The Kenyan Experiment : Episode 1

Will This Be A Problem Presents Episode 1:

Forms of Protest I : The Two Prophets

In this episode we explore the Maasai and the Nandi, the prophets who shaped their journey through the colonial march in Kenya and the varied and fascinating forms of protest the people adopted.

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It’s finally here. The debut episode of The Kenyan Experiment Podcast.

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1. Forms of Protest I : The Two Prophets

In this episode of The Kenyan Experiment we explore the Maasai and the Nandi, the prophets who shaped their journey through the colonial march in Kenya and the varied and fascinating forms of protest the people adopted.

Sources

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  2. Anderson, David.Stock Theft and Moral Economy in Colonial Kenya.” Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, vol. 56, no. 4, 1986, pp. 399–416. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1159997
  3. Tignor, Robert L. “The Maasai Warriors: Pattern Maintenance and Violence in Colonial Kenya.” The Journal of African History, vol. 13, no. 2, 1972, pp. 271–290. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/180856. 
  4. Anderson, David M.Black Mischief: Crime, Protest and Resistance in Colonial Kenya.” The Historical Journal, vol. 36, no. 4, 1993, pp. 851–877. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2640035. Accessed 3 Aug. 2021.
  5. Githuku, Nicholas. “‘Collaborators’ or ‘Resistors,’ ‘Loyalists’ versus ‘Rebels’: Problematizing Colonial Binary Nomenclatures through the Prism of Dedan Kimathi's Career.” Groundings: Development, Pan-Africanism and Critical Theory, vol. 3, no. 1, 2018, pp. 50–67. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.13169/groudevepanacrit.3.1.0050.
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  8. Eby, Carl.‘In the Year of the Maji Maji’: Settler Colonialism, the Nandi Resistance, and Race in The Garden of Eden.” The Hemingway Review, vol. 39, no. 1, 2019, pp. 9–39., doi:10.1353/hem.2019.0015.
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The Kenyan Experiment

The last two years have been an unpredictable and difficult period all around the world. Everyone has had to adjust and acclimatize to a new paradigm, and many are still finding their footing. We’ve been doing the same thing. 

Over the last year, Will This Be A Problem has been largely silent — but not dormant. We started this site what seems like a lifetime ago (has it really been 7 years?), and we’ve been wondering where this project is going and what we would like it to be. We think we’ve finally figured it out. Throughout the rest of the year, starting today, we will be announcing our new initiatives. 

Our first project is our Podcast Initiative. We’ve been toying with this idea for some time and we finally pulled the trigger on it. A Will This Be A Problem family of podcasts covering a range of topics and genres. The very first of these is debuting this very October.

We present, The Kenyan Experiment. A Podcast covering Kenyan History. 

We’re really excited about this and we can’t wait for you to hear it and everything else we have in store. 

The Kenyan Experiment, Coming Soon. But for now, here’s a snippet you can listen to.

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