Children’s Corner
The Children's Corner is back! This time the space also features arts and crafts activities…
Green Bunk Stage - Saturday, 28th June
Home to topical, thought-provoking conversations — and completely free to attend! This stage brings together local and international voices to explore bold ideas in literature, culture, and society.
Kenya, Meet Your Libraries
Kenya, Meet Your Libraries Green Bunk Stage Sat, 28th June10:00am – 11:00am Panellists: Wanjiru Koinange,…
Everything is political
How do multidisciplinary artists and academics find the right avenues to address the state of…
Emerging voices in Kenyan fiction
Curious to know what the path to publishing entails? Three emerging Kenyan authors speak on…
Imagine Freedom: Where do we go from here?
Why was it not possible to transform the momentum of the June-July protests into a…
Indigenous wisdom and climate change
Powerhouses in ecological activism and sustainable art examine the interconnectedness of things and how the…
Print to Platform: The Future of Radical Media
Africa Is a Country began as a blog challenging Western media clichés. Fifteen years on,…
Riding the Storm: The Untold Story of Africa’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Riding the Storm: The Untold Story of Africa’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Green Bunk…
The woman as free
Creating complex portraits of womanhood has been a through line across the works of award-winning…
Live poetry performance
Don’t miss this gathering of the best international and local voices in Spoken Word and…
Book Talk Stage - Saturday, 28th June
A new addition to the festival! This cosy stage is dedicated to intimate sessions with authors, offering a closer look at their books, processes, and inspirations.
Book Talk: Goretti Kyomuhendo | ‘Promises’
One-on-one discussion with Goretti Kyomuhendo about her new novel, “Promises” that exposes the shadow world…
Book Talk: Velia Vidal | ‘Tidal Waters’
Velia Vidal explores her latest book, “Tidal Waters”, which is a vision of how creating…
Book Talk: Ayisha Osori | ‘Love Does Not Win Elections’
Deep dive into Ayisha Osori’s work, Love Does Not Win Elections about how she ran…
Ikulu Stage - Saturday, 28th June
Big ideas, small setting. Ikulu is a ticketed stage (only KES 300), hosting powerful, in-depth conversations. All proceeds go towards the restoration of Nairobi’s public libraries.
The injustice of being misunderstood
A journalist and memoirist discuss the power of image-making in the face of prevailing misconceptions…
Power of humour
Indian comedian, writer and actor, Aditi Mittaland award-winning Kenyan stand up, Ty Ngachira are no…
All the world’s a stage
Cameroonian scholar and author, Gil Ndi-Shang and award-winning Kenyan playwright, Mugambi Nthiga discuss the interconnected…
Accessing ancestral wisdom
British-Somali poet, Momtaza Mehri and Dr. Panashe Chigumadzi, an award-winning writer and historian break down…