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Support the 2013 Slum Film Festival

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After two successful years, the Slum Film Festival is preparing its third edition, expanding its focus to slum stories from across the African continent. The third edition of the Festival will be celebrated in Nairobi on September 2 –  9 2013, on open grounds at both Kibera and Mathare (Nairobi’s biggest slums), as well as central cultural venues around the city.

Although their crowd-funding campaign on Indiegogo  is now closed, You can still help by spreading the word about this great initiative.

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Events | 22nd European Film Festival, Kenya

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The European Film Festival celebrates its 22nd anniversary this year and remains the longest running film festival in Nairobi.  This year, 18 critically acclaimed films from 13 European countries will be on the programme offering engaging content from the European continent.

 

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Andre Epstein | Legio Maria

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“I use it to stab the devil.”
Copyright 2012 © Andre Epstein

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Sunday morning. Copyright 2012 © Andre Epstein

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Copyright 2012 © Andre Epstein

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Copyright 2012 © Andre Epstein

Legio Maria (Latin for ‘Legion of Mary’), is a series of photographs by Andre Epstein. This set of photographs portrays the followers of a Legio Maria church located in Kibera slum, Nairobi.

The Legio Maria church represents the continuation of a Luo community response to Christianity seen in its colonial form, and the control exercised by European missionaries on Christian communities in western Kenya. Legio Maria is a new religious movement and African independent church. The doctrine follows the central message of Christianity, and specifically in the central role of Mary as ‘queen’, ‘mother’ and the ‘mediatrix’. However, beliefs concerning the interaction between the world of the spirits and that of living human beings differs slightly from mainstream Catholic beliefs.

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At the Legio Maria church in Kibera, Nairobi. Copyright 2012 © Andre Epstein
This notebook is full of revelations from God. he believeS they are in ancient greek, aramaic, and hebrew. one day, he told me, he will learn these languages so he can decipher the many notebooks he has filled with this writing. -Andre

Legio Maria, Makina Stage.

Legio Maria, Makina Stage. Copyright 2012 © Andre Epstein

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