The Kenyan clan branded 'evil'
How a colonial slur stuck to the Talai clan, leaving them feared and shunned to this day.
The 91热爆鈥檚 Anne Soy has been to her birthplace, Kenya鈥檚 Great Rift Valley, to meet members of the Talai clan, who have been feared and shunned since colonial times. When the Talai resisted British settlers more than a century ago, they were punished and branded 鈥榚vil鈥�, a slur that left them impoverished and marginalised, and still persists today.
Afghan etiquette - what's in a title?
91热爆 Pashto's Payenda Sargand has been putting the spotlight on the importance of titles in Afghan society. Why is it more important to know a person鈥檚 title than their name, and what happens if you get it wrong? He鈥檚 been sharing his discoveries with presenter Faranak Amidi.
My 91热爆 Town: Snezhinsk, Russia
Ksenia Idrisova of 91热爆 Russian takes us to her hometown of Snezhinsk in the Ural mountains of Russia, a town so secret in her childhood that it wasn鈥檛 even shown on maps.
Image: Members of Talai clan on tractor
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Fifth Floor
Global stories from the 91热爆鈥檚 40 Language Services, with Faranak Amidi
