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• February 16, 2009
• 8:19

  Kenya's Rihannas

   » ‎ Kenya Imagine

  Tags:  Culture  

  This Valentine's weekend is probably one R&B star Rihanna would prefer to forget.

  
  Stephanie Migot spares a thought for Kenya's Rihannas.

• November 16, 2008
• 20:51

  Who Are You?

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  Art amp Culture  

  I want to move away (for one moment) from talking about global economic crashes, devalued currencies, war lords, machete’s and William Ruto.  I need a break. I want to talk about you — the readers and commentators on this blog.  Who are you and what are you about? And I want you to answer these questions, [...]

• October 06, 2008
• 19:05

  Spring was coming, spring is coming?

   » ‎ Kenya Imagine

  Tags:  Culture  

  Insect bites/mosquito stings on bare skin, butterflies crawling out of their cocoons, birds chirping. Sun shining, blue skies. Clear nights. The scent of mowed lawns, wet earth after a short bout of rain. The scent of manure (eeew); the smell of spring – achoo! Hay fever.
  
  Spring was coming, spring is coming.
  
  Read more here.

  

  
• 19:03

  private thoughts of a public man...

   » ‎ Kenya Imagine

  Tags:  Culture  

  Poet Mike Kwambo pulls the strings on our series on K-Street otherwise, called Nairobi's Red Light District. This poem could as well be meant for performance. Read on.

  

  

• March 29, 2008
• 20:14

  Bollywood or Nollywood? Indian Cinema or Nigerian Films?

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  Art amp Culture  

  I want to get away from political talk for one moment and talk about my newfound love for Indian cinema (not those bollywood movies though). I’m talking about the new Indian movies that people are referring to as parallel cinema or multiflex cinema. These are at their core, Indian movies, with Indian actors and about [...]
• February 22, 2008
• 8:32

  Mind, Body & Soul

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  Art amp Culture  

  It’s a slow Friday and I want to take a break from bashing Raila (but of course, if he starts his domo, domo, domo, I’ll have to reverse this policy and relaunch the attacks). Anyway, I want to talk about health today.  Why? because I’ve noticed that when I get together with my friends, they are [...]
• October 15, 2007
• 19:33

  The African “Usher”

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  Art Culture  

  From Kinshasa, Congo….. Fally Ipupa……. JAH Lives in Africa (now pass me some of that herb…) And of course, if you like this song, you can download it from Ares.com for fffffrrrrr

• September 17, 2007
• 22:56

  Re-branding Kenya Music Festival!

   » ‎ Kenya Imagine

  Tags:  Culture  

  I recently happened across a KBC programme on past Kenya National Music Festival Competitions. Suddenly, it dawned on me that little had been done to market and showcase the diverse richness of Kenyan culture.
  
  Read Collins Mbalo proposal here.
• September 10, 2007
• 12:58

  Rooted in Language

   » ‎ Kenya Imagine

  Tags:  Culture  

  L. Akitelek Papakemus writes on her loss of language, and the consequential loss of culture.
  
  Cut off from their tongue, the secrets of my forefathers are forever lost on me and I remain but the distant echo of a glorious beginning. Though my voice resonates with the timbre of new music there is falsehood in my tongue and I feel myself fettered and reduced to a slave as my master mocks my novel creation.
  
  Read more here.

• July 27, 2007
• 18:21

  How Long Will You Live?

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  Art Culture  

  There’s an interesting article in the Economist Magazine (Just freeze me like an Egyptian Mummy) about where human beings inherit their lifespans. What scientists are now discovering is that children’s lifespans correlate in length to that of their parents, but only one parent — Their father’s. Additionally, what they also found was that it is [...]
• July 26, 2007
• 21:01

  “Authentic” Kenyan Music…

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  Art Culture  

  I’m listening to Ayub Ogada’s song “kothbiro” (it was featured in the movie “The Constant Gardner”) - it’s a classic, up there with the song “malaika”. I also like Suzanne Owiyo’s “Kisumu 100” - she’s another underrated talent (she should be up there with the likes of Miriam Makeba)…why isn’t she? Eric Wainaina has nothing on these [...]
• April 25, 2007
• 15:17

  A Modern Indian’s Struggle With Arranged Marriage

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  Art Culture  

  This Indian writer has a very funny and informative piece on her parents desire to see her married and she chronicles her difficulties with this age old tradition that is now confronting her. The writer is a Jain, a sect of Hinduism that adhere to a strict vegetarian diet. However, as she says….”My father excludes “non-veg” [...]
• 7:42

  Cultural Innovation

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  Art Culture  

  I just came across an interesting article in the New York Times that discusses this issue of cultural innovation — where it comes from and how it manifests itself. Here are a list of stereotypes that the author highlights (I prefer to call them truism’s because I think that they are largely true). The Chinese [...]