Publications

Grassroots upgraded - Reflections on Nairobi Eastlands

Language: English, German, Dutch, French
Pages: 152
Year of publication: 2012
Publisher: Goethe-Institut Kenya, Africalia and Stichting Kunstboek

For Grassroots upgraded, twenty members of the collective Slum-TV have chosen the LOMO camera as a medium of self-representation. The project, established by the cooperation of Africalia and the Goethe-Institut Kenya, is not a development project but rather takes an ironic perspective on the development world, a position which is reflected in the title of the book and the politically incorrect name of the collective. The approach is conceptual and political, the choice of medium an aesthetic one. The LOMO camera is taken as anarchic medium, based on chance, involving imperfection and often producing a blurred aesthetic. With these images Slum-TV goes beyond the stereotypes which have been shaping our imagination of Africa.

Contact Zones NRB 02,03,04:
Sam Hopkins, Peterson Kamwathi, Ato Malinda
Language: English
Pages: 128, 124, 128
Year of publication: 2012
Publisher: Goethe-Institut Kenya and Native Intelligence

Contact Zones NRB pays tribute to the developments that have shaped the global art world and intellectual discourse over the last decade. Emerging from the specific perspective of Nairobi, the series is largely dedicated to the protagonists of the East African artistic, activist and intellectual scenes. The spectrum ranges from art projects and cultural practice to knowledge production and political interventions, using the book as a medium. Contact Zones NRB exclusively publish material that is not taken up by any other publishers. The three new volumes display the work of Sam Hopkins, Peterson Kamwathi and Ato Malinda. For more information please check www.contact-zones-nrb.com



Contact Zones NRB 01: Fresh Paint

Language: English
Pages: 112
Year of publication: 2011
Publisher: Goethe-Institut Kenya

This anthology of poems and short stories is the culmination of a joint literary project by Amka - Space for Women’s Creativity - and the Goethe-Institut Kenya. It is the first collection of writings presented by the young writers, discussed during more than 30 literature forums, that take place every last Saturday of the month.



Jahazi: Culture - Arts - Performance. KnowledgeCultureMemory

Language: English
Pages: 80
Year of publication: 2011
Publisher: Twaweza Communications Nairobi

In the framework of a night of commemoration, Twaweza Communications, Ford Foundation and the Goethe-Institut Kenya honoured the great lifework of the Kenyan Professor Atieno Odhiambo and the poet/artist Bantu Mwaura, who both passed away in 2009. The 4th issue of the journal Jahazi presents different essays and poems about those remarkable personalities.



24Nairobi - An Exploration of a City by Photographers and Writers

Language: English
Pages: 193
Year of publication: 2011
Publisher: Kwani Trust

This catalogue shows a selection of photos of the 24Nairobi project. 24Nairobi is one of the most notable photo projects realised in Kenya. 13 photographers documented the very different and fascinating worlds of Nairobi over a 24-hours day and night cycle.



Learning form Nairobi Mobility - Cultural Libary

Language: English
Pages: 271
Year of publication: 2010
Publisher: KISDedition Köln, Goethe-Institut Kenya and University of Nairobi

Cultural Library is a series of projects investigating habits and rituals, and the use of products and spaces associated with them. Those taking part in the project sketched out both the relevant issues and opportunities regarding the theme of mobility at the micro as well as the macro level. Developing finished product solutions is not the main thrust of this project; rather the aspects of transformation and interaction: How can the gained knowledge be reworked to make it useful? The results, and the manner in which they are presented in this book, show, yet again, the problem-solving potential that design has, due to its interdisciplinary approach.



Kenya Stories

Language: Swahili/English, insert with German translation
Pages: 32
Year of publication: 2008
Publisher: Goethe-Institut Kenya, the National Book Development Council of Kenya and Buchkinder Leipzig e.V.

Children’s book with the most beautiful children stories written and designed by children themselves in English and Swahili.
 


Picking up the Pieces. Cartoons on the Post-Election Violence in Kenya 2007/2008

Language: English
Pages: 59
Year of publication: 2010
Publisher: Mvule Africa Publishers, with Goethe-Institut Kenya, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, KATUNI

Catalogue of the cartoon exhibition at Goethe-Institut Kenya. It takes a sharp, witty and bitter look at the post election crisis 2007/2008.



Andrew Tshabangu - Johannesburg Transitions
Catalogue of the exhibition

Language: English
Pages: 122
Year of publication: 2008
Publisher: Tobias Wendl, Ralf Seippel
Projectpartner: Goethe-Institut Kenya, PAN Kunstforum Niederrhein, Seippel Gallery, KunstRaum Sylt Quelle, Gallery Momo

Catalogue of the solo show of the South African photographer Andrew Tshabangu, exhibited at Goethe-Institut Kenya 2009 and other venues in Europe and South Africa. With an Essay by Simon Njami.



António Ole - Hidden Pages

Language: German/English
Pages: 128
Year of publication: 2009
Publisher: Ulf Vierke, Johannes Hossfeld

Catalogue of the solo show of the Angolan artist António Ole at Iwalewa House and Goethe-Institut Kenya 2009. Essays by José Eduardo Aqualusa, Nadine Siegert and Margrit Prussat, amongst others.





Contemporary Art in Kenya

Language: English
Pasges: 28
Year of publication: 2007
Publisher: Goethe-Institut Kenya and Alliance Française

The catalogue in magazine format with CD documents the competition and the exhibition which Goethe-Institut Kenya and Alliance Française de Nairobi organized in 2006 with the support of the German and French embassies and in collaboration with the Department of Culture and Kuona Trust.



(Re)Membering Kenya Vol. 1

Language: English
Pages: 259
Year of publication: 2010
Publisher: Twaweza Communications, with Ford-Stiftung and Goethe-Institut Kenya

Volume I covers the first 8 of the 25 conferences of the (Re)Membering Kenya lecture series.






Conflict Resolution
The Role of Information and Knowledge Management — The Kenyan Experience

Language: English
Pages: 168
Year of publication: 2008
Publisher: Goethe-Institut Kenya and Kenia Library Association

Papers of the seminal conference organised in conjunction with Kenya Library Association (KLA) in June 2008 on the role of libraries in conflict resolution.


In preperation:

Contact Zones NRB:

- Mwangalio Tofauti
- Miriam Syowia Kyambi
- Tony Mochama
- Ananias Léki Dago
- Just A Band
- Mbugua wa-Mungai
- Tom Odhiambo
- James Muriuki


Websites of the projects of Goethe-Institut Kenya:

Bildad Kaggia - This online-exhibition pays tribute to the extraordinary Kenyan personality of Bildad Kaggia.

Cultural Library - Cultural Library is an international design and research cooperation project initiated by Tadanori Nagasawa, Hiroshi Imaizumi (MAU, Tokyo) and Philipp Heidkamp (KISD, Germany).

Jukwaani! - Blog of the Festival for Performance Literature, organized by Goethe-Institut Nairobi and Alliance Française de Nairobi

Barabara.fm - A Journey with Sven Kacirek into the Sound of Kenya

Picking up the pieces - Cartoons on the post-elections crisis in Kenya

Urban Mirror - An online map about Art and Public Space in Kenya

BLNRB - BLNRB is a project of young bands and musicians from Nairobi and Berlin who together try to fathom the borders between electronic music, hip-hop and African musical traditions.

Contact Zones NRB - Contact Zones NRB is a book series, published by Goethe-Institut Kenya and Native Intelligence, that is largely dedicated to the protagonists of the East African artistic, activist and intellectual scenes.