Programme of Activities - Alliance Française de Kenya
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Programme of Activities - Alliance Française de Kenya
Alliance Française Nairobi 1 - 29 may OF S E NIGH H T N I G N I S S A HIPS P GEES AN ART EXHIBITIO N IN PHENOMENON OF TERROGATING THE MIGRATION AND RE May/June 2016 T FU y SAT. 14 ma AN MUSIC Y N E K N O T H IG L T O P S USICAL FRONTIERS CONCERT BRIDGIING The exhibition is part of the French-German project ‘Migrants & Refugees - Perspectives from France, Germany and Kenya’, supported by the French German Cultural Fund, as well as UNHCR .HQ\DDQG81(6&25HJLRQDO2I¿FHIRU(DVWHUQ$IULFD Artists in most societies have created works that address not only the physicality of displacement EXWDOVRWKHFKDQJHVWKDWHPHUJHDVDUHVXOWRIPLJUDWLRQ6RPHRIWKHVHFKDQJHVDUHWKHWUDXPDRI IRUFHGGLVSODFHPHQWWKHDGMXVWPHQWWRQHZLQÀXHQFHVDQGFXOWXUHVWKHSOLJKWRIWKRVHOHIWEHKLQG DQGWKHXQLYHUVDOGHVLUHIRUKROLVWLFSURJUHVV7KLVH[KLELWLRQEULQJVWRJHWKHU.HQ\DQDUWLVWVZKR interrogate the phenomena of migration and refugees in their work, as well as other practitioners ZKRDUHFXUUHOW\FODVVL¿HGDVUHIXJHHV Smadj M The 2016 Spotlight on Kenyan Music programme will aim to transcend geographical and cultural boundaries through cross-cultural musical encounters; composing repertoires that combine a myriad of unique Mwanate LQVWUXPHQWVDQGUK\WKPVIURPDFURVVWKH$IULFDQFRQWLQHQW In February 2016, in partnership with the Nile Project, the Kenyan musicians Kasiva Mutua (percussionist) and Rapasa Nyatrapasa (nyatiti and adung player) fused Kenyan musical traditions with those of the Nile Basin; thus enriching their own compositions with 3DQ1LOHVRXQGV In the second cross-cultural musical encounter, the French-Tunisian Bado Oud maestro, Jean-Pierre Smadja (aka Smadj), will be in Nairobi to FROODERUDWHZLWK.HQ\DQPXVLFLDQV,WZLOOUHVXOWLQDULFKPXVLFDO mix of the sounds of the age old Middle Eastern musical instrument, the ‘oud’, with the distinctive melodius taarab traditions of the Kenyan FRDVWDQGWKHUK\WKPLFPZDQ]HOHEHDWVRIWKH*LULDPD Mwanate Kibwana, lead vocalist from Lelele Afrika; Bado, chakacha artist; Aaron Rimbui, renowned jazz pianist; Asaph Uzele, Coke Studio’s bass guitarist; and Tanzanian drummer, Emmaneul Yakobo, Aaron ZLOOMRLQ6PDGMRQDMRXUQH\RIPXVLFDOLQQRYDWLRQDQGHYROXWLRQ Smadj has been skillfully fusing oud music to diverse genres including MD]]HOHFWURQLFJURRYHVD[RSKRQHGUXPDQGEDVVIRURYHU\HDUV With six albums to his credit, Smadj has an extraordinary touch for blending electronic and acoustic sounds to create music rich in RULHQWDO1RUWK$IULFDQDQGMD]]UK\WKPV Shabu Mwangi Alliance Française ground floor gallery Alliance Française ground floor gallery In 2002 and 2003, Smadj and the Algerian oud player, Mehdi Haddab, were twice runner-up in the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards for Asaph their single Wild Serenade from the album DuOud, for the Best 1HZFRPHUDQGWKH%RXQGDU\&URVVLQJFDWHJRULHVUHVSHFWLYHO\3ULRU to this recognition, Smadj was already recognized for his debut album Equilibrist, blending Eastern melodies and electronic beats, which earned him 4thSODFHRQWKH(XURSHDQ:RUOG0XVLFFKDUWVLQ Jean-Pierre Smadj grew up listening to traditional Arab musicians like (J\SWLDQVLQJHU2XP.DOWKRXPDQG,UDTLRXGSOD\HU0XQLU%DVKLU Emma 1 - 29 may GEES U F E R & S T N A MIGR RMANY AND KENYA RSPE PHOTO EXHIBITION - PE CTIVES FROM FRANCE , GE 7pm, Alliance Française garden Tickets: 800/-, Advance: 500/- EXHIBITION ST 1 “Jungle” migrants camp in Calais, France © Philippe Huguen Refugee shelter in Hessen/Limburg, Germany © Boris Roessler Using images from Agence France Presse Interesting, inspiring, challenging, entertaining and thought works from a gender(DPA) angle and and (AFP),provoking Deutsche Presse-Agentur DFURVVGLIIHUHQWFXOWXUHVE\ZRPHQDUWLVWV Kenyan photographers, the exhibition shows varyingintéressantes, experiences stimulantes, of refugees inspirantes, in France, Des femmes artistes kenyanes présentent une sélectionthe d’œuvres *HUPDQ\ DQG .HQ\D 7KH SKRWRJUDSKV VKRZ DPXVDQWHVTXLVXVFLWHQWODUpÀH[LRQjWUDYHUVGLIIpUHQWHVFXOWXUHV the differing attitudes in and approaches th by these countries effortsatto6.30pm control, March Opening Tue.in8their HPEUDFHDQGIDFLOLDWHWKHOLYHVRIUHIXJHHV Alliance Française ground floor gallery rch MON. 14 ma Ifo 2 refugee Camp, Dadaab, Kenya © Thomas Mukoya Alliance Française first floor glallery TH U R O P E VAL AN FILM FESTI Opening Sat. 4th June @ 4pm Alliance Française ground floor gallery DRUM JAM France will show the award-winning drama µ)DWLPD¶ E\ 3KLOLSSH )DXFRQ 7KH ¿OP LV DQ insightful study of a Moroccan immigrant mother and her two daughters, Winner of 2016 César for the Best Film, )UDQFH¶VWRSQDWLRQDO¿OPDZDUG Fatima lives on her own with two daughters to support: 15-year-old Souad, a teenager in revolt, DQG\HDUROG1HVULQHZKRLVVWDUWLQJPHGLFDOVFKRRO+HUSRRUFRPPDQGRI)UHQFKFDXVHVKHU PXFKIUXVWUDWLRQLQKHUGDLO\LQWHUDFWLRQZLWKKHUGDXJKWHUV2QORVLQJKHUMREDVDFOHDLQJODG\ Fatima starts writing letters to her daughters in Arabic, telling them all the things she can’t express LQ)UHQFK The 3rd preliminary DrumJam Battle of WKH %DQGV IRU D VKRW DW WKH VHPL¿QDOV VORW Y TUE. 31 MA TYRANNY OF BENGA Fatima, qui maitrise mal le français, se bat FKDTXH MRXU SRXU pOHYHU VHXOH VHV ¿OOHV DGROHVFHQWHV$ORUVTX¶HOOHIDLWXQHFKXWHHWGRLW arrêter son travail de femme de ménage, elle FRPPHQFHjpFULUHHQDUDEHWRXWFHTX¶HOOHQH SHXWSDVGLUHjVHV¿OOHHQ)UDQFDLV Alliance Française auditorium Tickets: 100/- & Students: 50/- The much acclaimed ‘Tyranny of Benga’ is back for the ¿UVWHGLWLRQIRUWKLV\HDU72%LVDRQHRIDNLQGPDGH for TV mash up concert experience that brings together new and old musicians who are innovating on top of the FODVVLF%HQJDVRXQG3UHYLRXVSHUIRUPHUVRQWKH72% stage include Dan Aceda, Amileena Mwenesi, Chris $GZDU(ULF:DLQDLQDDPRQJVWRWKHUV 8pm Alliance Française garden Advance: 800/-, Gate: 1200/- 2pm, Alliance Française garden Advance: 500/-, Gate 800/- E Fri. 3 JUN AFROJAZZ /¶DQQpH FpOqEUH OH qPH anniversaire GX )HVWLYDO GX &LQpPD (XURSpHQ j 1DLUREL Organisé sous /e patronage de la délégation de l’Union Européenne au Kenya, cette année SD\V HXURSpHQV SDUWLFLSHURQW DX IHVWLYDO VRLW ¿OPV YHQDQW GH WRXWH O¶(XURSH ¿OPV $&3 ¿QDQFpV SDU OH )RQG (XURSpHQ GH 'pYHORSSHPHQW HW XQ ¿OP NHQ\DQ GX SD\V G¶DFFXHLOVHURQWpJDOHPHQWSURMHWpV /HWKqPHGHµ/¶,QWpJUDWLRQ¶RFFXSHUDXQHSODFH FHQWUDOH GDQV OH IHVWLYDO GH FHWWH DQQpH /HV ¿OPV VpOHFWLRQQpV SDU OHV SD\V SDUWLFLSDQWV UHÀqWHQW OD G\QDPLTXH GH O¶LQWpJUDWLRQ VRLW historique, mythique, environnemental ou VRFLRSROLWLTXH *UkFH j OD VpOHFWLRQ GH ¿OPV salués par les critiques, le public découvrira XQH LGHQWLWp HXURSpHQQH j PXOWLIDFHWWH HW HQ FRQVWDQWHpYROXWLRQ © Wilber Mazemu 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of the (XURSHDQ )LOP )HVWLYDO LQ 1DLUREL 2UJDQL]HG under the auspices of the European Union Delegation in Kenya, 16 European countries will be participating in this year’s Festival showing ¿OPV IURP DFURVV (XURSH $&3 ¿OPV funded by the European Development Fund and .HQ\DQ¿OPIURPWKHKRVWFRXQWU\ZLOODOVREH VFUHHQHG The theme of ‘Integration’ will take central place LQ WKLV \HDU¶V )HVWLYDO )LOPV WKDW KDYH EHHQ VHOHFWHG E\ WKH SDUWLFLSDWLQJ FRXQWULHV UHÀHFW the dynamics of integration whether historical, P\WKLFDO HQYLURQPHQWDO RU VRFLRSROLWLFDO Through the selection of critically acclaimed ¿OPVWKHDXGLHQFHZLOOGLVFRYHUDPXOWLIDFHWHG DQGHYHUHYROYLQJ(XURSHDQLGHQWLW\ Fri. 13th May @ 5.30pm Sun. 22nd May @5.30pm OWCASE Founded by Patrick Mukabi, the Dust Depo Artists’ Studio is based at the Nairobi Railway 0XVHXPV 3DWULFN 0XNDEL RQH RI .HQ\D¶V PRVWSUROL¿FSDLQWHUVNQRZQIRUKLVGLVWLQFWLYH paintings of colourful exaggerated large women, is also a great instructor, mentor and UROHPRGHOIRUPDQ\EXGGLQJDUWLVWV%HVLGHV opening up Dust Depo to talented artists looking for a conducive, supportive and creative environment, Patrick offers a variety of art classes for social, therapeutic and team EXLOGLQJSURJUDPPHV 7KLV ¿UVW DQQLYHUVDU\ H[KLELWLRQ ZLOO EULQJ together current artists in residence at the Dust Depo as well as others who have ÀHGJHGIURPWKHVWXGLRLQWKHODVW\HDU To date, Dust Depo has had over 50 young DUWLVWVEHQH¿WIURPWKHIUHHVSDFHDVZHOODV WKHFRPPXQLW\VSLULWWKDWLWSURYLGHV Y SUN. 15 MA 12 - 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