Thread by @miss_njihia

A thread about my thoughts on #TEFB and it's purpose and influence on modern kenyan society.

For a long while I have been frustrated with Kenyan storytelling in both film and theatre. The industry has been hell bent on creating stories that are influenced by world trends.

Shows on popular TV stations are hiring writers from other countries to write shows for them, to be consumed by a Kenyan audience. As if we don't have millions of stories and writers of our own. Here is the thing, Kenya is a diverse country rich with both culture and history.

#TEFB is proof that there are so many stories from our history yet to be told. We also have many books from renowned Kenya writers yet to be adapted to Theatre, film or even TV. So can we please stop telling stories about maids falling in love with their masters?

It is general knowledge that in as much as story telling is entertaining, it plays a big part in educating people too. I am a big fan of K Drama, and truthfully, from watching their historical dramas, I have more knowledge on Korean history than Kenyan at this very moment.

Watching historical K dramas honestly opened my eyes to see how much the kenyan film and theatre Industry is lacking in terms of telling our own stories, Celebrating our heroes, educating ourselves and the world about who kenyans are and what has marked the path to our reality

That's where #Tefb comes in! Every edition of @tooearly4birds has shown that we as kenyans are more unaware of ourselves as ever! There is so much to be done in learning about our history. Our education system is lacking but film and theatre has a big role in this too.

I believe it is a high time that we start seeing films about Tom Mboya and Dedan Kimathi and TV dramas about the true African giant George Mukabi. Massive shout out to #TEFB for igniting this spark that proves that kenyans truly have a hunger to learn about themselves.

@Ngartia and @AbuSensei you started something truly patriotic. You took on a huge burden to educate kenyans about themselves. I am super proud of ya'll for that. 👏👏. 🥂 to Kenya and to reclaiming our history and our pride as a people. #DaimaKenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

@AbuNuuman_ forgive me, I got your handle wrong on this thread 🫣😬