ℐ𝓃 𝒶 𝓃𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝒦𝑒𝓃𝓎𝒶, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 ℬ𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝑔𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓃 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺𝘀𝗼𝗻 (𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬) 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝒻𝑒, 𝗝𝗼𝘆 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺𝘀𝗼𝗻 (𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐜𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚) 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝒻 3 𝑜𝓇𝓅𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒾𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝓁𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒸𝓊𝒷𝓈. ℒ𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝓊𝒷𝓈 𝑔𝓇𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝒾𝑔 𝒶𝒹𝑜𝓁𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝓁𝒶𝓇𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝑒 𝒸𝓊𝒷𝓈 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒶 𝓏𝑜𝑜 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒩𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈, 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒶𝓈 𝗘𝗹𝘀𝗮 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹. 𝗠𝗿. 𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝗠𝗿𝘀. 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝑔𝓇𝑜𝓌 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝗘𝗹𝘀𝗮, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒹𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓃𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝓊𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓁𝑒𝓅𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓂𝓅𝑒𝒹𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝓃𝑒𝒶𝓇𝒷𝓎 𝓋𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶𝑔𝑒. 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗹 (𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐧), 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝑔𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺𝘀𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝒶 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝑒𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝗘𝗹𝘀𝗮 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝓂𝑜𝓃𝑔𝓈𝓉 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓈, 𝑜𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝒹. ℐ 𝒶𝓂 𝒶 𝓁𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎'𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝒷𝒾𝑔 𝒸𝒶𝓉𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒶𝓇𝑔𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓉 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝑒𝒹𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓑𝓸𝓻𝓷 𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓮 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒾𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝓉𝑜𝓊𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝒾𝓁𝓂. 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝒾𝓁𝓂 ℐ 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝑜𝓃𝑒.

Crime and Justice S2 premieres on Showmax

Crime and Justice S2 premieres on Showmax

Imagine going after a mysterious powerful enemy who’s pulling strings from the shadows and silencing those who dare challenge them. This is the predicament of detectives Makena (Sarah Hassan) and Silas (Alfred Munyua) in Crime and Justice S2, now streaming on Showmax. The first episode, titled “The Death Squad”, kicks off with Barasa’s (John Sibi-Okumu) daughter’s grand wedding that goes awry,…

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Crime and Justice S2 premieres on Showmax

Crime and Justice S2 premieres on Showmax

Imagine going after a mysterious powerful enemy who’s pulling strings from the shadows and silencing those who dare challenge them. This is the predicament of detectives Makena (Sarah Hassan) and Silas (Alfred Munyua) in Crime and Justice S2, now streaming on Showmax. The first episode, titled “The Death Squad”, kicks off with Barasa’s (John Sibi-Okumu) daughter’s grand wedding that goes awry,…

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Kinyanjui Kombani's Ode to David Mulwa

Kinyanjui Kombani’s Ode to David Mulwa

I never wanted to go to campus.

By the time my letter of admission to Kenyatta University came, I was a pool addict living in Ngando, a slum off Ngong Road. I was making what I saw was a tidy sum daily from betting. New pool ‘experts’ were being made every day, and I knew that after four years of campus it would be hard to come back and reclaim my spot as the reigning local champion.

My brother…

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Creatives Academy: Writing Plays

Creatives Academy:

I love John Sibi-Okumu’s eloquence. Where did he learn how to speak like that, like an England born? Turns out his father went to school in the United Kingdom when he was a toddler, then Sibi and his mum joined him when he was seven years old. He grew up and even crafted his career there as a teacher. No wonder his syllables are effortless.

Unfortunately, I had never been made aware that he…

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A Music Video I Directed 2011

Song: Room for Me Artists: Just a Band, Lisa Oduor Noah, Jahcoozi Album: BLNRB - Welcome to the Madhouse Video by: Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann Starring: John Sibi-Okumu, Keni Kariuki, Lemayan Njoba Production Manager: Karungari Wachira Production Designer: Atifa Kassam Digital Technician: Sam Hopkins Make-Up: Muthoni Njoba Production Assistant: Liz Amondi Catering: George Ndisi  & Carolien's Kitchen Equipment: Sokomoto & Thirstyfish This Video ist part of the BLNRB project, a cooperation of Kenyan and German artists initiated by Goethe-Institut Nairobi and Gebrüder Teichmann. Further information at http://blog.goethe.de/BLNRB/ See our facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/BLNRB

John Sibi-Okumu feted at Tunisia’s Carthage Theatre Festival 2021.

John Sibi-Okumu feted at Tunisia’s Carthage Theatre Festival 2021.

John Sibi-Okumu was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Carthage Theatre Festival 2021 in Tunis, Tunisia on December 4, 2021. The Carthage Theater Days or Journées Théâtrales de Carthage is a theatre festival hosted by the government of Tunisia since 1983. It happens every two years alternating with the Carthage Film Festival. The festival this year feted Kenyan playwright and actor John…

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First-look trailer: Old enemies and new threats in Crime and Justice S2

First-look trailer: Old enemies and new threats in Crime and Justice S2

Showmax has released the first-look trailer for the highly-anticipated second season of the hit Kenyan procedural and legal drama Crime and Justice. “Do you ever imagine dying on the job?” Makena asks Silas before gunshots ring out. Kicking off to a bloody start, the 45 seconds-long trailer welcomes the return of Barasa (John Sibi-Okumu), the powerful politician who ‘got away with murder’ in…

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First-look trailer: Old enemies and new threats in Crime and Justice S2

First-look trailer: Old enemies and new threats in Crime and Justice S2

Showmax has released the first-look trailer for the highly-anticipated second season of the hit Kenyan procedural and legal drama Crime and Justice. “Do you ever imagine dying on the job?” Makena asks Silas before gunshots ring out. Kicking off to a bloody start, the 45 seconds-long trailer welcomes the return of Barasa (John Sibi-Okumu), the powerful politician who ‘got away with murder’ in…

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John Sibi-Okumu gives an exceptional performance in Crime and Justice premiere

John Sibi-Okumu gives an exceptional performance in Crime and Justice premiere #Showmax A thread ⬇️

In his first role on screen in eight years, John Sibi-Okumu wants to get away with murder, in a performance that stands out as one of the best things to look out for in Crime and Justice, Kenya’s first Showmax Original. Known sometimes only by his initials JSO, Sibi-Okumu isn’t just an actor. He’s an artist, revered for his craft and for his achievements both on stage and on screen. But in his…

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John Sibi-Okumu gives an exceptional performance in Crime and Justice premiere

John Sibi-Okumu gives an exceptional performance in Crime and Justice premiere #Showmax A thread ⬇️

In his first role on screen in eight years, John Sibi-Okumu wants to get away with murder, in a performance that stands out as one of the best things to look out for in Crime and Justice, Kenya’s first Showmax Original. Known sometimes only by his initials JSO, Sibi-Okumu isn’t just an actor. He’s an artist, revered for his craft and for his achievements both on stage and on screen. But in his…

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Sanaa Theatre Awards 2018 winners announced in Nairobi.

Sanaa Theatre Awards 2018 winners announced in Nairobi.

The Sanaa Theatre Awards 2018 winners were announced at a colourful ceremony at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi on December 3, 2018.

The Sanaa Theatre Awards recognise excellence in the field of theatre and the performing arts in Kenya. The awards, founded by George Orido in 2013, have celebrated some of the best names in Kenyan theatre and performance including playwrights John Sibi Okumu,…

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A very impressive play Kaggia by John Sibi-Okumu

A very impressive play Kaggia by John Sibi-Okumu

Harry Ebale as Kaggia and Bruce Makau as Jomo Kenyatta

The most recent play at the Phoenix Players was Kaggia written by well known playwright John Sibi-Okumu aka JSO. Of course I had to watch it. I am big fan of JSO and I have been going back to the theatre in recent times so this worked quite well for me.

Phoenix Players at the Professional Centre on Parliament Road usually costs Kshs500 for…

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Kinyajui Kombani's coffee gig (and John Sibi-Okumu chat)

Kinyajui Kombani’s coffee gig (and John Sibi-Okumu chat)

Kinyanjui Kombani should be there.

Kinyanjui Kombani is a Kenyan writer who has been at the forefront of the literature advocacy route with events like The Authors Buffer and the Daystar Creatives Academy. His books include Den of Iniquities and The Last Villains of Molo.

The author who has been doing a commendable job teaching his experiences to the next generation is a huge practitioner of his…

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