The “Art Salon 523”, a group art exhibition opened at The Kobo Trust in Nairobi on August 18. Put together by the Kobo artists, also known as the…
Some two decades ago, Anthony Okello was making art with the hope that one day he would find his own style. He did. Now, his works are easy…
The author of ‘Mti wa Milele’, ‘The Colour Magician’, ‘The Forever Tree’, among several others, talks about how reading has had an impact in her career as a…
Decluttering your home, mental space or life is an endless journey. As used items start to tear, new stuff is brought into your space or a new style…
Kamaliza Reads Library collects books by Black Women writers for people to read. Meet Rwanda’s first all-black women library. You are going to find all kinds of books…
The Nairobi art scene has become vibrant again. Sculptors, pencil artists, painters and photographers are back to creating and displaying pieces in galleries. This was not the case…
Kaloleni in Nairobi has a rich cultural, political and sports history. It is a place where Tom Mboya lived. A place where Barack Obama Sr. would hang out.…
Happy International Literacy Day! It is such an exciting day for the world of books. This celebration is marked every September 8 across the globe to help spread…
Ready to unwind? Get a cozy blanket. A book or a movie or your favourite playlist. Pour yourself a refreshingly spicy beverage. Not one in sight? Don’t worry,…
Fierceness in animals is a defining characteristic of Lennox Ogada’s work. He combines movement, shape and realistic details to tell stories about animals to show similarity in traits…
Many bookworms believe that they need to own more books. One who has a fully-stocked library at home and another who has just began to purposely collect reads…
Thinking about what your next read is going to be? Author and editor Peter Ngila Njeri shares five reads worth considering. Peter Ngila Njeri takes daily evening walks.…
Mukuru kwa Reuben area has more than 18 schools but only two of them have almost adequately equipped libraries, Claris Nadini tells us when we visited Mukuru Library…
The Alliance Francaise in Nairobi is resuming monthly exhibitions in its art gallery after four months. And “Wheels of Life” art exhibition by Evans Ngure sets this in…
The renovation of McMillan Memorial Library’s Kaloleni Branch is complete. Book Bunk has been working on restoring Kenya’s second oldest library McMillan Memorial Library on Banda Street, Kaloleni…