What would you do? (With Atinuke) - CANCELLED

*We regret that due to a leak in the Museum roof we are taking the decision to cancel this event for the comfort and safety of Museum visitors and staff. Apologies for any inconvenience this cancellation may cause. Ticket holders have been informed*

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Join award winning traditional oral storyteller, Atinuke, to hear African folktales only meant for the ears of young people in the Museum galleries after-hours. 

Your step-mother has killed your brother. She is about to sell you to a strange man. You see a secret you’re not supposed to tell. You can either save your mother or your bestie… What will you do? This is the question at the heart of these African folktales meant only for the ears of young people. What would you do? Shared by award-winning storyteller and best-selling children's author, Atinuke. 

This event is only suitable for 14+

Doors will open at 5pm. Stories start at 5:15pm.

About Atinuke 

Atinuke is an award winning traditional oral storyteller and children's author.

On her website Atinuke says:

"I was lucky enough to be born in the awesome, inspiring country of Nigeria.

I have wanted to be an author from age 5. Right through my childhood books were my comfort and escape. When I ran out of books to read I made up stories in my head.

I studied English and Commonwealth Literatures at university, and afterwards I travelled -filling notebook after notebook with my scribbles. Then I fell in love with the art of oral storytelling - after being cajoled into telling a Nigerian folktale on a festival stage. Children in the West constantly asked me what it was like growing up on the African continent – they imagined it was full of safari animals and poverty. My first book – Anna Hibiscus – was my reply.

The best-selling “Anna Hibiscus” series is about a girl from a rich (in-many-ways) family growing up in an African megacity –a city inspired by the city I grew up in, Lagos."

Since then - and for the last 20 years - Atinuke has written over 20 children's books - almost all set in Nigeria. She has also told stories from the African continent and diaspora to adults and children in schools, festivals and theatres all over the world.

Find out more about Atinuke: https://atinuke.co.uk/about/