What a mess!

What a Mess!

Seriously funny Kenyan history! Everything your teacher never told you and everything your smart and funny friend always seems to know.

Episodes

  1. 04/09/2021

    EP 4 She scared a man with a gun, with just a hen!

    Mekatilili Wa Menza was definitely the baddest of the bad. A revolutionary leader, the woman who would have won us gold medals only at the Olympics. Not only are we petitioning to name many roads and buildings after her, but join us talking about her work, her love and the "champion" she defeated with a hen.

  2. 04/07/2021

    EP 3 Bantu Mwaura, Performance artist and Prisons Activist

    Bantu Mwaura used his art to advocate for prison reform. A true artivist and reformer he used the performing arts while in prison to engage with correctional facility staff and prisoners for better conditions and mutual understanding and dialogue.

  3. 03/18/2021

    EP 2 Miriam Makeba's Passports and a TikTok Grammy Category?

    Join us as we talk about this week's Grammy wins that included Burna Boy, Wizkid, Sauti Sol and Bensoul! And unpack the original city girl's life, our Queen and Mama Africa, Miriam Makeba who was not only a badass activist against the apartheid regime but also Africa's first Grammy winner!

  4. 03/15/2021

    EP 1 What a Mess! Kenyan Funerals, Money or the Box?

    Catch our resident correspondent Ciku on this week's What a Mess explaining to Benedict how things went down in the 80s and 90s. And why it will always sound strange to a 20-year old that streets were empty because Kenyans were all home watching people choose the box over money on TV.

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Seriously funny Kenyan history! Everything your teacher never told you and everything your smart and funny friend always seems to know.

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  • Creator
    What a Mess!
  • Years Active
    2021
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © What a Mess!
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