Category: Debunk Speaks To
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Debunk Speaks To Joseph Kamaru-KMRU
This interview is one of a series where CHIA KAYANDA sits down with globally recognized Kenyan artists who have found success away from home yet tend to go rather underrecognized here, in Kenya. It is 8 p.m. in Nairobi and 6 p.m. in Berlin, where KMRU has been based for the past 3 years as…
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Debunk Speaks To Rose Lukalo
ROSE LUKALO is a seasoned journalist with experience in print, broadcast and digital media. She began her career in journalism in the late 1980s when being a free-thinking journalist or creative in Kenya was hazardous, if not life-threatening. Rose advocates for free expression, media diversity and inclusion, and has served as the Chairperson of the…
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Debunk Speaks To Angi Yoder-Maina
Mental health issues are increasingly coming to the fore as the world faces increasing uncertainty about the future. However, an increasing number of mental health practitioners understand that drugs or psychotherapy are not sufficient – or even desirable – to treat people and societies dealing with traumatic events, whether they be wars or the effects…
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Debunk Speaks To John Sibi-Okumu
JOHN SIBI-OKUMU has had a long and illustrious career as an actor, director and playwright. He has played more than 40 characters on stage, including Shakespeare’s Romeo, Shylock and Oedipus, and has acted in films, including the Hollywood production, The Constant Gardener, where he played a corrupt minister. He has also been a TV presenter, and…
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Debunk Speaks To Norma Swenson
In the early 1970s, a group of women in Boston, USA, began sharing their stories around the ill-treatment they felt they had received from male doctors. Their stories ranged from being misdiagnosed to being ignored by a medical fraternity that was hostile or insensitive to female patients’ needs. This disgruntled group went on to form…
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Debunk Speaks To Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
YVONNE ADHIAMBO OWUOR is an award-winning author whose novels, Dust and The Dragonfly Sea, have been widely praised for their examination of the entire gamut of human experience, from love and beauty to violence and grief. Her writing journey began when she won the 2003 Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story, “Weight…