Kenya Christian
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YOU can Help those facing starvation through the #FeedKe initiative
Posted: July 27, 2011, 5:43 pm by KenyaChristian
I won't say much, I'll just post on this imitative from a blogpost on another site. I heard Safaricom just waived the fee when you send in. I sent Ksh300 today, please spare a meal today and contribute. May God bless you, and thankyou @ahmedsalims your initiative is an aswer to my prayers. We dont need to wait for gava, this is how we change our country, grassoots movements.
After 1 WEEK - #FeedKEA week ago I started this initiative of having Kenyans Sacrifice A Meal to help Feed Kenya!!! My initial TARGET was 10,000 Kenyans with atleast a minimum of 250/=Ksh donated to The Kenya Red Cross Society under #FeedKE Account Name. What amazed me is the response of us Kenyans – everyone who heard about it; shared it, talked about it and also some acted on it!!!Today, I post what we have collected so far and what YOU have donated as a Kenyan!!!As at 26th July 2011 from 172 donations we have collected 140,880/= KshI would like to appreciate all who have taken part in this so far, who also donated upto 40-50 Meals and who also are not around the country but made donations online… On behalf of everyone involved, I say Thank You and God Bless you!!!!We still are way behind Kenyans. We still have 3 MILLION Kenyans in starvation, We still have Children dying – this tells a lot. Tells us our future is clearly NOT in our hands, if we cannot look after our children, our tomorrow leaders, where are we really heading to??It’s so painful to watch the News and see this child who you may never know is tomorrow’s president? We cannot tell the future, but we can act on the present!!! And the present is helping Our People. Present is, YOU sending and sharing the little you can. Present is YOU having your neighbor, family friends all do the same. The present is to stand on your feet and say it from your heart – YOU ARE A KENYAN and you WILL HELP KENYA!!! Present is overlooking the past but focusing on making a difference in the present and building a future. We can only do this if YOU decide its TIME We ACT!! We can only make this happen if YOU say it your choice to either build this country or ignore it and let it suffer!!!We can do this Kenyans YES WE CAN DO IT and today I ask for 1 MORE WEEK to have all of you take part in this, talk about it, share it, act on it and make everyone you know do it!!!!This isn’t for me nor you this is for this COUNTRY which with no doubt, is bigger than all of us!!! We are the change we want we are the lives we want, we are the leaders we want and we are the ones to make it happen….My fellow brother and sister, LETS JUST DO THIS:
- On M-Pesa Paybill to ‘10,000’ Acc ‘feedke’
- On Airtel nickname ‘REDCROSS’ reference ‘feedke’
- Online: kenyaredcross.org
“Alms are for the poor and the needy; and those employed to administer (the funds); for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to truth); for those in bondage and in debt; in the cause of Allah; and for the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained by Allah, and Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.”Quran 9:60
My Name is Ahmed Salim and I’m A Kenyan GOD BLESS YOU and GOD BLESS KENYA!!!! -
Video: Mary Mary - "Walking"
Posted: July 25, 2011, 12:19 am by KenyaChristian
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Screen on the Green: Feasting of the Ox Edition August 6th
Posted: July 24, 2011, 5:41 pm by KenyaChristian
SOUL BOY: Directed by Hawa Essuman
Where: Kifaru House off Kanjata Rd next to Msongari School. House with Rhino on gate - No.3
When: Saturday August 6th 2011Gates open at 2pm for relaxed drinks, nyama choma and chill out jams; movie starts at 7pm
Advance tickets 800Ksh - buy online here (MPesa/Zap/Credit Card) http://www.screenonthegreen.co.ke/tickets
Gate tickets 1000ksh
ONE FREE PLATE OF TASTY NYAMA CHOMA WITH FOR FIRST 100 GUESTS WITH TICKET
Also available are Live DJ, Popcorn, nyama choma, hot chocolate
Carry a picnic and blanket to sit on and make this a fun experience for you and your friends.
Dress Warm for evening show!!
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Amy Winehouse -"You gave me hope in music again" RIP
Posted: July 23, 2011, 12:57 am by KenyaChristian
I am so sad and depressed by this right now. It's like gosh..all I can ask is WHY..you know? *SIGH!!** I dont think you understand, she is(was) like my top 2 favourite artists right now(apart from Nneka I think). The thing I love about Amy is she gave me hope in music again, hope that there are artists out there with real talent, with great lyrics, who are pushing boundaries. Amy Winehouse was instrumental in reviving pop-soul music in the UK and US for cyin out loud. She made American singers look bad, and showed them how soul should really be done again- made them rediscover their creation! I ve listened to Back to Black more times than i can count just exploring her voice, and sound, every note she sang and change and her no-holds barred, expose-it-all intelligently written lyrics were soo great to hear. This is just sad, I was used to regularly check sites for any news on a new album. I know she was currently on tour, I also scoured the internet for any music I hadnt heard like B-Sides, singles, "unreleased" songs. Yes, I was a huge Amy fan. Who is there to look forward to now with all this crap posing as music coming out now. I am depressed, she didnt have enough time to give us more albums. Its like Minnie Riperton, taken too soon, or Lauryn Hill with her inabilty to recapture her former self. I guess we are stuck with her two classic albums. i hope she had already completed her third album, but I'm pretty sure she had recorded a number of songssince Back to Black, w'ell have to wait and see. She is already a legend up there with the Aretha's, Ella's, Billie'e, Minnie's and the other greats. Dang it! Taken too soon. Why do the greats have to be taken??!! I hope this will lead peopel to look at just how bad drugs are,and greater initaitives to get drugs out of our communities. Amy, thanks for the great music you gave me.You gave my hope.
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Video: Fela! in Lagos
Posted: July 19, 2011, 8:03 pm by KenyaChristian
In April of 2011, the cast and crew of FELA! on Broadway traveled to Lagos, Nigeria becoming the first original Broadway production to be performed on African soil. Afropop correspondent Mark Gettes was there to document the historic occasion.
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Cee-Lo - "Bridges"
Posted: July 18, 2011, 10:39 pm by KenyaChristian
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Nneka - "Soul Is Heavy
Posted: July 16, 2011, 11:26 pm by KenyaChristian
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Screen on the Green: Feasting of the Ox Edition
Posted: July 13, 2011, 6:13 pm by KenyaChristian
One of my favorite Kenyan films will be showing at next month's Screen on the Green. Don't miss this, support Kenywood! (pron, Keni-wood, ya I just made that up:)
Synopsis: Nairobi, Kenya. 14 year-old Abila lives with his parents in Kibera, one of the largest slums in East Africa. One morning the teenager discovers his father ill and delirious. Someone has stolen his soul, mumbles the father as he sits huddled in a corner. Abila is shocked and confused but wants to help his father and goes in search of a suitable cure.Supported by his friend Shiku who is the same age as him, he learns that his father has gambled his soul away in the company of a spiritual woman.
The teenager doesn’t want to believe it and sets about looking for the witch. When he finally discovers her in the darkest corner of the ghetto, she gives him seven challenging tasks to save his father’s lost soul. Abila embarks on an adventurous journey which leads him right through the microcosm of his home town.
When: August 6th, 2011
Where: TBA
Tickets: Ksh 800
Time: Gates open at 2pm for relaxed drinks and nyama choma; movie starts at 7pm
ONE FREE PLATE OF NYAMA CHOMA WITH FOR FIRST 100 GUESTS WITH TICKET
Popcorn, bar, nyama choma, live DJ
Dress Warm
Tickets can be purchased through PesaPal /MPesa/Airtel here
Screen on the Green featured on Citizen TV
Soul Boy Trailer
Check out my review of Soul Boy here -
Video: Kirk Franklin - "I Smile"
Posted: July 13, 2011, 5:31 pm by KenyaChristian
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Video: Eliza Doolittle - "Mr Medicine"
Posted: July 13, 2011, 5:11 pm by KenyaChristian
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Ngwatilo @ Safaricom House
Posted: July 6, 2011, 11:59 pm by KenyaChristian
via NairobiNow
Ngwatilo Mawiyoo is at it again in a whole new exclusive concert at The Michael Joseph Centre in Safaricom House, Westlands on July 8th 2011 at 7pm prompt. The young poet, celebrated at home and abroad in literary and entertainment circles, shall share some of her newest poems and a few favorites in a new collaborative experiment of poetry and music – supported by some of Kenya’s most talented and vibrant singers and musicians.
Ngwatilo In Concert builds on the successes and ambitions of The Puesic Project staged at Alliance Francaise last December to a sold out audience; to allow other art forms to complicate, simplify and amplify the best of contemporary Kenyan poetry.
Advance Tickets are Ksh500
Gate Tickets- Ksh 800.
Tickets available at PesaPal
Time: Friday, July 8 · 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Safaricom House, Waiyaki Way, Westlands
Queries: 0702 845533 or email tickets@ngwatilo.com
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Kenyanpoet Pilot Podcast
Posted: July 6, 2011, 11:47 pm by KenyaChristian
I'm jealous! I've always wanted to have a podcast, oh well I guess she got to it before me. Will be checking this out regularly. To bigger and better things for this podcast.
Kenyanpoet Pilot Podcast by KenyanPoet
This is a show that draws mainly from the KenyanPoet blog which is an artistic space for Kenyan Arts. The KenyanPoet Podcast will mainly be featuring music, poetry, news and information on the Arts in Kenya through feature artists, interviews, poetry performances and readings. The show's host is Njeri Wangari a renown Poet and blogger.
Here is the playlist -
Video: "Ndoto Za Elibidi" (Trailer)
Posted: July 2, 2011, 6:19 pm by KenyaChristian
The plot pivots around the theme of acceptance and love as the protagonists – parents, four daughters and their lovers – come to terms with HIV and ghetto life. Cutting back and forth from fiction to documentary, from the original stage play to actual locations, the film takes viewers on two parallel journeys: we watch the story, but we are also watching it through the eyes of the ghetto audience.
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