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DESCRIPTION:<p><strong style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">NIROX x ETHNIKIDS
 </strong></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">AFRICAN STORYTE
 LLING FESTIVAL x BOOK DRIVE</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: 
 rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">Saturday 17 May 2025</span></p><p><span style="color:
  rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">NIROX Sculpture Park</span></p><p><br></p><p><span s
 tyle="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">NIROX Foundation and Ethnikids have had 
 a long-standing\, successful partnership since 2017.</span></p><p><br></p>
 <p><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">Ethnikids is a women-owned onl
 ine 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 leisure
 ly\, pleasurable activity and providing opportunities for children and fam
 ilies to engage with authors and storytelling.</span></p><p><br></p><p><sp
 an style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">NIROX & The Kromdraai Hub residencie
 s have hosted many writers and poets in their respective programmes\, supp
 orting communities and literacy\, most recently the writing and refinement
  of Athi Petela’s new book Unako and The Blue Couch\, with the support o
 f CALEO Capital.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\,
  34)\;">Saturday 17 May offers a relaxed family day outdoors with hourly b
 ook readings from the very best local talent\, including the launch of Una
 ko and The Blue Couch\, with musical entertainment and lunch from the NIRO
 X Lawn Pavilion Café. It will include:</span></p><p><br></p><ul><li><span
  style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Book signings by authors</span></li><li><
 span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Children’s books available for purc
 hase</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Book donations</
 span></li></ul><p><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span class="ql-cu
 rsor"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">Fes
 tival goers will be encouraged to share the love of literature by bringing
  pre-loved children’s books to donate and purchase for the support of Le
 arn Project SA.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(34\, 34\
 , 34)\;">PROGRAMME</strong></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;"
 >11h00 Upile uThixo Bongco (Big Shoes to Fill) </span></p><p><span style=
 "color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">12h00 Gomolemo Moagi (Bontle's New Wheels)</s
 pan></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">13h00 Musical Performa
 nce by Mosoeu Ketlele</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;
 ">14h00 Nancy Gaylard (Ayen Learns To Dance / Ayen's First Day of School)<
 /span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">14h30 Bosele Teke (S
 oso and Her First Phone)</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34
 )\;">15h00 Salamina Mosese (Disaster at Gogo's Spaza)</span></p><p><span s
 tyle="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">15h30 Zulaikha Patel (Brave Like Me)</sp
 an></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">16h00 </span><strong st
 yle="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">LAUNCH</strong><span style="color: rgb(34
 \, 34\, 34)\;"> Athi Petela (Unako and The Blue Couch)</span></p><p><br></
 p><p><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">Tickets are available from <
 /span><a href="http://www.niroxarts.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rg
 b(17\, 85\, 204)\;">www.niroxarts.com</a><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\,
  34)\;">. We encourage bookings because tickets are limited.</span></p><p>
 <span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">Adults - R150</span></p><p><span 
 style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">Children aged 12 and under - R80</span>
 </p><p><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">Infants aged 2 and under e
 nter free of charge</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
LOCATION:24 Kromdraai Rd\, Kromdraai\, Krugersdorp\, Gauteng\, 1739
SUMMARY:Ethnikids African Storytelling Festival x Book Drive
URL;VALUE=URI:https://nirox.howler.co.za/ethnikids2025
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