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Abaantu Festival Author Session: Maison Ole Nkurrunah
October 1 at 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join us for a talk with Maasai land activist and author, Maison Ole Nkurrunah, as part of the Abaantu Festival Author Sessions.
Maison Ole Nkurrunah is a community organizer from the Maasai Indigenous Peoples of Kenya and Tanzania who co-founded and co-runs a community-based organization called The Maasai Cultural Resource Centre that spearheads documentation, preservation and Revitalization of the Maasai language and its cultural heritage.
He is a poet and playwright with two published collections of poetry: I Am Writing an Elegy by the River Siyiapei and Other Poems and Ghettorati: Poems from Majengo. His play Errant Native was one of the winning entries of the Kenya International Theatre Festival 2024.
Session schedule:
- Monday, September 28: Author reading with Sakiru Adebayo, “Wildfire Verses” Poetry Collection
- Tuesday, September 29: Nigerian poet and textile artist, Star Zahra (online)
- Thursday, October 1: Maasi land activist and author, Maison Ole Nkurrunah (online)
- Friday, October 2: Local authors Umar Turaki and Miracle Adebayo (in-person)
- Saturday, October 3: Inspiring New Knowledges with the Girlship Collective (online)
This series is organized by English and Cultural Studies Lecturer Joanna Cockerline and supported by the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies. It is part of the 2026 Abaantu Festival, organized by Kinfolk Nation. Abaantu: Festival of Stories unites diverse narratives through a week-long celebration of African and I-BPOC creativity, fostering connections across cultures. Join us to explore a rich tapestry of artistic expressions that include spoken word, music and visual art, all while engaging in meaningful dialogues and community building.
