Kutika! is a new literary podcast featuring modern African short stories written by aerospace engineer and award winning author of A Casualty of Power, Mukuka Chipanta. The stories tackle topical issues facing Africa today - love, life, religion, gender and more. Please subscribe and leave a rating
One Stranger to Another - Bonus Interview
A bonus interview featuring the the writer, Mukuka Chipanta and the narrators, Saka Chipanta and Muzala Shimukowa, moderated by Becky Parker-Geist. Get the inside story on the making of the second season of Kutika!
6/7/2021 • 22 minutes, 57 seconds
One Stranger to Another Part 7
Mama Betty meets with Principal Kafula with Abel by her side, Pastor Lusambo arrives in Kasama. Everything converges to reveal all in this final episode ….
5/30/2021 • 50 minutes, 13 seconds
One Stranger to Another Part 6
In the last episode we learned about Pastor Lusambo’s wife Mable and how wounds from her past have colored her present. In this episode we return to Mable’s rival, mama Betty as she arrives in Kitwe. Will she finally find her son?
5/23/2021 • 20 minutes, 56 seconds
One Stranger to Another Part 5
Worried about his congregant, in the last episode we saw Pastor Elijah Lusambo make a decision to go and seek help in Kasama. However, his genuine concern for mama Betty Chushi is sowing discord in the Pastor’s home, his wife Mable feels increasingly threatened by her husband’s affection towards Betty.
5/16/2021 • 15 minutes, 35 seconds
One Stranger to Another Part 4
In the last episode we learned about Betty Chushi’s son and how he was the pride of the village after having excelled in the national school examinations. An entire village rallying to put money together to make sure the boy left on a scholarship to attend a prestigious boarding school in the city. Now she must find her boy.
5/9/2021 • 21 minutes, 4 seconds
One Stranger to Another Part 3
In the last episode, Betty Chushi meets a stranger who rescues her from a young rascal intent on taking advantage of her at a busy bus terminal. Now she begins her journey to the city gripped with a sense of foreboding about the fate of her missing son.
5/2/2021 • 32 minutes, 7 seconds
One Stranger to Another Part 2
In the last episode, a distraught Mama Betty Chushi searching for her missing son, left her village to seek help from her son’s estranged father, Barnabas. With Barnabas unwilling to help her, Betty decided to take matters into her own hands and make the long journey to the city in search of her boy.
4/25/2021 • 22 minutes, 26 seconds
One Stranger to Another Part 1
It’s the crack of dawn and mama Betty Chushi has some very disturbing news to share about her son. At wits end, Betty seeks advice from her best friend Juliet about what to do.
