Utajua Hujui

Inspired by Barbieheimer, this week Aileen and Kariithi talk about uranium mining in Africa, and what the nuclear age meant for the motherland.

Discretions: Barbie (ofc), Oppenheimer (offc), Black Panther,

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Books

Apartheid's Reluctant Uncle – Thomas Borstelmann

Spies in the Congo – Susan Williams

Being Nuclear (Africans and the Global Uranium Trade) – Gabrielle Hecht

Everything Else (lol)

Aileen and Kariithi discuss the death of Robert Ouko, and why some things ought to remain a secret. In Part I, we discussed the life and death of Dr Ouko; laying the groundwork for an exploration of the why, and who. In Part II, we interrogate the suspects and get to the bottom of it.

Digressions include: Mean Girls, Serial Killers (Aileen Wurnos), Africa Reclaiming her Narrative, Job, Pineapples and the CIA

Important Time Stamps:

• Banter (0:50 - 16:40)
• The Ouko Murder (16:40 - 1:14:30)
• The State of African Leaders (1:14:30 - End)

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Aileen and Kariithi discuss the death of Robert Ouko, and why some things ought to remain a secret. In Part I, we discuss the life and death of Dr Ouko; laying the groundwork for an exploration of the why, and who.

Digressions include: Artificial Wombs, Friends (Ross), Basketball, Sports, Thriller

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Kenya, A History Since Independence (Charles Hornsby)

Aileen is joined by Kariithi and GM to discuss the trial of the Kapenguria 6. And the idea that the more things change, the more they stay the same

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Charles Hornsby, Kenya: A History Since Independence

Anaïs Angelo, Power and the Presidency: The Jomo Kenyatta Years

David Anderson, Histories of the Hanged

David Branch, Between Hope and Despair

CRIMINAL APPEAL 276, 277, 278, 279, 280 & 281 OF 1953 (Kenyatta, Kubai, Achieng, Kaggia, Ngei, Karumba v Regina [1954])

Join Aileen and Kariithi as we discuss the life and times of the Mau Mau Lawyer: Clement Michael George Argwings Kodhek.

Digressions include: Frozen, Kenyan Traffic Law and Nuclear Weapons

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Books

• The Black Bar –Paul Mwangi
• Kenya, A History Since Independence – Charles Hornsby
• Between Hope and Despair – Daniel Branch
• Kenyatta Cabinets – Kenya Yearbook The Politics of the Independence of Kenya – Keith Kyle

Websites

Join Aileen and Kariithi as we talk about the life and death of Tom Mboya.

Digressions include: too many to name. Enjoy the Chaos! Embrace the Pandemonium :)

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Charles Hornsby – Kenya, A History Since Independence

Daniel Branch – Kenya, Between Hope and Despair

Mary L. Dudziak – Exporting American Dreams, Thurgood Marshall’s African Journey

Tom Mboya – Freedom and After

Tom Mboya – The Challenge of Nationhood

TJRC Report

Join Aileen and Kariithi as we talk about the life and death of Tom Mboya.

Digressions are too many to name. Enjoy the Chaos! Embrace the Pandemonium :)

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Charles Hornsby – Kenya, A History Since Independence

Daniel Branch – Kenya, Between Hope and Despair

Mary L. Dudziak – Exporting American Dreams, Thurgood Marshall’s African Journey

Tom Mboya – Freedom and After

Tom Mboya – The Challenge of Nationhood

TJRC Report

Aileen is joined by her fellow history nerd, Kariithi to talk about the late, great JM Kariuki. And why you should never outshine your master.

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Aileen is joined by her fellow history nerd, Kariithi to talk about the late, great JM Kariuki. And why you should never fuck with SDE

Digressions: SDE, Thanos, Baby Brothers

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In this special, Aileen contextualises the James Finlay saga; explaining that they are a symptom of an exploitative system that benefits the dynasties at the expense of hustlers. The kind of system the Government may, ultimately, be invested in maintaining.

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KNBS Economic Survey 2022

As promised, Aileen kicks off the Assassinations series. And we’re kicking this series off with Chief Waruhiu wa Kung’u: the best Chief in East Africa in 1952. An accolade that, ultimately, killed him.

Digressions: Serial Killers, F.R.I.E.N.D.S

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Join Aileen as she talks about Cargo Movements, the John Frum Movement and Africa.

Digression: The   Gods Must be Crazy

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… and we’re BACK! Aileen and Kariithi kick the year off with a Mathogothanio special. This time we talk about aliens, national history, nationalism and the nature of existence itself! You know, the little things..

Digressions Include Thomas the Tank Engine, Modern Family and the MCU

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In the last episode of the year, Aileen discusses Bruce McKenzie; Kenya’s ONLY white CS and spy for the British. As we consider what it means to govern, and the sacrifices and compromises that must be struck, McKenzie is a great example of these compromises. And how a single act, can change a nation.

Surprisingly, NO digressions!

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Charles Hornsby, Kenya A History Since Independence

Corruption. Eternal Glory. And a Golden Cup. Let’s talk about the World Cup, and FIFA, for a while

Digressions: Modern Family, R Kelly, Bill Cosby, Arab Money,

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Unsterilized Needles. Concentration Camps. And Arsenic. Put them together and what have you got? The Sleeping Sickness Experiments in Tanzania in the early 20th Century and a WHOLE BUNCH of racism.

Digressions include MK Ultra, Inflatable Tube Men, Dexter’s Lab, and PEAK coloniser energy

Today, we learn about the women who inspired the Dora Mijale in Marvel’s Black Panther (2018) and the stars of The Woman King (2022); the Ahosi of Dahomey. Wives of the Leopard.

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What are men for? No seriously, we're asking, what are men for? Join Aileen, as she talks with the NairoBEERns Podcast (Kiru and Cris) and Anneliese on some things love, most things men, and all things relationships

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What are men for? No seriously, we're asking, what are men for? Join Aileen, as she talks with the NairoBEERns Podcast (Kiru and Cris) and Anneliese on some things love, most things men, and all things relationships

If you'd prefer to watch this podcast, you can watch us here:

Join Kariithi and Aileen as they reflect on the Queen’s death, how Africa is perceived by the West and whether or not Africans do better with a monarchial/authoritarian form of government.

Digressions include Chicken as Currency, The Little Mermaid, New Girl, BDE, The African Union Anthem and the 2022 Presidential Election

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What would it take for a person of colour, to support a white supremacist government? Today, we find out as we talk about South Africa’s Operation Blackwash.

Digressions: Dolores Umbridge, Barack Obama Sr, and the legal thirst trap that is Thurgood Marshall.

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Bethany Kane, 7 Cognitive Biases that make us Suck at Time Management (2020)

Aileen is back is back to finish of this series on Population Control in Africa. And. It. Gets. BLEAK. I am talking “bribing-women-to-get-sterilized,” “inserting-IUDs-into-13-year-olds’-bodies,” “rewarding-doctors-for-contracepting/steralizing-as-many-women-as-possible,” BLEAK.

Surprisingly, the digression was about the National Anthem of the Soviet Union

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What do you get when you cross a human and an ape? This is what Soviet Era scientist Ilya Ivanov tried to find out, and it. gets. weird; like inseminating a woman with ape sperm weird. So, let’s talk about it!

Digressions include Transhumanism and the Hunger Games!

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Did you know that there was once a Negro Bible, that excluded most of the Old Testament and any mention of freedom and liberation? Or that Zambia had a space program in the 1960s? In this episode, Aileen walks you through these incredible facts of history!

Imagine, there are no digressions!

Blog Post: https://the-inbetweeners.blogspot.com/2018/04/tribalism-not-just-african-problem.html

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The Negro Bible

Join Aileen and a GUEST, as they talk about conspiracy theories, population control, and perhaps the worst IUD in human history – the Dalkon Shield.

Surprisingly, there are no digressions (huh, who even knew these were possible)

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In Part 2 of the Female Heroines of Africa, Aileen talks about Mekatilili wa Menza and Dona Beatriz of the Congo

Digressions include Dear White People, the Protestant Reformation and Shrek

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Join Aileen as she discusses two incredible women from African History! Empress Taytu of Ethiopia and Sarauniya Amina of Zazzau!

Digressions include Disco, Drug Laws and Netflix

#justiceforsheila

Shout Outs

Today, I learned that silence is music, Ouija boards can determine guilt, and Britain, literally, can’t repatriate the cultural property it has stolen.

Digressions include epistemology, Marvel’s Black Panther, Red Bull and the Holocaust

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Is Jesus unique amongst the beliefs of the Ancient World? More to the point, must Jesus be unique in order to believe in what he said? Digressions include Zoroastrianism and the Council of Nicea.

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Today I learned that this podcast doesn’t have to be a depressing inquest into colonialism! Yaaay! Instead, today we will learn about penile spikes on cats, what happens when you fall asleep in church, and that time the South African Government dealt MDMA.

Note that I did have a cold while recording, sooooo I’m sorry for the nose pulling

Digressions Include: Assassination Attempts, Scruffing, and Polymorphism

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We all know that something is wrong with our education, but today we learn that it was designed to be that way.

Digressions Include Fluffling (Google It), How sucky the English Language is, and a whole bunch of “woooosaaahhhs”

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Is violence the natural order of the state? If so, are massacres and state-sponsored atrocities inevitable? Join Aileen as she attempts to answer these questions while discussing one of the most referenced human rights abuses in Kenyan history: the Wagalla Massacre. 

Digressions include Prince William, Thanos and the MCU

TW: Rape, Torture and Assault.

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Join me this week as we continue learning about how the French created, sustained and eventually deposed, Africa’s first emperor; Jean-Bedel Bokassa.

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Join me this week as we learn about how the French created, sustained and eventually deposed, Africa’s first emperor; Jean-Bedel Bokassa.

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Policing in Kenya is a colonial hangover, that we can’t quite shake. Complete with the headbanging and misery. In this episode, let’s learn a little about policing, in general, colonial policing and Kenyan policing.

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The Voodoo that you do is not that Vodou that Haitians do. So let’s drop the pin dolls, the skulls and possession and learn about Vodou (with a “u”); a religious belief with millions of adherents around the world, and the reason why Haiti successfully orchestrated a successful slave revolt and built the worlds' first black Republic. Along the way, we'll chart Vodou's path through Haiti's history, from 1492 to the Present

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We've spoken about Ethiopia's early days and how it contributed to victory at Adwa in the 19th Century. Today, we cover the three monarchs who shaped modern-day Ethiopia, the Battle of Adwa and the legacy of Ethiopia's victory. 

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Let’s talk about Ethiopia; the only empire in which the sun has never set. With a history dating back to the Bible, and a legacy of thwarting colonial ambition, it’s time we recognise the Lion of Africa.