Imagining a Future for you and me.

Imagining a Future for you and me.

We waited patiently and unwearingly for the Imagined event like our lives depended on it.The planning had taken several months most of which yours truly was conspicuously absent but as fate would have it,the min.he showed face,he was thrown head fast into the deep end of the planning process and being the man that he is,he took the proverbial bull by it's horns and carried on without complaint charging through October like he was wounded.The first of it's kind,the Imagining Futures Event(E.A) 2010 was an event that aimed at bringing together a diverse group of minds to interact,reflect and debate a range of issues linked to regional creativity,the knowledge economy and the place of the arts and new media in East Africa in this 21 Century(a recurrent theme of mine)It sought to inform the thoughts surrounding curriculum development for the AgaKhan University Faculty of Arts&Science.
The first day was filled with expectation so thick you could slice it with a knife,hope,a strong desire on our part to execute the best conference ever in the cosmopolitan city that Nairobi is.Nothing was left to chance,we were all charged with the sole duty of making sure this event was a success and a success we intended to make.
The team was thin on numbers but extravagant on ideas,creativity,enthusiasm,energy, and timely precision.We had;
Yvonne;the brain child and ingenious architect.

Mike;the creative sculptor

Reshma: the artistic dancer

Janet:the meticulous planner

Mercy: the busy bee

Davis:the nocturnal technician.

The venue was the plush,ostentatious,grandiose,brazen,posh(feel free to add to the adjectives)Tribe hotel nested conveniently away from the hustle and bustle of the street life providing a serene almost heavenly ambience.

It was specifically chosen since it matched our ambitions,objectives,style,elegance,poise and most of all because it provided the right haven for a melting pot of cultures,ideas and insights to bubble all the way to the top where we could effortlessly extract them.
Given the circumstances,our participants willingly obliged and together we laughed,sang,danced and talked about a myriad of topics from world peace to caviar.