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This Saturday, November 26th we’ll be hosting the final edition of the Mengi Mengi Film Club. This edition’s theme is “Mafunzo ya dunia” and is an all-Kenyan affair! We follow the troubling encounters of Mama Margaret Kamango and her beloved grandson Karisa in The Letter (2019) by Maia Lekow & Christopher King. The documentary explores fear, greed and the dangerous clash between Christian evangelism and superstitious beliefs. Hope springs eternal in Wanuri Kahiu PUMZI (2009). It is a necessary tale in this era of climate change.

Free entry. Limited seating. Screening starts promptly at 1PM.

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Catch Angela Wachuka at this year’s Ake Arts & Book Festival . She will be moderating a panel session on Thursday, 24th November with Hadiza El Rufai , Ama Dadson & Eyinade Adedotun on new approaches to publishing & distribution in Africa.

Follow the conversation online via Ake Arts & Book Festival .

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Bunkers, want to catch up on all that’s happening at #NBOLibraries this November? Take a look at our calendar of events for this month and come through for our events. We’ve got so much in store at #NBOLibraries including; extended library hours, film screenings, tutoring at the library, play at the library and much much more. So, tell a friend and come to either Eastlands Library, Kaloleni Library or McMillan Memorial Library on Banda Street.

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Greetings from Green Bunk!

We recently held a garbage clean up exercise at Kaloleni Library and Kaloleni neighbourhood. We had over 150 volunteers and 10 garbage collectors from the neighbourhood join us for this exercise. We are one step close to building safe, clean and sustainable green libraries. Stay tuned for our next clean up exercise. If you’d like to partner with us on this, please reach out to us at hello@bookbunk.org.

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We are back with the third season of the Mengi Mengi Film Club curated by @Akili Ninywele ! This edition’s theme looks at “kith and kin” featuring ABOUNA (2002) by Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad) and TITHES & OFFERINGS (2018) from Director Tony Koros (Kenya).

Free entry. Screening starts promptly at 1PM.

See you on Saturday!

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