Shows
Utajua HujuiA Quick History of Kenya's National Intelligence ServiceLet's learn about the NIS together :)
Sources
https://kenyanhistory.wordpress.com/2013/11/17/kikuyu-clans-and-their-attributes/
https://theses.hal.science/tel-03134460v1/document
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/lifestyle/society/how-the-british-government-used-reformists-to-capture-mau-mau--4082290
https://selousscouts.tripod.com/use_of_pseudo_gangs_against_the_.htm
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-09-14-how-a-british-policeman-helped-normalise-torture-in-a-gulf-monarchy/
https://molisa.wordpress.com/tag/kamau-ngotho/
https://www.amnesty.org/fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/afr320301990en.pdf
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02684527.2023.22118722024-06-121h 21
Utajua HujuiThat Time Kenya was almost "New Palestine"Let’s talk about the crisis that defined Zionism’s territorial ambitions – the Uganda Crisis and how Kenya was almost “New Palestine.”
Source
Shlomo Sand – The Invention of the Land of Israel
Shlomo Sand – The Invention of the Jewish People
Moses Joseph Roth – The Wandering Jews
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/6/anti-zionism-is-antisemitism-us-house-asserts-in-dangerous-resolution
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/perils-improvising-policy-balfour-declaration-brexit/
https://uclpress.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14324/111.444.jhs.2017v49.050
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/mar/07/debunking-myth-that-anti-zionism-is-antisemitic
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019...2024-02-0753 min
Utajua HujuiThe Case for Colonialism: A Review Part 2Welcome back for Part II! This time with a guest, and one of my long-term besties! Listen to us lose our minds, as Gilley doubles down on why colonialism ruled, and independence (for black people) droolz2024-01-101h 16
Utajua HujuiThe Case for Colonialism: A ReviewAileen has some demons to work through, and one of them is people who think that colonialism has a bad rep and should make a comeback like it’s fucking mom jeans in the late 2010s-early 2020s. Oh, and like colonialism went away, which it never did.
There are no digressions this time. It is just pure, directed pettiness.
Sources
Giley's Article: https://www.nas.org/academic-questions/31/2/the_case_for_colonialism
Books
Laurence Bergreen: Columbus: The Four Voyages
Patrice Lumumba: Congo, My Country, (https://archive.org/details/congomycountry0000lumu)
Melanie Manio...2023-11-1559 min
Utajua HujuiEP: 55 Redvers Buller & The Politics of MemoryI moved, and I’d like to talk about my new city. In particular, the Statue that greets you as you enter. And this means, talking about British imperialism, the politics of memory and the nature of commemoration.
Just remember, I really tried to breathe this time before I let the petty out lol
The UK Governments
‘Retain and Explain’ Policy: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/retain-and-explain-guidance-published-to-protect-historic-statues
Sources
James Thomas, ‘Sir Redvers Buller And The South African Light Horse’ in Soldiers and Settlers in Africa, 1...2023-10-1156 min
Utajua HujuiEP 53: We Lived to Tell (The Nyayo House Story)TW: Torture, SA, Police Brutality, Extra-Judicial Violence
In this two-parter, Aileen and Kariithi discuss the "harrowing stories of scary hounding by security agents, arrests, torture, jail and detention." Aka, the story of Nyayo House and what, if anything, we owe those who survived.
Source: https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/kenia/01828.pdf2023-09-2754 min
Utajua HujuiEP 53: We Lived to Tell (The Nyayo House Story - Part II)TW: Torture, SA, Police Brutality, Extra-Judicial Violence
In this two-parter, Aileen and Kariithi discuss the "harrowing stories of scary hounding by security agents, arrests, torture, jail and detention." Aka, the story of Nyayo House and what, if anything, we owe those who survived.
Source: https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/kenia/01828.pdf
2023-09-2736 min
Utajua HujuiMathogothanio (Part II)Hello everyone!
Welcome to part II of our Experiment! In this phase, we learn that our real enemy was neither the sound quality, nor patience, but sunlight. The sun quit before we did hahaha
You can watch the video version here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLs3pV4AcwuJN3VfVknXGh7vOEviA_lax2023-08-231h 16
Utajua HujuiMathogothanio (Part I)Hello everyone!
You get to be part of not just one experiment but two! For this two-parter, Aileen and Kariithi talk about everything and anything as we try to record a video podcast for the first time (Experiment I) and see what is in shorter supply, our patience or our whiskey (Experiment 2).
Drinks were provided by us, although we will not turn down sponsorship from KWAL (whose beverages inspired much of the drunken conversations that inspired this podcast)
You can watch the video version here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLs3pV4...2023-08-231h 32
Utajua HujuiUranium and AfricaInspired 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,
Sources
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)
https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200712/physicshistory.cfm
https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/mining-of-uranium/world-uranium-mining-production.aspx
https://w...2023-08-041h 11
Utajua HujuiWas Africa "left behind?"Aileen and Kariithi talk big picture history, as they attempt to tackle why different peoples around the world experienced different levels of technological innovation? And whether Africa was truly "left behind..."
Digressions include: Love Island, Football, HIMYM and Kenyan Presidential History
Sources
Jared Diamond – Guns, Germs and Steel
Chloe Campbell – Race and Empire (Eugenics in Colonial Kenya)
Ian Harris – Why the West Rules, for Now
Walter Rodney – How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
https://qz.com/africa/2110046/africas-prehistoric-technological-advances-changed-the-worldhttps://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/417t1w/disease_in_the_new_world/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6meq1k/comment/dk6htc0...2023-07-201h 20
Utajua HujuiRobert Ouko: Who Dunnit?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)
Sources
...2023-07-051h 27
Utajua HujuiRobert Ouko: Dear God, Why?!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
Sources
Kenya, A History Since Independence (Charles Hornsby)
TJRC Report 2A: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3.sourceafrica.net/documents/25050/Kenya-Tjrc-Report-Volume-2a.pdf
Websites:
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2020-0...2023-06-281h 05
Utajua HujuiThe Kapenguria 6 & Kenya @ 60Aileen 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
Sources
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])
https://sites.google.com/site/bildadkaggiafoundation/events-and-highlights-of-kaggias-life/the-trial-at-kapenguria-and-detention
https://chi...2023-06-221h 31
Utajua HujuiArgwings Kodhek: Murder or AccidentJoin 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
Sources
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
https://www.migorinews.co.ke/features/history-feature-argwings-kodhek-luos-push-for-kenya-independence/
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000162952/kenya-my-life-with-cmg-argwings-kodhek
https://iks.ukzn.ac.za/sites/default/files/Thoughts%20on%20Assassination%20in%20Africa%20A...2023-05-2457 min
Utajua HujuiTom Mboya: Don't Hate the Player (Part 2)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 :)
Sources
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
OCTOPIZZO - Tom Mboya- (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WurPqo8jeTI&a...2023-04-2648 min
Utajua HujuiTom Mboya: Kenya's ObamaJoin 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 :)
Sources
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
Tom Mboya Speech – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwG22EZmEfE
https://www...2023-04-191h 29
Utajua HujuiJM Kariuki (Never Outshine Your Master) (Part II)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.
Sources
https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/stream/pdf/24/1.0401458/3
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329116987_Mobility_Confinement_and_the_Politics_of_Exile_A_Study_of_Manyani_Detention_Camp_in_Kenya_1952-1963_A_Historical_Account
https://theverdict.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-Black-Bar.pdf
https://twitter.com/historykenya101/status/1366608534088134656?lang=en
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31817667
https://archive.org...2023-04-131h 12
Utajua HujuiJM Kariuki: Never Outshine Your MasterAileen 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
Sources
https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/stream/pdf/24/1.0401458/3
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329116987_Mobility_Confinement_and_the_Politics_of_Exile_A_Study_of_Manyani_Detention_Camp_in_Kenya_1952-1963_A_Historical_Account
https://theverdict.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-Black-Bar.pdf
https://twitter.com/historykenya101/status/1366608534088134656?lang=en
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31817667
2023-03-221h 10
Utajua HujuiSpill the TeaIn 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.
Sources:
KNBS Economic Survey 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wMdnCx6eUc– BBC Expose
https://www.finlays.net/about-us/locations/kenya/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4370678
https://www.history.com/news/east-india-company-england-trade
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64662056
https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/bo...2023-03-0156 min
Utajua HujuiChief Waruhiu: The Price of CollaborationAs 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
Sources:
https://twitter.com/mwihaki254/status/1266040758357893120?lang=en
http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/23724
https://owaahh.com/assasination-chief-waruhiu/
Controversial chiefs in colonial Kenya: the untold story of Senior Chief Waruhiu Wa Kung'u, 1890-1952 by Evanson N. Wamagatta2023-02-221h 10
Utajua HujuiLike Manna from Heaven: Cargo MovementsJoin Aileen as she talks about Cargo Movements, the John Frum Movement and Africa.
Digression: The Gods Must be Crazy
Sources:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/in-john-they-trust-109294882/
https://www.sapiens.org/culture/cargo-cult-rituals/
https://www.popsci.com/kids-birthday-parties-aging
https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/wps/diis/0019191/f_0019191_16402.pdf
https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1569&context=kunapipi
https://adf.org.au/drug-facts/kava/2023-02-0825 min
Utajua HujuiMathogothanio: Aliens, History and Propaganda… 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
Sources:
NASA finds Planet: https://www.25newsnow.com/2023/01/12/nasa-finds-earth-sized-planet-found-habitable-zone/
Mau Mau Veterans: https://www.the-star.co.ke/counties/north-eastern/2023-01-09-mau-mau-veterans-in-new-sh21-trn-compensation-demand/2023-01-251h 02
Utajua HujuiNairoBEERNs X Utajua HujuiAileen joins Mwas and Kish on their podcast, as we discuss everything from dress codes to whether Kenyan men are, truly, the most romantic on the African continent
Remember, we talk because we can, and because we want to!
Catch NairoBEERNs podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nairobeerns
NairoBEERNs Instagram: https://instagram.com/nairobeerns?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=2023-01-182h 13
Utajua HujuiBruce McKenzieIn 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!
SOURCES
Charles Hornsby, Kenya A History Since Independence
https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/apartheid-legislation-1850s-1970s
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-11764004
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2013/01/25/eu...2022-12-1454 min
Utajua HujuiThe World Cup: Worth the Fuss?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,
SOURCES
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/World_Cup
https://www.fifa.com/news/more-than-half-the-world-watched-record-breaking-2018-world-cup
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/070915/how-does-fifa-make-money.asp
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2014/07/11/how-world-cup-cash-is-paid-to-teams-players/12532323/
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/world-cup-winners-prize-money-purse-teams-players-qatar-2022/uw8fhhfqczen1nxsuicczreu
https://psmag.com/economics/is-there-any-real-economic-benefit-to-hosting-a-world-cup
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/why-qatar-is-a-controversial-venue-for-2022-w...2022-11-231h 29
Utajua HujuiJust One Prick Won’t Hurt: Human Experimentation in AfricaUnsterilized 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
S/O to Cartoon Network for letting me use some Dexter Audio :) (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42wR9udglI8)
SOURCES
A Cameron-Smith, Chapter One: The History and Culture of Tropical Medicine (2007)
Andrew D S Gibson, Miasma revisited: The intellectual history of tropical medicine (2009)
Daniel R. He...2022-11-0945 min
Utajua HujuiKilled In the Crade (PT II)Part II is here! And this time, Americans are involved.
Digressions include: We Are the World (For Haiti), Teenage Boys, the Scramble for Africa and Fence Sitting
Sources
Amy Goodman, Westenley Alcenat, Juan González, Gerald Horne, Kim Ives, Debt, Coups & Colonialism in Haiti: France & U.S. Urged to Pay Reparations for Destroying Nation (2021)
Bob Corbett, Review of "FROM DESSALINES TO DUVALIER" by David Nicholls and "HAITI IN THE WORLD ECONOMY: CLASS, RACE, AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT SINCE 1700" by Alex Dupuy, Webster University, (1990)
Catherine Porter, Constant Méheut, Matt Apuzzo and Selam Gebrekidan, The Ransom – The Root of H...2022-10-121h 29
Utajua HujuiKilled in the Cradle: The Story of HaitiWhat happened to Haiti? And was it inevitable? Join Aileen and Kariithi as they discuss who fucked with Haiti, and how they benefitted while Haitians suffered unequivocally.
Digressions include: Mike Posner, Sauti Sol and Hades
Sources
Amy Goodman, Westenley Alcenat, Juan González, Gerald Horne, Kim Ives, Debt, Coups & Colonialism in Haiti: France & U.S. Urged to Pay Reparations for Destroying Nation (2021)
Bob Corbett, Review of FROM DESSALINES TO DUVALIER by David Nicholls and HAITI IN THE WORLD ECONOMY: CLASS, RACE, AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT SINCE 1700 by Alex Dupuy, Webster University, (1990)
C...2022-10-051h 27
Utajua HujuiWives of the Leopard (RE-RELEASE)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.
Sources
@alokvmenon, https://www.instagram.com/p/CLAW4W4BmWy/
Ana Lucia Araujo, Dahomey, Portugal and Bahia: King Adandozan and the Atlantic Slave Trade, Slavery & Abolition (2012)
Ana Lucia Araujo, The Woman King Softens the Truth of the Slave Trade, Slate (2022)
Dr. Oyeronke Oyewumi The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourse (1997)
Lize Ok...2022-09-3033 min
Utajua HujuiLove, Men and Relationships (Pt 2 with NairoBEERns & Annelise)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:
You can find NairoBEERns here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAXr6AS1E9VGjXc3B4_Y1IQ2022-09-2848 min
Utajua HujuiLove, Men and Relationships (with NairoBEERns & Anneliese)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:
You can find NairoBEERns here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAXr6AS1E9VGjXc3B4_Y1IQ
2022-09-2156 min
Utajua HujuiMathogothanio (with Kariithi)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
Sources (to fact check or correct things said on the podcast)
Mehera Bonner, The History Behind Duchess Camilla’s Queen Consort Title Is Complicated, (2022)
David Peggs and Rob Evans, Buckingham Palace banned ethnic minorities from office roles, papers reveal (2021)2022-09-141h 13
Utajua HujuiOperation Blackwash: How to Sell ApartheidWhat 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.
Sources
Bethany Kane, 7 Cognitive Biases that make us Suck at Time Management (2020)
Boston University African Studies Center, Before Apartheid in Confronting Apartheid
Jeanne Theoharis, Martin Luther King and the ‘polite’ racism of white liberals (2020)
Matthew T Cole, Ivan Pastine and Tuvana Pastin...2022-09-0757 min
Utajua HujuiClimate Change (pt 1 of MANY)In this episode, Aileen and her guest, Simran, discuss the climate; How we got here, who's to blame, and what we can do about it.
TL;DR, We have screwed the pooch five ways from Sunday. But we still got Saturday, and we can minimise the damage. Maybe...
Digressions include wheat and supa loaf
Image Credit and Explanation: NASA/GSFC. In 2015, NASA’s supercomputer model illustrated the simulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The image was supposed to help scientists study the movement of CO2 in the atmosphere, and understand what will ha...2022-08-241h 04
Utajua HujuiThe Population Conspiracy: How the West Fucked with Africa’s Population (pt 2)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
Audio Clips:
American Eagle
Last Week Tonight, “One Child Policy”
Roy Orbison, Pretty Woman
Sparkle Sound Effect
That Mitchell and Webb, “Are We the Baddies”
Sources
Butte College, TIP Sheet: Conspiracy and Conspiracism (2019)
Charlotte McDonald...2022-07-201h 06
Utajua HujuiHuman + Ape = ?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!
Sources
A. E. Samaan, From a "Race of Masters" to a "Master Race": 1948 to 1848(2013)
Eric Michael Johnson, Scientific Ethics and Stalin's Ape-Man Superwarriors (2011)
Ivan Cenzi, The Strange History of Men Going Nuts for Monkey Testicle Transplants (2021)
Julian Huxley, Tr...2022-07-0637 min
Utajua HujuiToday I Learned: The Negro Bible and Zambia’s Space AgencyDid 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
Sources
The Negro Bible
Bartolomé de las Casas (WikiQuote)
Becky Little, Why Bibles Given to Slaves Omitted Most of the Old Testament (2019)
Blue Letter Bible, Expose o...2022-06-1548 min
Utajua HujuiThe Population Conspiracy: How the West Fucked with Africa’s PopulationJoin 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)
Sources
Adeolu Oluwaseyi Oyekan, Conspiracy theories and pandemic management in Africa: critical reflections on contexts, contradictions and challenges (2021)
Anna C. “Instrument of Torture”: The Dalkon Shield Disaster (2016)
Asia Murphy, Conservation's Biggest Challenge? The Legacy of Colonialism (Op-Ed), (2019)
Butte College, TIP Sheet: Conspiracy and Conspiracism (2019)
Charlotte McDonald, How Many Earths do we Need? (2015)
Clare L. Roepke & Eric A. Schaff, Long T...2022-05-311h 08
Utajua HujuiMekatilili wa Menza & Dona Beatriz (Kimpa Vita)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
Image Credits:
Mekatilili – Google Arts & Culture
Donna Beatriz – Wikipedia
Sources:
Alexander Ives Bortolot, Women Leaders in African History: Dona Beatriz, Kongo Prophet (2003)
Benjamin Hendrickx & Tebatso Molefe, Dona Beatriz (Kimpa Vita): Some New Considerations on Her Role And Death in The Kingdom Of Kongo (2010)
Capuchin Fransiscans, Who we Are2022-05-1850 min
Utajua HujuiTaytu & AminaJoin 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
@TravellingWakili– for all your vacay needs!
The NairoBEERns Podcast #10: New Drug Laws!! SIM Registration!! Political Intolerance!!
Sources
Adam Holland, An ethical analysis of UK drug policy as an example of a criminal justice approach to drugs: a commentary on the short film Putting UK Drug Policy into Focus(2020)
World Health Organization, Female genital mu...2022-05-0454 min
Utajua HujuiToday I Learned: Silence, Murder and CultureToday, 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
Sources
Aaron Gonsher, A Visit to John Cage’s 639-Year Organ Composition: Examining the expanse of time at one of the world’s slowest performances (2019)
Aja Romano, How Ouija boards work. (Hint: It's not ghosts.) (2018)
Anthony Hunt, Musical Instruments: How hard is it to learn to play the organ versus the pian...2022-04-1339 min
Utajua HujuiDeconstructing JesusIs 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.
Sources
Earl Doherty, Higher Critical Review of Robert M Prices’ ‘Deconstructing Jesus’, (2001)
Gloria Nziba Pindi and Antonio Tomas De La Garza, “The Colonial Jesus” Deconstructing White Christianity (2018)
Hannah M.G.Shapero, Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Judaism (1997)
J. Warner Wallace, Is Jesus Simply A Retelling Of The Horus Mythology? (2017)
Jaime Licauco, Pagan Parallels of Jesus Christ (20...2022-03-2329 min
Utajua HujuiToday I LearnedToday 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
Audio Sourcing:
SpongeBob Trap Remix "Krusty Krab" Mixed by Eugene The Dream
SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song, Nickelodeon©
26 Weird Animal Matin...2022-03-0931 min
Utajua HujuiThe A,B,C's of Colonial EducationWe 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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Sources
Anirban Mitra, The Infamous Macaulay Speech That Never Was (2017)
Aparna Basu, Colonial Education Policies: A Comparative Approach in Essays in the history of Indian Education (1982)
Çağrı...2022-02-2345 min
Utajua HujuiMathogothanio (with Kariithi)Welcome back to another Mathogothanio session! We're we chat nonsense, and hope it makes some sense. In this episode, Kariithi has, in the grand tradition of coups in Africa - couped me out of my own podcast!
Digressions include Kim Kardashian, Marvel vs DCEU and so much more!
Thank you to Kariithi for hosting and to Sam Kimita for audio engineering. Could not have down this episode without them :)2022-02-091h 15
Utajua HujuiThe Wagalla Massacre (1984)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.
Sources:
Abdi Latif Dahir, Kenya’s Wagalla Massacre 30 Years Later (2014)
Charles Hornsby, Kenya: A History of Since Independence (2012)
Human Rights Watch, Screening of Ethnic Somalis: The Cruel Consequences of Kenya’s Passbook System (1990)
2022-02-0141 min
Utajua HujuiThe Roof, The Roof, The Roof is on FIREHAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! For the first episode of the year, I figured we'll do something light. Today, let’s talk about arson, schools and teenagers. Digressions include colonialism and just how much high school SUCKS!2022-01-1228 min
Utajua HujuiMathogothanioMathogothanio (n.): Chatting Shit, Talking about Everything and Nothing, Causing a general disturbance.
Welcome, to the first Mathogothanio Session with Aileen and a special guest host!
S/O to Sami Kimita for helping me edit the audio, and for Kariithi Ngari for agreeing to host!2021-11-031h 18
Utajua HujuiThe Central African Republic, Jean-Bedel Bokassa and the French (pt 2)Join me this week as we continue learning about how the French created, sustained and eventually deposed, Africa’s first emperor; Jean-Bedel Bokassa.
Sources:
Amnesty International (Newsletter) (1987)
Brian Titley, Dark Age: The Political Odyssey of Emperor Bokossa (1997)
Jeremy Leudi, The Vietnamese daughters of an African emperor(2018)
Jonathan C.R., Bokassa’s bloody past relived in steamy African courtroom(1987)
Kelechi Chika Ubaku, Chikezie Anyalewachi Emeh, Kelechi Collins Okoro - Imperialism and Underdevelopment in Post-Independence Africa: Focus on Central African Republic (2015)
Khalid Elhassan, 10 Little Known Criminals Who Comm...2021-10-0657 min
Utajua HujuiThe Emperor of Central AfricaJoin me this week as we learn about how the French created, sustained and eventually deposed, Africa’s first emperor; Jean-Bedel Bokassa.
Sources:
Amnesty International (Newsletter) (1987)
Brian Titley, Dark Age: The Political Odyssey of Emperor Bokossa (1997)
Jeremy Leudi, The Vietnamese daughters of an African emperor (2018)
Kelechi Chika Ubaku, Chikezie Anyalewachi Emeh, Kelechi Collins Okoro - Imperialism and Underdevelopment in Post-Independence Africa: Focus on Central African Republic (2015)
Leon Dash, Nightmares from Bokassa’s Empire (1979)
Silja Fröhlich, Africa and France: An unfulfilled dream of independence? (2020)
Wor...2021-09-2237 min
Utajua HujuiKenyan PolicingPolicing 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.
Sources
Amnesty International, Police Reform in Kenya: “A Drop In The Ocean” (2013)
Bruce Chtalu, The Challenges Related To Police Reforms In Kenya: A Survey Of Nairobi County, Kenya, (2011)
Clive Emsley, Policing the empire / Policing the metropole: Some thoughts on models and types (2014)
David Whitehouse, Origins of the Police (2014)
Douglas Lucas Kivoi, Why violence is...2021-09-0146 min
Utajua HujuiThat Vodou that You DoThe 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
Sources
Cain Stoneking, The Decline of the Tainos, 1492-1542: A Re-Vision (2009)
Chris Woolf, When America occupied Haiti(2015)
Eliza Kamerling-Brown, More T...2021-08-1847 min
Utajua HujuiThe Colony that Never Was - Part IIWe'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.
Sources:
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban, UK museum to return lock of hair of Ethiopia's Emperor Tewodros I(March 2019)
Alistair Boddy-Evans, Countries in Africa Considered Never Colonized (September 2020)
Anke Wanger, The Biblical Canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church (2012)
David M Perry and Matthew Gabriele, A New History Changes t...2021-08-0438 min
Utajua HujuiEthiopia: The Colony that Never Was (Part 1)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.
Support this Podcast: https://anchor.fm/utajuahujui/support | Instagram: @utajuahujui.pod
Sources:
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban, UK museum to return lock of hair of Ethiopia's Emperor Tewodros I (March 2019)
Alistair Boddy-Evans, Countries in Africa Considered Never Colonized (September 2020)
Anke Wanger, The Biblical Canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church (2012)
David M ...2021-07-2130 min
Utajua HujuiPuff Puff PassWe all know the rule; puff puff pass. No one likes a hogger. But what if you're "puff puff passing" are a series of problematic drug control policies that overwrite traditional practices, and cement a system of class and race oppression? Let’s find out.
Sources:
Alyssa Pagano, How racism contributed to marijuana prohibition in the US (March 2021)
Chris S Duvall, A brief agricultural history of cannabis in Africa, from prehistory to canna-colony (April 2019)
Chris S Duvall, Cannabis and Tobacco in Precolonial and Colonial Africa Chapter (March 2017)
John Hudak, Ma...2021-07-0742 min
Utajua Hujui“unAfrican?” Queer Pre-colonial AfricaWe often hear that homosexuality is “unAfrican” and a Western import. But how true is this (hint: it isn’t).
To support queer activist projects in Africa, please consider donating to, or following (giving a S/O) to: GALCK Kenya | INEND Kenya | Freedom and Roam Uganda | Association of LGBTI People in Zimbabwe (GALZ) | LEGABIBO (Lesbians, Gays & Bisexuals of Botswana) | LGBT Voice Tanzania
If you are a queer person of faith in Kenya and would like to be part of a community that accepts and embraces your queerness, check out Cosmopolitan Affirming Community – issa church.
Source...2021-06-2346 min
Utajua HujuiWives of the LeopardToday, we learn about the women who inspired the Dora Mijale in Marvel’s Black Panther (2018); the Ahosi of Dahomey. Wives of the Leopard.
Support this podcast: anchor.fm/utajuahujui/support
Bibliography
Stanley Bernard Alpern, Amazons of Black Sparta: The Women Warriors of Dahomey (New York: New York University Press, 1998),
Robin Law, The ‘Amazons’ of Dahomey, 39 Paidenuma Bd. 1993, 245- 260, 247
Dr. Oyeronke Oyewumi The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourse (Minnesota, Minnesota University Press, 1997)
Stuff You Missed in History Class, The Amazons of Dahome...2021-06-0942 min
Utajua HujuiMisery Loves Company - The Happy Valley SetThe Aberdare region of Kenya was the setting for a hedonism last seen in the Wolf of Wallstreet. Known as the “Happy Valley,” the Happy Valley Set were a group of white settlers who turned Kenya into their personal playground. Replete with drink, drugs, and sex. Utajua hujui, the story of the Happy Valley.
Sources:
https://oldafricamagazine.com/what-brought-lord-delamere-to-kenya/
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/magazine/the-delameres-open-up-their-home-and-hearts-1403010
https://therake.com/stories/happy-valley-set/
https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-101230
Nicolas Best, Happy Valley Set: The Stor...2021-05-2634 min
Utajua HujuiTree-son in the British EmpireA tree under arrest?! Yes, you read that right! Join me to learn about this tree-mendous story about Banyan Tree and Officer James Squid.
To connect with me follow me on @utajuahujui.pod on Instagram and suggest topics there! Also support us on - https://anchor.fm/aileen-waitaaga-kimuhu
Intro Music: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/the-lost-files/why-wait
Sources
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/09/03/this-chained-century-old-tree-in-pakistan-is-a-perfect-metaphor-for-colonialism/
https://tribune.com.pk/story/301002/frontier-crimes-regulation-centuries-old-law-will-take-time-to-reform
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/17-Jun-2016/this-tree-has-been-under-arrest-for-the-past-118-years
https://loweringthebar.net/2016/11/tree-not-arrested.html2021-05-1217 min
Utajua HujuiKenya Vision 1920Before Vision 2030 and the Big 4, there was Kenya Vision 1920. A white settler’s dream complete with legal segregation, underpaid African labour and white minority rule. Grab a drink, and let’s talk about Kenya Vision 1920!
To connect with me follow me on @utajuahujui.pod on Instagram and suggest topics there! Also, support us on - https://anchor.fm/aileen-waitaaga-kimuhu
Intro Music: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/the-lost-files/why-wait
Sources
The Search for a Zionist Settlement in Kenya, 1902 – 1905 by Mwangi-Wa-Githumo
The British in Kenya (1952-1960) Analysis of a successful counterinsurgency Campaig...2021-04-2854 min
Utajua HujuiPeak Colonialism: Leopold II of BelgiumGrab a drink and join me as we discuss the living embodiment of colonial ambition; Leopold II of Belgium! A man famed for ruling over a twelfth of the African Continent with as much care as a spoiled child looking over their phone. And with similar results.
Intro music: Why Wait by Ketsa.
Host: Me!2021-04-1152 min