Nairobi, Feb. 16 -- I've always been vocal about my problem with the traditional TV format. A series often feels like a bus with no destination; the driver takes these dramatic, sudden turns and just when you think you finally see the destination on the horizon, they bypass the exit entirely.

You find yourself still on the road, wondering if the driver even has a map. Despite my deep-seated scepticism of that dragging style of storytelling, I had to tip my hat to the first season of MTV Shuga Mashariki.

It remains, in my estimation, the best young adult show on the continent, balancing genuine thrills with a character-driven hook that actually made me care about where each character arc was heading.

Now, less than a year later, Season ...