The Shadow Scholars (2024)
1h 37m · 1 podcast episode about this movie
When Oxford Professor Patricia Kingori travels to Kenya, she uncovers the murky, multi-billion global underworld of essay-writing. Thousands of young and highly educated Kenyans – overqualified and chronically underemployed – have found lucrative work writing essays for students around the globe who are able and willing to pay for them. It’s a complex portrait of an issue that undermines the foundations of a pillar of humanity: education.
Interview with “Shadow Scholars” Director, Eloïse King100%
Jun 4, 2025 · 18m