By Sharon Mwangi, 13, Mombasa, Kenya I learnt lots of things from the guided tour of Nairobi National Museum during the 9th Lola Kenya Screen festival in Nairobi. Lola Kenya Screen had organised the tour with the National Museums of…
By Kiara Nakalembe Konde, 13, Kampala, Uganda When we walked out of Nairobi Safari Club and up the pedestrian crossing staircase across University Way on our way to our guided tour of Nairobi National Museum on Museum Hill as part…
Hello. My name is Tara Rukohoza and I’m 12 years old. The first born child of my parents, I am in grade 8 at a public school in Bujumbura. I am passionate about art, technology, music and movies because of…
Children from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda are expected to arrive in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on December 6, 2014 for a five-day training in cinematography. One of the main goals of bringing in participants from these countries is…
Our ninth annual celebration of children, youth, arts and culture through film shall bring participants from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda to Nairobi for seven days of festivities from December 6, 2014. Among the highlights of the festival whose…
We invite interested children and youth aged 11-16 years in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda to apply for participation in our Cinematography workshop to be held at Goethe-Institut, Nairobi, Kenya, December 7-12, 2014. RELATED: Lola Kenya Screen Equipped Me…
By Aralynn McMane Published October 26, 2014 Twelve newspaper and news publishing associations have been designated as “Centers of Youth Engagement Excellence” by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), in a ceremony honouring their long-term commitment to…
By Steve Biko Abuya, Maseno University, Kenya As I left Lola Kenya Screen on August 1, 2014 having completed a rigorous three-month internship as a partial requirement for graduation from Maseno University in western Kenya, I was very grateful for…
More than 2 000 experts on media for children—content creators, broadcasters, educators, policy makers, digital media creators—from all over the world shall gather in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the 7th World Summit on Media for Children (7WSMC) September 8-10, 2014….
A South African pay TV broadcaster has announced that it will launch its own Film Academy at the beginning of 2015. M-Net says the initiative will be part of its corporate social investment initiatives aimed at developing the film and…