Africa Straight Talk

Ugandan recording artist and actor, and philanthropist, Bobi Wine, speaks with Africa Straight Talk about his education, music career, family, and his unlikely entry into politics. The man popularly known as “The Ghetto President” was elected to Parliament in 2017 and has since been jailed and allegedly tortured by the security forces of President Yoweri … Continue reading Episode 13 — Bobi Wine: The ‘Ghetto President’ Ugandan ‘Dictator’ Museveni Is Most Afraid of?

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize goes to Abiy Ahmed, the youthful Ethiopian prime minister, for making peace with Eritrea. Does he deserve the prize, given that he’s only been on the spotlight for a short time? Should he have shared the prize with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki just like Nelson Mandela and Frederik de Klerk? … Continue reading Episode 12: How Important is Nobel Peace Prize for Africa?

President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone says African deserves at least one permanent seat on the UN Security Council, He argues that the some of the greatest decisions the council comprising of France, Russia, United States, United Kingdom, and China makes are about Africa. So it make sense to give an African country a … Continue reading Episode 11: Is African Veto Power on UN Security Council a Reality or a Pipe Dream?

In a bold speech to the 74th United Nations National Assembly in September, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said that, every year, Africa loses “more than $50 billion through illicit financial outflows.” If he’d stopped there, the president might have been guilty of using a euphemism to describe centuries of looting of Africa’s resources. But Akufo-Addo … Continue reading Episode 10: Is Russia-Africa Summit Latest Attempt to ‘Rape’ Continent?

An the beginning, Byb Bibene’s story reads like a typical tale of an African immigrant in the west. Born Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo, Bibene arrived in the United States to find that even though he was educated in French (with masters degree)in the United States he was, as he puts it, “illiterate”. He … Continue reading Episode 9: Byb Bibene, African Renaissance Man

When the reign of President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, one of the most iconic African leaders, came to an end in 2017 after nearly 40 years, many did not believe it. Even more unbelievable was his death two years later at the age of 95. Was he are hero or a villain?

During the Apartheid era in South Africa, black people from all over Africa and the diaspora united against white minority rule. Who would have guest that after the end of Apartheid black African foreigners would be the new enemy? Listen to Nado’s and Okong’o’s take on the latest attacks on black African immigrants in South … Continue reading Episode 6: Blacks Turn on Blacks in South Africa

Africa’s population is expected to double by the year 2050. What will the continent, which is already struggling to provide for it’s current population, look like?