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September 1, 2025 72 mins

Episode 28 with Monique Schiess is out now. Meet Monique who first landed in Black Rock City in 2004. By 2007 she was co-founding Afrikaburn with Paul Jorgensen. She helped to run Aftrikaburn for 16 years before she was “abruptly let go”. She is currently working on a film about Afrikaburn (see links below). Monique was no stranger to the wild before hitting the playa, she had experience out in the bush in South Africa camping and working as a Ranger. Monique has an incredible story of resilience, give it a listen today and find out the story behind the largest Regional event in the Regional Network.

You can contact her at monique.schiess@burningman.org

https://www.afrikaburn.org/

The documentary about Afrikaburn:

from.ashes.story.of.afrikaburn (Instagram)

afrikaburn documentary crowdfunding campaignBackaBuddyhttps://www.backabuddy.co.za › campaign › from-ashe… (crowdfunding campaign)

fromashes2007@gmail.com 

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