Inside Kenya’s doomsday death cult
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In the Shakahola forest near the Kenyan coast, a taxi driver turned evangelist pastor told his followers that the “rapture” was coming. Four years and more than 200 deaths later, Kenyan police are investigating what they suspect was a death cult. What could possibly have compelled hundreds of people to abandon their homes and families to join it?
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| 0:00.0 | COVID-19. |
| 0:01.0 | Coronavirus. |
| 0:02.1 | The pandemic. |
| 0:03.1 | It's not easy thinking back. |
| 0:04.8 | Life-changing moments. |
| 0:06.3 | Hard-breaking memories. |
| 0:07.6 | Those who were captured parts. |
| 0:09.2 | Those who hold us together. |
| 0:10.8 | We all implement. |
| 0:12.1 | Some of us still are. |
| 0:13.4 | But no two of us in quite the same way. |
| 0:15.7 | That's why her story. |
| 0:17.0 | His story. |
| 0:17.9 | Their story. |
| 0:18.8 | And your story. |
| 0:20.4 | Every story matters. |
| 0:22.4 | Share your experience of the pandemic |
| 0:24.1 | to inform the UK COVID-19 inquiry |
| 0:26.8 | and help shape the future. |
| 0:28.2 | Search every story matters. |
| 0:38.4 | It all began with an evangelical Christian group, |
| 0:42.7 | one of many in Kenya and the cross-Africa. |
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