Aleya Kassam is a Kenyan feminist, storyteller, writer and performer. Her writing has been performed and published on multiple platforms and stages around the world, from Nairobi to Kigali to Stuttgart. She is widely experimental; from page to stage, screen to speaker, micro fiction to memory poems, docu theatre to participatory filmmaking - she loves to play with how people experience story. As the ‘A’ in The LAM Sisterhood, she fills the world with stories for African women to feel seen, heard and beloved, like the award winning, Brazen.

In the second episode of the NBO MTI Podcast, we have a conversation with Aleya Kassam about online theatre, her experiences, her favourite character from her musical Pani Puri, which she is writing in collaboration Eric Wainaina and Rushab Nandha, and how the NBO MTI allowed her to step out of her comfort zone and challenge her. Also, you’ll find out what music she’s listening to and what book’s she’s reading, and whether they’re any good.

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Edited by Rushab Nandha: https://www.instagram.com/rushabnandha/