Month: February 2013

When it comes to theatre, Kenya is on point. Let’s not even front. I cannot even begin naming Kenyan plays that have been impressively successful over the past few years. I’ll just not make it to the end.

Now, comes in ‘In The Eyes Of A Stranger’. A play by Wolfgang Maria Bauer and directed by Gilbert Lukali.

This is a one of a kind play that goes into the mind of a psychopath. Never before have I seen something something like this from Kenya. That is why I can’t afford to miss it and so should you.

It started playing at the Phoenix Players on the 30th of January and will continue till the 9th of February.

Here’s it’s synopsis.

 

The enigmatic center of the play is Pinon, a hermit who 18 years ago locked himself away in his seaside house after possibly cutting his wife into small pieces and permanently scarring the face of Gratia, a local prostitute. Now he sits at the edge of the sea cliff, observing the would-be suicides who come to this lonely spot.
They include Sebastian, a nervous young man with a heart condition who has just been jilted, and Daniel, who is suffering from questions over his sexuality and abandonment by his parents when he was a child. The third visitor is Vera, a runaway bride who comes to see Pinon out of curiosity after hearing his story from a hotel porter.
Bauer explores variations on his title theme. Sebastian asks Pinon to move into the light so he can see his eyes. Vera wonders to an unseen companion how she must appear in their eyes. The porter begs Vera to let him watch her change her clothes. Along the way Bauer weaves the characters’ lives together, in “La Ronde” fashion, shaping ever-changing onstage and offstage duets. In this complex intertwining, Pinon lives in a house he won from the porter in a card game; the porter relates Pinon’s history to Vera; Sebastian wants Vera; Daniel wants Sebastian; Pinon wants to be Daniel’s substitute father figure.

Sex therapist Gertrude Mungai has one of the most interesting shows on TV (as you can see here). K24’s Connect has become even more extreme of late, now having full on sex simulations.

In an interview with the East African edition of True Love, she proved that despite owning a sex toy shop, she said, “I promote marriages, not vibrators.”

She believes that sex and all that comes with it should only be practiced and enjoyed in marriage. “The sex toys in my shop are to promote duo sex, not solo sex,” told True Love.

The magazine’s Pauline Muindi adds, “Gertrude is a pleasant potpourri of cosrvatism, sexual liberation and sensuality.”

Kenya’s first sex auntie also clarifies, “The media branded me a sexologist but I don’t consider myself as such. I am a lifestyle designer on sex and relationships. It says so on my business card.”

Kenya is full of talent, especially when it comes down to music. It is abundant among the youth and that is not up for debate. It is so visible especially when you attend the talent search events. Makes me more proud to be Kenyan.

 

Enough of the chit chat. Let’s get back to what’s really important right now. This sexy rapper. First came STL (Stella Mwangi), then came Xtatic. They all brought sex appeal to Kenya’s rap industry. There is even another newcomer, Dora. Yeah! They coming up pretty fast, ain’t they?

 

And now, for the first time ever on video, on her debut track, I present to you Baby T. You might recognise her from Octopizzo’s ‘Bila Mic’ remix. She did a pretty awesome job on it too.

 

She now has her debut video out and it is spanking hot. Seductively sexy! I will ask about the age later, for now, let’s all just ogle at her in this hot new video titled ‘Bad Chick’. Come on, you know you wanna! Resistance is futile.

Check it out below.

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These two need no introduction. Their songs do it for us. Infact, attempting to introduce these two great gospel artistes will be an offence to the Kenyan music industry.

 

With that said, Mbuvi and Makena will tonight (1st February) be holding it down at the gospel event that has got every Christian raving like there’s no tomorrow.

The Lounge will be happening again tonight at the Petma Restaurant and Mbuvi will be performing live alongside Makena.

 

On the decks will be DJ Soxxy, DJ Celeb and DJ Sanch.

 

Entrance is only Sh. 200.

It doesn’t get better than this.

On Wednesday 6th February, 2013, it’s Bob Marley’s Birthday. And you know what birthdays mean here around Nairobi, it’s party time!!! And that is where the Ital Sound crew comprising of young versatile members such as Selekta Otivo, Eryko Ital, DJ Prefixx and Mr. Fuentastiq come in. On Wednesday they will be  celebrating Bob Marley’s birthday at Club Click (along Baricho Road). Entry is free and the party starts at 8p.m till dawn!

 

PS: Listen to Ital Sound Mixxes every Monday on bigchuneradio.com at 6:00AM and 3:00P.M

Let Uncle Chim Tuna rant for a minute. I’m tired of being told our information is dubious or that our site is a rumour site. It seems it’s time i clear a couple of misconceptions about Ghafla!

#5. That Ghafla is a gossip site

I remember laughing at Baba Ghafla once and teasing him that he is Kenya’s gossip girl. We were hanging out out with our friend George Mugambi talking about how all Ghafla articles should be signed out with “XoXo”!

Then i came onboard and realized that that misconception is actually a huge problem! Everyone thinks i’m a gossip and when i meet avid fans of Ghafla, they ask me for the latest gossip. No, i have no gossip to engage you with. For gossip go to Kenyan Post or Nairobi Exposed on Facebook! Leave dis place!

 

#4. That our stories are non-factual

Ghafla stories are all factual and those that aren’t are opinion pieces where a writer gives you his take on things. When we write about artists, chances are, the source of information came from the horse’s mouth! Everyone who concerns themselves with shouting from the rooftop about our articles being false is either ignorant, misinformed or just an attention seeker.

We actually pride ourselves for being an honest site. Ask yourself why we’ve never been hit with a civil or criminal suit for either libel or disseminating false information that is damaging to an individual’s public standing? It’s because our sources are impeccable!

 

#3. That Ghafla! is run by just one fat chap hidden behind a computer screen

Ghafla is made up of a team of dedicated writers who are always hard at work… Except when they are trolling each other. There is Kone Sekou, Adam Wagwau, Jeff Omondi and Me.

 

#2. We are exclusively male

We aren’t. But the fact that there aren’t any female employees in the office on the regular means we are chocking in a strong cloud of testosterone! But with that said, the team is comprised of Nali Sharon who is a writer, Suzzanne Imbuhila who doubles up as both HR personnel and legal consultant and Cinju Muiruri who does the accounts.

 

#1. Uncle Chim Tuna is a douchebag

I am. The end.

Don’t ask me how this happened:

 

 

If there was a picture that ever demonstrated the difference between Africans and Wazungus on the rave, this is it:

 

 

Ushamba nayo?

 

It takes a strong man to use this loo:

 

For more of these pics, click here

Kenya’s top rated street and club deejay in collaboration with the sexiest Kenyan musician. What more could you ask for?

 

DJ Kalonje and Avril will be rocking Kenya Methodist University Main Campus in Meru tonight and they are bringing with them over ten thousand watts of heavy sound.

 

The two will be transforming the campus into a reveller’s bliss tonight, bringing in laser lights, heavy sound, basically the club ambiance.

This is going to be one epic event that you don’t want to miss.

 

Party starts at 8PM and goes on till 6 in the morning.

The Vault is a medium through which Christian hip hop artists get to share thetreasures that God wants to reveal to each and every person through His Word. With lyricism, rhymes, poetry and a journey of their experience in ministry and in salvation, these Kingdom ministers are set, not only to entertain but to point this generation to Christ.

The bi-monthly event was an idea of five close friends who shared a common love for Hip Hop music. The concept behind the vault was to create a platform where hip hop and poetic artists in Kenya and around the world can get an opportunity to showcase their talents without any limitations.

We found out that compared to artists from other genres, hip hop artists in Kenya barely get the opportunity to perform in this other events and most of them end up discouraged and eventually giving up on their dreams, it is for this reason that the Vault concept was born.

The bi-monthly event aims to get artists these opportunities, exposure, mentorship and also training them on how to become artists of international standards. The idea behind having the event once in two months was to kill the monotony of having a monthly event, and also have people looking forward to the event.

The Vault’s aim is to achieve leadership of the Kenyan and African Hip Hop industry, by creating events and platforms for growth opportunity among hip hop artists. They will continue to demonstrate excellence, progressive growth and productivity in our subsequent events.

The 3rd Edition of the Vault will be held on Sunday, 17th February at the Abondoz Restaurant Rooftop, situated at the Luther Plaza, along Uhuru Highway (opposite Central Park) between 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. This edition is dubbed Love & Hip Hop and is set to be a celebration of love, especially this being the month of Love, a celebration of Hip Hop music and also a showcase of how Hip Hop music can be used as a tool for spread Love among various groups of people from different walks of life especially now that we are approaching a general election.

The third Edition will see Shem Otanga a.k.a SHEM, one of Kenya’s illest lyricist grace the stage as the Focus artist of the day. Shem is known for hits such as Wape Habari and King’s Mic. He will also be sharing about his life, journey, music ministry, the various challenges and victories that he has gone through in his music career. Shem is also a practicing lawyer with a law firm within the CBD.

Other artists performing at this particular event include the new kids on the block S.O.C, MC Dice, Carlisto, hip hop’s finest diva MC LC, Poet Teardrops and 11 year old rapper, Furaha. On the decks will be the Vault’s official deejay, Ken Tha DJ backed by one of the leading Gospel Hip hop deejays in Kenya, the one and only Deejay Gee Gee of the Tri Crew and guest DJ, Deejay 21 of the Angaza show on KBC. This edition of the Vault will be backed live by The Live Legends.

The charge for this event is Kshs. 200 in advance and Kshs. 250 at the gate. Get advance tickets at Xtreme Videos shop and at the Abondoz Restaurant to avoid any inconveniences. Ticket Hotline: +254 710 964 626. You can buy their tickets via M-pesa on the service we call ‘M-Vaulting’ on the following number 0710 964 626. This is a service introduced to cater to the many that would like to attend the event but are in no position to acquire the tickets in good time maybe due to distance or any other reason. The service
is more of a booking kind of thing, just to ensure that you don’t miss you ticket.

You will be required to send your cash via M-pesa to the hotline number 0710964 626 [Zack]. The Vault will the send you your ticket number, keep it and at the event come with it and your ID, it’s that simple.

Dress code: Black and Red

Check out The Vault video promo here:
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We had sought to demystify the more posh and popular event that attracts the elites of Nairobi and i do believe we have an answer ladies and gentlemen.

The upper echelon put their vote to task to do the talking to them and boy did it ever. And i’m guessing that you like i thought that Blankets & Wine would emerge as the more popular with the middle and upper class aye? Wrong! Infact, they had to rally really late to avoid being the least popular of the 3!

Here is how the total tally stood:

Statistics:

Mingle
Votes: 48	21.5%
Blankets and wine
Votes: 56	25.1%
6AM Parties
Votes: 119	53.4%

 

Number of Voters

223

 

 

As you can see, The Mingle is gaining popularity rather fast. Maybe this has to do with the fact that they offer childhood games and also the fact that it is an event tailored towards getting people to interact. I don’t know. All i know is that you have spoken!