Kutika! - Modern African Stories Mukuka Chipanta

A bonus interview featuring the the writer, Mukuka Chipanta and the narrators, Saka Chipanta and Muzala Shimukowa, moderated by Becky Parker-Geist. Get the inside story on the making of the second season of Kutika!

Mama Betty meets with Principal Kafula with Abel by her side, Pastor Lusambo arrives in Kasama. Everything converges to reveal all in this final episode ….

In the last episode we learned about Pastor Lusambo’s wife Mable and how wounds from her past have colored her present. In this episode we return to Mable’s rival, mama Betty as she arrives in Kitwe. Will she finally find her son?

Worried about his congregant, in the last episode we saw Pastor Elijah Lusambo make a decision to go and seek help in Kasama. However, his genuine concern for mama Betty Chushi is sowing discord in the Pastor’s home, his wife Mable feels increasingly threatened by her husband’s affection towards Betty.

In the last episode we learned about Betty Chushi’s son and how he was the pride of the village after having excelled in the national school examinations. An entire village rallying to put money together to make sure the boy left on a scholarship to attend a prestigious boarding school in the city. Now she must find her boy.

In the last episode, Betty Chushi meets a stranger who rescues her from a young rascal intent on taking advantage of her at a busy bus terminal. Now she begins her journey to the city gripped with a sense of foreboding about the fate of her missing son.