Hello and Welcome to Afrinado’s Friday Fresh! I hope your somewhat rainy September has started off well. In this month’s newsletter, we bring you the latest in events, including The Afrinado’s latest bespoke event, be sure to save the date! What to watch on Showmax plus the Macondo Literary festival that started today and more. It’s all about the good stuff! Have an amazing Friday as always.
Afrinado Events: Sip and Savour
The Afrinado welcomes you to Sip & Savour, an intimate night of cheese and wine tasting at the Nomad Corner Cafe , Riverside Drive on Friday, September 29th. Our theme is Sip and Savour Africa. The event will feature South African wines provided by wine distributor Under the Influence Kenya and an amazing charcuterie spread using local ingredients to tantalise your tastebuds. Our sommelier extraordinaire from Under The Influence Kenya will take you through a journey of taste, variety and history of the wines showcased. Pre-booked tickets go for Sh3,500 and include a welcome drink, grazing board and tasting wines. No tickets will be sold at the door, To RSVP call/text: 0757.828.969
Watch: Second Family
You may have been seeing billboards across the city and decided not to believe the hype. But, hear me out, if you haven’t watched Second Family on Showmax, it may be time to tune in. The show which is one of Showmax originals follows two Kenyan families that are thrust together after the death of the patriarch, who, it turns out, had two families, one in town and one in the village. At stake is a multi billion shilling business that the first family will not give up without a fight. The cast all do a brilliant job and actress Dora Nyaboke is particularly exquisite in her role of the sociopathic Evangeline Lang’at. Nick Ndeda, Stephanie Muchiri, Serah Wanjiru play her insufferable children while Vanessa Okeyo is Sinde, the forgotten daughter who suddenly finds herself at the helm of a conglomerate. Written by Mkamzee Mwatela and Anette Shadeya , Second Family was co-created Adam Neutzsky-Wulff and Edwin Kamau, directors of the Kalasha-nominated police drama series Crime and Justice,
In The Know: The Mama Simba’s of Samburu
The Mama Simba group from Sasaab village in Samburu are working tirelessly to help conserve lions by educating their community on wildlife conservation. They also plant grass to ensure both the herbivores and their own livestock have enough to eat thus helping preserve the delicate food chain. The number of lions across Africa has declined over the years with about 20,000 lions left on the continent and less that 2,500 in Kenya. Originally started by Mparasaroi Lemantaan and Munteli Lalparasaroi in 2013, Mama Simba’s see they efforts as a way to honour the Samburu belief that wildlife belongs to women. You read more and support them via ewasolions.org
Macondo Literary Festival
Macondo Literary Festival is a “literary festival on African histories and futures featured in fictional and non-fictional works, bringing together, for the first time on the continent, authors from Arab, English, French and Portuguese writing language zones of Africa in conversations across perceived limitations”. This years’ theme is ‘Disrupting Home’. The festival will ran from September 15 – September 17, at the Kenya National Theatre, Nairobi. Featured workshops will include writer Makena Onjerika, Poet Slim Shaka and graphic storyteller Chief Nyamweya and many more. Check out: MacondoLitFest
Feel Good Friday: Stories to Uplift
In 2022, a little boy called Ayub from the Asa community in Tana River County disappeared into Tsavo East, much to the panic and dismay of his village. Somehow, Ayub managed to survive for six days in the wilderness before being found. Read the amazing story on the Daily Nation.
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