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East Africa

Read stories of change from countries in East Africa.

Story: Francis Mwangi by Francis Mwangi

My song became a hit

His own music production

10 2009 / Kenya
Story: Eva Kasaya by Eva Kasaya

Eva the writer

Kwani's editing and publishing of her memoirs

19 10 2009 / Kenya
Story: Julius Lugaaya by Julius Lugaaya

I can’t pay you one million shilling but you can get knowledge

Residency for performers at GoDown Arts Centre

21 10 2009 / Kenya
Story: Godfrey Mubuuke by Godfrey Mubuuke

The mango tree in Amuru

Assignment by WHO to make a documentary film on health issues in North Uganda.

21 10 2009 / Uganda
Story: Dave Ojay by Dave Ojay

Pushed out of stage by strong desire to change the practices in the theatre industry

Stimulus from Joy Mboya, director of GoDown Arts Center, to apply to the Aga Khan Foundation Internship program "Leadership and management training for Young Development Professionals-Media, arts and culture, 2007/8"

10 10 2009 / Kenya
Story: mwelekezi1 by mwelekezi1

My creative process was enhanced

The Theatre Company Performance skills Training Program in 2006

11 2009 / Kenya
Story: Okello Mohammed Fathil by Okello Mohammed Fathil

The video camera as an instrument for peace

video productions for young musicians

21 11 2009 / Uganda
Story: Abubaker Muwonge by Abubaker Muwonge

People in the film and video production business contact me seeking to hire my skills.

Training and networks supplied by Maisha Film Lab

11 2009 / Uganda

East Africa

My song became a hit

His own music production

Eva the writer

Kwani's editing and publishing of her memoirs

I can’t pay you one million shilling but you can get knowledge

Residency for performers at GoDown Arts Centre

The mango tree in Amuru

Assignment by WHO to make a documentary film on health issues in North Uganda.

Pushed out of stage by strong desire to change the practices in the theatre industry

Stimulus from Joy Mboya, director of GoDown Arts Center, to apply to the Aga Khan Foundation Internship program "Leadership and management training for Young Development Professionals-Media, arts and culture, 2007/8"

My creative process was enhanced

The Theatre Company Performance skills Training Program in 2006

The video camera as an instrument for peace

video productions for young musicians

People in the film and video production business contact me seeking to hire my skills.

Training and networks supplied by Maisha Film Lab

Now the world can see for itself what Kibera really is like

Slum Cinema Training workshops in Kibera, Nairobi

A learning journey

Training and working experience in Penya

Kampala Writing/Book Club

Self-initiative to start the Kampala writing/book club

Kymsnet Media Network and Groupe 30 Afrique - Harnessing Information to Develop the Art Scene

Networking and information provided by Groupe 30 Afrique, around the workshop on art critic organised by Dak'Art Biennale and AICA in 2003

Change of perception on what art is

Member of the audience at the Amnesia debate hold at Goethe Institut, October 2007; collaborator of the Amnesia Project organised by CCAEA (Centre of Contemporary Art East Africa)

It’s in the past

Performance Skills Training Programme of The Theater Company in 2006.

A reporter for Kisenyi

Slum Cinema training workshops in Kampala

Now I Write Humorous And Light Stories

Assignment from Maisha Film Lab and UNICEF to film in North Uganda in 2008.

One foot into the "writers club"

Poetry competition "To Be A Man", organised by Kwani?

I’m going to perform, and I’ll earn my money out of it.

Theater Factory stand-up comedy

I learnt to appreciate poetry

Femrite's Writer's Club since 2007

It only takes me and you

Performance at Kegezi Ndoto and stage manager for and Lwanda, A Ghetto Story.

The power of telling our own story

Participation of Ghetto Radio at the forum hold during the Annual Earth Festival by the Gallmann Memorial Foundation on occassion of the post-election social turbulence in Kenya, January 2007

We used to be invisible, but now we are visible.

Slum Cinema training workshop in Kisenyi, 2008

I Brought Underground Poetry to the Limelight

own initiative to start a poetry award

A stake in the future

Training at Maisha Film Lab