MBOKA
  • Mboka
  • Gam Afro Latin Fest
    • Gam Fest Schedule
  • About
    • Creative Projects
    • The Mboka Team
    • Testimonials
  • Events
    • Responsible Tourism
    • Mboka Festival 2019 KAI Youth Conference
    • Upcoming events
      • Global Pan African Conference
      • Mboka 2019
        • THE INTERNATIONAL IGBO CONFERENCE
        • AFRICAN WOMEN AND CREATIVITY
    • Past Events
      • Transformative Pathways & SDG monitoring for Better Tourism
      • The Kai Youth Symposium
      • Mboka 2018
      • Mboka 2018 Programme
      • Mboka 2017
      • Mboka 2017 Programme
  • Media
    • Press Releases
      • 16 July 2018
      • 27 December 2017
      • 9 October 2017
      • 1 August 2017
      • 20 February 2017
      • 15 August 2016
      • 24 October 2016
      • 11 October 2016
    • News Features
      • 2018 Wuri Tournament Winner Represents The Gambia.
    • Gallery
    • Publicity
      • Mboka 2018 Media Pack
      • CHANGE MAKERS
  • Contact
  • Ngugi wa Thiong'o
  • Tribute to George Gomez
  • Upcoming events
  • Mboka
  • Gam Afro Latin Fest
    • Gam Fest Schedule
  • About
    • Creative Projects
    • The Mboka Team
    • Testimonials
  • Events
    • Responsible Tourism
    • Mboka Festival 2019 KAI Youth Conference
    • Upcoming events
      • Global Pan African Conference
      • Mboka 2019
        • THE INTERNATIONAL IGBO CONFERENCE
        • AFRICAN WOMEN AND CREATIVITY
    • Past Events
      • Transformative Pathways & SDG monitoring for Better Tourism
      • The Kai Youth Symposium
      • Mboka 2018
      • Mboka 2018 Programme
      • Mboka 2017
      • Mboka 2017 Programme
  • Media
    • Press Releases
      • 16 July 2018
      • 27 December 2017
      • 9 October 2017
      • 1 August 2017
      • 20 February 2017
      • 15 August 2016
      • 24 October 2016
      • 11 October 2016
    • News Features
      • 2018 Wuri Tournament Winner Represents The Gambia.
    • Gallery
    • Publicity
      • Mboka 2018 Media Pack
      • CHANGE MAKERS
  • Contact
  • Ngugi wa Thiong'o
  • Tribute to George Gomez
  • Upcoming events
Search
Want to know what happened at Mboka Festival 2017. Check out these comments and links


Quotes And Comments From Participants
"Mboka Arts, Culture and Sports Festival has been a great find for me as a visiting artist. The platform it provided to showcase my artistic skills has allowed me to increase my network in The Gambia, which will benefit me greatly in the  future.
I also have some on-going workshops in a local nursery, and a possible TV programme on Caribbean Story book, with film maker Issac Turay. All this was made possible by my contact with Mboka."
Nzinga (professional storyteller, first performed in The Gambia at Mboka)


"The whole idea was great and looking forward to next year!"
Fatou N.


"I did enjoy myself and would return to Gambia."
Clovis M.


"Try and develop the idea for the lantern parade/something similar which sounded like it would appeal to a wide audience and is a good event to link the tourism and Mboka themes for the conference."
Lucy M.


"Thank you ever so much for gifting me the opportunity to perform/read poetry and deliver workshops to the beautiful people of Gambia. I will not forget this experience. It was hard work, but incredibly rewarding and fulfilling."
Patricia Foster
SABLE Poet in Residence


PRESS
 
http://www.jamesmurua.com/Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o-wa-thiongo-headlines-gambias-mboka-festival-2017/
http://standard.gm/site/2017/02/28/highlights-inaugural-mboka-festival-arts-culture-sport-gambia-announcing-2018-dates/
 
http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/13700
http://www.reconnectafrica.com/current-issue/uncategorised/rca-magazine-january-february-2017-issue/dates-for-your-diary
 
http://www.reconnectafrica.com/current-issue/uncategorised/rca-magazine-january-february-2017-issue/dates-for-your-diary
 
 
Post Festival
http://www.jamesmurua.com/category/gambia-literature/
(Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o wearing an Mboka T-shirt!)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/19/new-gambian-leader-adama-barrow-sworn-in-at-ceremony-in-senegal (Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o with a quote and the Mboka Festival are mentioned in the last paragraph)
 


 
TV AND VIDEO LINKS
 
NEWS REPORT
NGŨGĨ WA THIONG’O AT THE AIRPORT (13 JAN 2017):



​A FEATURE DONE BY LEADING PRESENTER EBRIMA BALDEH ON NGŨGĨ WA THIONG’O (15 JAN 2017)
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Mboka
  • Gam Afro Latin Fest
    • Gam Fest Schedule
  • About
    • Creative Projects
    • The Mboka Team
    • Testimonials
  • Events
    • Responsible Tourism
    • Mboka Festival 2019 KAI Youth Conference
    • Upcoming events
      • Global Pan African Conference
      • Mboka 2019
        • THE INTERNATIONAL IGBO CONFERENCE
        • AFRICAN WOMEN AND CREATIVITY
    • Past Events
      • Transformative Pathways & SDG monitoring for Better Tourism
      • The Kai Youth Symposium
      • Mboka 2018
      • Mboka 2018 Programme
      • Mboka 2017
      • Mboka 2017 Programme
  • Media
    • Press Releases
      • 16 July 2018
      • 27 December 2017
      • 9 October 2017
      • 1 August 2017
      • 20 February 2017
      • 15 August 2016
      • 24 October 2016
      • 11 October 2016
    • News Features
      • 2018 Wuri Tournament Winner Represents The Gambia.
    • Gallery
    • Publicity
      • Mboka 2018 Media Pack
      • CHANGE MAKERS
  • Contact
  • Ngugi wa Thiong'o
  • Tribute to George Gomez
  • Upcoming events