GBA 239 Njambi McGrath

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

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