The Africanist Podcast
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This podcast investigates political, socio-economic, and cultural issues in contemporary Africa and the African Diasporas. It engages Africanist scholars, artists, activists, athletes, opinion leaders, business people, and ordinary citizens in a critical conversation about the challenges facing Africans and people of African descent.
Episodes
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 Indi...PlayShareThe 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 ...PlayShare”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 Decoloniz...PlayShareMilitary 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 milit...PlayShareIdriss 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...PlayShare