Khadija+portrait_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Dino Martins - Kenya Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is a Kenyan writer and the author of The House of Rust which won the inaugural Graywolf Press Africa Prize and The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. You can find her work at Enkare Review, A Long House, Lolwe, and Down River Road among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3c96c762-7575-457c-a2a7-f5f5868b592a/Kiprop_Bio_Photo_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Dino Martins - Kenya Kiprop Kimutai is a rising Kenyan writer who won the 2023 Graywolf African Fiction Prize for his manuscript The Freedom of Birds, set to be published by Graywolf Press in 2026. His fiction has appeared in No Tokens, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Kwani?, Evergreen Review, and Jalada Africa. A 2023 Miles Morland scholar and a finalist for the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award. Kimutai’s work is known for its cultural depth and emotional resonance, making him a notable voice in contemporary African fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3bb2b45e-de74-4558-bb65-cd2c813b066a/NYASH_S+PHOTO_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Dino Martins - Kenya Nyangari Macharia (Nyash) s a graduate and enthusiast of literature, and the 2022 Poets You Should Know Poetry Slam Queen. She uses her to advocate for the community and her environment, to inspire change and provoke conversations in regard to the socio-economic system. She aims to instigate change with every opportunity she gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/9b0d8a2f-5158-4b29-adb3-6082df6026e2/SLIM+SHAKA+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Dino Martins - Kenya David Otieno AKA Slim Shaka is a performance poet and storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the reigning Poetry Slam Africa Champion (65th). Shaka has written and performed six poetry productions, the latest being Of A Dying Breed, a 2-hour production infusing sound design, puppetry, spoken word, music and contemporary dance. The conflicts of the 21st century world and the history behind it are the subjects of Slim Shaka's poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/38dd0c90-2789-4b66-8d27-dd879fd81439/Naddya_Image_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Dino Martins - Kenya Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya is an Animation Director and Musician from Nairobi, Kenya. For the past 15 years, her practice has toyed with the upper limits of form and function, spanning Animation, Comics, Games, XR, Product Design and Music. Under her Nalo Studios banner, she is currently cultivating her slate originals, and has led her team through service work for Walt Disney Animation, Netflix Animation, Nickelodeon and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b0c03391-ca3c-47be-9c09-fbd889fd9524/portrait+Yvonne+Muinde_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Dino Martins - Kenya Yvonne Muinde is an artist, muralist and illustrator and the founder of IKWETA ARTS who looks to share her experiences and knowledge as a Matte-Painting Supervisor and concept artist from her work at the best Post-Production (VFX) studios around the globe. Her Visual Effects career has spanned over 20 years working on numerous iconic and award-winning film productions. In 2009, Yvonne and her team were awarded the VES (Visual Effects Society) Award for Outstanding Matte-Painting in a Motion Picture for AVATAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/cdc0d338-7d54-48d0-aac4-586b1820534e/Buke+Abduba_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Dino Martins - Kenya Buke Abduba is a Kenyan writer and pharmacist who was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2023. Her work has been featured in publications like Adda Stories, Lolwe, and an East African anthology Let Us Conspire and Other Stories (2024), published by Jahazi Press. She is currently working on a manuscript with a vision to authentically reflect the lives and experiences of people in her community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/91a23bb1-5127-4aaf-9deb-a164e5654426/head+shot+adam1%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Dino Martins - Kenya Adam Chienjo is a Kenyan contemporary dancer, choreographer, artistic director, teacher, curator, and performance critic with 22 years of experience in interdisciplinary performances incorporating dance and movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc467962-cce3-47f6-a935-a2e73a851c89/SCHOLAR_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Dino Martins - Kenya Scholar Akinyi is an award-winning writer. In her debut book, Hop, Skip and Jump, she brings to light the experiences of children caught up in Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence, emphasizing the importance of including children in discussions that shape a country's history. Akinyi's work has earned her the YouthHubAfrica Flash Fiction Award, and she was shortlisted for the inaugural African Writers Awards in Flash Fiction. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Writers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67f3eddc-0a51-4561-9a97-9152ff74e441/Schola_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Dino Martins - Kenya Scholastica Moraa has a passion for poetry and stories. She expertly weaves her poems to present the full mix of emotions associated with love. Her work has been featured in Konch Online Magazine and Imbiza. She also writes for children. Ms. Moraa is a mother to one daughter, a literature lover, and an avid reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/54d378dc-1b80-41ca-9332-4866d0966462/Hassan+Ghedi+Santur_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Dino Martins - Kenya Hassan Ghedi Santur s the author of the novels Something Remains and The Youth of God and the non-fiction book Maps of Exile. The Youth of God was a finalist for the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing. Nuur, the film adaptation of The Youth of God, is currently in pre-production. Santur is working on his third novel, Imagined Lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8b610ed2-094a-4f78-97a0-821e7aeb956c/Mshai+2020+photo+_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Dino Martins - Kenya Mshai Mwangola is an oraturist / performance scholar who uses the lens of culture in her work as an academic, artist and activist. She is a storyteller who holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (USA), a Masters of Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University (Kenya). She is an Advisory Board member of the Macondo Literary Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d02a68eb-7c4a-4266-939e-b052e26a5bb4/DJM_Mpala+Elephant+June-2020_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Dino Martins - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins is a Kenyan artist, naturalist and writer. An entomologist and evolutionary biologist, he is currently the Director of the Turkana Basin Institute. He holds a PhD from Harvard University (2011) and seeks to share the wonder and diversity of nature, especially the hidden, beautiful details that are intrinsic to human life. Teaching people to see, understand and care about the details of the living world are central to his work and life. His latest natural history book, The Grasses of East Africa, has been received with wide acclaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f540651-1c87-4209-9d5e-bb9f5e92316a/Alex+Teyie+headshot+photo+pic_edited%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Dino Martins - Kenya Alex/is Grace Teyie is an artist and researcher. Previous books include a poetry chapbook, Clay Plates: Broken Records of Kiswahili Proverbs, and a children's book, Shortcut. Teyie was one of the co-founders of Enkare Review, and currently works with Down River Road (DRR). They also provide advisory for nonprofits and startups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67a9c100-a600-4c59-b447-1d3d0b82859f/MUFASA_S+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Dino Martins - Kenya Mufasa is a multi-award winning poet, actor, writer and a teaching artist from Kenya who uses his art to discuss and showcase works inspired by day-to-day life on the African continent. He constantly writes to speak on the commonality of our differences and to interrogate the social political environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b59d0587-77ce-4997-9991-5fb2d6f8284b/LAM1+small_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Dino Martins - Kenya The LAM Sisterhood is an award-winning story company filling the world with stories for African women to feel seen, heard and beloved. From viral videos to podcasts, from stageplays to screenplays, they are obsessed with story in every form and genre. https://www.macondolitfest.org/portfolio-1-1/project-one-f5w4d-z9nem-s3jda-x8w73-5wtt2-84hx2-y697h-bbh69-b2zbg-mhrnw-z5bbj-aatw2-sbg6l-48tpe-k4bht-mzfxx-rplck-4wjw8-nh6pc-n54zc-t95gp-jbwtl-wfe5s-2m48h-x3x6y-67yw2-glyzx-95els monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/eeaf2fa4-a023-4223-b4ea-e643d39f9121/Khadija+portrait_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Alexis Teyie - Kenya Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is a Kenyan writer and the author of The House of Rust which won the inaugural Graywolf Press Africa Prize and The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. You can find her work at Enkare Review, A Long House, Lolwe, and Down River Road among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3c96c762-7575-457c-a2a7-f5f5868b592a/Kiprop_Bio_Photo_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Alexis Teyie - Kenya Kiprop Kimutai is a rising Kenyan writer who won the 2023 Graywolf African Fiction Prize for his manuscript The Freedom of Birds, set to be published by Graywolf Press in 2026. His fiction has appeared in No Tokens, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Kwani?, Evergreen Review, and Jalada Africa. A 2023 Miles Morland scholar and a finalist for the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award. Kimutai’s work is known for its cultural depth and emotional resonance, making him a notable voice in contemporary African fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3bb2b45e-de74-4558-bb65-cd2c813b066a/NYASH_S+PHOTO_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Alexis Teyie - Kenya Nyangari Macharia (Nyash) s a graduate and enthusiast of literature, and the 2022 Poets You Should Know Poetry Slam Queen. She uses her to advocate for the community and her environment, to inspire change and provoke conversations in regard to the socio-economic system. She aims to instigate change with every opportunity she gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/9b0d8a2f-5158-4b29-adb3-6082df6026e2/SLIM+SHAKA+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Alexis Teyie - Kenya David Otieno AKA Slim Shaka is a performance poet and storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the reigning Poetry Slam Africa Champion (65th). Shaka has written and performed six poetry productions, the latest being Of A Dying Breed, a 2-hour production infusing sound design, puppetry, spoken word, music and contemporary dance. The conflicts of the 21st century world and the history behind it are the subjects of Slim Shaka's poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/38dd0c90-2789-4b66-8d27-dd879fd81439/Naddya_Image_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Alexis Teyie - Kenya Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya is an Animation Director and Musician from Nairobi, Kenya. For the past 15 years, her practice has toyed with the upper limits of form and function, spanning Animation, Comics, Games, XR, Product Design and Music. Under her Nalo Studios banner, she is currently cultivating her slate originals, and has led her team through service work for Walt Disney Animation, Netflix Animation, Nickelodeon and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b0c03391-ca3c-47be-9c09-fbd889fd9524/portrait+Yvonne+Muinde_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Alexis Teyie - Kenya Yvonne Muinde is an artist, muralist and illustrator and the founder of IKWETA ARTS who looks to share her experiences and knowledge as a Matte-Painting Supervisor and concept artist from her work at the best Post-Production (VFX) studios around the globe. Her Visual Effects career has spanned over 20 years working on numerous iconic and award-winning film productions. In 2009, Yvonne and her team were awarded the VES (Visual Effects Society) Award for Outstanding Matte-Painting in a Motion Picture for AVATAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/cdc0d338-7d54-48d0-aac4-586b1820534e/Buke+Abduba_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Alexis Teyie - Kenya Buke Abduba is a Kenyan writer and pharmacist who was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2023. Her work has been featured in publications like Adda Stories, Lolwe, and an East African anthology Let Us Conspire and Other Stories (2024), published by Jahazi Press. She is currently working on a manuscript with a vision to authentically reflect the lives and experiences of people in her community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/91a23bb1-5127-4aaf-9deb-a164e5654426/head+shot+adam1%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Alexis Teyie - Kenya Adam Chienjo is a Kenyan contemporary dancer, choreographer, artistic director, teacher, curator, and performance critic with 22 years of experience in interdisciplinary performances incorporating dance and movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc467962-cce3-47f6-a935-a2e73a851c89/SCHOLAR_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Alexis Teyie - Kenya Scholar Akinyi is an award-winning writer. In her debut book, Hop, Skip and Jump, she brings to light the experiences of children caught up in Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence, emphasizing the importance of including children in discussions that shape a country's history. Akinyi's work has earned her the YouthHubAfrica Flash Fiction Award, and she was shortlisted for the inaugural African Writers Awards in Flash Fiction. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Writers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67f3eddc-0a51-4561-9a97-9152ff74e441/Schola_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Alexis Teyie - Kenya Scholastica Moraa has a passion for poetry and stories. She expertly weaves her poems to present the full mix of emotions associated with love. Her work has been featured in Konch Online Magazine and Imbiza. She also writes for children. Ms. Moraa is a mother to one daughter, a literature lover, and an avid reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/54d378dc-1b80-41ca-9332-4866d0966462/Hassan+Ghedi+Santur_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Alexis Teyie - Kenya Hassan Ghedi Santur s the author of the novels Something Remains and The Youth of God and the non-fiction book Maps of Exile. The Youth of God was a finalist for the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing. Nuur, the film adaptation of The Youth of God, is currently in pre-production. Santur is working on his third novel, Imagined Lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8b610ed2-094a-4f78-97a0-821e7aeb956c/Mshai+2020+photo+_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Alexis Teyie - Kenya Mshai Mwangola is an oraturist / performance scholar who uses the lens of culture in her work as an academic, artist and activist. She is a storyteller who holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (USA), a Masters of Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University (Kenya). She is an Advisory Board member of the Macondo Literary Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d02a68eb-7c4a-4266-939e-b052e26a5bb4/DJM_Mpala+Elephant+June-2020_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Alexis Teyie - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins is a Kenyan artist, naturalist and writer. An entomologist and evolutionary biologist, he is currently the Director of the Turkana Basin Institute. He holds a PhD from Harvard University (2011) and seeks to share the wonder and diversity of nature, especially the hidden, beautiful details that are intrinsic to human life. Teaching people to see, understand and care about the details of the living world are central to his work and life. His latest natural history book, The Grasses of East Africa, has been received with wide acclaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f540651-1c87-4209-9d5e-bb9f5e92316a/Alex+Teyie+headshot+photo+pic_edited%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Alexis Teyie - Kenya Alex/is Grace Teyie is an artist and researcher. Previous books include a poetry chapbook, Clay Plates: Broken Records of Kiswahili Proverbs, and a children's book, Shortcut. Teyie was one of the co-founders of Enkare Review, and currently works with Down River Road (DRR). They also provide advisory for nonprofits and startups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67a9c100-a600-4c59-b447-1d3d0b82859f/MUFASA_S+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Alexis Teyie - Kenya Mufasa is a multi-award winning poet, actor, writer and a teaching artist from Kenya who uses his art to discuss and showcase works inspired by day-to-day life on the African continent. He constantly writes to speak on the commonality of our differences and to interrogate the social political environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b59d0587-77ce-4997-9991-5fb2d6f8284b/LAM1+small_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Alexis Teyie - Kenya The LAM Sisterhood is an award-winning story company filling the world with stories for African women to feel seen, heard and beloved. From viral videos to podcasts, from stageplays to screenplays, they are obsessed with story in every form and genre. https://www.macondolitfest.org/portfolio-1-1/project-one-f5w4d-z9nem-s3jda-x8w73-5wtt2-84hx2-y697h-bbh69-b2zbg-mhrnw-z5bbj-aatw2-sbg6l-48tpe-k4bht-mzfxx-rplck-4wjw8-nh6pc-n54zc-t95gp-jbwtl-wfe5s-2m48h-x3x6y-67yw2-glyzx-95els-dh7jb monthly 0.5 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b4e4f2a2-cbe8-4c7e-a3ce-17e5a3c284ec/bhk_edited_edited+%281%29.jpg https://www.macondolitfest.org/portfolio-1-1/project-one-f5w4d-z9nem-s3jda-x8w73-5wtt2-84hx2-y697h-bbh69-b2zbg-mhrnw-z5bbj-aatw2-sbg6l-48tpe-k4bht-mzfxx-rplck-4wjw8-nh6pc-n54zc-t95gp-jbwtl-wfe5s-2m48h-x3x6y-67yw2-glyzx-95els-dh7jb-r32zg monthly 0.5 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/59a2b4c2-ed48-4dce-8847-b8a7d47e3a24/zhirji+portriat_edited.jpg https://www.macondolitfest.org/portfolio-1-1/project-one-f5w4d-z9nem-s3jda-x8w73-5wtt2-84hx2-y697h-bbh69-b2zbg-mhrnw-z5bbj-aatw2-sbg6l-48tpe-k4bht-mzfxx-rplck-4wjw8-nh6pc-n54zc-t95gp-jbwtl-wfe5s-2m48h-x3x6y-67yw2-glyzx-95els-dh7jb-r32zg-7jf6b monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/eeaf2fa4-a023-4223-b4ea-e643d39f9121/Khadija+portrait_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Adam Chienjo - Kenya Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is a Kenyan writer and the author of The House of Rust which won the inaugural Graywolf Press Africa Prize and The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. You can find her work at Enkare Review, A Long House, Lolwe, and Down River Road among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3c96c762-7575-457c-a2a7-f5f5868b592a/Kiprop_Bio_Photo_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Adam Chienjo - Kenya Kiprop Kimutai is a rising Kenyan writer who won the 2023 Graywolf African Fiction Prize for his manuscript The Freedom of Birds, set to be published by Graywolf Press in 2026. His fiction has appeared in No Tokens, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Kwani?, Evergreen Review, and Jalada Africa. A 2023 Miles Morland scholar and a finalist for the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award. Kimutai’s work is known for its cultural depth and emotional resonance, making him a notable voice in contemporary African fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3bb2b45e-de74-4558-bb65-cd2c813b066a/NYASH_S+PHOTO_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Adam Chienjo - Kenya Nyangari Macharia (Nyash) s a graduate and enthusiast of literature, and the 2022 Poets You Should Know Poetry Slam Queen. She uses her to advocate for the community and her environment, to inspire change and provoke conversations in regard to the socio-economic system. She aims to instigate change with every opportunity she gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/9b0d8a2f-5158-4b29-adb3-6082df6026e2/SLIM+SHAKA+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Adam Chienjo - Kenya David Otieno AKA Slim Shaka is a performance poet and storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the reigning Poetry Slam Africa Champion (65th). Shaka has written and performed six poetry productions, the latest being Of A Dying Breed, a 2-hour production infusing sound design, puppetry, spoken word, music and contemporary dance. The conflicts of the 21st century world and the history behind it are the subjects of Slim Shaka's poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/38dd0c90-2789-4b66-8d27-dd879fd81439/Naddya_Image_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Adam Chienjo - Kenya Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya is an Animation Director and Musician from Nairobi, Kenya. For the past 15 years, her practice has toyed with the upper limits of form and function, spanning Animation, Comics, Games, XR, Product Design and Music. Under her Nalo Studios banner, she is currently cultivating her slate originals, and has led her team through service work for Walt Disney Animation, Netflix Animation, Nickelodeon and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b0c03391-ca3c-47be-9c09-fbd889fd9524/portrait+Yvonne+Muinde_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Adam Chienjo - Kenya Yvonne Muinde is an artist, muralist and illustrator and the founder of IKWETA ARTS who looks to share her experiences and knowledge as a Matte-Painting Supervisor and concept artist from her work at the best Post-Production (VFX) studios around the globe. Her Visual Effects career has spanned over 20 years working on numerous iconic and award-winning film productions. In 2009, Yvonne and her team were awarded the VES (Visual Effects Society) Award for Outstanding Matte-Painting in a Motion Picture for AVATAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/cdc0d338-7d54-48d0-aac4-586b1820534e/Buke+Abduba_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Adam Chienjo - Kenya Buke Abduba is a Kenyan writer and pharmacist who was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2023. Her work has been featured in publications like Adda Stories, Lolwe, and an East African anthology Let Us Conspire and Other Stories (2024), published by Jahazi Press. She is currently working on a manuscript with a vision to authentically reflect the lives and experiences of people in her community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/91a23bb1-5127-4aaf-9deb-a164e5654426/head+shot+adam1%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Adam Chienjo - Kenya Adam Chienjo is a Kenyan contemporary dancer, choreographer, artistic director, teacher, curator, and performance critic with 22 years of experience in interdisciplinary performances incorporating dance and movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc467962-cce3-47f6-a935-a2e73a851c89/SCHOLAR_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Adam Chienjo - Kenya Scholar Akinyi is an award-winning writer. In her debut book, Hop, Skip and Jump, she brings to light the experiences of children caught up in Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence, emphasizing the importance of including children in discussions that shape a country's history. Akinyi's work has earned her the YouthHubAfrica Flash Fiction Award, and she was shortlisted for the inaugural African Writers Awards in Flash Fiction. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Writers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67f3eddc-0a51-4561-9a97-9152ff74e441/Schola_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Adam Chienjo - Kenya Scholastica Moraa has a passion for poetry and stories. She expertly weaves her poems to present the full mix of emotions associated with love. Her work has been featured in Konch Online Magazine and Imbiza. She also writes for children. Ms. Moraa is a mother to one daughter, a literature lover, and an avid reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/54d378dc-1b80-41ca-9332-4866d0966462/Hassan+Ghedi+Santur_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Adam Chienjo - Kenya Hassan Ghedi Santur s the author of the novels Something Remains and The Youth of God and the non-fiction book Maps of Exile. The Youth of God was a finalist for the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing. Nuur, the film adaptation of The Youth of God, is currently in pre-production. Santur is working on his third novel, Imagined Lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8b610ed2-094a-4f78-97a0-821e7aeb956c/Mshai+2020+photo+_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Adam Chienjo - Kenya Mshai Mwangola is an oraturist / performance scholar who uses the lens of culture in her work as an academic, artist and activist. She is a storyteller who holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (USA), a Masters of Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University (Kenya). She is an Advisory Board member of the Macondo Literary Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d02a68eb-7c4a-4266-939e-b052e26a5bb4/DJM_Mpala+Elephant+June-2020_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Adam Chienjo - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins is a Kenyan artist, naturalist and writer. An entomologist and evolutionary biologist, he is currently the Director of the Turkana Basin Institute. He holds a PhD from Harvard University (2011) and seeks to share the wonder and diversity of nature, especially the hidden, beautiful details that are intrinsic to human life. Teaching people to see, understand and care about the details of the living world are central to his work and life. His latest natural history book, The Grasses of East Africa, has been received with wide acclaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f540651-1c87-4209-9d5e-bb9f5e92316a/Alex+Teyie+headshot+photo+pic_edited%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Adam Chienjo - Kenya Alex/is Grace Teyie is an artist and researcher. Previous books include a poetry chapbook, Clay Plates: Broken Records of Kiswahili Proverbs, and a children's book, Shortcut. Teyie was one of the co-founders of Enkare Review, and currently works with Down River Road (DRR). They also provide advisory for nonprofits and startups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67a9c100-a600-4c59-b447-1d3d0b82859f/MUFASA_S+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Adam Chienjo - Kenya Mufasa is a multi-award winning poet, actor, writer and a teaching artist from Kenya who uses his art to discuss and showcase works inspired by day-to-day life on the African continent. He constantly writes to speak on the commonality of our differences and to interrogate the social political environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b59d0587-77ce-4997-9991-5fb2d6f8284b/LAM1+small_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - Adam Chienjo - Kenya The LAM Sisterhood is an award-winning story company filling the world with stories for African women to feel seen, heard and beloved. From viral videos to podcasts, from stageplays to screenplays, they are obsessed with story in every form and genre. https://www.macondolitfest.org/portfolio-1-1/jkf53nn6shwbjtx monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/eeaf2fa4-a023-4223-b4ea-e643d39f9121/Khadija+portrait_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - The LAM Sisterhood - Kenya Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is a Kenyan writer and the author of The House of Rust which won the inaugural Graywolf Press Africa Prize and The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. You can find her work at Enkare Review, A Long House, Lolwe, and Down River Road among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3c96c762-7575-457c-a2a7-f5f5868b592a/Kiprop_Bio_Photo_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - The LAM Sisterhood - Kenya Kiprop Kimutai is a rising Kenyan writer who won the 2023 Graywolf African Fiction Prize for his manuscript The Freedom of Birds, set to be published by Graywolf Press in 2026. His fiction has appeared in No Tokens, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Kwani?, Evergreen Review, and Jalada Africa. A 2023 Miles Morland scholar and a finalist for the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award. Kimutai’s work is known for its cultural depth and emotional resonance, making him a notable voice in contemporary African fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/3bb2b45e-de74-4558-bb65-cd2c813b066a/NYASH_S+PHOTO_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - The LAM Sisterhood - Kenya Nyangari Macharia (Nyash) s a graduate and enthusiast of literature, and the 2022 Poets You Should Know Poetry Slam Queen. She uses her to advocate for the community and her environment, to inspire change and provoke conversations in regard to the socio-economic system. She aims to instigate change with every opportunity she gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/9b0d8a2f-5158-4b29-adb3-6082df6026e2/SLIM+SHAKA+PHOTO_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - The LAM Sisterhood - Kenya David Otieno AKA Slim Shaka is a performance poet and storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the reigning Poetry Slam Africa Champion (65th). Shaka has written and performed six poetry productions, the latest being Of A Dying Breed, a 2-hour production infusing sound design, puppetry, spoken word, music and contemporary dance. The conflicts of the 21st century world and the history behind it are the subjects of Slim Shaka's poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/38dd0c90-2789-4b66-8d27-dd879fd81439/Naddya_Image_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - The LAM Sisterhood - Kenya Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya is an Animation Director and Musician from Nairobi, Kenya. For the past 15 years, her practice has toyed with the upper limits of form and function, spanning Animation, Comics, Games, XR, Product Design and Music. Under her Nalo Studios banner, she is currently cultivating her slate originals, and has led her team through service work for Walt Disney Animation, Netflix Animation, Nickelodeon and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/b0c03391-ca3c-47be-9c09-fbd889fd9524/portrait+Yvonne+Muinde_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - The LAM Sisterhood - Kenya Yvonne Muinde is an artist, muralist and illustrator and the founder of IKWETA ARTS who looks to share her experiences and knowledge as a Matte-Painting Supervisor and concept artist from her work at the best Post-Production (VFX) studios around the globe. Her Visual Effects career has spanned over 20 years working on numerous iconic and award-winning film productions. In 2009, Yvonne and her team were awarded the VES (Visual Effects Society) Award for Outstanding Matte-Painting in a Motion Picture for AVATAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/cdc0d338-7d54-48d0-aac4-586b1820534e/Buke+Abduba_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - The LAM Sisterhood - Kenya Buke Abduba is a Kenyan writer and pharmacist who was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2023. Her work has been featured in publications like Adda Stories, Lolwe, and an East African anthology Let Us Conspire and Other Stories (2024), published by Jahazi Press. She is currently working on a manuscript with a vision to authentically reflect the lives and experiences of people in her community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/91a23bb1-5127-4aaf-9deb-a164e5654426/head+shot+adam1%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - The LAM Sisterhood - Kenya Adam Chienjo is a Kenyan contemporary dancer, choreographer, artistic director, teacher, curator, and performance critic with 22 years of experience in interdisciplinary performances incorporating dance and movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc467962-cce3-47f6-a935-a2e73a851c89/SCHOLAR_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - The LAM Sisterhood - Kenya Scholar Akinyi is an award-winning writer. In her debut book, Hop, Skip and Jump, she brings to light the experiences of children caught up in Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence, emphasizing the importance of including children in discussions that shape a country's history. Akinyi's work has earned her the YouthHubAfrica Flash Fiction Award, and she was shortlisted for the inaugural African Writers Awards in Flash Fiction. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Writers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/67f3eddc-0a51-4561-9a97-9152ff74e441/Schola_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - The LAM Sisterhood - Kenya Scholastica Moraa has a passion for poetry and stories. She expertly weaves her poems to present the full mix of emotions associated with love. Her work has been featured in Konch Online Magazine and Imbiza. She also writes for children. Ms. Moraa is a mother to one daughter, a literature lover, and an avid reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/54d378dc-1b80-41ca-9332-4866d0966462/Hassan+Ghedi+Santur_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - The LAM Sisterhood - Kenya Hassan Ghedi Santur s the author of the novels Something Remains and The Youth of God and the non-fiction book Maps of Exile. The Youth of God was a finalist for the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing. Nuur, the film adaptation of The Youth of God, is currently in pre-production. Santur is working on his third novel, Imagined Lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8b610ed2-094a-4f78-97a0-821e7aeb956c/Mshai+2020+photo+_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - The LAM Sisterhood - Kenya Mshai Mwangola is an oraturist / performance scholar who uses the lens of culture in her work as an academic, artist and activist. She is a storyteller who holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (USA), a Masters of Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University (Kenya). She is an Advisory Board member of the Macondo Literary Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d02a68eb-7c4a-4266-939e-b052e26a5bb4/DJM_Mpala+Elephant+June-2020_edited_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - The LAM Sisterhood - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins is a Kenyan artist, naturalist and writer. An entomologist and evolutionary biologist, he is currently the Director of the Turkana Basin Institute. He holds a PhD from Harvard University (2011) and seeks to share the wonder and diversity of nature, especially the hidden, beautiful details that are intrinsic to human life. Teaching people to see, understand and care about the details of the living world are central to his work and life. His latest natural history book, The Grasses of East Africa, has been received with wide acclaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f540651-1c87-4209-9d5e-bb9f5e92316a/Alex+Teyie+headshot+photo+pic_edited%281%29_edited.jpg 2024 Artist Portfolio - The LAM Sisterhood - Kenya Alex/is Grace Teyie is an artist and researcher. Previous books include a poetry chapbook, Clay Plates: Broken Records of Kiswahili Proverbs, and a children's book, Shortcut. Teyie was one of the co-founders of Enkare Review, and currently works with Down River Road (DRR). 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She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Lisa Oduor Noah - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/christian-kibamba-kenya monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Christian Kibamba - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/kato-change-kenya monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kato Change - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/nekoye-ommeh-kenya monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nekoye Ommeh - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/nile-dawta-kenya monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Nile Dawta - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/ach13ngkenya monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ach13ng’ - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/joe-kobuthi-kenya monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joe Kobuthi - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/karwitha-kirimi-kenya monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Karwitha Kirimi - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/stoneface-bombaa-brian-otieno-akoth-kenya monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/dr-paula-kahumbu-kenya monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dr. Paula Kahumbu - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/chao-tayiana-maina-kenya monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Chao Tayiana Maina - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/soreti-kadir-kenya monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Soreti Kadir - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/dominion-kenya monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dominion - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/sham-patel-kenya monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Sham Patel - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/gado monthly 0.5 2026-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d72b6b27-5e44-4285-9380-a24e2577e7a7/Gado+portrait+%281%29+%281%29-modified.jpg https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/natasha-w-muhanji monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Natasha W. Muhanji - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/dorphanage monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorphanage - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/ahmed-aidarus monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Ahmed Aidarus - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/iliya-trojanow-bulgaria monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/c4e5ad98-2b6f-4669-a320-8e6eaa4fdafb/Ilija+Trojanow.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/26e58593-34b2-4ef7-94b9-32baf1f77d4e/Iliya+Trojanow+Collector+of+worlds.webp https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/michelle-angwenyi monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/dorechi monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dorechi - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/dino-martin monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dino Martin - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/clifton-gachagua monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Clifton Gachagua - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/mutinda-kilonzo monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Mutinda Kilonzo - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/marcelline-akinyi monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Marcelline Akinyi - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/keith-angana monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Keith Ang'ana - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/kabubu-mutua monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Kabubu Mutua - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/joan-thatiah monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Joan Thatiah - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/florence-onyango monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Florence Onyango - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/felistas-thairu monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Felistas Thairu - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/dennis-mugaa monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. Using her intuitive yet abstract songwriting and vocal prowess, Ach13ng‘ expresses in her pieces the joys and sorrows of the human experience; doing so with incomparable honesty, freedom and warmth that speaks to the truest version of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Christian Kibamba is an award-winning instrumentalist from East Africa, primarily known for his work as a drummer, who resides in Kenya and was named East Africa‘s Instrumentalists of the Year in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Dennis Mugaa - Kenya Nekoye Ommeh is a Kenyan artist who engages with both Music and Spoken Word art-forms. She was formerly known as Asali and was part of the Tuma vs Asali (TvA) music outfit. Nekoye is passionate about humanitarianism and activism which she expresses through her art. Her personal philosophy is „Wakati Is Now“ (WIN) which translates to „The time is now“ https://www.macondolitfest.org/2025-artists-portfolio/celeste-wamiru monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/dc6d11b4-0c29-4398-9c0f-968bc9332a95/bw_Mutinda+Kilonzo.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Mutinda Kilonzo is the Creative Director at Qwani, where he has been curating the books being published, the films being shot, and the weekly events for the Qwani community. In addition to that, he is also one of the co-founders of The Drunken Lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/00117803-d490-4ac1-9ef8-3c49facad119/bw_Celeste+Wamiru+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Celeste Wamiru is a political cartoonist, visual storyteller and illustrator. Passionate practitioner of artivism through comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/671ea441-6faf-4efc-8a0d-e57008d94b48/bw_Felistas+Thairu.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Felistas Thairu is a Comic Artist and 2D Animator who loves to tell authentic, unique, and captivating stories. She loves creating content for children. She has illustrated a children’s book called “The Misadventures of Ema and Lo, A Little Nap,” written by Yvonne Wamuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/6ac891d3-acc4-43a0-bd2d-f7e4f7527471/bw_Dennis+Mugaa.jpeg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Dennis Mugaa is a Kenyan writer and editor from Meru. He won the 2022 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest, has been published in journals such as Transition, Jalada Africa, and Lolwe, and was the 2023/2024 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellow at A Long House. A Miles Morland Foundation Scholar with an MA from the University of East Anglia, he published his debut short story collection, Half Portraits Under Water, in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4e291d52-7109-400d-9ba7-3702fa9ec467/Michelle+Angwenyi.JPG 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Michelle K. Angwenyi is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and for the 2017 Short Story Day African Prize. Her writing has been featured in the collaborative art exhibition, Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, organized by the collective Naijographia, and her work has appeared in Jalada, Enkare Review, Kalahari Review, the Mays, notes, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook “Gray Latitudes,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/8e3c9387-248a-4f58-87fb-701f0e6f71c3/bw_Keith+Ang%27ana.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Keith Ang‘ana is the Founder & Executive Director of Qwani, which is a youth collective meant to provide a platform for young creatives to showcase their works. In his personal capacity, he is a historian, researcher and writer, majoring in non-fictional essays. His work has been published in Afrospatial Magazine, Brittle Paper, The Elephant & Africa Is A Country, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/938498c6-d00e-4454-834d-4df51c0961fb/Clifton+Gachagua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Clifton Gachagua is a Nairobi-based author of Madman at Kilifi. His work appears in Tramset, Obsidian, +doc, ANMLY, Prism, Glassworks, the87press, Harvard Divinity Journal, Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/98b7de0f-00f6-427f-ae11-ce9497bb400d/bw_Marcelline+Akinyi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Marcelline Akinyi is a comic author and visual artist passionate about telling African stories. Her work focuses on climate change and pre-colonial African history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/44b71993-2e42-4dd6-887d-3be290b3207c/bw_Joan+Thatiah.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Joan Thatiah is a seasoned print journalist with over a decade of experience at Daily Nation. She is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed Confessions of Nairobi Women (Book 1), which was first runner-up for the 2025 Text Book Centre Penmanship Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/92cbab11-708d-4b89-8fd0-8af34a9fdd27/bw_Kabubu+Mutua.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Kabubu Mutua is a writer and translator who grew up in Machakos, Kenya, and spent most of his childhood in boarding school. His writing has appeared in adda, Exposition Review, A Long House, Short Story Day Africa, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/2f5cc772-6803-4abf-8e30-365e5385ecef/Dino+Martins.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Dr. Dino J. Martins, a Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly the Academic Field Director for the Turkana Basin Institute Field School. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/4615d4c5-913f-4316-9b73-d56394f6dd2c/bw_Florence+Onyango.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Florence Onyango is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer based in Nairobi. Her short stories have been published in the Fresh Paint Volume II anthology(2013), the Short Story Day Water Anthology(2015), the Let Us Conspire and Other Stories anthology(2024), Kikwetu Journal(2022,2024), Omenana(2024), Will This Be A Problem(2024), Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi(2025) among other literary journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/62fd653e-7f88-4515-bc5c-b5ac588e6c7a/Dorechi.jpg 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Dorechi is a writer from Kenya whose work explores psychological horror. When not writing, they enjoy reading and creating art—both of which inspire their storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Natasha W. Muhanji is a Kenyan writer, editor, and digital strategist at Kairos Futura, where she helps to build narratives around imaginative futures and community-centered innovation. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Voices of the Revolution and Our Stories Redefined (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Soreti Kadir is an Oromo storyteller, educator, and political activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist with a unique expertise at the intersection of memory, digital humanities, and public education. Leveraging a background in computing and a specialization in heritage studies, her work is dedicated to exploring and excavating African histories, while simultaneously building and enhancing the infrastructure needed for the preservation and dissemination of these vital pasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Ahmed Aidarus is the founder and CEO of Jahazi Press, a Nairobi-based independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction by Kenyan authors, and also serves as the manager of the influential Prestige Bookshop, where he actively promotes African literature through book launches, readings, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Dorphanage is a Kenyan performing artist/poet who uses his creative ability as a writer and performer to express the human experience, especially the disenfranchised one. He’s the 34th Slam Africa champion, a mentor and a strong proponent for social justice. He has been extensively involved in the Kenyan poetry/art scene through advocacy, performances, delegations, events curation and workshop facilitations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Sham Patel is the founder of the „Homeless of Nairobi“ project, a Facebook initiative started in Kenya that provides a voice to Nairobi‘s homeless population by sharing their stories and photos to foster understanding and support. Patel has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street children and hopes to create a shelter where individuals can learn new skills and receive mental health support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a prominent Kenyan conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Kahumbu has been instrumental in redefining wildlife conservation through education and engaging storytelling, aiming to inspire worldwide action for environmental preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Dominion is a poetry writer and performer based in Kenya, whose passion for storytelling and artistic expression knows no bounds. He strives to captivate audiences with heartfelt and thought provoking performances. As the co-founder of Eldoret Art Cafe, Dominion fosters a vibrant artistic community and provides a platform for local talent to shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Stoneface Bombaa (Brian Otieno Akoth) is a community organizer at the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), where he runs the MSJC Kids‘ Club and Art for Social Change. He is also a member of the Mathare Green Movement, a volunteer group that, through planting trees throughout the informal settlement, practices collective imagination and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Lisa Oduor-Noah is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer whose soulful compositions are a reflection of the many different genres she was exposed to as a child by her music-loving family. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, she‘s dropped several singles including ‚Daylight‘, ‚Today‘ and ‚No Way‘. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Joe Kobuthi is a scholar and advocate. He holds a dual Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Public Policy. With a career marked by intellectual rigor and advocacy, Joe has served as the senior editor of The Elephant, a prestigious Pan-African magazine, for eight years. Throughout this tenure, he has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to amplifying critical African voices on issues of governance. Kobuthi’s extensive body of work encompasses profound explorations into the philosophical underpinnings of public policy and the ethical dimensions of governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Karwitha Kirimi is an artist and writer based in Nairobi. They work with words, images, ritual, and research. Their poetic practice attends to the word, the line, silence, and space. They use performance as a medium for ritual practice — they perform where their beloveds are to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/a0159301-240c-45f2-a053-ce8e4ffeaeec/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94default+avatar+profile+icon+gray_20971753.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Kato Change is a guitarist/ producer from Nairobi, Kenya. His self-directed style draws from a heritage of African music as well as Blues and Jazz. Kato‘s debut album ‚The Change Experience‘, is a collaborative journey, with each artist sharing a unique perspective on creating music. Kato plays regularly alongside his ensemble and several other groups in Nairobi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6936a601a2dc5374557b11f7/d0047683-e495-49b9-8b8b-0dace6930d5e/%E2%80%94Pngtree%E2%80%94woman+head+icon+silhouette+female_20970311.png 2025 Artists Portfolio - Celeste Wamiru - Kenya Ach13ng’ is a singer-songwriter, vocal arranger and recording and performing artist based in Nairobi. She is inspired by real life events to create music that is unafraid of diving into the depths of our emotions. 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