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The 1980s in Kenya, the martyrs, and the phalanstery

Episode 6 of the second season of The History of Italians in Kenya

10-03-2026 by Freddie del Curatolo

In this episode of Freddie del Curatolo's PODCAST: While Italian tourism in Malindi is preparing to experience its golden decade, between a neo-colonialism à l'amatriciana and anarchy disguised as freedom, at the end of the 1980s, the other Kenya, unknown to the new wave of Italian holidaymakers, tells different stories, made up of regimes and compatriots whose big hearts clash with banditry, silence, and institutions.
Who were Father Graiff and Annalena Tonelli? What did they do to deserve an end that was forgotten too soon?
And how did those who were unaware of them live at the same time as their stories in Kenya intertwined with theirs in Malindi?
As always, the Podcast degli Italiani in Kenya is broadcast on the SPOTIFY channel of Italiani in Kenya and on the YouTube channel of Malindikenya.net.
ENJOY LISTENING!
 

 

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