Episode 267: Black Magic Panic & the Mau Mau Rebellion
Added 2024-02-16 18:00:06 +0000 UTCAround 70 years ago, a deadly counter-insurgency was carried out by the British colonial occupiers of Kenya to quell the Mau Mau Rebellion. The operation involved political propaganda stoking a panic about the freedom fighters' use of black magic — a "horror story" written by colonizers to justify their own brutal actions. Annie Kelly explores this fascinating historical moment.
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Music by Pontus Berghe and Jake Rockatansky. Editing by Corey Klotz.
Comments
Loved this episode. So dark, but Annie always does a great job
Jess C
2025-01-10 15:03:52 +0000 UTCCan Annie do her own series just about British colonialism and its horrors, it’s so insane to listen to.
Hannah Lux
2024-04-30 21:57:14 +0000 UTC"If therefore, we are going to sin, we must sin quietly" Thats a surprising degree of self awareness for a bloody British imperial crook.
Mercury Chan
2024-04-04 13:07:49 +0000 UTCI am a simple woman. I see Annie Kelly, I click
Jess C
2024-03-15 14:56:17 +0000 UTCAnother nice I think you should Leave reference from Jake. Love it
Zach Smith
2024-03-06 20:14:10 +0000 UTCAnybody who likes this episode should check out season 3 of blowback, which is about America's actions in the Korean war, and has a lot of colonialist parallels
2024-03-02 23:33:41 +0000 UTCAnnie Rocks! 💂🏻🥳
C’mon
2024-02-29 00:48:47 +0000 UTCTHE NATIONAL BABY RETURNS!
Leo
2024-02-24 12:12:37 +0000 UTCI'm a simple man. I hear the national baby say 'Djuknow' and 'Mmm' and I smile. Then I listen to the things she's talking about and I frown.
Interested Third Party
2024-02-22 15:19:24 +0000 UTCIs this the root of the witchcraft accusations of the Marxist Indonesians that were purged?
2024-02-18 01:52:21 +0000 UTC"The 'boys have a penis, girls have a vagina' kid. I met him once..." Jake, don't ever change.
Aram J. French
2024-02-18 00:31:09 +0000 UTC
