Back to Common Ground
George responds to audience questions taken from Common Ground, the platform he co-created in Chapter 3. Listeners discuss everything from art to race using prompts from previous episodes, reaffirming...
15 Des 202340min
Jamaican DemAhCrazy Pt II
Shaken by the passing of his grandmother, George reflects on the post-colonial struggles of her generation. 1970s Jamaica provides an early case study of the weaponised debt that went on to re-colonis...
1 Des 202326min
Jamaican DemAhCrazy Pt I
When keeping it real goes…wrong? For a moment in the seventies, Jamaican democracy produced an ambitious plan to end inequality between countries. But when the island’s socialist leader, Michael Manle...
17 Nov 202327min
Francophone Pt II
When is a breakup not a breakup? When your ex controls every aspect of your life. After walking through the freedom struggles of Ghana and the Congo in previous episodes, George turns his attention to...
10 Nov 202327min
Francophone Pt I
The power of Western languages over African economies is undeniable, and nowhere is this more obvious than in Black music. Despite "Francophone” meaning French-speaking, across Africa, it signifies s...
27 Okt 202321min
Drama in Ghana Pt II
After achieving independence, Ghana gave support to freedom fighters across Africa. What went wrong?Written by George the Poet. Produced by Benbrick and George the Poet. Original score by Benbrick a...
20 Okt 202324min
Lumumba Pt II
With enemies lurking in every corner, Patrice Lumumba is trapped in his own home. As the first democratically elected prime minister of the Congo, he planned to use the country’s natural wealth to imp...
13 Okt 202326min
