Craig Kimu, (Age 15) Mai Jai Films

A Journey to Remember It was on a Sunday morning, the 11 of August 2008 when we departed the Harare International Airport in Zimbabwe. At first I was shocked at the thought that it was really me who was going to Kenya for the Lola Kenya Screen Festival, but as they say, a journey of…

Reem Hassan, visual artist

The event is the international workshop of woman art held in Naivasha – Kenya at 100 Km from Nairobi. The event is considered to be established in pure nature not inside showrooms as conventionally done. This event is composed of 16 artists from Kenya and different countries of the world. We were invited in order…

Laurent LONGA FO EYE OTO, dancer

Tout s’est bien passé. J’ai pris une part active à toutes les activités. J’ai été le modérateur des Débats techniques et animateur du groupe de réflexion sur la formation, l’éducation et la recherche. Moments forts : La présentation des travaux des jeunes chorégraphes, la découverte de similitudes et des différences, mais aussi l’enrichissement mutuel. Les…

Heather Anne Parr, Playwright, songwriter and director

Our audiences were predominantly French-speaking children (only 20% of the population speaks English) so we were concermed that with Snake Magic being in English, that some of the children may not understand the words of the narrative. I was delighted to be proven wrong. During one of our performances, the children became so emotionally engaged…

Koama Tierema, Performing Artist

Ce qui était un événement très important dans la tournée du spectacle, puisqu’on a souvent l’opportunité de jouer en Europe plus qu’en Afrique. Et pourtant notre spectacle parle de donner espoir à la jeunesse en Afrique ; Et de comment cette jeunesse peut s’inspirer des héros contemporains pour réveiller le combattant qui dort en nous.…

Sharon F. Mazvihwa, (Age 16) Mai Jai Films

Lola Kenya Screen was held at the National Art Theatre. It was held under the directorship and administering of Mr Ogova Ondego. We had our Official Opening on the 10th of August in the evening and we were introduced to the other members. On the 11th of the same month we were directed to different…

Gilbert Douglas, Arts Practitioner

Learning about South African communities and how similar they are to Zimbabwe. How to work and collaborate with 2 other artists from different parts of the world, with South Africans’ participation construct something we all were happy with. Learning more ways to work with communities as well as being able to work with professional artist…