Uzo Iweala in Italian Vogue
Click here to see Vogue’s (Italian) coverage of Uzo Iweala during his trip to Mali.
Doreen Baingana Interviewed by Washington City Paper
Writer’s Shock: Author Doreen Baingana Prepares to Pen a Travelogue from Memory by Christina Lee Somewhere in Kenya, during a six-hour bus ride from Mombasa to Nairobi this fall, the Kenya-based, Uganda-born Doreen Baingana’s laptop was stolen. In an Oct. 21 e-mail, her devastation was clear: “I am in shock right now. I will just have to use my memory. Terrible.” That laptop has every interview that Baingana, who for the last 16 years has lived in the D.C. area, …
South African Times covers Pilgrimages
Pilgrimages Radio: a conversation with SABC
Doreen Baingana’s pilgrimage featured in Somaliland Press
Pilgrimages has received coverage from Somaliland’s main newspaper, the Somaliland Press. Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland is the destination of Doreen Baingana who arrived this week. According to the newspaper’s web site Doreen will visit “Somaliland writers, poets, playwrights and artists. She will also hold question and answer sessions with student and reader clubs and tour heritage sites.” Read more
Ni Wakati to premier at Frisco’s Black Film Festival
A Kenyan film directed by Michael Wanguhu will premiere at San Francisco’s Black Film Festival on June 19, 2010. In Ni Wakati, which means It’s Time in kiSwahili, M1 (dead prez) and Umi (P.O.W.) travel to East Africa with the aim of introducing Africa’s rich diversity to the world. They connect with Ukoofulani Mau Mau a revolutionary youth movement of artists in the Dandora slum in Nairobi. They share music, food and culture as they break mistaken myths about Africa. Later, …
