whit which means wide-mouth. and whoever came to write about them put an e there. then it became white. kamau: okay, because you said white rhino, and i was like karmusha: yeah, it s not white. kamau: i think his dad might be black. anthony: does it look like you wanted it to look? or expected it to look? kamau: i mean, uh, no. i mean, i guess i don t know, so many images. i mean, i grew up as a kid, you know, my first images of africa were tarzan, you know? so i don t think i knew what kenya africa was. you know? i think the expanse of it is not something i could be prepared for. like the it takes over the entire horizon. anthony: what a shithole, right? [ laughter ] kamau: what a shithole.
but also to maintain their way of life. kip: in maasai traditional way, we got our diets, which is meat, blood and milk. at least once in a while, they do blood tapping. anthony: to the maasai, the cow is a sacred animal. giver of all things. unlike the west, meat is not the primary interest. here, cattle are sustainable, a long-term asset, for milk, for cheese, and on special occasions, blood. straight from the tap. anthony: okay, here we go. all right, well done. anthony: annoying as hell for the cow, no doubt, but decidedly not fatal. it might, however, prove fatal for my colleague kamau, who unlike me, has never experienced this local beverage.
a warm jet of arterial blood into the gourd, add some thick, clotting milk, also from cow. shake, and down the hatch. kip: would you like to have a sip? anthony: yes, sure. just straight from here? kip: yeah. anthony: here we go. oh, you re going to like it. it s good. so delicious. anthony: and keep in mind the whole village is watching. and you are on tv. kamau: okay. i m home. anthony: makes you strong. kamau: yeah. anthony: well done. kamau: thank you, thank you. anthony: working with the local maasai community is both
[ horns honking ] anthony: i m already happy. kamau: i m pretty happy because i ve seen this scene so many times on your show. i finally get to be in this scene. this is going to be good. anthony: i mean, you have a kenyan name. kamau: yes. my parents met in east palo alto, california. you know, this is like the late 60s, starting to be the early 70s, so post the civil rights movement, at that point where black people are trying to really, like, want a connection to the motherland. and in east palo alto there was this push towards naming it nairobi nairobi, california. back then, there was people who were like, we need to be associated with an example of african culture that is winning. and at that point, kenya was being looked at as winning because they had just kick out the brits. and there s all this sort of like, you know, we need to start a whole new culture, a new government.
taking, it ain t like this. crosstown traffic just got a little bit wilder and more fun if you re riding the friendly skies of a matatu. matatus are privately owned and operated bus lines, running regular routes. fiercely competitive. to the point that owners starting making modifications and an ever-changing range of themes, designed to attract the fickle commuter. anthony: oh, yeah. kamau: not subtle. anthony: all right, let s do it, man. anthony: culminating in buses like this mad max a rolling, post-apocalyptic, seizure-inducing party bus. just the thing you need after a hard day s work.