Africa is not naturally unstable.
It is structurally destabilised.

In this episode of Born Before Borders, we examine one of the most protected myths of modern politics: that African borders are neutral lines on a map. They are not.

Drawn in European conference rooms, these borders split ethnic groups, cut trade routes, fractured labour markets, and locked diverse societies into artificial states built for extraction

We explore:

• Why migration from and within Africa is often economic logic
• How colonial economies were designed to export raw materials, not build internal value chains
• Why national unity campaigns struggle inside structurally fragmented states
• How centralised power turns elections into existential battles
• Who benefits from keeping Africa politically divided
• And what it would mean to move beyond inherited borders