Can You Be African, Christian and Gay? Who Gets to Decide?
- Author
- Aiwan and Tamanda
- Published
- Mon 31 Mar 2025
- Episode Link
- https://rigourandflow.substack.com
Can you be queer, African, and Christian - all at once?
In the first ever episode of Rigour & Flow, Aiwan reflects on the five-year anniversary of her documentary Kenyan, Christian, Queer - a powerful film about LGBTQ+ life, faith, and resistance in Africa. She and Tamanda dive deep into the complexities of reconciling Africanness, Christianity, and queerness - both in their own lives and through the communities that shaped them.
From Black Pentecostal fire and brimstone to silent Quaker pews, from passing privilege to bisexual indecision, from heartbreak to deep affirmation - this episode is a reckoning with religion, identity, and the power of seeing all of yourself.
We ask: Can faith and queerness truly coexist - or are they always at odds?
💬 Featuring reflections on:
– The making of Kenyan, Christian, Queer
– Black queer Pentecostalism in Kenya
– Internalised homophobia and healing
– House of Rainbow and Reverend Jide
– The Faith & Belief Forum’s work at the intersection of sexuality and religion
🎙 Rigour & Flow is a podcast where we make space to do the work, feel the feels, and stay in our flow.
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