Kintoberfest Keynote & Instructor Announcement - Mufasa Ali

Mufasa Ali is a founder of the Men of ONYX, ONYX National Council Chairman Emeritus, Patriarch of Mufasa's Pride, Leather History Preservation Foundation founding Board Member, Mr World Leather 2006/2007 and the ONYX Leatherman 1997, a dedicated member of the leather community for 30+ years. Mufasa has received many awards including the Pantheon of Leather Marcus Hernandez Lifetime Achievement Award, the Chuck Windemuth Mentorship Award at Mr. Chicago Leather Weekend, the Vi Johnson Community Leadership Award and the BlackBeat Leadership Award. He is the founder of the People of Color Caucus at IML & BlackBeat, the Leatherman and Leatherwoman of Color titles and a nationally known leather community speaker and educator/presenter on such topics as People of Color in Leather, Impact play, Leather Family, Leather Protocol, Spirituality & BDSM, Community Leadership and Diversity.

ONYX is the longest standing leather club for gay/bi-spirited MOC in the world but there is a rich history of specifically African Americans within the Leather Lifestyle. This class will explore the origins of the ever-growing ONYX and ONYX Pearl family as well as the African Americans that paved the way for us to exist.

See kinktoberfest.com for more information.

Keynote & Class:

(1) Keynote: Community: The Key to Survival

(2) Class: Community Building & The Story of Onyx