Utajua Hujui

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, How Many Earths do we Need? (2015) Clare L. Roepke & Eric A. Schaff, Long Tail Strings: Impact of the Dalkon Shield 40 Years Later (2014) E. Wesley F. Peterson, The Role of Population in Economic Growth (2017) Hippolyte Fofack, Changing the Africa Population Narrative (2021) Karl Itman, African Populations and British Imperial Power, 1800–1970 (2022) Lisa Baker, Control and the Dalkon Shield (2001) Mark Dowie, Barbara Ehrenreich, Stephen Minkin, The Charge: Gynocide (1979) Matthew Connelly, Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population (2008) Matthew Connelly, How did the ‘population control’ movement go so terribly wrong? (2008) Monica Bahati Kuumba, Perpetuating Neo-Colonialism through Population Control: South Africa and the United States(1993) Rachel Sullivan Robinson, Population Policy Adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Interplay of Global and Local Forces(2016) Rachel Sullivan Robinson, Population Policy Adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Interplay of Global and Local Forces(2016) USAID Policy Paper, Population Assistance (1982)

Let'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/10.1080/02684527.2023.2211872

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/2019/1/9/the-zionist-fallacy-of-jewish-supremacy https://www.ajc.org/translatehate/Zionism-is-racism https://hilo.hawaii.edu/campuscenter/hohonu/volumes/documents/Vol03x06TheDebateonZionismandRacism.pdf https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/israeli-authorities-and-crimes-apartheid-and-persecution https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/5/23/the-nakba-did-not-start-or-end-in-1948 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2537573?searchText=&searchUri=&ab_segments=&searchKey=&refreqid=fastly-default%3A20fa8096e86a8dbfe2812925391ccada&seq=1 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2018-11-14/ty-article-opinion/the-twisted-logic-of-the-jewish-historic-right-to-israel/0000017f-db53-d3ff-a7ff-fbf3bcc50000 https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/resource/zionism/ https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230594371_11 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2536019?seq=15 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/23739770.2017.1424619?casa_token=Js_K65ZFV0gAAAAA:VdlDVIa2byHY4XgKKoQU2sqWn7x5z64pGYwi5VA14UG1uzhUYcqxldkPIS2Qtf-7tdC00BoGjW52WQ https://doi.org/10.1111/sena.12077

Welcome 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) droolz

Aileen 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 Manion, Corruption by Design: Building Clean Government in Mainland China and Hong Kong   Websites https://eastafricaschoolserver.org/content/_public/Local%20Topics/East%20Africa/British%20colonialism%20in%20East-Africa%20during%20nineteenth%20century.pdf https://journals.openedition.org/eastafrica/586 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/152/15264516009/html/  https://www.choicehacking.com/2022/01/04/what-is-the-cobra-effect/#tve-jump-17fac229951 https://www.cato.org/commentary/case-against-case-colonialism https://www.vox.com/2014/10/13/6957875/christopher-columbus-murderer-tyrant-scoundrel  https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1083&context=tdr https://web.pdx.edu/~gilleyb/A%20Response%20to%20My%20Critics_AQSpring2022.pdf  https://www.ewmagazine.nl/nederland/achtergrond/2018/02/the-good-side-of-colonialism-interview-bruce-gilley-597263/ https://fortune.com/europe/2022/09/13/queen-death-hong-kong-mourning-british-colonial-rule/

I 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, 1850-1918   Websites https://www.change.org/p/exeter-city-council-save-exeter-s-statue-of-sir-redvers-buller https://www.anglozuluwar.com/images/Journal_8/J8e_Redvers_Buller_-_BB.pdf https://castinstone.exeter.ac.uk/en/2023/08/22/redver-bullers-empire/ https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2019-11/BSG-WP-2019-031.pdf https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/census/events/britain7.htm https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irishman-s-diary-1.626165 http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol171ra.html https://contestedhistories.org/wp-content/uploads/UK_-Redvers-Buller-Statue-in-Exeter-England-3-1.pdf https://www.creditonparishchurch.org.uk/history/general-sir-redvers-buller-vc/ https://yougov.co.uk/international/articles/28355-how-unique-are-british-attitudes-empire

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

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

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_lax

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=PLLs3pV4AcwuJN3VfVknXGh7vOEviA_lax

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,   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://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/7/7/a-beginners-guide-to-enriching-uranium https://www.jstor.org/stable/161468 https://qz.com/africa/1216925/searching-for-wakanda-the-african-roots-of-the-black-panther-story https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02589346.2012.683940 https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=1141 https://www.nonproliferation.org/wp-content/uploads/npr/masiza11.pdf https://www.cia.gov/static/review-spies-in-congo.pdf https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1152&context=gc_etds https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=history_etds https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/uploads/documents/The%20Congo%20Crisis%2C%201960-1961.pdf https://www.jstor.org/stable/4185615

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/https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/8nr7xd/thoughts_on_guns_germs_and_steel_by_jared_diamond/ https://www.wired.com/story/ancient-grain-crops-future-of-farming/

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 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/2020-02-04-how-corruption-almost-ran-down-kenya-under-mois-watch/ https://asq.africa.ufl.edu/adar_munyae_winter01/ https://theconversation.com/how-moi-put-foreign-policy-at-the-centre-of-his-presidency-134048https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/opinion/moi-left-an-indelible-mark-in-kenya-s-foreign-policy-248912http://www.kenyaunsolved.com/anguka.html http://kenyadocexcom.ipage.com/uploads/2/7/3/5/2735307/troonpara38.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20110306172924/http://kenyaunsolved.com/evidence/?p=142 https://nation.africa/kenya/news/robert-ouko-murder-fear-still-stalks-koru-29-years-later-137952 https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2020-03-05-moi-era-robert-oukos-murderers-are-still-alive/ http://www.kenyaunsolved.com/robertouko1.html https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/passages/4761530.0007.009/--reading-the-ministers-remains-investigations-into-the-death?rgn=main;view=fulltext https://www.ocikenya.com/honoree-dr-robert-ouko https://cabinets.kenyayearbook.co.ke/2022/05/05/dr-robert-john-ouko-kenyas-most-celebrated-foreign-minister/ https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/45673107.pdf https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978NAIROB15351_d.html

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/2020-02-04-how-corruption-almost-ran-down-kenya-under-mois-watch/ https://asq.africa.ufl.edu/adar_munyae_winter01/ https://theconversation.com/how-moi-put-foreign-policy-at-the-centre-of-his-presidency-134048 https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/opinion/moi-left-an-indelible-mark-in-kenya-s-foreign-policy-248912 http://www.kenyaunsolved.com/anguka.html http://kenyadocexcom.ipage.com/uploads/2/7/3/5/2735307/troonpara38.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20110306172924/http://kenyaunsolved.com/evidence/?p=142 https://nation.africa/kenya/news/robert-ouko-murder-fear-still-stalks-koru-29-years-later-137952 https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2020-03-05-moi-era-robert-oukos-murderers-are-still-alive/ http://www.kenyaunsolved.com/robertouko1.html https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/passages/4761530.0007.009/--reading-the-ministers-remains-investigations-into-the-death?rgn=main;view=fulltext https://www.ocikenya.com/honoree-dr-robert-ouko https://cabinets.kenyayearbook.co.ke/2022/05/05/dr-robert-john-ouko-kenyas-most-celebrated-foreign-minister/ https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/45673107.pdf https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978NAIROB15351_d.html

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 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://chiimbirugimode.com/2021/02/22/star-witness-who-pocketed-ksh-317k-to-fix-the-kapenguria-six-later-charged-with-perjury/ https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/news/article/2001258352/the-judge-who-jailed-uhurus-father https://nation.africa/kenya/news/my-dogged-struggle-to-free-kenyatta-and-the-kapenguria-six-from-jail-183950 https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.1525/lal.2011.23.1.26.pdf https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1958/oct/30/kenya-white-highlands https://hardtalkkenyan.wordpress.com/2014/10/07/jogging-our-minds-towards-mzee-jomo-kenyattas-kapenguria-trial-a-birds-eye-view-of-kapenguria-one-1/

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 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%20Ali%20Mazrui.pdf https://artsandculture.google.com/story/7wXxO36pSrXmLA https://nation.africa/kenya/news/argwings-kodhek-the-politician-history-should-never-forget-132134 https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/counties/article/2001310960/argwings-kodhek-a-native-upstart-who-dared-marry-a-white-woman https://fliphtml5.com/yvqhd/kcos/basic/201-250

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&ab_channel=OCTOPIZZO) https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20161117-third-culture-kids-citizens-of-everywhere-and-nowhere https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/t-magazine/luca-guadagnino-third-culture-kids.html https://nation.africa/kenya/news/mboya-njonjo-and-their-unbridled-ambition-to-gain-political-power-183608 https://nation.africa/kenya/news/the-untold-story-of-tom-mboya-death-3684132?fbclid=IwAR3xSt0_qpqY0O0NPU5CNbFIPxZ-6HsUFWmLVibdm_yqYG7_rPT5ZUENmPk https://projects.kora.matrix.msu.edu/files/210-808-8918/ARGreportopt.pdf https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975NAIROB01174_b.html https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=miami1313975817&disposition=inline https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/144509/1/JSH_McCann_accepted_MS.pdf

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 :) 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.bbc.com/worklife/article/20161117-third-culture-kids-citizens-of-everywhere-and-nowhere https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/t-magazine/luca-guadagnino-third-culture-kids.html https://nation.africa/kenya/news/mboya-njonjo-and-their-unbridled-ambition-to-gain-political-power-183608 https://nation.africa/kenya/news/the-untold-story-of-tom-mboya-death-3684132?fbclid=IwAR3xSt0_qpqY0O0NPU5CNbFIPxZ-6HsUFWmLVibdm_yqYG7_rPT5ZUENmPk https://projects.kora.matrix.msu.edu/files/210-808-8918/ARGreportopt.pdf https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975NAIROB01174_b.html https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=miami1313975817&disposition=inline https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/144509/1/JSH_McCann_accepted_MS.pdf

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/stream/maumaudetaineefull/mau%20mau%20detainee%20full_djvu.txt https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1120&context=tjrc-core http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/bitstream/handle/11295/38631/Full%20Text.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

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 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/stream/maumaudetaineefull/mau%20mau%20detainee%20full_djvu.txt https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1120&context=tjrc-core http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/bitstream/handle/11295/38631/Full%20Text.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y