Suzanna Owiyo, the “Tracy Chapman of Africa”, and Winyo, a “singer/songwriter of great sensitivity and an acoustic guitar”, will be at the Alliance Francaise Auditorium tomorrow, Thursday 26 August, at 8pm. KSh 1,000.

Ufuoni Records bring together music from around Kenya (and other places) to ”make something sweet for your ears and for your soul.” They have recently released the Ufuoni Mixtape vol. 1 for your listening pleasure. Proclaiming to be the “illest mixtape ever done on Kenyan soil” this collection is one you won’t be able to put off repeat! (It’s on Laurie’s iPod now and she is loving it!) Listen to a sample here.

As is took the ruling body almost a year (!) to agree that Caster Semenya could be a girl, she was not fit for the African athletics championships. To bring her to East Africa anyways, allow us to recommend a not-that-short article in The New Yorker. (Oh boy, so worth a read!)

The man rocks a suit, has the looks of an international model and the intensity of a man who has come a long way. Rogers Otieno has a story that has to be told, and as a ghetto thug turned Associate Director of the Keith Pearson Theatre Company he plans to do just that. (more…)

Two very different invitations from Nairobi’s Alliance Francaise (click on the image to enlarge). More on 10 Commandments: Kenyans will always find a way of adapting everything to suit their needs and wants, legally or illegally. Including the Ten Commandments!

Have you noticed a longer local coverage menu on studio.co.ke/studio.ug? We are looking for correspondents to help us with local stuff! (Our fresh contributor guidelines are here).
Another change: from now on we will only have comments on Facebook – to keep debates together.

The A for Africa exhibition is a place of discovery, of questioning and participation, the organisers say. It challenges the realities of the continent through culture, society, art, science and more. It will open at the Nairobi National Museum on 15 July 2010 – and stay on for a whole year! The website is here.

Is Caroline Nderitu the worst poet in Kenya or a brilliant East African talent? Well, Barack Obama’s people think she is the latter and you can make up your own mind… Whatever your tastes, she definitely is a role model and a strikingly pretty woman! (more…)