The series of shows draws on threads of Kenyan history, tackling disenfranchisement, colonialism and oppression while inspiring the country’s young people to participate in its future

On a recent Saturday at an auditorium in Nairobi, a rapt audience of more than 600 people held their breath as the revered Kenyan statesman and independence activist Tom Mboya walked out of a pharmacy with his friend Mohini Sehmi.

Gunshots rang out. “Did you hear that?” a panicked Sehmi asked Mboya, who slowly collapsed to the ground. “Tom! Tom! Tom!” she called frantically, realising that he had been hit.