Almost 100,000 people follow Bahati Ngazi on her eponymous TikTok channel. This is where the well-known radio host presents herself, pushes Mombasa’s small businesses and promotes herself as the woman with the “money complexion” who regularly bathes in fresh coconut milk. Her latest idea: She wants the local sex gurus – wise women from the Swahili community – to teach her a range of practices and thus mature from a novice (mikleso) to an expert (kungwi). The evening before already turns into a ritual: Bahati and a friend achieve a state of ecstasy with a bunch of khat leaves, sweets, tea, and music.
Director Saitabao Kaiyare becomes an interested and complicit companion on this educational journey, repeatedly directing his focus on feminist issues that are also on Bahati’s mind, not least in her radio show: What demands are made on Kenyan women? And is there a “love education” for men? “Unyagoni: Bahati’s Sex Education Journey” is the portrait of a bold and vibrant woman who shares not only her self-confidence but also her occasional insecurities. An entertaining yet no less complex journey.