Podcast
The Africanist Podcast
Episodes
- Hospitality and Power in the Teranga Republic
In this episode of The Africanist Podcast, host Bamba Ndiaye sits down with Dr. Emily Jinan Riley of El Colegio de México to explore her groundbreaking book, Teraanga Republic (Ind…
- Mapping Defiance: Dr. Mark Deets on the Casamance Conflict
This episode of The Africanist Podcast features a rich and thought‑provoking conversation with Dr. Mark Deets of the American University in Cairo, whose award‑winning monograph A C…
- Tanzania’s Political Crisis: State, Protest, and Consequences
In this installment of our series Podcasting African Democracy, we sit down with Dr. Aikande Kwayu to unpack the turbulent aftermath of Tanzania’s recent presidential election. Mar…
- Textual Life: Shaykh Musa Kamara and the Politics of Knowledge
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Wendell H. Marsh (Mohammad VI Polytechnic University) to explore his groundbreaking book Textual Life: Islam, Africa, and the Fate of the Huma…
- Insistent Presence: Reimagining the Human Figure, Histories & Identities
In this episode, Ph.D candidate, (in Art History) Margaret Nagawa discusses "Insistent Presence", her curated exhibition at Emory University's Michael Carlos Museum. "Drawn from th…
- Taxed to the Limit: Kenya’s Youth Uprising and the Fight for Economic Justice
This episode is the first installment of a new series entitled Podcasting African Democracy. It was recorded on August 5th, 2025. In this episode, we speak with Wairimu Gathimba —…
- Sonic Scholarship: Teaching, Research and the Academic Podcast
In this special episode recorded live at the 2024 African Studies Association's Conference in Chicago, we delve into the vibrant world of academic podcasting with scholar-creators:…
- Africanfuturism vs. Afrofuturism
Step into the imaginative realms of Africanfuturism in this insightful episode featuring Prof. Kimberly Cleveland of Georgia State University in conversation with Bukunmi Bifarin (…
- Projections of Dakar: A Conversation with Devin Bryson and Molly Krueger Enz
In this episode, Profs Devin Bryson (Illinois College) and Molly Krueger Enz (South Dakota State University) discuss their co-authored monograph, Projections of Dakar: (Re) Imagini…
- Shadows of Conflicts: Eastern DRC's War and Regional Tensions
NB: This episode was recorded on February 8, 2025. Since then, the conflict in Eastern DRC has dramatically evolved with more than 7000 fatalities, thousands of displaced and sanct…
- Mozambique: Political Protest & Electoral Violence
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Natàlia Bueno, researcher at the Center for Social Studies (Coimbra University), to explore the recent political turmoil in Mozambique. The co…
- Perfect Marriage: A Conversation with Ba Mulenga Kapwepwe
This episode is a conversation with distinguished Zambian writer and activist Ba Mulenga Kapwepwe, who was recently invited to Emory University's Institute of African Studies to di…
- Coup Attempt in The Democratic Republic of the Congo
On May 19, 2024, an attempted coup occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The assailants targeted President Félix Tshesekedi and the Economy Minister, Vital Kamerh…
- Insignificant Things: A Conversation with Matthew Rarey
In this episode, Nyaradzai Mahachi (Emory University) discusses with Dr. Matthew Rarey (Oberlin College) about the latter's first monograph, Insignificant Things: Amulets and the A…
- The Demise of Senegalese Democracy?
In this conversation, Michelle Gavin (CFR), Rachel Beatty Riedl (Cornell University) and Bamba Ndiaye (Emory University) discuss the ongoing political crisis in Senegal. "On Saturd…
- Islam & Anarchism: A Conversation with Mohamed Abdou
Co-Host: Eman Ghanayem In this episode, we discuss Mohamed Abdou's (Columbia University) Islam and Anarchism. "Islam and Anarchism is a highly original and interdisciplinary work,…
- Seeing the Unseen: A Conversation with Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi
In this episode, Chelsy Monie and Dr. Susan Gagliardi (Emory University) discuss, the latter's recent monograph entitled Seeing the Unseen: Arts of Power Association on the Senufo-…
- Decolonizing the Mind: In Conversation with Ngūgī wa Thiong’o
In this episode, renowned Kenyan writer and thinker Ngūgī wa Thiong’o discusses crucial issues in African literature including the 1962 African Writers Conference in Kampala, langu…
- PART-TWO: The Sentencing of Ousmane Sonko & Another Uprising in Senegal
On June 1, 2023, a criminal court in Dakar found opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko guilty of corrupting the youth while dropping the rape and death threats charges in a historic cas…
- PART-ONE: The Sentencing of Ousmane Sonko & Another Uprising in Senegal
On June 1, 2023, a criminal court in Dakar found opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko guilty of corrupting the youth while dropping the rape and death threats charges in a historic cas…
