The theme of the Festival is'ARTISTS IN LIBERATION' ('Wasanii katika Ukombozi'). The proceedings of the second day (which is co-sponsored by our Institute of Kiswahili research) of the Festival will be in Kiswahili.
Unfortunately, we have very limited facility for translation into English. The highlights of the Festival are:

Nyerere Annual Lecture will be delivered by Professor Micere Mugo on the first day followed by launching of Mwalimu Nyerere's new three volumes of speeches and writings published just last year by Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation.

Our VC's Palaver in the afternoon will be on the theme: Nationalism vs. Neo-liberalism.

On the second day, [...] Abdilatif Abdalla will deliver a lecture in
Kiswahili on the theme of the Festival followed by launching of books published by our Institute of Kiswahili. We will then have an interactive dialogue with artists to reflect on their role as they see it. This will be led by Professor Penina Mlama.

In the afternoon, we will have a conversation on ‘Hali ya Dunia ilivyo
leo na Mustakabali wa Afrika' (The World Situation today and the Future of Africa). The chief participants in the conversation are: Mhe. Benjamin Mkapa (in his capacity as the Chairman of the South Centre), Professor Issa Shivji and Dr. Ng'wanza Kamata.

Of course we wil have some very interesting performances.