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Magical things to happen at the much awaited Macondo festival with exciting performances lined up

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor during the Macondo Festival. [Image: Courtesy]

The much-awaited Macondo Literary Festival in Nairobi kick off on Friday and climax on Sunday, with award-winning writers and film artists from nine Portuguese and English speaking African countries as well as Brazil confirming participation.

Themed “Re-imagining African Histories through Literature”, the event at Kenya National Theatre will be one of its kind and great performances have been lined up, including free workshops, book launches, panel discussions, meet-the-author events, storytelling, improvisation performances, exhibitions, film, music, and dance. The Standard is the media partner.

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