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'The African Academy of Sciences was conceived on the 6th day of July 1985 when 22 prominent scientists met in Trieste, Italy, at the inauguration of the Third World Academy of Sciences TWAS) and devised the concept of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS). Under the leadership of Prof. Thomas R. Odhiambo as the first elected President of the AAS, membership has grown rapidly from the initial 33 members in 1985 to 107 in 1995, representing 24 African countries and 5 countries overseas.'

"The African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) is an international inter-governmental policy research and training organization... The Centre's activities focus on the implementation of Agenda 21 and related conventions on biological diversity, climate change and desertification."
--See especially: ACTS Publications

"In December 2016 ARTLabAfrica opened an artist-led, non-profit project space to promote awareness and visibility in Nairobi’s exciting arts community through staging cultural events, exhibitions, performances and workshops open to the public."

AWAAZ is affiliated to Eastern Action Club of Africa (EACA) and Asian Foundation.: an online quarterly magazine on South Asians in Kenya and East Africa. "...acts as a catalyst to record the history, and establish linkages with the Indian subcontinent and the South Asian Diaspora in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom."

The home page of the 98.4 FM radio station in Nairobi, with news and weekly pop music charts in East Africa, programme schedule, and other general information on the contemporary cultural scene in Nairobi.

"The first version of this bibliography was published as a chapter in the Kenya Coast Handbook and covered the period up to 1996 (Hoorweg & Hekken 2000). The present digital version has been updated until the year 2017 and contains over 2200 titles."

"This book brings together essays by heritage experts from different backgrounds...to explore three key themes: the underlying ethics, practices and legal issues of heritage conservation; the exploration of architectural and urban heritage of Nairobi; and the natural heritage, landscapes and sacred sites in relation to local Kenyan communities and tourism. It thus provides an overview of conservation practices in Kenya from 2000 to 2015 and highlights the role of natural and cultural heritage as a key factor of social-economic development, and as a potential instrument for conflict resolution."

"...a London-based organisation established on 2 July 1982...The Committee emerged as a response to evidence of increasingly repressive tendencies in the Kenyan government under President Daniel Arap Moi, promising to act as a 'solidarity organisation' for those arrested, detained or harassed for their political activities in Kenya...It also gathers documents for groups like the London-based UMOJA-Kenya and the underground organisation Mwakenya, the latter working against Moi's Kenya African National Union (KANU) government inside Kenya itself."
--See also: Ngugi (wa Thiong'o) Defence Committee, 1977-1978

"Established in 2003...home to Kenyan creativity in arts and media."

"[Originally founded in 2006] Jahazi is an arts and culture journal [in English] whose vision is harnessing the wealth of artistic and cultural synergies in East Africa and how they are influenced by communities, even as they contribute to social change." ***Note: the journal's website offers tables of contents for the earliest issues and full text access only since 2015.

"Our aim is to publish literature by African authors regularly by making it as easy as possible for any member to publish anything or execute any literary project as quickly and effectively as possible....We will publish new anthologies every quarter."
--See also: Jalada Conversations: "...an interview series where we talk to some of the continent’s most exciting and respected writers."

An extensive collection of texts, bibliographies, and links to information about the history, cultures, and "traditional" music of up to 32 different cultural groups ("tribes") in Kenya, with a clickable map and audio files (excerpted from cassette tapes recorded or purchased in the country during 1998-99). The author is a traveller, photographer, and author.

This site includes the word list from "Kamusi Project: Online English-Swahili/Swahili-English Dictionary," formerly at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Originally, Ivan Karp studied Iteso culture in Kenya. "Ivan Karp’s work has had a broad influence in anthropology, African studies, museum studies, African philosophy, public scholarship and many other fields. This online archive of his publications is intended to make that work widely available."
--See also: Guide to Ivan Karp Papers at the National Anthropological Archives, The Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History (Washington, DC)

"The Portal consists of four parts: a section with topical reviews by different authors; a bibliographical section with literature references; a section of tables and maps offering statistical information; and a section listing open-access publications."

General information, lists of services, news about activities and publications, guides to the collections and -- under construction: searchable databases.

--See: "Curtains fall on unsung archivist [Richard Ambani] who helped out many scholars." The Nation. (Online)  July 12, 2021.

--See also: Ministry of Sports, Culture, and Heritage--Kenya National Archives

A selection of 1,043 items featured in this digital exhibition of black-and-white and color photos of people and objects from the KNA collections in Nairobi, Kenya; plus 8 illustrated "stories".

The list of document titles and microfilm reel numbers; plus visitor information. "Syracuse University is one of two repositories of the microfilm collection of the KNA, produced in the 1960's through a joint grant with the National Science Foundation, the government of Kenya, and the Program of Eastern African Studies of Syracuse University (no longer in existence). The other collection is owned by the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago [See: Cooperative Africana Microform Project]. The documents include 157 microfilm reels...and a large number of microfilm reels of newspapers, journals, and papers of assorted associations."

This site features an extensive library of lyrics of Kenyan popular contemporary music (in English, Kiswahili, Sheng dialect, and other African languages--many with English translations), music industry news, blog section, biographies of Kenyan musical artists, and links to audio and video clips

"The association that brings together scholars and researchers with interest in Kenya." The first inaugural conference was held in August 1-2, 2008 at Bowling Green State University, Ohio.

--KESSA 13th Annual Conference, September 10-11, 2021, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

-- Kenya studies review. (Online)--2009-2010, 2020-2021

The web site for the Kenyan entertainment radio station, with live listening!

A profile of the publisher of the popular literary magazine Kwani?.

This site offers information about the operations of the LC Office and its cooperative acquisitions program for US libraries.

The web site offers a description of the project in Kenya and a set of texts on the history and major features of the Maa language spoken in both Kenya and Tanzania.

"Our mission to support the next generation of female scholars and thought leaders in East Africa, and to get policymakers and the general public engaged with their work."
--See especially: Survey Findings on the Impact of COVID-19 on Africa's Higher Education System. May 2020 ; Summary report

"...a ground-breaking initiative established by the South African Institute for Distance Education (Saide). We play a leading role in supporting higher education institutions across Africa in the development and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) to enhance teaching and learning."
--See especially: OER Repositories in Africa

The web site for a radio show and comic book series celebrating youth culture in Kenya. In Sheng, an urban slang dialect of Kiswahili.

"The Storymoja Festival started out as a small gathering of 300 people in 2007, and has grown to a vibrant gathering of the greatest minds in Kenya and beyond, celebrating ideas and culture...Books are brought to life through poetry, storytelling, lively discussions with local and international artists, music, workshops, film and much more."

See also: The Kamusi Project: Online English-Swahili/Swahili-English dictionary above.
--and, ZMO-Zentrum Moderner Orient below.

This website features news, conference announcements, and reports on education in Kenya and other countries in Eastern Africa: Burundi, Eritrea, Rwanda, Somalia, Uganda.

Formerly "James Marua Literature Blog."
[Since June 2013] "...to give news and reviews from the African literary scene. We specialize in telling you what work your favourite African writer is up to. That means that you will find news on news books, events like book launches, literary festivals, author profiles and more."

"Baraza with Hassan Mwakimako (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Pwani University Kilifi, Kenya), Nandera Mhando (Head of Department, Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Dar es Salaam), Nicholas Githuku (Assistant Professor of History, Philosophy and Anthropology, York College, CUNY, New York), and Neema Kasabo (Lecturer for Swahili Language, Freie Universitait, Berlin). Hosted and introduced by Kai Kresse (Vice-Director ZMO & Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin) and Lutz Diegner (Lecturer of Swahili, Humboldt Universität Berlin)."