Celebrating Life at 117

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

This is an affectionate portrait of Elizabeth Gathoni Koinange - a woman who celebrated her 117th birthday last year. Her story, and that of her family, is told by Elizabeth's own great granddaughter Priscilla Ng'ethe. The joy of family life is captured when many generations come together.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this documentary podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:07.0	Last year we met an extraordinary woman from Kenya on her 117th birthday.
0:14.4	She lived through the whole of Kenya's colonial era and well beyond.
0:19.2	Sadly she died in November, but her story resonated with so many people that we thought you should have another
0:26.2	chance to hear it.
0:28.3	Thank you for downloading this podcast.
0:30.7	We hope you enjoy it. You're listening to the B.
0:39.0	You're listening to the BBC World Service.
0:42.0	I'm Priscilla Niede and a year ago I went to Kenya to visit
0:46.7	someone very dear to me. She's very happy that you've come to
0:55.0	muna muna muna muna muna moo kahuku
0:57.0	mukangor her and gom maga.
1:00.0	She's very happy that you've come to see her at home
1:02.0	and you see where she sleeps.
1:06.4	My great-grandmother, Elizabeth Kudoni Kwanange, who I call Mytore and others call her Shosho.
1:13.0	Thank you, thank you.
1:15.0	And I went to help celebrate her birthday.
1:18.0	She speaks Kikiu you,
1:22.0	so her words have been voiced over in English.
1:25.0	I'm very excited because it's the day I was born and it is my day to celebrate.
1:32.0	Lots of people are coming.
1:36.6	My children and many generations.
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