In partnership with Storymoja Africa, Start A Library Trust would love you to join in and support the 2026 National Read Aloud World Record Edition, to be held on Friday, 10th July 2026, in celebration of Kenya’s National Reading Day.
We followed the installation from start to finish, joining Franz Cerami and Ambassador Vincenzo Del Monaco of Italy to Kenya for every step of Jute Portraits.
If you happen to be out in Nairobi on Thursday or Friday evening and something catches your eye (a face glowing on a wall, a building that suddenly looks different), don’t be alarmed. That’s Franz Cerami doing what he does best.
On Saturday 6th June 2026, the Nairobi Arboretum will transform into a vibrant celebration of African creativity, community, and self-expression. One day. One beautiful green space. And an entire programme designed to remind you that creativity lives inside all of us.
In partnership with Storymoja Africa, Start A Library Trust would love you to join in and support the 2026 National Read Aloud World Record Edition, to be held on Friday, 10th July 2026, in celebration of Kenya’s National Reading Day.
We followed the installation from start to finish, joining Franz Cerami and Ambassador Vincenzo Del Monaco of Italy to Kenya for every step of Jute Portraits.
If you happen to be out in Nairobi on Thursday or Friday evening and something catches your eye (a face glowing on a wall, a building that suddenly looks different), don’t be alarmed. That’s Franz Cerami doing what he does best.
On Saturday 6th June 2026, the Nairobi Arboretum will transform into a vibrant celebration of African creativity, community, and self-expression. One day. One beautiful green space. And an entire programme designed to remind you that creativity lives inside all of us.
Myrna van der Veer (Myrna Art Direction) and Linda Chao Mbugua (Sena Art Gallery) have envisioned a new way of viewing artworks, away from the austere gallery space.
Thaddeus Wamukoya talks to Kenyan sculptor Gakunja Kaigwa about his current body of work.
On June 7th, Nairobi gathers once again for Blankets & Wine. A place where genres blur, scenes overlap, and new musical languages are constantly being written in real time.
Zippy Kimundu’s award-winning documentary Widow Champion screens at Unseen Nairobi all May. A compelling, five-star story of land rights, resilience, and justice in rural Kenya.
A Boubou Party Comes to Nairobi: Le Djembé Pops Up at SESAME, Kileleshwa
This October, Nairobi will host one of its most intimate and imaginative cultural gatherings yet — A Taste of Expression 2025.
On 2nd August 2025, Nairobi Street Kitchen will host The Wine Fair, offering more than a tasting event—it’s a landmark in Kenya’s growing wine journey. As part of our iNDULGE series, iN brings you the best of Food and Drink across the capital.
Miss Lou’s, an Afro Caribbean soul food concept restaurant that’s redefining comfort food by weaving together the rich flavors of the Caribbean, West Africa, and the American South.
In partnership with Storymoja Africa, Start A Library Trust would love you to join in and support the 2026 National Read Aloud World Record Edition, to be held on Friday, 10th July 2026, in celebration of Kenya’s National Reading Day.
We followed the installation from start to finish, joining Franz Cerami and Ambassador Vincenzo Del Monaco of Italy to Kenya for every step of Jute Portraits.
If you happen to be out in Nairobi on Thursday or Friday evening and something catches your eye (a face glowing on a wall, a building that suddenly looks different), don’t be alarmed. That’s Franz Cerami doing what he does best.
On Saturday 6th June 2026, the Nairobi Arboretum will transform into a vibrant celebration of African creativity, community, and self-expression. One day. One beautiful green space. And an entire programme designed to remind you that creativity lives inside all of us.
On Saturday 6th June 2026, the Nairobi Arboretum will transform into a vibrant celebration of African creativity, community, and self-expression. One day. One beautiful green space. And an entire programme designed to remind you that creativity lives inside all of us.
Few artists describe their work as healing, but for Nairobi-born singer-songwriter Mo, music has always been exactly that. Her sound blends soulful vocals, rich melodies and rhythmic grooves with lyrics designed to soothe, uplift and connect.
Mathare’s own St. Davinte launch a powerful, purpose-driven EP, “Code ni Ghetto”
If you’re looking for a New Year’s festival in Kenya that goes beyond parties and resolutions, Afri-love Fest 2025 offers something deeper. Taking place from 31 December 2025 to 1 January 2026 at Muzi x Kesho in Voi, this two-day cultural gathering blends music, wellness, creativity, ritual, and community in one immersive experience
The Sound of Nairobi and beyond. iNTUNE captures the rhythm of a city always in motion. This is where Nairobi’s sonic culture lives—fresh drops, forgotten gems, and genre-blurring grooves that define the 254 code.
We followed the installation from start to finish, joining Franz Cerami and Ambassador Vincenzo Del Monaco of Italy to Kenya for every step of Jute Portraits.
At 27, the Nairobi-based stand-up comedian has become a recognizable voice in Kenya’s comedy scene, building his reputation on a style that feels effortless but is anything but. Laidback, sharply observational, and edged with a kind of playful irreverence, his comedy often lands in that space where you’re not sure whether to laugh immediately or sit with it for a second. And then you do both.
iN had the rare opportunity to sit down with none other than Muthoni Drummer Queen, MDQ herself. A musician, cultural architect, and the main festival organiser behind Blankets & Wine, Muthoni has played a defining role in shaping how Nairobi gathers around music, culture, and community.
When the World Looked Up: *Stand Together as One* Arrives at a Moment We Cannot Afford to Forget
What unfolds is a tender, beautifully restrained meditation on family, memory, and the invisible threads that bind us, even when time and distance try to fray them.
NOW SCREENING, UNSEEN NAIROBI, APRIL
Palestine 36: A Historical Drama Reframing the Roots of Modern Palestine. Screening this April at Unseen Nairobi.
iN REVIEW.
A shocking headline, a wave of global outrage, a viral hashtag, and then, slowly, silence. The 2014 kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls was one of those moments that seemed to shake the conscience of the planet. For a brief time, the world could say the name of a small town in northeastern Nigeria. People marched. Leaders tweeted. The phrase Bring Back Our Girls travelled across continents.
Then, as global attention inevitably does, it moved on.
What remained in Chibok were the mothers.
The R*E*S*E*T Retreat at Nderit House isn’t just a getaway—it’s four days to fully switch off, be looked after, and come back to yourself. With only seven spots available, this is a rare chance to experience something truly personal, intentional, and deeply restorative.
By the time you meet Alice Tenjiwe Kabwe in Kilifi, it is clear that movement is not simply something she teaches — it is something she inhabits. With 20 years of practice and a lifetime shaped by rhythm, relocation, and reclamation, Alice’s work sits at the intersection of dance, fitness, healing and homecoming.
We meet Shrena Malde in Mombasa, where the ocean air feels almost symbolic of the work she has dedicated the last two decades to — clearing, balancing and restoring energy. A practising Pranic Healer for 20 years, Shrena speaks about healing not as mystery, but as method. Not as miracle, but as life force in motion.
On Saturday 6th June 2026, the Nairobi Arboretum will transform into a vibrant celebration of African creativity, community, and self-expression. One day. One beautiful green space. And an entire programme designed to remind you that creativity lives inside all of us.
Award winning author and poet Adipo Sidang’ brings you a play that promises to be as enthralling as its name: In the Seashell Hum. This theatrical piece deals with the heaviness and complexities of mental health in a way that is multilayered and nuanced, addressing a darker side that we can often see and yet refuse to talk about.
This two-hour workshop is not about learning how to structure a book or plan chapters. It is about something much more fundamental than that. It is about the relationship between you and the work that is trying to come through you, and what it means to live your life as the person who is writing it.
The R*E*S*E*T Retreat at Nderit House isn’t just a getaway—it’s four days to fully switch off, be looked after, and come back to yourself. With only seven spots available, this is a rare chance to experience something truly personal, intentional, and deeply restorative.