A Kenyan-American in the US

In this episode, we meet Tek and his daughter, Shewit. Tek recounts his precarious experiences of living through and escaping a war torn country and becoming a self-made engineer in the US. His daughter, Shewit also adds a refreshingly new perspective as she is an American born to her Eritrean dad who has had quite different upbringings and life experiences that shaped their paths.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtGn-1qc0g8&t=955s

In this episode, we reflect on recent events and throwback to similarities of a ‘coup’ and post poll unrest back in Kenya.

*Intercultural Couple Reacts to Capitol Building Protest*

In this video, we expose our intercultural views on the capitol building protest that ensued following the 2020 US elections. We draw similarities to certain post election or "post poll" violence events that occurred in Kenya back in December 2007 and early 2008.

President elect Joe Biden (being inaugurated today 1/20/2021) won the majority and electoral vote in 2020 and this was not well received by supporters of the outgoing President Trump. This led to the recent capitol building storming that occurred in Washington. It felt like deja vu for me, a person who experienced post poll chaos back in late 2007, early 2008 after elections in Kenya. We discuss similarities and include a storytime retelling of living through these experiences as a young person focused on launching my career.

Steve hosts this episode and brings out my answers why I have a hard time camping in USA even though I used to the countryside life typical of the African jungle away from the big cities like Nairobi.

In today’s episode (and YouTube Video), I answer a popular question about what my PhD topic was centered around. I had so much fun revisiting this!

YouTube - https://youtu.be/QnGyfJF4JYw