Kona (TV series)

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Kona
Kona telenovela logofile.png
Genre Telenovela [1]
Starring
Country of originKenya
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes250 [2]
Production
Executive producerLaurence Lurie
ProducerAppie Matere
Production locations Dagoretti, Nairobi
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time24-27 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Africa Magic
Release26 August 2013 (2013-08-26) –
8 August 2014 (2014-08-08)

Kona is a Kenyan primetime telenovela that premiered on Africa Magic Channel on 26 August 2013 to 2014. Starring Nini Wacera, Lwanda Jawar, Abubakar Mwenda, Brenda Wairimu, Muthoni Gathecha and an ensemble cast.

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Production

Prior to the launching of the series, 179 episodes were already published. Filming took place in Dagoretti in Western Nairobi. [2] [3] The show was officially launched on 21 August 2013 in Nairobi. [4] [5]

Plot

The story follows the not-so-perfect lives of the Oyange family and their struggles deepened by love and hate. When business tycoon Richard Oyage dies in a grisly car accident, he leaves behind a wife, Ayira (Muthoni Gathecha), his first daughter, Julia (Nini Wacera), the second one, Pamela (Brenda Wairimu) and a son, Wanjala (Lwanda Jawar). Julia later inherits her father's project, a boxing gym, where she has to step into a man's shoes in an evidently chauvinistic society, where men set the rules. [6]

Cast

Broadcast

Broadcasters that carry Kona are Africa Magic Entertainment and Maisha Magic East. Africa Magic Entertainment originally broadcast it on weeknights at 7:30 pm from 16 August 2013 [6] to 8 August 2014, taking exactly one year. It debuted on Maisha Magic in September 2014.

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