17/09/2026
Join us for the African Storytelling Festival on Saturday 26 September at Nirox! 📚❤️
NIROX x ETHNIKIDS
AFRICAN STORYTELLING FESTIVAL x BOOK DRIVE
Celebrating 10 years of Ethnikids
NIROX Foundation and Ethnikids have had a long-standing, successful partnership since 2017.
Ethnikids is a women-owned online bookstore that specializes in inclusive and diverse children’s books in all official South African languages. The organisation aims to tackle the literacy challenge in South Africa by positioning reading as a leisurely, pleasurable activity and providing opportunities for children and families to engage with authors and storytelling.
Saturday 26 September offers a relaxed family day outdoors with hourly book readings from the very best local authors.
The programme includes:
● Book signings by authors
● Children’s books available for purchase
● Book donations
Programme:
10h00 Gates open
10h30 Unarine Phaswana (Una's Mzansi Bush Adventure)
10h45 Faith Maluleke (Kokwani's Surprise Party)
11h00 Kutlwano Taukobong (Kabo's Pocket Pops)
11h30 Naledzani Marageni (Bionic Zuko)
12h00 Drumming
13h00 Theatrical book performance (Jonathan Ball Publishers)
13h30 Lalu Mokuku (Butterfly Heart)
14h30 Wandile Mathe (Mandla’s Mark)
15h00 Thabisile Sambo (The story of Bumble the Bee)
15h30 Thandi Xaba (Thando goes to the sea / Thando’s magic window)
16h00 Refilwe Modiselle (Zizi’s World: Through Her Vanilla Eyes)
Guests will be encouraged to share the love of literature by bringing pre-loved children’s books to donate and purchase for the support of Learn Project SA. We are grateful for the support of our transportation partner Tata Motors and activation partner Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Tickets available at www.niroxarts.com
We encourage bookings as tickets are limited.
Adults: R160
Children aged 12 and under: R80
Infants aged 2 and under enter free of charge
Gates open 10h00 on Saturday 26 September.
