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Just ask mum
My mum’s letter to me! Namulanta’s own mum, Dorcas, is back on the show with a letter to share. She talks with her daughter about self-preservation, mum-guilt and life in colonial, pre-independent Kenya.
Episode 6 letter writer: Dorcas
Listen online at bbcworldservice.com/deardaughter
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Mon 11 Jul 202209:32GMT
BBC World Service
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Dear Daughter
Extraordinary letters written from parents to their children with Namulanta Kombo
