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Festival on African histories and futures with authors writing in French, Portuguese, English, Arabic

13/08/2026

"The past is never really past."

Ghanaian-Canadian author, Esi Edugyan joins us this year at Macondo. Twice winner of Canada's Giller Prize, she writes stories that travel across continents and generations exploring how the past is connected to the present and future.

Mark your calendars and come experience one of today's most celebrated literary voices at at Macondo 2026.

📍 18–20 September 2026 | Kenya Cultural Centre, Nairobi.

Tickets available here: https://buff.ly/HERPO9c

P.S: Check out our upcoming post featuring her historical fiction novel, 'Washington Black'.

11/08/2026

🎟️ Tickets for are now on sale!

Join us for three days of books, ideas, music, film, and conversations with remarkable writers and thinkers from across the world.

Purchase your advance tickets via Kenyabuzz: https://kenyabuzz.com/events/event/macondo-literary-festival-2026

See you from 18–20 September at the Kenya Cultural Centre!

09/08/2026

Can love survive the weight of family history?

Tochi Eze's "This Kind of Trouble" spans generations and continents, bringing together two former lovers whose past is marked by hidden truths, mental illness, and inherited trauma. A moving debut about the legacies we carry and the possibility of healing.

Meet Tochi Eze at

07/08/2026

What happens when a lawyer becomes a novelist?

For Tochi Eze, it has meant bringing the same curiosity about people, justice, and complexity into fiction. A Nigerian writer and scholar, her short stories have been recognised among the outstanding stories of 2023, and her acclaimed debut novel, This Kind of Trouble, explores love, memory, and the legacies families inherit.

📍 18–20 September 2026 | Kenya Cultural Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.

Save the date and come meet Tochi at .

01/08/2026

What happens when a generation raised in silence begins to find its voice?

Egyptian writer and critic Yasmine El Rashidi has spent her career exploring the silent spaces where history settles: in families, cities, memory, and the lives of ordinary people. From 'Chronicle of a Last Summer: A Novel of Egypt' to 'Laughter in the Dark: Egypt to the Tune of Change,' her work traces how generations remember, resist, and imagine change long after the headlines have faded.

Join Yasmine at as we explore this year's theme: Ink, Sea and Silence.

📍18–20 September 2026 | Kenya Cultural Centre, Nairobi.

28/07/2026

🎶 Help us build the playlist!

We're looking for music recommendations from across the world!

Tell us:
📚 Five songs from your country you'd listen to while reading
💃 Five songs from your country that always get you dancing

Share the artist and song title in the comments or send them to us by Friday, 31 July.

We can't wait to discover what you're listening to!

27/07/2026

A lawyer turned art critic, travel writer, and Windham-Campbell Prize winner. ✈️📸 We are proud to have Nigerian author, Emmanuel Iduma, joining us at Macondo 2026! Iduma’s stunning prose seamlessly blends photography, memory, and history. Come listen to him map out a borderless world through literature.

Save the Date: 18–20 September 2026 | Kenya Cultural Centre, Nairobi.

25/07/2026

Smiles are our unofficial/official love language. ❤️

They appear when turn from strangers into friends through conversation, in our collective excitement at discovering a new favourite book, or the joy we feel when meeting a beloved author.

We're bringing that same joy to .

Save the date:📍18–20 September | Kenya Cultural Centre

22/07/2026

The Swahili seas and language is calling again!

Macondo Baraza is back for its third year. Come converge with writers, artists, thinkers, and festival-goers to continue the conversations, share ideas, debate big questions, and build new connections long after the panels end. All in our East African tongue, Swahili!

You know what to do! So, go on save the date: 18–20 September 2026 | Kenya Cultural Centre, Nairobi.

P.S: Peep that Briyani!

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