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FAQs about Africa Past & Present » Afripod:How many episodes does Africa Past & Present » Afripod have?The podcast currently has 155 episodes available.
September 22, 2015Episode 93:Lisa Lindsay (North Carolina) on her forthcoming biography of James Churchwill Vaughan whose life provides insights into the bonds of slavery and family and the differing prospects for people of African descent in the 19th-century Atlantic world. Vaughan's odyssey took him from slavery-ridden South Carolina to Liberia and finally Nigeria, where he was involved in the Yoruba Wars, led a revolt against white racism, and founded not only the first independent Nigerian church but also a family of activists. With guest host, Laura Fair....more33minPlay
May 21, 2015Episode 92:Hikabwa Decius Chipande (PhD 2015 Michigan State) on the political and social history of football (soccer) in Zambia. He discusses becoming an historian; the game's relationship with British colonizers, the copper mines, and postcolonial governments; and the archival research and oral interviewing process. Chipande concludes with insights from his extensive experience with sport development in Africa....more37minPlay
April 28, 2015Episode 91:Peter Cole (Western Illinois, SWOP [Wits]) compares Durban and San Francisco, maritime union solidarities, the anti-apartheid movement, and technological change in the two ports. Cole concludes with reflections on researching and teaching comparative history....more35minPlay
March 31, 2015Episode 90:Menán Du Plessis (Stellenbosch University and U. of Kentucky) on her literary work, research on the Kora! language, and the significance of Khoesan linguistics to southern African studies. Du Plessis also considers digitization efforts and the impact of mass media and the Internet on endangered African languages....more24minPlay
February 03, 2015Episode 89:Laura Seay (Government, Colby College) on becoming a Congo scholar; the genealogy and impact of her Texas in Africa blog; using Twitter for academic purposes and public discourse; and her book project titled Substituting for the State about non-state actors and governance in eastern DR Congo. Follow Laura on Twitter: @texasinafrica...more32minPlay
January 13, 2015Episode 88:Keith Breckenridge (WISER) on the current state of digital Southern African Studies; the politics, funding, and ethics of international partnerships in digital projects; and his new book Biometric State: The Global Politics of Identification and Surveillance in South Africa, 1850 to the Present. Follow Keith on Twitter: @BreckenridgeKDPart I of a series on digital African studies....more29minPlay
December 03, 2014Episode 87:Chitja Twala (History, Univ. of Free State) on the history of black politics and the African National Congress in the Free State province; oral history; cultural resistance; the field of History in South Africa; lessons of the Marikana Massacre; and transformation in South African higher education....more39minPlay
November 12, 2014Episode 86:Tebogo Motswetla, a leading African cartoonist from Botswana, on his journey of becoming a cartoonist; the 25th anniversary of his character Mabijo; applied aspects of his work; seTswana language dialogue; the creative process, censorship, and freedom of expression....more27minPlay
November 04, 2014Episode 85:Abdilatif Abdalla is the best-known Swahili poet and independent Kenya's first political prisoner. He discusses poetry as a political instrument and as an academic field; publication prospects for African poets; and how poetry enabled him to survive three years of solitary confinement, after which he spent 22 years in exile. The interview ends with Abdalla reciting his poem Siwati (I Will Never Abandon My Convictions).With guest host Ann Biersteker....more30minPlay
October 22, 2014Episode 84:Pius Adesanmi (Carleton University) on African literatures, public intellectuals, Sahara Reporters blog, social media and postcolonial writing, Yoruba and Anglophone literatures, imposed transnationalismin the African literature classroom and What is Africa to me?...more27minPlay
FAQs about Africa Past & Present » Afripod:How many episodes does Africa Past & Present » Afripod have?The podcast currently has 155 episodes available.