Speech on Innovation, Technology and the 21st Century Global Economy by IMF MD Christine Lagarde at Stanford University

IMF Boss Christine Lagarde in Kenya I Photo Courtesy of IMF Flicker Images 

'there are over 200 Million people looking for work across the globe. If the unemployed formed a country, it would be the 5th largest in the world' - Christine Lagarde, MD IMF

Find the full speech here

The Return of Ocampo...

Open Letter to the President by Three Concerned Citizens

Open Letter to the President

  Open Letter to the President by Ni Sisi Kenya

Also recommended: How Uhuru could end up presiding over a corruptadministration. by Paul Mwangi. Sunday Nation, February 9 2014.

Publication: Filling the Blank Space of Global Art Peripheries: Measurements of Art Mobility & their Ambivalence in Nairobi by Olivier Marcel

Filling the Blank Space of Global Art Peripheries: Measurements of Art Mobility and their Ambivalence in Nairobi, Kenya by Olivier Marcel of Bordeaux 3 University

Abstract 

In recent years, art made in Africa, particularly in the metropolitan context, has witnessed a substantial increase in attention coming from transnational institutions. While many researchers have pointed out the deceitful nature of contemporary art’s globalization, this turn of events still challenges the way we conceive the space of contemporary art. In this paper I use cartography as a critical tool to approach the international mobility facilitated by two art organizations based in Nairobi, Kenya. 

Olivier Marcel takes a critical look at art mobility in Kenya through the lens of two cultural institutions, Goethe Institut Nairobi and Kuona Trust. 

His research findings offer interesting perspectives and his use of cartography to map out art mobility offers visual account of relationships that exist and might have been missed in the art space.

This is a worthwhile paper to read and it can be accessed here

[Event] Feb. 13 Protest + Special Sermon by Rev. Timothy Njoya on the State of Nation, Feb. 13 2014 @ Outside Parliament

Feb. 13 2014 Protest Poster

Date: February 13, 2014
Venue: Uhuru Park, Freedom Corner – Parliament
Time: 10 am
Dress Code: Black T-Shirt

Agenda: Insecurity, Unemployment, Corruption, Poverty, Sick at 50, Culture of Impunity and Mutilation of the constitution.

Special Sermon by Rev. Dr. Timothy Njoya on the State of the Nation

Performances by: Sarabi Band and Anto NeoSoul + many other acts

Come with a Kenyan Flag and a roll of tissues.