The Team: Kenya - Challenging Moments
Tina stands up for herself in court and confronts her rapist, a policeman who attacked her some time ago, in this episode of The Team. Unfortunately, without physical evidence, the judge has no choice but to let the cop go free.
This episode shows Tina standing up for herself in court and confronting her rapist. Unfortunately, without physical evidence the judge has no choice but to let the cop go free. However, the idea that a person must be held accountable via laws rather than mob justice is an important concept within this context. We see in this episode the funeral of Priest.
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The Team is a dramatic TV series which was created in response to the devastating violence in Kenya following the last general elections. The series dramatizes how the newly recruited members of the co-ed ‘Imani’ soccer/football club learn to overcome their tribal, ethnic, social and economic differences. The Team was created by Search for Common Ground and Media Focus on Africa Foundation in Kenya.
This series is a metaphor of Kenyan society. Imani FC (‘faith’ in Swahili) members and the Coach have been brought together from many of Kenya’s tribal groups to play together on a co-ed league. The league has been formed and financed by a group of wealthy international philanthropists and businessmen who believe sport will be a way to neutralize the ethnic hatred that shook Kenya after the last elections.
The characters are from broken families, even as Kenya is a broken country. In that way, the team becomes a surrogate family for our players. They each want a ‘family’ but no one knows how to reach out and get it. Each of the players, and the Coach, struggles to overcome ethnic hatred that sparked violent confrontations after the elections. The purpose of the series is to show that it is possible for people to overcome their differences and that co-existence is possible.
