GBA 239 Njambi McGrath

Summary: In GBA 239 we get better acquainted with Njambi McGrath. She talks about how the sudden death of her father forced her to confront a past she'd left behind and begin a journey of discovery into personal and cultural history she knew little about. We talk about making comedy out of dark topics, the effects of colonialism on the continent of Africa (particularly on Kenya where Njambi is from) and how the west views and distorts the lives of people from African countries. Njambi will be previewing her new show in a double bill with my solo show at Stand Up Tragedy Presents on Feb 18th at the Dogstar Brixton: Stand Up Tragedy Presents on 18th Feb: http://www.facebook.com/events/1129825877029165/ Listen to a sneak preview of the preview in this episode of the Spark True Stories Live Podcast: https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/multiculturalminds-truestorieslive Njambi plugs: Her Blog: http://www.njambimcgrathcomedy.co.uk/#!blog/c1o4u Her website: http://www.njambimcgrath.co.uk Her Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Njambi-McGrath-comedy-211852255541445/ Her Twitter: https://twitter.com/njambi1 Her Instagram: https://instagram.com/thehotafrican Look out for her book and her new show A Last Dance With My Father We mention: Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Pulp Fiction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction Concentration Camps in Kenya: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_Detention_Camps_during_the_Mau_Mau_Uprising Gay Ugandan King: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100256386/it-was-homophobia-not-homosexuality-that-was-introduced-to-uganda-by-europeans/ Scott Lively: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Lively King Leopold II: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium Live Aid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Aid Comic Relief: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Relief Bill and Melinda Gates: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ Dr Leakey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Leakey Nairobi Museum: http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/11/17/ Idi Armin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin Kampala: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampala Mau Mau: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau_Uprising Kikuyu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikuyu_people Maassi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maasai_people World Bank: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank Margaret Thatcher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!