A conservation about 'new African conciousness' in podcast Elke Dag

I recently wrote a report for de Volkskrant about Africa's first afrocentric school, run by Dr Utheri Kanayo (aka Susan Kiragu) and her husband Ọkụ in Nakuru, Kenya. Children learn to be proud of their 'African' identity, origin and background.

I have seen this 'new African consciousness' and the 'decolonization of the mind' more often in recent years. That prompted a conversation with Sheila Sitalsing, for Volkskrant podcast Elke Dag - you can listen to that episode by clicking on the link below.

The first Afrocentric School of Africa is growing rapidly

Since the British colonists left Kenya in East Africa, very little has changed in education. That’s the perception of Utheri and Oku Kanayo, who have set up Africa's first afrocentric school: the Children in Freedom School in Nakurum Kenya.

"We want the children to understand that it is a privilege and an absolute honor that they are African."

To read the story I wrote for de Volkskrant newspaper, click here. To listen to the story instead, you can click here for the radio reportage I made for VPRO programme Bureau Buitenland.