The official opening of the fourth biennial edition of Kwani Literature Festival took place on Sunday afternoon at the Kifaru Gardens in Nairobi.

Litfest 2012 brought a gathering of writers, poets, literary academics and theorists from the African continent under the umbrella 'Conversations with The Horn; Writers, Artists In Exchange'.

The one-week festival extravaganza hosts Somali poet Hadraawi, London-based Somali poet Warsan Shire, Sudanese-English novelist Jamal Mahjoub and Eritrean writer and historian Alemseged Tefsai to share their work with other writers.