Join The Moth for another unforgettable evening of true stories told live. Hosted by Kenyan media visionary and equality activist Adelle Onyango, with stories by five activists who are graduates of The Moth, a global arts organization dedicated to building empathy and compassion through personal narrative. This is The Moth's fifth Mainstage event in Kenya. Don't miss it. This program is generously sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The Moth is a nonprofit dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. For 26 years, The Moth has presented over 60,000 true personal stories, told live, without notes, to standing-room-only audiences and virtually around the globe. Renowned for showcasing a broad range of human experiences, The Moth produces approximately 600 live and virtual shows each year and has an ongoing presence in 28 cities worldwide. Additionally, The Moth runs storytelling workshops for high school students, teachers, adults and advocates from around the world through its Education, MothWorks, Community, and Global Programs -- which has a thriving workshop series in Kenya and teaches the essential elements of Moth storytelling as a tool to create world change. The Moth Podcast is downloaded 100 million times each year, and each week, the Peabody Award-winning The Moth Radio Hour, produced by Jay Allison at Atlantic Public Media and presented by PRX, The Public Radio Exchange, is heard on over 570 public radio stations in the US, plus BBC Radio 4 and ABC/RN Australia. The Moth has published four critically acclaimed books, including the recent bestseller How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth (Crown Archetype, April 2022). Learn more at themoth.org.

Adelle Onyango is an African woman who is the founder of the award-winning digital media platform - Legally Clueless Africa, which documents the human journeys of everyday African people. The audio podcast features #100AfricanStories, a segment where Africans from all over the world share authentic stories that let us into their world and their experiences. Adelle has gained international recognition for her efforts to empower African women and has been celebrated as one of MIPAD's Top 100 Africans 2020, Facebook's 2019 Icons of Change; Africa Youth Awards 100 Most Influential Young Africans for 2019; and BBC's 100 inspirational and innovative women in the world for 2017. Adelle is also the founder of the Adelle Onyango Initiative (AOI), which works towards ending sexual violence, and a proud graduate of The Moth's Global Community Program. With The Moth, she has hosted and told personal stories at world gatherings including during the UN General Assembly, at the Kenya National Theatre, and at the International Conference on Family Planning.

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