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Mutinda Kilonzo

Co-founder of Drunken Lectures and Creative Director at Qwani, a Nairobi-based community curating books, films, and cultural events.

Oct 23, 2026

AshleyHOST
7:46
I mean, that's a stretch.
7:49
That could go for the PowerPoint night.
7:51
I think the only difference, or the major difference between the PowerPoint nights that guys do with their friends and what we do is, at Junkie Lectures we host experts, or people who are well-researched in a particular conversation.
8:03
And so how it started is, I used to exist in this academia world where I work with books.
8:08
I'm a creative director for books and magazines here in the city.
8:12
And so, and Matthias also was part of a community similar to that, but also interacted a lot more with informal settings and events.
8:20
And so I remember one day we were at an event together coincidentally, and we'd known each other for a couple of months.

15 MINS LATER

23:24
What is the one thing that Kenyans do not talk about? You've mentioned love, but where are the glaring gaps that when you think, I can't believe that nobody's ever wanted to speak about this,

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