Gala 2020 – Book Bunk

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#NRBLibraries is now open to the public! Come through this Saturday for #HepaJam film screenings with Docubox - The East African Documentary Film Fund!

This Saturday, we are featuring three films; Black Man’s Trilogy: White Man’s land and Mau Mau Crisis. We will also be screening Renee Akitelek Mboya’s film, “A Glossary of Words My Mother Never Told Me.” These three films look at colonialism, its history and impact on our societies.

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Bunkers,

In light of this week’s scheduled Kenya elections; McMillan Memorial Library on Banda Street, Kaloleni Library and Eastlands Library will remain closed from Monday 8th August 2022 at 1pm to Friday 12th August, 2022.

Library operations and programming will resume on Saturday 13th August 2022.

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Earlier this year, we launched Green Bunk; our response to climate change. Green Bunk’s long term goal is to build carbon neutral libraries by 2027! Since launching this programme, we’ve installed solar panels and solar water pumps at Eastlands Library thanks to our new friends, Davis & Shirtliff. We’ve also partnered with TakaTaka Solutions, who have generously installed a waste collection point for Kaloleni library and the library community. We are also running community training programmes for kids and teens and inspire them towards being eco-warriors. You can read more about Green Bunk here: https://www.bookbunk.org/green-bunk/

If you are interested in helping us achieve our goal of building carbon neutral libraries, message us and we’ll be sure to respond. Stay tuned for more Green Bunk updates 🙂

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Come through this Saturday for #HepaJam film screenings with Docubox - The East African Documentary Film Fund!

We’re screening “Skulls of My People” by South African film director, Vincent Moloi, at Eastlands and Kaloleni Libraries from 12pm. This documentary follows the struggle of one of the smallest tribe in Namibia as they fight to return the skulls of their people taken by the Germans for racial science profiling after the genocide of 1904.

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Bunkers,

Hepa Jam is still on with more film screenings at the library courtesy of Docubox - The East African Documentary Film Fund!

This Saturday, 30th July, we’ll be hosting simultaneous screenings at Eastlands Library and Kaloleni Library from 12pm for the film, “If Objects Could Speak”. Two filmmakers, Elena Schilling and Saitabao Kaiyare , take a Kenyan artifact from a German museum, produce a 3D scan and embark on a journey back to its roots. This film takes you on a journey to find answers about this old object from the Kikuyu tribe. With a digital art installation in their package, Elena and Saitabao started a new conversation about the issue of colonial belongings, identity, fear and anger in Kenya. Join us on Sato to learn more!

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A Night At The Library

It’s the most wonderful time of the year again! Our annual fundraising gala- A Night At The Library, is back on 11th December 2020! This evening showcases the public libraries we have been working to restore in Kaloleni, Makadara and the CBD. We engage with audiences and lovers of public spaces, and raise funds as well as crucial partnerships that make this groundbreaking work restoring #NRBLibraries possible.

Thanks to your support, we raised KES 3.4M in 2019 in unrestricted funds, launched our individual and corporate giving programme – Friends of Book Bunk – and made wonderful connections with individuals and entities who have supported our work restoring the Kaloleni Library and the Eastlands Library in Makadara this year!

Due to the Covid19 pandemic and resultant limitations on public gatherings, we have to do things differently this year. We are thankful to be bringing our gala experience to your home, and look forward to you joining us for our first-ever digital edition of the gala. It is a Mask-A-Rade! A virtual experience filled with stories and other experiences that celebrate our city and its public spaces, live from the iconic McMillan Memorial Library!

Virtual Meet & Greet

Presenting for the first time, our Virtual Meet & Greet sessions! These are an exclusive opportunity to have a brief 1-on-1 conversation with a diverse group of artists, entrepreneurs, professionals and thought leaders. This incredible group of luminaries continue to inspire our teams here at Book Bunk and we encourage you to purchase a conversation with them, for yourself, a colleague or loved one. We’re grateful to them for donating their time to us, for the benefit of Nairobi’s libraries!

Our Sponsors, Partners & Friends, Thank you.

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