Artist Residency “Dialogos Part Six”
Dialogos is a collaborative art project, a dialogue between artists and a kind of a chess game halfway between a collective installation and a performance. It focuses on the development of an artistic practice based on continuously negotiating knowledge, choices and awareness; it has led to an experience that has flourished between artists who choose […]
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Africa Day 2022 – A conversation with author Djarah Kan
To celebrate the Africa Day 2022, the Italian Cultural Institute has the pleasure to invite you to a conversation with the writer Djarah Kan. Djarah Kan (1993) is an Italian-Ghanaian writer born and raised in the province of Caserta (Italy). Since she was a teen-ager, she has been interested in writing as a means of […]
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Africa Day 2022 – Free Webinar in Italian
Thursday 26 May at 19:00 (EAT) the Italian Cultural Institute of Nairobi, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institutes of Addis Ababa, Dakar and Pretoria, celebrates the Africa Day 2022, with a free webinar on the relations between Italian and African literature. The speakers will be: Gianfrancesco Lusini (University of Naples “L’Orientale”), Anita Virga (University […]
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Africa Day 2022 – Seminar at University of Nairobi
On the occasion of Africa Day 2022, the Italian Cultural Institute in Nairobi – in collaboration with the Department of Linguistics and Languages of the University of Nairobi – organizes a seminar for the students.The speakers will be the Italian-Ghanaian writer Djarah Kan and the Kenyan professor and writer Kithaka wa Mberia. During the event, various […]
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Gianni Rodari at ArtCaffe Market Rhapta Square
On the occasion of the Italian Month organized by ArtCaffe Rhapta Square, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy and Italian Cultural Institute, there will also be – starting today (23.5.2022) till Thursday 26.5.2022 – an initiative dedicated to children. During the event various activities will be available, including the reading of stories (from 4.30pm […]
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“Italian Beauty”: Photografic Exhibition by Leonardo Mangia
From the 6th to 31st of May, twelve photographs from the “Italian Beauty” series by Italian photographer Leonardo Mangia will be on display at the Artcaffè Market in Rhapta Square in Nairobi. The images, which capture some of the most iconic and fascinating urban landscapes of the Italian peninsula, include shots of Rome, Venice, […]
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Italian Design Day 2022
The Italian Design Day is back! The Italian Design Day is the initiative through which the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation aims to foster abroad the Italian experience in design and architecture fields. The theme of this year is “Re-generation. Design and new technologies for a sustainable future“. Together with the Embassy […]
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Think Magic, Be You! Stories of women linking Italy and Kenya
“Think Magic, Be You! Stories of women linking Italy and Kenya’’ is a web series promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Nairobi in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Kenya, which aims to tell about the relationship between Italy and Kenya through the success stories of four women, whose professional path cut across […]
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Memorial Day 2022
Mostra “1849-1871. Ebrei di Roma tra segregazione ed emancipazione” An exhibition itinerary and a video project to tell of the construction of a united Italy and the role of the Italian Jewish communities. On the occasion of the day of remembrance 2022, which is celebrated every year on January 27, a video-tour presenting the exhibition […]
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VI edition of the World Week of Italian Cuisine – 2021
The Italian Cultural Institute in Nairobi, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Kenya, celebrates the World Week of Italian Cuisine which show cases the richness and variety of Italian culinary traditions.This year we have the pleasure of hosting the Italian Chef, Giacomo Gaspari, nominated “Ambassador of Italian Cuisine in the World” thanks to […]
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