Episodes of the Books In Africa podcast.
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Do African politicians hide behind religion to escape accountability? And is traditional spiritual intervention what will save Africa? In this fiery discussion of Dr…
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What happens when the land your ancestors gave you is taken by strangers? In Chapter Two of Our Land, Our Love, Wacheera and Ekeno begin married life amid growing…
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What if the biggest obstacle to Luo economic progress isn't outsiders, but Luos themselves? In Dr. Kavirondo, two academics confront uncomfortable questions about Luo…
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What happens when strangers settle on your land, and the home you have always known begins to slip away? In the first chapter of Our Land, Our Love, we meet Wacheera…
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"What happens when a book deliberately sets out to provoke? In this conversation, literary critic Maurice Oginga takes a critical look at Dr. Kavirondo, pointing to the…
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"In Chapter 3, Dr. Kavirondo is told that the reason Luo men are increasingly marrying outside the Luo community has everything to do with Luo women — and their attitude…
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What happens when mourning turns into a fight over the dead man’s belongings? After the death of Brigadier Fred Kavirondo, thousands descend on his home to mourn. But as…
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What do buildings remember long after the people who built them are gone? In this episode of the Books in Africa Podcast, Tracy Ochieng speaks with South African writer…
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Can a story belong to a place if its writer comes from somewhere else? In this episode, Virginia Clay joins us to discuss Warrior Boy, identity, cultural representation…
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In this episode, author Empress Ciku Kimani Mwaniki discusses her "chaotic" approach to life and her bestselling NaiRoberry Cocktail series. Ciku explains her philosophy…
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In this episode, we explore Warrior Boy by Virginia Clay, a powerful coming-of-age story set between London and Kenya. At the centre of the novel is Ben Olmoran — a…
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In this episode, Kenya Theatre Awards nominee Vivian Kabono joins us to discuss her role as Lili in After 4:30, the powerful stage adaptation of David Maillu’s 1974…