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The Africanist Podcast
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- PART-TWO: Why The Current Politico-Legal Unrest in Senegal?
PART-TWO: What happened in Ngor last week, a small fishing village on the coast of Dakar, Senegal? What do we know about the death of Adji Diallo, a 15-year-old inhabitant of the v…
- PART-ONE: Why The Current Politico-Legal Unrest in Senegal?
PART-ONE: What happened in Ngor last week, a small fishing village on the coast of Dakar, Senegal? What do we know about the death of Adji Diallo, a 15-year-old inhabitant of the v…
- Dispossession, Slavery and Inequality in West-Central Africa
In this episode, historian, Mariana Candido (Emory University), discusses her recent book entitled Wealth, Land, and Property in Angola: A History of Dispossession, Slavery, and In…
- Written Out of History: A Conversation with Joel Cabrita
In this episode, historian, Joel Cabrita (Standford University), discusses her recent monograph Written Out: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala (Ohio University Press 2023) She…
- Policing Social Activism in Africa
In this episode, Ugandan social activist and scholar, Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire (Institute of African Studies, Emory University), discusses the policing of social activism in contempo…
- Opposing Apartheid on Stage: A Conversation With Historian Tyler Fleming
In this episode, Associate Professor of History, Tyler Fleming (University of Louisville) discusses his book Opposing Apartheid on Stage: King Kong the Musical (University of Roch…
- Discussing Scripts of Blackness with Dr. Noémie Ndiaye
In this episode, Dr. Noémie Ndiaye (University of Chicago) discusses her recent monograph, Scripts of Blackness: Early Modern Performance Culture and the Making of Race (University…
- Military Coup and Political Impasse in Burkina Faso
The recent coup in Burkina Faso continues to raise many questions about the political future of the country as well as the relationships between Burkina Faso and its external partn…
- Challenging the Executive: Legislative Election in Senegal
On July 31, 2022, Senegal held its legislative election which resulted in a historical "split" parliament between the presidential coalition Benno Bokk Yakkaar (BBY) and the politi…
- Popular Uprising in Senegal: A Year Later
In this episode, the Drs. Oumar Ba (Cornell University) and Marame Gueye (East Carolina University) discuss the recent developments following the 2021 popular uprising in Senegal i…
- The Lemba People of South Africa and Jewish Genetic Ancestry Studies
In this episode, Dr. Noah Tamarkin (Anthropology, Cornell University) talks about his recent book, Genetics Afterlives: Black Jewish Indigeneity in South Africa (Duke University Pr…
- The Muridiyya on the Move: Islam, Migration and Place Making
In this episode, Prof. Cheikh Anta Babou (University of Pennsylvania) discusses his latest book, Muridiyya on the Move: Islam, Migration and Place-Making (Ohio University Press 202…
- ”Decolonizing Diasporas”: A Conversation with Dr. Figueroa-Vásquez
In this episode, Dr. Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez (Associate Prof. at Michigan State University) discusses her recent book entitled Decolonizing Diasporas: Radical Mappings of Afro-Atl…
- Military Coup in Guinea and the Arrest of President Alpha Condé
In this episode, Professor Mohamed Saliou Camara, Chair of the African Studies Department at Howard University discusses the recent military coup in Guinea Conakry that ousted Pres…
- Idriss Déby's Death and the Political Transition in Chad
"If you were to look closely at his time in power, it is punctuated by rebellions, it is punctuated by coup attempts, it is punctuated by civil unrest, human rights abuses; there i…
- The Current Popular Uprising in Senegal
Senegal, one of the model democracies on the African continent has been experiencing an unprecedented popular uprising following the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on di…
- The Evolution of Hip Hop in Urban Senegal_A Conversation with Dr. Catherine Appert
"One thing I push back against a little in the book is the sort of emphasis on resistance in scholarship on hip hop. Not because resistance isn't, or hasn't often been an important…
- Graduate/Doctoral Research Amidst a Global Pandemic
"The Pandemic started when I was finishing my dissertation. I have done a lot during this pandemic, it kind of forced me to finish." "I was supposed to start my fieldwork over the…
- #EndSARS: Protest Against Police Brutality in Nigeria
In this episode, Ph.D candidate and #EndSARS protest facilitator, Shamsudeen Abubakar, talks about the origin and manifestations of the #ENDSARS protest that has been taking place…
- African Philosophy and the "Existential" Quest
In this episode, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Dismas Masolo (University of Louisville) revisits historical attempts to deny the existence of African Philosophy as well as…
