Afrologue Podcast

This episode we discuss the lack of representation on Beyonce’s recent album The Gift. For a movie that was set in East Africa using East African names, is her album a real representation of the continent and can it really be called “A Gift to Africa”? We also discuss the discrimination black British actors in hollywood by the likes of Spike Lee and Samuel L Jackson.

On this episode we discuss the recent interview Paul Kagame had with France 24 which challenged the President’s adherence to human rights during the last Rwandan election in 2016. 

On this episode we discuss the way Yewande Biala was portrayed on the popular Love Island show. We also discuss the ex-Gambian President’s accusations of rape and sexual assault, is he being scape coated just because he’s an African leader?

On this episode we have our guest Paula who is a shoe designer as well as an activist for all things black and ethnic minority movements in the UK @_issamovement on Instagram

On this episode with a special Guest, Kevin from AfroBallers(platform for promoting African talent in basketball)we discussed the state of African sports the lack of infrastructure and government support towards African athletes in basketball football and across the board of athletics. We also discuss and address whether the state of absolute poverty in Nigeria really exists or are just trumped up statistics

We discuss the recent cases of hospitals detaining patients for non payment of medical fees, as we consider African healthcare systems more widely. We also debate the adequacy of the recent apology for colonialism by the Prime Minister of Belgium.

Two volunteers from FORWARD, a leading Female Genital Mutilation charity, join us as we discuss what Female Genital Mutilation is, and it's existence in Africa. We also give our verdicts on political changes in Sudan.

On this episode we have Victoria the CEO of Sunmo Snack talking about establishing her business, what the challenges have been and the uniqueness of the Sunmo Plantain Crisps. We also explore whether African food is inherently unhealthy.

On this episode we discuss the tragedies that have befallen the continent recently, namely the Ethiopian Airline plane crash and the cycle idai. We explore whether Africa is able to finance its own development or whether we will always rely on the West. We also discuss whether the protests against Algeria’s president is a sign that dictatorship is slowly ending across Africa.

In this episode we discuss how profitable it is to invest in the continent and what industries to invest in, the differences that Africans in diaspora and Africans on the continent share, and we debate about whether we should support business brands just because they’re black owned or only support business on merit