#BABISHAI2015 FESTIVAL AUGUST 26 TO 28 AT THE UGANDA MUSEUM

 BABISHAI POETRY FESTIVAL IS HERE-26 TO 28 AUGUST AT THE UGANDA MUSEUM

 

WEDNESDAY 26 AUGUST 2015 AT THE UGANDA MUSEUM
9:00am-9:30am                                 Batalo East Dance Breakfast at Uganda Museum Pine Gardens

9:30am -11:00am                            Empowering vulnerable artists through The Poetry of Dance, Olga Walusimbi of Dance Sphere Studios at Uganda Museum Pine Gardens

9:30am -11:00am                             Restoring Histories and Herstories with Cross Cultural Foundation-UGANDA at The Uganda Museum Society Library

11:30am-1:00pm                           From the page to the stage - Charles Mulekwa, Playwright & Educator at The Uganda Museum Society Library

1:00pm-2:30pm                             Lunch-time Poetry and Performance at Uganda Museum Pine Gardens

2:30pm-3:00pm                                Branding with Babishai, Book-signing, Meet and Greet the authors at Uganda Museum foyer

3:00pm   -5:00pm                           Kagayi Peter, Uganda’s grand spoken word poet, meets students at Uganda Museum Pine Gardens

3:00-5:00pm                                     Risks and opportunities of political poetry: John Stewart (Zimbabwe) at The Uganda Museum Society Library

8:00pm                                               Poetry-in-session with Fatuma’s Voice at Dancing Cup, Bugolobi

THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 AT THE UGANDA MUSEUM
9:30am -11:00am               MASTER-CLASS with Professor Aderemi Raji-Oyelade (Nigeria) at The Uganda Museum Society Library

11:30am-1:00pm                From the page to the stage at The Uganda Museum with Ife Piankhi (Global Citizen) and Checkmate Mido (Kenya) at The Uganda Museum Pine Gardens

1:00pm-2:00pm                   Lunch-time Poetry and Performance at Uganda Museum Pine Gardens

2:00pm-3:30pm                     MASTER-CLASS with Chijioke Amu-Nnadi at The Uganda Museum Society Library

3:30pm -5:00pm                Femrite, Black Poet & Checkmate Mido meet students at Uganda Museum Pine Gardens

3:30pm-5:00pm                  MASTER-CLASS on blogging poetry by Fatuma’s voice and Magunga Williams at The Uganda Museum Society Library

6:00pm                                 Launch of Boda Boda Anthem & Other Poems: at Goethe –Zentrum Kampala, Bukoto Street

FRIDAY 28 AUGUST 2015 AT THE UGANDA MUSEUM
9:30am-10:30am                When the earth weeps, art also weeps, by Sara Kaweesa (Arocha Uganda) at The Uganda Museum Pine Gardens

10:30am -11:00am                #Babishai Poetricks adult challenge at The Uganda Museum Pine Gardens

11:00am -12:30pm             Launching poetry on the mountain with Pearl Hoareau, Uganda Travel Bureau at The Uganda Museum Pine Gardens

1:00pm-2:00pm                   Lunch-time Poetry and Performance at Uganda Museum Pine Gardens

2:30pm-3:00pm                     Branding with Babishai, Book-signing, Meet and Greet the authors at The Uganda Museum foyer

2:00pm-3:30pm                      ''Promotion and Revolution: Making Poetry a more Enjoyable Genre' with Adelaja Ridwan Olayiwola (Nigeria) at The Uganda Museum Pine Gardens

3:30pm to 5:00pm              Martha Byoga in conversation with 2015 poets and past BN Poetry winners at The Uganda Museum Main Hall

6:00pm                              Grand award-giving ceremony of the 2015 BN Poetry winner-Uganda Museum Main Hall

This Festival is financially supported by Stichting Doen and Gilgal Media Arts.

Collaborative partners are Femrite, Sooo many stories, Jalada Africa, Fatuma's Voice, Poetry-in-session, Lawino Magazine, Poetry-potion, Storymoja, Malaika Educare, House of Talent, The Uganda Museum, Uganda Travel Bureau, Star Creations, Tipsy Collectionz, Parrésia Publishers, Dance Sphere Studios, Novel Concepts, Tontoma Poetry Session, and Gayaza Alumnae Network.

“This win has increased my faith in writing, because of its high standards,”
Tom Jalio from Kenya, 2014 winner of the BN Poetry Award.