AwaaZ Magazine - Volume 12, Issue 2

Cover Story: Artistic Expression and Creative Protest

The GoDown Arts Centre

The GoDown Arts Centre is home to Kenyan creativity in arts and media. Established in 2003, in a space that was formerly a car repair warehouse, the c...

BankSlave - Victim Of The Capitalist System

One is immediately fascinated when one hears the name ‘Bankslave’ and wonders what it means. ‘Bankslave’ is made up of two words ‘Bank’ and ‘Slave’. A...

Graffiti Is A World Language

The basic essence of graffiti is writing one's name in a personalized style. That is the backbone of graffiti. Of course there are no clear cut rules ...

Exhibition Kibera 09

Not an artist with a cause, but an artist who causes people to think

Spray Uzi

Smoki (far left), unknown, Uhuru B (center), Swift 9 (second right), B...

Art for me was always more than aesthetics

‘Art for me was always more than aesthetics, more than just art for th...

Vulture Graffiti

In February 2012, PAWA 254 initiated several street graffiti projects ...

Uhuru Brown

The interview below first appeared in Sanaa Mtaani – Art in the City i...

Wise Two

WiseTwo is an established Street Artist based in Nairobi, Kenya. His w...

Kibera Walls for Peace

The Kibera youth participants collaborated with Nairobi graffiti artis...

Kibera Trains for Peace

Kenyan photographer Tahir Karmali captured these colourful images of g...

Sauti Ya Mtaa

A project of Mtaani Initiative and is supported by Making All Voices C...

Graffiti in Mathare North as a Struggle For Youth Voices and Initiatives

A project of Mtaani Initiative and is supported by Making All Voices C...

Basco Paints Nurtures Urban Art Through The Duracoat Spray For Change Project

The Airport Transformation The project that kick start the Spray for ...

Pro.Gres.Sive Concert Celebrates Kenya’s Diversity

In June, 2013, the first event of the Pro.gres.sive Initiative brought...

Spray For Change Commissioned By UNEP

UNEP Lead-Free Environment Duracoat’s Spray for Change initiative cre...

Inspiring Creativity

An interactive session enabling students to paint using both conventio...

Spray For Change Partners With The Sarit Centre

Shoppers were given the chance to try their hand at graffiti and walke...

Spray For Change Supports ‘Recycled Fashion High Tea’

Ruben Centre, Panari Hotel and Duracoat Spray for Change joined hands ...

Spray For Change Tags Machakos Red Cross Youth Hub

The Youth Empowerment Centre will serve as a vibrant and creative soci...

Duracoat Collaborates On Westgate Memorial Art Installation

We all remember where we were that Saturday in September

Spray for Change on the move

We wanted to take the Spray for Change colourful revolution far and wi...

Regular Column

Deadly Crossings

In this regular column a teacher, writer and media personality starts from personal anecdo...

Britain`s Ethnic MPs, Past and Present

In any discussion about the make-up and ...

Special Feature

Focus On Corruption

A photo series by photojournalist Boniface Mwangi and creative director John Migwi in 2014...

Featured Book

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Department of Literature and Awaaz Colloquium

Corporate Support

Supported [in part] by a grant

Foundation Open Society Institute in cooperation with the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa of the Open Society Foundations

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About Awaaz

Awaaz is a magazine published tri-annually out of Nairobi, Kenya. It aims to provide a broad platform for debate and reflection on issues of both contemporary and historical interest. What started off in 2002 as a focus on the role of the South Asian community in the historical, political and socio-economic spheres of Kenya; has now broadened to cover the larger debates on diversity, democracy, human rights and social justice. The magazine also critically examines the role of minorities both as communities in Kenya and East Africa; as well as a concept of human rights in a society be they ethnic, racial, gender based, sexual or political.