The Story Behind Too Early For Birds from The Creative Powerhouse | Gathoni Kimuyu

About this episode

Gathoni Kimuyu shares her journey through the challenges of Kenya's creative economy and her personal experiences with resilience and gender-based violence.

For years, Queen Gathoni Kimuyu was helping shape some of Kenya's most recognizable television productions while quietly carrying battles most people never saw.Before becoming an award-winning producer, writer, activist and storyteller, she grew up in poverty, became a young wife, survived an abusive marriage, raised a child through financial uncertainty and spent years trying to build a sustainable career in an industry that celebrates talent but rarely pays for it.In this episode of Financially Incorrect, Gathoni opens up about the realities behind Kenya's creative economy. From earning KSh 10,000 as a receptionist to writing for Machachari, producing sold-out theatre shows, losing millions on productions, surviving long payment delays and creating Free Me, a deeply personal play based on her own experience with gender-based violence.This is a conversation about money, resilience, self-worth, entrepreneurship, storytelling and what it really takes to build a life after survival mode.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Access all our links in one place…

People in this episode

Host: Financially Incorrect

Guest: Gathoni Kimuyu

Topics covered

• creative economy
• resilience
• gender-based violence
• entrepreneurship
• storytelling

Keywords

• Gathoni Kimuyu
• creative economy
• gender-based violence
• entrepreneurship
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Free Me

Places: Kenya

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