AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

"Under African Skies: The Imagination Of Poetry and Storytelling in the HIV/AIDS Pandemic "

Nairobi, Kenya. November 29th-1st December 2007

Meeting in Nairobi, we will explore topics through our work: fact and fantasy, tradition and urban myth, the poet community and storyteller, voice and media, new skills and old, the individual and the environment, ourselves and the story itself. "Under African Skies" seeks new works and experimental ideas.

The festival invites the attendance and involvement of people from many cultural backgrounds, with professional and personal interest in performance, corporate training, writing history (oral and written), health and education, family teenage and early childhood issues.

Within the context of this exploration, the festival will work to:
-Further professional development
-Celebrate poetry and storytelling in performance
-Re- enliven and inspire
-Provide a space for sharing
-Increase awareness of communities
-Integrate story work with place and time

The festival attracts artists from all media, poets, performers, writers, drama specialists, musicians, dancers, visual artists and those working with story in community and business environments. There will be poetry and storytelling within the cultural contexts of groups within communities. We come together to take part in workshops, performance and debate in two days of sharing.

Workshop Topics Tastes
Theater and improvisation, community-based storytelling, poetry with a cause, story through biography, unlocking memories, storytelling in museums and galleries, storytelling and poetry in the corporate world, storytelling to children and living to tell the tale, oral history storytelling, poetry and comedy.

COST: Full Registration : $ 300
Scholarship: Because of limited finances, participants are advised to fund their own travel, accommodation and meals.

CONTACT:
Send your abstract to:
Charles Muthiora
Cell phone No. +254 734 327908
Email; charliecvm@yahoo.com

POSTAL: P.O. BOX 447- 00518 Nairobi, Kenya.
WEBSITE: http://communityfocusgroup.org/

The festival is hosted by Community Focus Group (CFG ), Kenya

PAMELA ATEKA
DIRECTOR
COMMUNITY FOCUS GROUP (CFG)
P.O.BOX 447
KAYOLE
NAIROBI
KENYA

TEL: +254-733-828177

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