David William Cohen Lemuel A.
Johnson Collegiate Professor of African Anthropology and History at the University
of Michigan
February 26,
2009
Yesterday,
February 25, 2009, I learned the very sad news of the passing in Kisumu, Kenya
of dear colleague Prof. E. S. Atieno Odhiambo, following an extended
illness.I was not able to grasp the
nature of this illness but I recognized that this illness was constituting an
immense gap in a world of learning, ...
A Report on NextLevel: Interviews
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The Historical Challenges of Independent Film Production in Kenya
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Literature festival begins
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All Girls Together
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A simple conversation between Janet Kirina, and Nice Githinji, on the set of the film,
‘Benta,' has resulted in the transformation of the then actors into the producers of the new film ‘All Girls Together'.
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Kwani Litfest
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