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The Kenyan Experiment : Episode 2

The Human Problem

Will This Be A Problem Presents Episode 2:

Forms of Protest II : Oaths & Stories

In this episode we contrast the Kikuyu and the Giriama, and how they both use the power of oaths as their weapon against the British empire. We will see how narratives and stories  are the foundation upon which the colonial project was built upon and sustained by.  In our second episode, The Kenyan Oath comes head to head, with the English fairy tale.

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1. Forms of Protest I : The Two Prophets

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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.

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