African Arguments Podcast

By Peter Dörrie and Desné Masie

Hosts Peter Dörrie and Desné Masie discuss Africa's vibrant political, cultural, economic and social affairs with changing guests.... more

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The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.

African Arguments Podcast episodes:

August 08, 2016 Were the Local Elections in South Africa the Beginning of the End of the ANC?
Not least due to the underwhelming performance and controversial behavior of President Jacob Zuma, the ANC has experienced a historic defeat in last week's local elections. Together with Nick Branson and Nompumelelo Runji, we discuss the details of the outcome, analyse winners, losers and surprises and ask how the venerable could come back from this setback, if indeed it can.
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46min
July 26, 2016 Africa and the Panama Papers with Nicholas Shaxson
The Panama Papers have laid bare the extend of illicit financial flows and the impact of tax havens on the world. But how are these revelations connected to the African continent? Host Desné Masie discusses with journalist Nicholas Shaxson, author of "Treasure Islands".
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39min
March 15, 2016 No, President dos Santos will not step down in Angola just yet
Only hours after President dos Santos declared his intention to step down in 2018, we sat down with Angolan journalist/activist Rafael Marques de Morais and journalist/scholar Justin Pearce to discuss Angola's current situation.
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44min
February 09, 2016 Boom and Bust
Mansour Sy and Lorenzo Fioramonti join us to share quite different, but equally interesting visions on how to approach the issue of radically falling prices for commodities that has thrown many African economies into disarray.
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49min
January 26, 2016AAP#9: Gloomy Outlook for South Africa
We are joined by Martin Plaut and Gushwell Brooks to discuss the deplorable state of South African politics.

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Martin Plaut (guest): Twitter
Gushwell Brooks (guest): Twitter
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William Kentridge "Notes Towards a Model Opera" exhibition at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg
Justice Malala - We have now begun our descent: How to Stop South Africa losing its way
"West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song" exhibition at the British Library in London
JT Rappé
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The music on this podcast was kindly provided by DJ Maramza.
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34min
January 12, 2016AAP#8: Elections in Uganda
Ugandan Journalist Rosebell Kagumire and Crisis Group analyst Magnus Taylor join us to discuss Uganda's upcoming elections.
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Rosebell Kagumire (guest): Twitter
Magnus Taylor (guest): Twitter
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IOL - Sparrow and Hart: ‘Racists should leave SA’
BBC 4 - The Boat Children
Reports by Raymond Mujuni on YouTube
International Crisis Group -Burkina Faso: Transition, Act II
Mail & Guardian Africa
Articles by Christine Mungai
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The music on this podcast was kindly provided by DJ Maramza.
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40min
December 22, 2015That was Africa's 2015
We are joined by Richard Dowden, Director of the Royal African Society and and Yinka Adegoke, the editor of Quartz Africa, to discuss the big trends of Africa's 2015.

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Yinka Adegoke (guest): Twitter
Richard Dowden (guest): Twitter
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Notes
Recommendations
Defining the Narrative - group exhibition at the Gallery Momo in Cape Town
Boris Lojkine's "Hope" at the IMDB
Moussa Touré's "La Prigoue" at the IMDB and Amazon
"Fortunes of Africa: A 5,000 Year History of Wealth, Greed and Endeavour" by Martin Meredith
"Im Schatten des Baobab: Tic Toc Tausendbein und andere Geschichten aus Burkina Faso" by Anne Wenkel
Main discussion
"Winner Take All: China's Race For Resources and What It Means For Us" by Dambisa Moyo
The strange case of 77 blue-collar Chinese migrants that Kenya is calling “cyber-hackers”
Thanks for listening! We are grateful to African Arguments and the Royal African Society for supporting the podcast. If you would like to support us, have a suggestion for a topic we should cover or a guest we should invite, please get in touch! There are links to the social media profiles of our hosts above, or drop us a line at [email protected].
The music on this podcast was kindly provided by DJ Maramza.
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39min
December 08, 2015AAP#6: Elections in West Africa with Cynthia Ohayon and Kamissa Camara
West Africa experts Cynthia Ohayon and Kamissa Camara join us to talk about the outcome of this year's elections in West Africa and their national and regional implications.
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Kamissa Camara (guest): Twitter
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Recommendations
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Every 16-year-old in Sweden will get a copy of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s feminist manifesto
The original Ted-Talk
South African Institute of International Affairs
The International Crisis Group's West Africa publications
National Endowment for Democracy Africa page
Agenda
Black Georgians - The Shock of the Familiar
Sekouba Konaté pleads guilty to smuggling $64,000 into the US
Thanks for listening! We are grateful to African Arguments and the Royal African Society for supporting the podcast. If you would like to support us, have a suggestion for a topic we should cover or a guest we should invite, please get in touch! There are links to the social media profiles of our hosts above, or drop us a line at [email protected].
The music on this podcast was kindly provided by DJ Maramza.
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42min
November 26, 2015AAP#5: China in Africa with Deborah Brautigam
We are joined by Deborah Brautigam, author of "Will Africa feed China" and "The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa" to talk about Chinese-African relations and misconceptions of China's role on the African continent.
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Recommendations
Desne's review of "The Book of Memory" by Petinah Gappah
The Book of Memory on Amazon
The Royal African Society's "Whats_on Africa"
Graeme Wood: What ISIS really wants
Kongo: Power and Majesty at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Chris Blattman's blog post on the exhebition
China in Africa
2005 BBC article on dynamite factory explosion in Zambia
Eckart Woertz: "Oil for Food: The Global Food Crisis and the Middle East"
Agenda
Africities 2015 Summit
7th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
Deborah's talk at Wits University: "Feeding Frenzy – Fictions & Facts about China, Africa & the Media" on November 17
Thanks for listening! We are grateful to African Arguments and the Royal African Society for supporting the podcast. If you would like to support us, have a suggestion for a topic we should cover or a guest we should invite, please get in touch! There are links to the social media profiles of our hosts above, or drop us a line at [email protected].
The music on this podcast was kindly provided by DJ Maramza.
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37min
November 13, 2015AAP#4: Economic Statistics in Africa with Morten Jerven
We talk with Morten Jerven, author of "Poor Numbers" and "Africa: Why Economists get it Wrong" about the quality of economic statistics in Africa and why it matters.
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Recommendations:
Infographics on the MTN fine
Coverage of the MTN fine by IOL.co.za
New Frontiers in African Economic History Workshop
African Economic History Network
Free Textbook on the History of African Development
Beasts of no Nation on Netflix
Economic Statistics in Africa
"Rwanda accused of manipulating poverty statistics" by F24
Filip Reyntjens' article on the issue on African Arguments
"Africa's middle class is dramatically smaller than we think" by Quartz
Transcript of Thomas Picketty's Mandela Annual Lecture 2015
Ease of Doing Business Rankings
Agenda
African Studies Association Annual Meeting
United Nations Security Council Resolution on Burundi
Chatham House Event: The Pace of Change in Ethiopia: Present Day and Prospects Ahead
Thanks for listening! We are grateful to African Arguments and the Royal African Society for supporting the podcast. If you would like to support us, have a suggestion for a topic we should cover or a guest we should invite, please get in touch! There are links to the social media profiles of our hosts above, or drop us a line at [email protected].
The music on this podcast was kindly provided by DJ Maramza.
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39min

FAQs about African Arguments Podcast:

How many episodes does African Arguments Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.