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Nipe Story

113 episodesLatest May 29, 2025
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Nipe Story (Tell Me A Story) is a fortnightly Kenyan podcast that gives a voice to written short stories. This podcast is hosted by Kevin Mwachiro. @kevmwachiro Karibu! Welcome.

Episodes — page 4

  1. HAVE ANOTHER ROTI by Rasna Warah

    A story on forbidden love, identity and belonging that is told from a world where food is the antidote.

    37:37
  2. PLOT 10 by Caroline Mose

    It was an ordinary night, in a less than an ordinary neighbourhood, until the whistles went off.

    35:40
  3. BELONGING by J.E. Sibi-Okumu

    A story of different paths crossing on a Nairobi night.

    39:19
  4. MASKINI BABU YANGU by Ken Walibora (KISWAHILI EPISODE)

    Our first Kiswahili episode in remembrance of the late Kenyan literary legend, Ken Walibora.

    20:10
  5. TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR KEN WALIBORA by Kinyanjui Kombani

    A tribute to the legendary Kiswahili literature icon, Professor Ken Walibora. Read more at: https://www.theelephant.info/reflections/2020/04/23/ken-walibora-the-giant-on-whose-shou…

    12:38
  6. THE ELIZABETHANS WE LOST by Carey Baraka

    Remembering H, the one true love.

    21:15
  7. AT THE PARTY by A. Ndui Mudachi

    Their eyes locked. She looked and he looked. The night looked promising after all.

    19:53
  8. DIGITALIS LUST by Olufemi Terry

    It started off as a weekly appointment, then it became more than a touch.

    25:24
  9. VASHTI REFUSED TO DANCE by Makena Onjerika

    "You ask what they felt. You ask if they felt at all. You ask such impossible questions."

    18:55
  10. SIRENS by Lutivini Majanja

    When the comrades of the University of Nairobi take to the streets, nothing gets in their way. Well, almost nothing.

    41:36
  11. I AM A HOMOSEXUAL MUM by Binyavanga Wainaina

    This essay is also described as the lost chapter, that never made it to the book, One Day I Will Write About This Place.

    12:18
  12. THE JOURNEY by Cynthia Abdallah

    A father's love defends his daughter's honour.

    15:23
  13. SPIRIT CHILD by Alex Ikawah

    She was no ordinary child and even the gods knew that.

    09:05
  14. THE FEAST by Rose Odengo

    Rabid is in action at his sell-out concert and three friends are having a time of their life, but there is more than excitement in the air.

    08:46
  15. BEACH BOY by Troy Onyango

    The Kenyan coast is not just beautiful, it is enchanting and full of surprises.

    14:08
  16. NYAWAWA by Brenda Midamba

    When the spirits of the lake rage they take no prisoners.

    07:49
  17. THE CHAMBER by mwihaki

    The island of Zanzibar was the centre of the East African slave trade. Are you brave enough to delve into its past?

    10:07
  18. UNDERWEAR LAUGHTER by Joshua Mmali

    When a lunchtime meal gives more than a second helping.

    08:50
  19. A WIFE BY HER NAME by Fungai Tichawangana

    A newly married coupled grapple with the name game.

    19:49
  20. KADZO's KITTEN by Sarah Forde Owuor

    An aspiring footballer's heart goes all mushy.

    21:16
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