The self-taught artist collected mementos for 15 years, and from around 15 countries.

Lara Kay’s gallery was shut down due to road construction works

Mwangi, 18, briefly studied photography before running away from home due to conflict

He coats on African prints using markers and acrylic paints to centre on themes of Hindu culture, nature and family.

The International day of Persons with Disabilities was first celebrated in 1992

The walls are decorated with animated children and animals to bring out the vibrancy children naturally have

Immersive Art: Art meets technology in an exhibition which celebrates African heroes and heroines

Contemporary visual artist, Matt Kayem, is out to redefine what it means to be African. In doing so, he is rebelling against social standards.

While being your own boss gives you the freedom to run your business as you envision, a number of concerns creep in about your next income.

Rich Allela specialises in conceptual and documentary photography

Mitchener recreates masks to depict a disappearing African tribe or a disappearing art form

Families speak out on forced disappearances

Members of the group met during audition by the boy band Sauti Sol.

?She came, saw and stayed! Joanne Corrigall, a music video producer from South Africa arrived in Nairobi in February for what was supposed to be a filmmakers' workshop, before falling in love with Kenya.

The exhibition at Circle Art Gallery showcases internal displacement, migration and need for a safe place to call home, themes that are now a global concern.

What stands out in Evans Mbugua’s work is his ability to recreate extraordinary print creations through simple and popular symbols.

He gets pleasure from playing with words. For a man whose slogan is ‘a man deep... in thought,’ derived from his name, Amandeep Singh brings out his unique ink illustrations.

Vera; or, The Nihilists-the first Oscar Wilde play-found its way to Alliance Française last weekend.

Kenyan publishers are ignoring art books because they don’t rake in enough profits, a report conducted by the British Council has revealed.

Cartoons. Those caricatures with few words ordinarily seen as source of harmless fun.

If John had taken advantage of the polygamy law passed last year and legally married both his wives, Mary and Barbara, he would not have faced potential five year imprisonment for bigamy.

It was her love for the country that made her take the time to appreciate its nature. And it was her love for nature that made her have the creation ‘In Love with Nature’, an exhibition at The Purdy Arms, a restaurant in Karen this Monday.

Chances are you would never buy a torn short, an old hand bag, out-of style shoes or an over-sized jeans. If anything, these are the outfits you threw out of your wardrobe to make room for new, trendy apparel.

Gerald Langiri’s new film Fundi-mentals hits the cinemas this coming Thursday. Gerald plays the starring role of Joseph, an owner of a repair shop in Kinoo town.

Kuona Arts Trust Centre welcomed its year of activities last Thursday with Labyrinth, an installation art exhibition by mixed-media artist Jackie Karuti (pictured). Last year Jackie also held a successful exhibition that portrayed the fate of books and Kenyan libraries.

Do not be left out of the movie craze; here are captivating stories to look out for.

VANE AMINGA, 24, has 60 girls under her care. She pays their tuition fees and ensures that they attend school every day, fully equipped with stationery and books. She makes time to attend their school functions as a parent would. All this is done through Fly Sister Fly Foundation, which she founded three years ago. ANJELLAH OWINO spoke to this kind soul.

In 2002, two Ugandan soldiers were executed after a military tribunal found them guilty of killing an Irish priest.

Before her mother opens the door, Chippy (Mwajuma Bahati) hides ashtrays and bottles of alcohol from the previous night house party. She welcomes her mother (Maryanne Nungo) who had been discharged from hospital. Chippy had paid for her mother’s hospital bills among other expenses.

He was arrested and placed in solitary confinement for defending those who wanted to overthrow the apartheid regime in South Africa. He lost an arm and an eye when a bomb exploded in his car.

An artist’s voice is what separates him or her from another. It is this voice that individual artists use to express themselves. Though theirs is a joint effort, this is exactly what Boniface Maina and Michael Musyoka have been trying to showcase through their exhibition dubbed Finding Voice… Maisha, Mitush, Music and other Matters.

Two Dutch friends open art school to train youth from city’s informal settlements on arts.

Laughter is said to be the best medicine. For Dr David Wasambla, it is also a way to save the lives of newborns.

Meta l-Mkunga Twelled, translated to When the Mkunga Gives Birth, by Julia Farrugia, takes us through one of the greatest hurdles for mothers in Kenya; maternal death.

At the tender age of three, Daniel Pamba would grab sufurias at his home and turn them into drums to his father’s chagrin. Even after repeated warnings, the youngster did not relent causing the father to realise that his son had a passion for music that needed nurturing.

It seems that we live in a world that appreciates the outcome more than the journey. This could be the reason why many falter when the going gets tough. ANJELLAH OWINO met BRIAN WAITHAKA, 17, a painter who is ready to put in work.

To begin with, children are fast learners. They are also humorously honest, inquisitively observant and fresh in the mind. And in their sweet, innocent smiles and tiny fingers, some are born writers.

A talented filmmaker and good friend, James Kahindi, and I created a feature film early last year for his final school project. As we developed the story, one thing I could not stop asking myself — and him — was why we had to include ‘foreign plot’ in the story.

Six Kenyan authors will have their works published by a leading US publishing house after they received accolades of as some of the most promising fiction writers under 40.

“Everyone has a weakness. Some people have a weakness for champagne cocktails. Or older men with French accents. My weakness is old French champagne glasses.”