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The Kenyan Experiment : Episode 3

The Human Problem

Will This Be A Problem Presents Episode 3:

Forms of Protest III : The Serpent God of Lake Victoria

In this episode, we will look at the religion of Mumbo, a serpent god who was believed to reside in Lake Victoria and in the sun. This religion would spread among the Luo and the Kisii and challenge the colonial structures and religion.

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3. Forms of Protest III : The Serpent God of Lake Victoria

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In this episode, we will look at the religion of Mumbo, a serpent god who was believed to reside in Lake Victoria and in the sun. This religion would spread among the Luo and the Kisii and challenge the colonial structures and religion.

Sources

  1. Hackett, Rosalind I. J. “Millennial and Apocalyptic Movements in Africa.” Oxford Handbooks Online, 2011. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195301052.003.0020.
  2. Maxon, R. M. “The Thorny Road From Primary to Secondary Source: The Cult of Mumbo and the 1914 Sack of Kisii.” History in Africa, vol. 13, 1986, pp. 261–68. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.2307/3171545.
  3. Ogot, Bethwell A. “British Administration in The Central Nyanza District of Kenya, 1900–60.” The Journal of African History, vol. 4, no. 2, 1963, pp. 249–73. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021853700004059.
  4. Ranger, T. O. “Connexions between ‘Primary Resistance’ Movements and Modern Mass Nationalism in East and Central Africa: II.” The Journal of African History, vol. 9, no. 4, 1968, pp. 631–41. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021853700009087.
  5. Shadle, Brett L. “Patronage, Millennialism and the Serpent God Mumbo in South-West Kenya, 1912–34.” Africa, vol. 72, no. 1, 2002, pp. 29–54. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.3366/afr.2002.72.1.29.
  6. Maxon, R. M. “Gusii Oral Texts and the Gusii Experience under British Rule.” The International Journal of African Historical Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, Boston University African Studies Center, 1976, pp. 74–80, https://doi.org/10.2307/217392.
  7. Wangila, Mary Nyangweso. “The Cult of Mumbo in Central and South Kavirondo.” Journal of the East African and Uganda Natural History Society (Nairobi), no. 38–39, 1930, pp. 13–17, www.biodiversitylibrary.org/content/part/EANHS/Nos.%2038-39_13_1930_Nyangweso.pdf.

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.

You can listen to it here, or on your favorite Podcast app.

The new episode of The Kenyan Experiment Podcast.

Available now on  most major podcast apps.

*if it's not populated on search on the apps below you can use one of the links under thus to open it in the app and subscribe:

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The Kenyan Experiment

The Human Problem

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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