Sep 5, 2026 · 15 min · 11 segments
Joining Dr Alma-Nalisha Cele in the Pagecast studio at Open Book Festival 2026 is (East) African feminist practitioner, writer, ideamonger and award-winning poet, Jessica Horn. Her book, African…
Jessica HornGuest
Alma-Nalisha CeleHostI'm really excited about all the conversations that we're having today and I have the pleasure of introducing our conference today who is Jessica Horn.
Jessica is an East African feminist practitioner, writer and award-winning poet.
Her book, Feminist Praxis, Cartographies of Liberatory Worldmaking, chronicles decades of feminist mobilization.
She recently directed The Temple of Her Skin, a feature documentary on African women's journeys with tattooing and scarification.
She founded Hindura Studios, a Nairobi-based social design agency grounded in futures and feminist thinking, and hosts the beautiful Policy podcast.
Jessica Horne has spent two decades building African feminist movements from the inside.
Now she's written the book... that maps what that work actually teaches us.
I feel like this is one of the most vibrant spaces that we have on this continent for the conversations we need, but also places where we can actually just...
Let our imaginations run wild, and I feel like that's a necessary thing for our continent.
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I'm really excited about all the conversations that we're having today and I have the pleasure of introducing our conference today who is Jessica Horn.
Jessica is an East African feminist practitioner, writer and award-winning poet.
Her book, Feminist Praxis, Cartographies of Liberatory Worldmaking, chronicles decades of feminist mobilization.
She recently directed The Temple of Her Skin, a feature documentary on African women's journeys with tattooing and scarification.
She founded Hindura Studios, a Nairobi-based social design agency grounded in futures and feminist thinking, and hosts the beautiful Policy podcast.
Jessica Horne has spent two decades building African feminist movements from the inside.
Now she's written the book... that maps what that work actually teaches us.
I feel like this is one of the most vibrant spaces that we have on this continent for the conversations we need, but also places where we can actually just...
Let our imaginations run wild, and I feel like that's a necessary thing for our continent.
