Featured Participants K - Z

Kai Giovanni

Poet, Performer and NYC Youth Poet Laureate 2024–2025

Keith Ang'ana

Writer, Historian & Founder of Qwani and Bunge La Mayut

Kithaka wa Mberia

Professor of Linguistics, Poet & Dramatist | Author: Kifo Kisimani

Koni Benson

Historian and Educator on African Struggle History and Activism

Kui Kabala

Actress, Radio Host & Co-founder of Read to Resist Café

Leïla Slimani

Award-Winning Author of The Perfect Nanny

Lilly Bekele Piper

Founder & Host, Selam & Hello | Media Producer & Development Strategist

Lola Shoneyin

Publisher & Author of The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives

Luis Tato

Photographer, Two-Time World Press Photo Winner

Lydiah Mwangi

Artist, Animator & Creator of The Ebony Witch

Maricruz Rivera

PhD Social Worker & Community Leader | Author | Advocate for Social Justice and Cultural Heritage

Momtaza Mehri

Award-Winning Poet. Author of Bad Diaspora Poems

Mohamed Amin Abdishukri

Writer, Journalist & Digital Creator of Soma Nami Books & Curator of the African Book Fair

Mugambi Nthiga

Award-Winning Actor, Writer & Director

Mukami Kowino

Deputy Country Director, British Council Kenya | Advocate for Inclusive Development

Muthoni Muiruri

Founder of Soma Nami Books & Curator of the African Book Fair

Neddy Lusimbo

Filmmaker & Production Manager

Ngartia

Storyteller & Co-founder, Too Early For Birds

Ngwatilo Mawiyoo

Poet, Filmmaker, and Storyteller

Nteranya Sanginga

Writer, Dancer & Multidisciplinary Artist

Ntone Edjabe

Publisher & Founder, Chimurenga.

Nyambura Mutanyi

Interdisciplinary Artist, Scholar & Content Creator

Orpah Agunda

Children’s Storyteller

Panashe Chigumadzi

Journalist, Essayist | Author: These Bones Will Rise Again

Pankaj Mishra

Award-Winning Novelist & Essayist

Professor Tanya Hernandez

Comparative Race Law Scholar & Author of Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality

Ras Mengesha

Writer, Educator & Zine Maker

Rinaldo Walcott

Writer, Critic & Professor of Africana Studies

Sandra Nekh

Writer, Filmmaker & Multimedia Storyteller

Sani Ladan

Migration & Security Researcher | Human Rights Advocate | Author

Ty Ngachira

Lawyer, Comedian & Commentator on Civil Liberties

Vangile Gantsho

Poet, Healer, Teaching Artist, Editor and Co-founder, impepho press

Velia Vidal

Writer & Reading Promoter

Venna Odhiambo

Children’s Author & Storyteller

Wairimu Gathimba

Writer and Researcher in Kenya’s Social Justice Movement

Waringa Wahome

Advocate for Environmental Justice

Wendy Njoroge

Co-founder of Soma Nami Books & Publisher

Willie Oeba

Spoken Word Artivist