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Nairobi's literary festival on African histories and futures. Next edition: Chronicles and Currents, September 19-21, 2025 - https://t.co/QFfH8oZrrr
Nairobi, Kenya
Joined August 2019
This year, Chronicles & Currents brings together storytellers from across the Atlantic, spanning Brazil to Jamaica, Angola to Trinidad, and beyond. Our international guests explore identity, language, love, land, and resistance, some through memory, others through myth.
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The wait is over! The Macondo Literary Festival 2025 Main Programme is now live on our website!.Dive into this year’s theme “Chronicles & Currents” and start planning your festival journey. Explore the programme here
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If you have a working one and would like to support Macondo, please DM us or email marketing@macondolitfest.org.
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Be part of the magic at the Poetry Hotspot! We’re looking for a typewriter to help poetry lovers craft a collaborative poem. It’s needed for two days (September 20th to September 21st) and we’ll take great care of it.
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The #Macondo2025 journey has begun. Our theme “Chronicles & Currents” launched at Lava Latte with music, books from @NuriaBooks , a quiz and powerful conversations on the ties between Africa, South America and the Caribbean. See you in September! #ChroniclesAndCurrents
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At the Kenya Cultural Centre Auditorium on Sunday, 21st September, 10:00 – 11:00 AM, join @Dorphan_age @Bibliophilicms, and @iDorechi in conversation with Aleya Kassam as they explore how a new generation is reimagining voice, structure, and emotional truth.
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Be part of this powerful conversation on the future of Kenyan storytelling. Get your tickets here #MacondoLiteraryFestival #KenyaWrites #ChroniclesAndCurrents.
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Since its inception in 2022, Kenya Writes has celebrated the bold new voices shaping Kenya’s literary scene.
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RT @MacondoLitFest: Priya Hein writes with fierce tenderness about girlhood, silenced histories, and resilience in Mauritius. We’re honoure….
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Priya Hein writes with fierce tenderness about girlhood, silenced histories, and resilience in Mauritius. We’re honoured to host her at Macondo Festival 2025 - and celebrate the release of her new book "Tamarin" with her!
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Known for her genre-defying stories that blend science fiction, folklore, and Caribbean heritage, Karen’s work, including "The Best of All Possible Worlds" and "Redemption in Indigo", explores identity, memory, and imagination.
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From the shores of Barbados to the heart of Nairobi .Award-winning writer Karen Lord joins us at the Macondo Literary Festival 2025!
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From Johannesburg to Nairobi, her words carry quiet power and we can’t wait for you to hear them. Meet her this September at Macondo. Book your tickets here #YewandeOmotoso #AfricanLiterature . #ChroniclesAndCurrents #MacondoLiteraryFestival.
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We're honoured to welcome Yewande Omotoso to the 2025 Macondo Literary Festival! .Author of The Woman Next Door and An Unusual Grief, Yewande brings her sharp, intimate storytelling to this year’s conversations on memory, identity, and belonging.
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