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Cheche Books

@chechebooks

2 years

📢THURSDAY at 6PM in commemoration of Mashujaa Day & the 70th anniversary of the Mau Mau rebellion, join us at the space as Untold Stories Kenya exhibit their photographs & stories of Mau Mau survivors from Embu

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@chechebooks

1 year

Out today! @TroyOnyango 's " For What Are Butterflies Without Their Wings " (short stories) is now available at Ksh. 1500

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@chechebooks

1 year

📢 Join us this Thursday, May 4th at Cheche Books for an evening with renowned author Nuruddin Farah in conversation with Mohamed Abdishukri from 6PM. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Free and open to the public, space is limited!

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@chechebooks

2 years

📢Happening TODAY @thesailorsgirl book reading & signing @chechebooks from 4pm. We cannot wait!

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@chechebooks

3 years

Eid Mubarak! 🌙 We stand in solidarity with our Palestinian sisters and brothers who continue to resist everyday while living under brutal Israeli settler colonialism. You inspire us to rise up to injustices everywhere. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

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@chechebooks

2 years

📢 Join us this Saturday afternoon for the launch of @RasnaWarah 's new book Lords of Impunity. Rasna will be in conversation with Dr. Mshai Mwangola.

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@chechebooks

1 year

📢 Join us on Wednesday May 10th from 6 PM to celebrate the launch of Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu’s debut novel, Lucky Girl. She will be in conversation with storyteller Anne Moraa. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Free and open to the public!

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@chechebooks

1 year

📢Join us tonight for our long-awaited Conversations with Authors featuring celebrated Nigerian writer @ayobamiadebayo in conversation with writer Makena Maganjo @makenamaganjo on Adébáyò's sophomore novel, A Spell of Good Things. Time: 8 PM EAT/6 PM WAT Link in bio!

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@chechebooks

2 years

Join us tomorrow 20th January for an evening of music, food and conversations, with the African Ecofeminist Collective, in celebration of the revolutionary anti-colonial freedom fighter Amílcar Cabral's remarkable life and legacy on the 50th anniversary of his death.

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@chechebooks

2 years

📢 Join us on Friday 20th January from 6 PM as we celebrate the life and legacy of the revolutionary+anti-colonial freedom fighter Amílcar Cabral, with a specific engagement in politics+histories of climate change and ecology in Africa @msnyamburah @konibenson @_fromtheroots

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@chechebooks

2 years

📢On Wednesday 21st December, join us for a special edition of CWA. Nigerian writer + visual artist @eloosunde will be in conversation with publisher Alexis Teyie covering all things VAGABONDS!, her stunning debut novel. Books will be available for sale & signing. Free entry!

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@chechebooks

2 years

In the presence of an embodied nonhuman, only honor can be felt On 20th February @azemezi graces us with their presence in conversation with @ndegwa_nguru on BITTER their latest literary offering whilst getting into their writing+artistry as a whole and we cannot wait for it!

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@chechebooks

2 years

Conversations with Authors is getting hot. We invite you to the space on 24/02/2022 from 6.30 p.m. as the indomitable Somali+Italian writer Ubah Cristina Ali Farah converses with Dr. Mshai Mwangola on Ubah's writing, the themes she traverses and much more

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Cheche Books

@chechebooks

3 years

Today marks the sixth anniversary of the death of Eduardo Galeano, the Uruguayan journalist, writer, poet and champion of social justice. Here is his famous 1989 poem The Nobodies

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Cheche Books

@chechebooks

4 years

👋🏾 We have limited stock of Development as Freedom, the epic three part definitive biography of #Nyerere by @IssaShivji , Saida Yahya-Othman, and Ng'wanza Kamata. As well as Benjamin Mkapa's illuminating memoir. Asante @MkukiNaNyota ! DM for details. Free delivery w/in Nairobi

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@chechebooks

1 year

📢On Wednesday 31st May, join us for a special Conversations with Authors featuring the San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin @_Tongogara_ for a reading and talk with Kenyan poet and filmmaker, Ngwatilo Maviyoo @ngwatilo . Free and open to the public.

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@chechebooks

3 years

Join us tomorrow evening for a free screening of the documentary film Black Power Mixtape. Film starts at 6:45pm @chechebooks

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@chechebooks

1 year

📢On March 1st at 8 PM EAT, join us for our very first Instagram Live Edition of #ConversationsWithAuthors . @TroyOnyango will be in conversation with @mwanigaminage on his debut short story collection, For What Are Butterflies Without Their Wings Available at 1500/-

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Cheche Books

@chechebooks

4 years

Happy Tuesday! We are Back & truly so grateful for everyone who has supported us and kept us afloat. Small business and bookstores especially are not guarantee. We are incredibly lucky to have such a wonderful community behind us. Shukran! Wishing y'all a magical 2021✨❤️

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@chechebooks

2 years

📢 This Sunday, we're excited to host Senegal based feminist writer and storyteller @Kuumbati in conversation with comrade @msnyamburah . 26th June, Noon -6pm @chechebooks All are welcome!

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Cheche Books

@chechebooks

11 months

📢Join us for a Meet & Greet event with award-winning writer Leila Aboulela on Thursday 14th September from 6 PM. We guarantee a night of insightful conversation with Leila on her work and writing, book signings and more. FREE ENTRY! Time : 6 PM Date: Thursday 14th September

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@chechebooks

3 years

For our first Cheche Cinema Club we're screening I Am Not Your Negro by the 🇭🇹 director Raoul Peck @VelvetFilm__ James Baldwin's recollections of the lives of Midgar Evars, Malcolm X, and MLK Jr, as we celebrate Black History Month this Thursday. Film starts 6:45pm

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@chechebooks

2 years

📢 This Friday, join us for another special edition of Conversations with Authors featuring @MukomaWaNgugi in conversation with @ZukiswaWanner from 6 PM Free entry All are welcome

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@chechebooks

3 years

This Sunday, we're delighted to host the Nairobi launch of the animated short doc "Big Brother Comes to the Farm" exposing the takeover of agriculture by Big tech and finance corporations and the catastrophic implications that would have on our global food system. From 4:30pm

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@chechebooks

2 years

HAPPENING TODAY: Ubah Cristina Ali Farah will be in conversation with Dr. Mshai Mwangola, reading from her novel Little Mother (Madre Piccola) as well as discussing her latest works including Le Stazzioni della Luna and recent trip to Mogadishu, a return after three decades away.

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Cheche Books

@chechebooks

11 months

📢Join us on Friday 22nd September from 6 PM as we host NYC-based novelist Akbar Hussain conversing with Kenyan writer Dennis Mugaa, on his debut Nairobi-set novel, Truth is a Flightless Bird. FREE ENTRY! Time : 6 PM Date : 22/09/2023

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@chechebooks

2 years

📢On Saturday 17th December, we're ecstatic to be launching @Nanjala1 's new collection of essays on the pandemic, STRANGE AND DIFFICULT TIMES published by @HurstPublishers . Nanjala will be in conversation with @KenneMwikya . Books will be available for sale & signing. Free entry!

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@chechebooks

4 years

TODAY at 6pm: Nuruddin Farah in conversation with Professor Tom Odhiambo reflecting on his #feminist debut novel set in Somalia, published fifty years ago. With a special performance by @aleyakassam This is a free event. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome!

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@chechebooks

1 year

📢Join us for our next virtual Conversations with Authors featuring Angolan writer Kalaf Epalanga @kalaf in conversation with writer+publisher Ondjaki @ondjaki on Epalanga’s novel, Whites Can Dance Too Date : 20th July 2023 Time: 8 PM EAT/6 PM LISBON/6 PM LUANDA Link in bio

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@chechebooks

2 years

📢On Friday the 23rd, we are giddy with excitement to relaunch @makenamaganjo 's beloved debut novel SOUTH B'S FINEST. She will be in conversation with publisher Alexis Teyie on creating a classic work of fiction set in 90s Nairobi and what her readers can expect next. Free entry!

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@chechebooks

2 years

Eloghosa Osunde's @eloosunde debut novel #Vagabonds is an ode to the gloriousness of chaos centering characters weaving a life in Lagos. We are excited to have them in a conversation with Nigerian-British writer Irenosen Okojie next Tuesday 31st May at 8 p.m. Nairobi Time

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@chechebooks

4 years

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@chechebooks

4 years

Happy Birthday @jeremycorbyn , keep up the good fight!🌹

#Africa4Palestine

@Africa4Pal

4 years

We wish activist and former leader of @UKLabour Comrade @jeremycorbyn a happy 71st birthday. Corbyn was on the picket lines against Apartheid South Africa in the 1980s and is today on the picket line against Apartheid Israel. Here is to many more years of Palestine activism 🍰

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@chechebooks

2 years

We're honored to have @Kuumbati in conversation with @msnyamburah Happening now! All are welcome!

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@chechebooks

11 months

📢ONE WEEK TO GO! The @MacondoLitFest , East-Africa’s biggest literary festival is finally here. We can’t wait to be in the presence of our literary heroes and we are excited to be on site selling books and coffee throughout the festival weekend! Come say hi 🤩

Macondo Literary Festival

@MacondoLitFest

11 months

Tucked away in Nairobi’s quiet neighbourhood is @chechebooks - an independent Pan-African feminist bookstore, café & event space. If you are looking for a delightful collection of African writers to add to your shelf, head on over to their exhibition booth during #MacondoLitFest

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@chechebooks

1 year

📢Join us this Saturday 25th March for a special edition of Conversations with Authors. Nigerian journalist+author @FrankieEdozien will be in conversation with Kenyan writer @TroyOnyango on his memoir “Lives of Great Men : Living and Loving as an African Gay Man” 6 PM,Entry:FREE

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@chechebooks

10 months

📢 Join us this Saturday from 5PM for the Nairobi Launch of @IsmailEinashe 's book STRANGERS, from the Look Again series by @Tate_Publishing . Einashe will be conversation with @Lattif . Books available for purchase. Free and open to the public.

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@chechebooks

2 years

Revolutionary writer @EfieZethu is in the house and will be signing your copies of her books : Nervous Conditions, The Book of Not and This Mournable Body Moderated by @ZukiswaWanner

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@chechebooks

2 years

📢TOMORROW: we’re delighted to host in collaboration with @StudiosFreehand a reading & screening of the graphic novel & motion animation TRUST @chechebooks from 6PM

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Cheche Books

@chechebooks

3 years

📚 We are happy to announce that we will be launching Angolan-Portuguese author Yara Nakahanda to the Anglophone market with her debut novel Loose Ties (Essa Dama Bate Bué!) published by Paivapo Publishers through a Zoom+Facebook+YouTube transmission on Feb 19th at 4 P.M. E.A.T.

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@chechebooks

2 years

Today is the day!!! Don't forget to tune in to Conversations with Authors Ep.2 as we have a radical literary star whose latest offering amplifies the spirit of community+art+protest BITTER by @azemezi tonight through this link>

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@chechebooks

3 years

Join us tomorrow for a special Cheche Cinema Club in celebration of the Persian New Year, Nowruz. We'll be screening Majid Majidi's heartwarming classic Children of Heaven. Film starts at 6:45pm.

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@chechebooks

4 years

@Nanjala1 @MathareSJustice It was lovely seeing you today!❤️ Thank you so much for stopping by, looking forward to future collaborations. The books from the drive are going to various open access libraries in Nairobi’s urban informal settlements including msjc. ✊🏾⚡️

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@chechebooks

4 years

No plans for the holiday? Stop by @chechebooks for a hangout and vibe with us! Bring your voice/writing/instruments for an open mic session and your appetite for some burgers!! From 12pm onwards

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@chechebooks

2 years

📢This Wednesday at 8pm EAT/6PM GMT @BeeBabs discusses her best-selling debut novel HONEY & SPICE ( @HeadlineFiction ) with @nas009

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Cheche Books

@chechebooks

2 years

Yara Nakahanda Monteiro’s novel Loose Ties has been one of @chechebooks bestsellers of 2022 and on the 29th of September, we’re delighted to host Yara for a soirée where the many readers that fell in love with the book in Kenya can get their copies signed and interact with her.

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@chechebooks

8 months

A truly magical evening! Thank you @kaali_msa and Michelle K. Angweny ❤️ If you haven't already gotten your copy yet, what are you waiting for? Place your order in our DMs now! ( @JahaziPress )

Chamadui Madegwa

@chamadui

8 months

House of Rust book reading and signing by the author Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, a beautiful way to spend the evening thank you @chechebooks for hosting this.

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@chechebooks

1 year

The incomparable @ayobamiadebayo 's sophomore novel, A Spell of Good Things, will be in store on February 9th, bright and early. You can pre-order your copies now! Link in bio!

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Cheche Books

@chechebooks

4 years

Come check out our new stock! We're open from 10-6pm Monday to Saturday 🖤📚

suhayl

@ibnalyyaman

4 years

A thread of new reads some are firsts in Kenya and @chechebooks has finally gotten AZADI by Arundhati Roy.

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@chechebooks

3 years

We’re very excited to be hosting @irunguhoughton ’s book launch at Cheche Books on Tuesday, 1st June 2021. The launch will be followed by various sessions with key voices from Kenya’s fight for freedom. Book your tickets here:

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Cheche Books

@chechebooks

4 years

New arrivals @Chechebooks1 from @EAPublishers including the Kenyan publication of Ngugi Wa Thiongo's collection of essays spanning nearly 30 decades. Delighted it's finally available at an affordable price. Happy reading!

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@chechebooks

3 years

Join us tomorrow morning as we bring the StoryTrain to Cheche for a funfilled day of storytelling, percussion, and games. We'll also be painting eggs in preparation for the Persian New Year, Nowruz, kicking of our celebrations throughout the coming week. Kids of all ages welcome!

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Cheche Books

@chechebooks

4 years

Current situation at Nuruddin Farah's From a Crooked Rib just learnt it's not 50 but 52 year Anniversary for the book. Quite the #valentines plan. #books #booklovers #success #book #chechebooks #africanliterature #gainwithspikes #somalia #feminism #blackgirlmagic #winning #love

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@chechebooks

1 year

Our next Conversations with Authors features beloved writer Leila Aboulela on her new novel, River Spirit, in conversation with writer Donica Merhazion. River Spirit is out on March 7th from @SaqiBooks Date : Monday 13th March Time : 8 PM EAT / 5 PM GMT Link in bio!

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@chechebooks

2 years

Join us tomorrow afternoon as the incredible @MrJemedari kicks off his Nairobi tour @chechebooks , performing from his just released Suits & Mics EP 🔥 (available on all streaming platforms now). Get your tickets via mpesa till 891644. See you there!

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@chechebooks

2 years

Coumba Toure @kuumbati will also be launching her children’s book on water -La Même Eau (The Same Water) - a fantastic introduction to environmental issues and justice for children.

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Cheche Books

@chechebooks

4 years

Dear Friends, Thank you for being there for us in 2020, our team sends our love and warmest wishes for a peaceful start to 2021. we will be closed for the holidays returning on 5th January 2021. Stay safe and see you on the other side!

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@chechebooks

3 years

Tonight from 6:30pm @chechebooks . If you missed your chance earlier this month to witness the incomparable @SitawaNamwalie , she's doing her thing again this evening. Highly recommended. Tickets at door.

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@chechebooks

8 months

Join us this evening from 6PM for a very special Conversations with Authors. @nas009 will be talking to @AbigailArunga about all things @SexLivesAfrica . Books available for sale and signing. Free and open to the public!

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@chechebooks

3 years

HAPPENING TODAY at 6PM: @Kenyans4Pal screening of #FEYADIN : The Struggle of Georges Abdallah, the longest held political prisoner in Europe and fighter for Palestinian freedom

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@chechebooks

2 years

Join us tomorrow evening for #IsraeliApartheidWeek as we screen @bennybrunner 's documentary The Great Book Robbery: Chronicles of a Cultural Destruction followed by a discussion. Free entry. Film starts at 7pm.

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@chechebooks

3 years

Join us for the screening of Soretti Kadir's award-winning short film "Humanness & What it Took" dedicated to the freedom fighter Hachalu Hundeesa. Researcher @RAbdiAnalyst will be in conversation discussing Oromia and the genocide in Tigray. From 3-7pm tomorrow. 🎟 at door.

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@chechebooks

2 years

The session will take place over Zoom and adjacent YouTube+Facebook streaming. Link coming very soon

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@chechebooks

2 years

Happy Publication Day to Kenyan author and Caine-Prize Winner @okwirioduor for her long awaited debut novel, Things They Lost, which is available in-store today! We also have some news about the book in the coming days so stick around! #okwirioduor #thingstheylost #kenyanlit

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@chechebooks

4 years

Happening now @Chechebooks1 . Watch live music, spoken word and readings in commemoration of #AfricanLiberationDay #LetsGetFree @Monajamwenyewe @Dorphan_age

Watunzi Afrika

@WatunziAfrika

4 years

We are live on Facebook #AfricaLiberationDay #AfricaDay

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@chechebooks

2 years

📢 This Saturday, renowned Zimbabwean writer @EfieZethu joins us at the space for a live performance of her debut novel, #NervousConditions that took the world by storm. Moderated by @ZukiswaWanner , Hana Kefele+ @WandiriK promise to deliver an unforgettable performance.

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@chechebooks

3 years

Thank you so much for stopping by @gobannimo , you're such an inspiration to us, doing the important cultural work, across borders and continents in shifting the narrative. Looking forward to collaborating here in Nairobi and visiting beautiful Hargeysa. ❤💚🖤

Ayan Mahamoud MBE

@Gobannimo

3 years

Such a pleasure to have met Ubah, the founder of @chechebooks - Africa book shop in Nairobi, incredible atmosphere with outdoor space &coffee shop. @thesailorsgirl , do you see anything recognisable, your No 1. Nairobi is waiting for you&The Fortune Men 🥰 #SomaliWomenExcellent

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@chechebooks

2 years

📢 Join us this Sunday afternoon for a riveting edition of Cheche Sessions. The folk fusion powerhouse @ayrosh will be performing. For more info see poster. Tupatane Cheche 🌟

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@chechebooks

2 years

#ConversationsWithAuthors Ep. 5 will go down on Friday 17th June at 8 pm EAT and our guest will be Ghanaian literary sensation Ayesha Harruna Attah famed for her novel #thehundredwellsofsalaga in conversation with Nokukhanya Ntsaluba on her newest offering #ZainabTakesNewYork 🗽

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@chechebooks

4 years

"There are more police stations than public hospitals in the informal settlement. It is to brutalize us and kill us because it has failed to provide basic need to all humans. Since the capitalist system is a system to benefit a few..." Read it in Kiswahili here 👇🏾

Gacheke Gachihi

@gacheke2011

4 years

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@chechebooks

2 years

📢Our last event of the year will be a screening of the 1996 film #BASQUIAT - in honor of what would have been his 62nd birthday - this Thursday 22nd December from 6 PM. We have a pop-up bake sale for you. Come get your last-minute gifts from us and our friends @goodie_gifts

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@chechebooks

10 months

📢Join us tonight from 6PM in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Whispers From Vera by Ugandan trailblazing novelist Goretti Kyomuhendo. She will be in conversation with Kenyan writer @LutiviniM . Books available for signing. Refreshments! And of course, free entry

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@chechebooks

2 years

📢 HAPPENING TODAY from 6PM!! Join us for a very special edition of CWA with @nas009 and @tiffmugo in conversation about their literary works exploring sex from the black, female lens. Books will be available for sale. Free and open to the public. See you there!

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@chechebooks

4 years

"I am a black, Southern woman, and of my immediate white male ancestors, all of them were rapists. My very existence is a relic of slavery and Jim Crow." - Caroline R William's on why Confederate monuments, physical and mental, must come down @caroranwill

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@chechebooks

3 years

BOOK CLUB ALERT! There's still time to register for our virtual book club this Sunday at 8pm EAT! We'll be discussing Travelling While Black with @Nanjala1 and @kedolwa_waziri Sign up here:

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@chechebooks

2 years

Don’t forget to join us tomorrow @chechebooks for a day filled with books, community and of course for a conversation of feminist solidarity across Africa between Coumba Toure @Kuumbati and Nyambura @msnyamburah

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@chechebooks

4 years

@IssaShivji 1. Zionism is the face of imperialism. 2. Zionism is the worst form of racism. Worse than Apartheid. 3. Pan Africanism is essentially a liberation ideology not only for Africa but everywhere. Streaming live now

Kenya na Palestine

Kenya na Palestine. 1,203 likes. The Kenya Palestine Solidarity Movement official Facebook page. Like us and share to get the latest updates on pro-Palestine news, views and events.

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@chechebooks

3 years

The film will be screened in English and Kiswahili followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers @chiefnyamweya , @zmmoloo , and @MalliaSarah

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Cheche Books

@chechebooks

2 years

Cheche Sessions is back! 💥

Jemedari

@MrJemedari

2 years

Suits & Mics: The EP!! We'll be putting up our first live performance on Sunday 8th May at the Cheche Sessions @chechebooks Get your tickets and get ready for an awesome show! See you then!

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@chechebooks

1 year

Get your copy of @kalaf ’s sensational novel at Ksh. 2100 and catch up before the festival!

Macondo Literary Festival

@MacondoLitFest

1 year

Our #MacondoLitFest guest author @kalaf does not just dance with words on paper - he sings them, too! In fact, his band has received an MTV European Music Award. Their songs have featured in video games & international ads. Check 'em out! #MacondoLitFest

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@chechebooks

2 years

We couldn’t be more excited to launch the reprinting of @makenamaganjo ’s debut novel, South B’s Finest! Dates to be announced soon A novel that is near and dear to us @makenamaganjo 💕😍❤️ #southbsfinest

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@makenamaganjo

2 years

After two-plus years and lots of copyedits🤡🥳I'm finally re-releasing South B's Finest this November. Date to follow. Thank you to every single person who read the first edition, reviewed it, emailed me, and shared it with their people. 1/n

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@chechebooks

3 years

@aprzhu The main reason for our existence is for political education such as @untileverypod , for the people by the people. Thank you @aprzhu and @STONEFACEBOMBA2 and the many others for creating a truly groundbreaking podcast.

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@chechebooks

2 years

All proceeds from this event will go towards supporting social movements organizing work across Africa via @AfricansRising

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@chechebooks

1 year

📢 Join us this Thursday the 30th of March at 6pm on #LandDay where @iamsoreti will be in conversation with @gathara for #IsraeliApartheidWeek 1/3

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@chechebooks

1 year

Happy Publication Day to the amazing @bisiadjapon on her novel "Daughter in Exile". Join us tonight as we commemorate pub day with a Conversations with Authors session. She will be speaking to Ayesha Harruna Attah. Link to session>

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Cheche Books

@chechebooks

4 years

The @WatunziAfrika line up for #MadarakkaDay is 🔥🔥🔥 "We are going to thrill you with revolutionary music and art" - Githuku watch live here:

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Cheche Books

@chechebooks

2 years

TODAY at 3PM, join us for the launch of @Nanjala1 ’s STRANGE AND DIFFICULT TIMES: NOTES ON A GLOBAL PANDEMIC with @KenneMwikya . Books will be available. Free and open to public!

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@chechebooks

2 years

📢On Saturday 17th December, we're ecstatic to be launching @Nanjala1 's new collection of essays on the pandemic, STRANGE AND DIFFICULT TIMES published by @HurstPublishers . Nanjala will be in conversation with @KenneMwikya . Books will be available for sale & signing. Free entry!

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11 months

TONIGHT! Leila Aboulela is in the house and aren't we all excited to meet one of our most esteemed literary heroes? Bring the whole village and yes, FREE ENTRY!

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@chechebooks

11 months

📢Join us for a Meet & Greet event with award-winning writer Leila Aboulela on Thursday 14th September from 6 PM. We guarantee a night of insightful conversation with Leila on her work and writing, book signings and more. FREE ENTRY! Time : 6 PM Date: Thursday 14th September

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3 years

Happening now next door at @goodie_gifts @onyangodaniels Nyatiti Stories "Where has mother gone" showcasing the importance of women in Luhya culture. Storytelling from Kenya, Mexico and beyond

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2 years

HONEY & SPICE and @SexLivesAfrica have been bestsellers @chechebooks and in celebration of this virtual event we're giving away one of each book to two readers in Kenya. Sign up here for your chance to win a copy.

Bolu Babalola in conversation with Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

Thursday 28th 8pm EAT (6pm GMT) Zoom Meeting

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@chechebooks

2 years

@MacondoLitFest @AfrolitSansFro1 @KenyaBuzz @nairobinow Her book will also be on sale. Yara will be in Nairobi for East Africa’s biggest literary festival, @MacondoLitFest resuming after a two-year hiatus. The night promises to be a foray into delicious Angolan food and music as an exploration and celebration of Yara and her roots.

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@chechebooks

1 year

📢 Join us this Friday for a lovely Iftar Dinner from 6:30 PM

Amira.

@_kagichu

1 year

come and experience the true spirit of Ramadan at the Cheche iftar party on Friday. we'll have delicious food and refreshments, learn about Ramadan, and be surrounded by people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. come let's share our stories, and create memories. open to all!

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7 months

📢Join us for our first in-person Conversations with Authors of the year featuring none other than @kobbybenben in conversation with Njahira Gitahi of The Queer Kenyan Book Club discussing his stellar debut novel, No One Dies Yet Date: Friday January 19th Time: 6PM Free entry!

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@chechebooks

8 months

Our very first (and only?) BOTM Meeting is this December 2nd at 10 AM discussing NO ONE DIES YET by @kobbybenben . Let's meet up for chai, mahamri and consider 2023's most genre-bending novel about The Year of Return, and a taut contemplation on the sins of yesterday. Free entry!

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@chechebooks

2 years

Join us tomorrow evening for an impromptu meet and greet with the visiting writer, polyglot and globetrotter Kiran Bhat as he discusses his new poetry collection “Speaking in Tongues” whilst holding space for a globalist discourse between Africa, India and the world

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@chechebooks

3 years

Ramadan Mubarak ✨🌙

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@chechebooks

1 year

On Thursday the 30th at 6PM marking Land Day, @iamsoreti will be in conversation with @gathara on the importance of African solidarity with Palestine and the Palestinian people.

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@chechebooks

8 months

TUESDAY! Watch @ndegwa_nguru 's essay come to life! Thank you @its_obel for your vision. Get your tickets at

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@chechebooks

2 years

Join us tomorrow for an incredible evening with the indomitable @drstellanyanzi . She’ll be in conversation with the magnificent @Nanjala1 . Books are available for signing. From 6pm @chechebooks . Free and open to the public. Hope to see all the ungovernables there!

Nanjala Nyabola

@Nanjala1

2 years

In conversation with the marvellous @drstellanyanzi tomorrow at @chechebooks . I taught some of Stella's work to my class at the @sie_center and we all loved it.

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2 years

Congratulations @TroyOnyango We cannot wait to dive into this collection ✨

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