Tom Mboya is a hero of Kenyan history and in October 2019, the Too Early for Birds storytelling theatre production group told Mboya's story in the "dopest, funkiest ways you can imagine." This is the fifth show they have put on in Nairobi and their performance was so popular they had to add four more shows in November 2019. The Tom Mboya edition was transformative, electric and challenged all of us to think and act more consciously based on the lessons of history. We go deep in this conversation - so much so there are 2 episodes, an Up/Root first! Writers, actors, researchers and director - Abu, Ngartia, Mercy and Mugambi - sat down in front of a live audience to talk about Mboya's legacy, Kenyan politics, censorship, the n-word, what it was like to perform the show the day Mboya's children attended and why it is absolutely critical we know our history and we support our artists. You will be inspired! This episode was edited by Janet Onyango of J Communications (https://www.jcommunications.online/) and engineered by Bukachi Akatsa of BTSU studios ([email protected]). The Up/Root jingle is performed and written by my daughter, Selah!

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