Nairobi, Aug. 7 -- Nyokabi Macharia might be best known in Nairobi for being Mary Magdelene in Jesus Christ Superstar or for playing Giraffe in Eric Wainaina's musical, Tinga Tinga Tales or possibly playing Wangu wa Makeri in Too early for birds 5th edition, Brazen.
One role we are not familiar with her in is that of director. But that is easily remedied simply by going to YouTube and looking for her channel. There you will find the premiere performance of The Book and its Cover, dramatised by two of Nairobi's most illustrious young actresses, Auudi Rowa and Akinyi Oluoch and directed over Zoom by Nyokabi.
Long distance directing was an imperative not just because of the Covid-19 lockdown and social distancing thing. It also had to be bec...