Forms of Protest II : Oaths & Stories

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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.

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