Across the continent, pregnancy, birth, and women’s health are shaped by forces far beyond the body: drought-dry boreholes, displacement camps without toilets, hospital bills higher than annual incomes, extreme heat, and vanishing knowledge traditions.
This episode follows the links between reproductive health, climate crisis, cultural memory, and unequal infrastructures. From the Mwanahiti rite of passage to heat-linked birth risks and water inequality in low-income neighborhoods, these stories reveal who bears the cost of systems never designed to hold them, and how women continue to carry life through knowledge, improvisation, and solidarity.
Executive Producer Wangui Kimari Creative Director Jim Chuchu Producer Njeri Gitungo Country Productions Ajabu Ajabu / Movement Lab Collective / The Photo House Research Lead Brock Hicks Project Communications Cynthia Kemunto Post Production Africa Post Office (APO) Post Production Supervisor Carole Kinyua Editors Gloria Ndiritu / Winnie Ndirangu Supervising Editor Jim Chuchu