Literary Crossroads is a new series of talks where Kenyan writers meet colleagues from all over the world and from the African diaspora to discuss trends, topics and themes prevalent in their literatures today. The Discussion come Public Reading event will be held on Thursday, 24th March 2016, at 6.00 – 8.30 pm.
The event will be held at Goethe-Institut, Auditorium which is located at Maendeleo House along Loita Street.
The admission is completely free for the upcoming writers.
The first session in 2016 features the Nigerian diplomat and writer Ifeoma Akabogu-Chinwuba. Ifeoma, currently Nigeria’s ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire, has worked for the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1983. She has published several literary works, including the novels Merchants of Flesh, Waiting for Maria, Fearless and an anthology of poetry entitled African Romance.
Also the event will be attended by Elizabeth Orchardson-Mazrui the Tanzanian author of Adventures of Mekatilili.
The conversation will be moderated by the Kenyan poet and journalist, Khainga O’Okwemba and will also feature Kenyan author, Professor Elizabeth Orchardson-Mazrui.
Women theme writers
This is another forum for upcoming women writers and literary critics to share and discuss stories, poems and current literature trends with the aim of enhancing their creativity. The forum provides a space to listen to the voices of established and budding female writers – voices of women with a passion for literary adventure. It gives all women, heard and unheard, a chance to travel the world into their innermost thoughts to tell stories they have never had a chance to tell before.
AMKA and the Goethe-Institut organize the monthly readings in the library of the Goethe-Institut every last Saturday of the month. Participation in the forum is open to both men and women.
Interested participants may send their poems and short stories to amkaforum@gmail.com
