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Everyone loves a Quickie

INSIDE: Your favourite flash stories make a comeback

Kenga Media
February 03, 2023

🧘‍♀️ Zen Note

Some exciting news for y'all. We are picking up our Kenga Quickies from where we left off! Yup, you can expect to read fresh short stories soon.

If you're just learning about our Quickies, visit the literature page on our website to get an idea of the kind of content we publish. No character or scenario is too minor or too major for us, and all genres are appreciated.

We review submissions on a rolling basis, so please send us your finest 350-word short stories to publish in this section as soon as you have them!

Edisana Stephen, Newsletter Editor

🥳 Z Brand Spotlight

NURTURE ORGANICS is a beauty and wellness brand based in Nairobi, Kenya that specialises in creating organic products made from unrefined natural ingredients rich in nutrients for all skin types. The parent company, Nurture, is a social enterprise with the goal of empowering Kenyan communities by educating people, creating employment and teaching new skills to artisans. Through this pursuit, the brand continues to grow while discovering more indigenous oils and creating more opportunities for Kenyan communities.

📢 From the Inside

Submissions are open for Kenga Quickies

Send us a hot 350-word flash story around any topic that you're sure will grip our readers. We want drama, chaos, carnage. We want it all!

⚡ Quickie of the Week

“Whatever it is” the priest responded, spearing some more white powder on his already chalky face. “You will enjoy, however, your days on earth will be numbered by the number of grains this hen will eat, so count.”

Quickies: Years — Kenga: The Afro Gen Z Publication

A flash story on the terrible price people pay for a good life

https://kengadigital.com/stories/quickies-years

🔥 Hot Topics

This "weird AF" video seems to be on a mission to make Gen Z in Nigeria look politically clueless (via Twitter)
Gen Z is less likely to suffer imposter syndrome. (via Fast Company)
What physical and mental health mean to Gen Z post pandemic. (via Wall Street Journal)
Why the youngest of Gen Z aka Baby Zoomers need immediate support. (via Evening Standard)
China's Gen Zs are choosing their careers over having children. (via Sixth Tone)
Gen Zs and Millennials are actively rejecting consumer culture through the de-influencing trend. (via Yahoo Finance)
How Gen Zs are cultivating friendships in the new era. (via BBC)
Gen Zs and Millennials are pushing for more flexible banking. (via Go Banking Rates)

💡 Z-Lang

Rizz - is short for charisma (char-rizz-ma), which means to be desirable without putting in too much or to be slick with words when flirting. On TikTok, though, the term has taken more than one meaning and is on its way to becoming a lyric 💀

😮‍💨 Weekenda

🎬 20th Century Girl, the movie

Revel in this generous offering of 90s Korean nostalgia, as a young girl tackles the intricacies of coming of age.

20th Century Girl (2022) - IMDb

20th Century Girl: Directed by Woo-ri Bang. With Kim Yoo-jeong, Han Hyo-joo, Woo-Seok Byeon, Yuuki Luna. In 1999, a teen with a heart of gold begins keeping close tabs on a popular classmate as a favor to her smitten best friend.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15340724/

🖼️ When The Birds Fly Home art exhibition by Artemis x Gallery 1957

The contemporary collective Artemis will exhibit together for the first time in their home country. Take in their different visual interpretations of shared social and political experiences.

Gallery 1957 on Instagram: "Gallery 1957 is pleased to collaborate with Artemartis to present an exhibition of recent paintings by Abdur Rahman Muhammad, Araba Opoku, Awanle Ayiboro Hawa Ali, Courage Hunke, Efia Serwah Barning, James Mishio, Joshua Oheneba-Takyi, Kwaku Owusu Osei Achim and Kwaku Yaro. In the heart of Dansoman, Accra, next to a noisy primary school, there is a blueish-grey house where the members of the collective Artemartis gather and work. ‘When The Birds Fly Home’ is a group exhibition dedicated to showcasing these artists’ individuality in a variety of mediums and visual languages, as well as interrogating what it means to belong to a collective art space in contemporary Ghana. As a collective - the ‘birds’, will be presenting their works together in their home country for the first time as an act of ‘flying home’. As different as their processes and techniques are, their works share narratives that are socially and politically engaged, arising from a common sense of belonging. -Extract from curatorial text by Angelica Litta Modignani Please join us on Tuesday, 7th February at 5pm for an Artist Talk with Marwan Zakhem and members of Artemartis. Followed by the opening reception at 6pm. _ @_artemartis @leastchillperson @James.mishio @Kwaku_yaro @iam.oheneba @awanleayiboro @efia.serwah @arabaopoku @artofarm @couragehunke @kwaku_owusu_achim"

1,307 Likes, 34 Comments - Gallery 1957 (@gallery1957) on Instagram: "Gallery 1957 is pleased to collaborate with Artemartis to present an exhibition of recent paintings by Abdur Rahman Muhammad, Araba Opoku, Awanle Ayiboro Hawa Ali, Courage Hunke, Efia Serwah Barning, James Mishio, Joshua Oheneba-Takyi, Kwaku Owusu Osei Achim and Kwaku Yaro. In the heart of Dansoman, Accra, next to a noisy primary school, there is a blueish-grey house where the members of the collective Artemartis gather and work. ‘When The Birds Fly Home’ is a group exhibition dedicated to showcasing these artists’ individuality in a variety of mediums and visual languages, as well as interrogating what it means to belong to a collective art space in contemporary Ghana. As a collective - the ‘birds’, will be presenting their works together in their home country for the first time as an act of ‘flying home’. As different as their processes and techniques are, their works share narratives that are socially and politically engaged, arising from a common sense of belonging. -Extract from curatorial text by Angelica Litta Modignani Please join us on Tuesday, 7th February at 5pm for an Artist Talk with Marwan Zakhem and members of Artemartis. Followed by the opening reception at 6pm. _ @_artemartis @leastchillperson @James.mishio @Kwaku_yaro @iam.oheneba @awanleayiboro @efia.serwah @arabaopoku @artofarm @couragehunke @kwaku_owusu_achim"

https://www.instagram.com/p/CoCk25YoyA3/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

📔 Flechazo, the photobook by Pia Revelola

A photo-journal to take you on a romantic journey. Be inspired by this love letter to the culture, sights and spirit of Mexico, published by Homecoming Gallery.

Flechazo

Flechazo - ’love at first sight' - is Pia Riverola’s debut monograph, a photographic love letter to Mexico - its culture, people, and spirited way of life. Flechazo takes you on a nostalgic journey along Mexican destinations and encounters, capturing its upbeat soul, rich culture, famously lush nature, dreamy beaches,

https://homecoming.gallery/products/flechazo

📖 Seven Days in June, the novel by Tia Williams

Escape with Williams as she explores urban life, personal pain, love and blackness in this true-to-life novel.

Seven Days in June

Brooklynite Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling e…

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55648820-seven-days-in-june

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