The Road to Boito - Snap Classic

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4.8 • 11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Two sisters, Magi and Memo, track down an American man accused of sexual abuse at a children’s home in Kenya. It’s a story spanning two continents… following those who give everything to make things right. This episode is a 2024 Gracie Award Winner.

This story, while not graphic, does involve child abuse, including sexual abuse, and the death of a child. Sensitive listeners, please be advised.

Thank you so much to everyone in this story. To Magi and Memo, for sharing your lives with us over the past two years. Magi has started a GoFundMe to raise money for the survivors of the Dow Children’s Home.

To Janice and especially to Joy — Kongoi for your courage and your strength. Kongoi as well to Geoffrey Ng’tich, Beatrice Korir, and Joshua Abudoh.

Translation by Caroline Chebet

Recording engineers: Josh Wilcox, Ryan Geesaman, and Coconut

Original score by Renzo Gorrio

Produced and reported by Halima Gikandi and John Fecile

Artwork by Teo Ducot

Snap Classic - Season 15 – Episode 22

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0:00.0	Snap Studios.
0:07.0	Now Snap.
0:10.0	Snap. Now Snapp's, you've got a big treat for you because recently the Alliance for
0:16.2	Women and Media Foundation unveiled its winners of the 49th annual Gracie Awards
0:22.1	to celebrate an honor program and created for women by women
0:26.0	and about women. And this year, Snap picked up the best radio documentary award for the
0:32.2	episode you're about to hear, The Road to Boitow.
0:37.0	Thanks so much for listening and supporting Snap so we can continue to tell stories just like this one. Snap Judgment. Okay so you know that the people in this world who do bad things, they're not always
0:57.9	held to account.
1:00.1	Often they get away with it, and sometimes they keep on causing harm
1:05.2	leaving a path of destruction in their wake. Well, today on snap judgment, an epic story
1:17.0	spanning two continents about a group of women, mothers, daughters, who give everything they have to try to make things right.
1:23.0	Step proudly presents the road to Boito.
1:26.0	Know this.
1:30.0	You are about to hear a global story
1:32.0	about women coming together to do what had never been done before and sensitive
1:36.7	listeners please be advised.
1:39.8	This story, but it's not graphic in nature it does involve child abuse including sexual abuse and the
1:46.5	depth of a child but I promise you I promise you the story is worth the darkness, but it is going to get dark.
1:55.0	We begin at a grandmother's house on a beautiful sunny day.
2:01.0	Helima Kacandi takes it from here.
2:04.0	The first thing I noticed about you is how fashionable your
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