”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-Atlantic Literature (No...
16 Nov 202152min
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 President Alpha Condé. H...
24 Sep 202156min
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 is no way to look at ...
2 Maj 202159min
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 disorderly conduct and...
8 Mars 20211h 15min
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 facet of hip hop cu...
10 Feb 20211h 1min
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 summer, I was suppos...
16 Jan 20211h 35min
#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 in many Nigerian cit...
6 Dec 20201h 1min
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 African scholars' re...
12 Okt 20201h 12min
