Maïmouna Jallow

Maïmouna Jallow is multidisciplinary artist, content creator and educator. In 2021 she wrote and directed her debut film, Tales of the Accidental City, an experimental feature-length based on a stage play, which received several awards, including the Audience Award at Cine Invisible in Bilbao, Spain. She is the author of the children’s book I’m the Colour of Honey and in 2018, edited an anthology of 12 re-imagined African folktales entitled Story Story, Story Come (Pavaipo/Ouida Books). In 2021, she was the Artistic Director of the East African Soul Train, an interdisciplinary arts residency and research programme, investigating new ways of collaborating virtually and engaging audiences across geographical boundaries. In 2016 she co-founded Positively African, a Nairobi-based arts and media platform, and organized two editions of the Re-Imagined Storytelling Festival. A lover of the stage, Maïmouna has toured four continents with a one-woman adaptation of Lola Shoneyin’s novel, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives. She holds an MA in African Literature from SOAS, University of London.