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random goodness, 8/28

Posted: August 28th, 2008 | Author: kamau | Filed under: Uncategorized, film, music, photography | 3 Comments »

COLOPHON: Do not attempt to adjust your monitor you have come to the right place. I am just continuing my search for a suitable theme for this site. Not overly thrilled with this one either, so I will be dusting off my rusty config skills to tweak it to suit.

kenyastories
Screenshot of Carol Pineau’s film “Kenyan Stories”

FILM: Kenya National Business Plan Competition. Carol Pineau’s work in progress film about 100 aspiring Kenyan entrepreneurs who get to pitch their business concept to a panel of sponsors before the 2007 elections and the fracas that followed. I am no fan of reality shows like “The Apprentice” which is how the story was shot/edited, but I suspect that presenting this story as an earnest documentary style wouldn’t generate much notice for the film either. [via Kenyan Pundit]

jrwomenheroes

PHOTOGRAPHY: JR: Women are Heroes. Guerilla photographer has taken photographs of women in Kenya, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Brazil. He usually asks his subjects to make exaggerated/humorous facial expressions and shoots them up close with a wide angle lens. Hen then posts the images he has taken (often illegally) in the environments where his subjects can see them (as opposed to a gallery/museum). Most recently he has posted his images on the sides of homes in the Providencia favela of Rio de Janeiro. [via rion.nu]
Previously: Portrait of a Generation previously featured here.


Obama – Extra Golden feat. Opiyo Bilongo

MUSIC: Extra Golden: “Obama”. Kenyan-American Benga/Rock group pays tribute to a prominent American of Kenyan ancestry.


Stephanie McKay performs “Tell It Like It Is” live for the Darfur Olympics at BB King NYC

MUSIC: Stephanie McKay: Tell It Like It Is. Bronx native McKay’s new album has me digging back in the crates for that old soulful funk from the early to mid 70’s. Prediction: this will be one of the standout releases of 2008.

3 Comments on “random goodness, 8/28”

  1. 1 sci-culturist said at 6:32 am on September 1st, 2008:

    this is a cool, clean look. although i can relate to not being entirely thrilled with a theme. i must confess the temptation to migrate to wordpress is growing exponentially!

  2. 2 jepchumba said at 4:16 pm on September 10th, 2008:

    hey there, i have been a big fan for the longest time. like u I am a kenyan who has a blog. http://chepchumba.wordpress.com Anyways I really just wanted to say that I miss your other format it was so much easier to read and find stuff. I think it was pretty great. I also wanted you to know that I enjoy your content and it helps me catch up with all the stuff is going on at home. i like your eye for photography as well.

  3. 3 kamau said at 5:05 pm on September 10th, 2008:

    hey jepchumba. nice blog you got there, bookmarked it. re: the new theme, as i said i am not exactly crazy about it, so i am working on some tweaks to customize it (especially readability). hope you’ll keep coming back.