In this episode, we talk to Khwezi Mkhize about his current project Home-Made Empire: South Africa’s Imperium, where he moves away from the dominant periodization of apartheid, to think about South Africa as a nation state with its own imperial project, particularly evident in its aspirations toward Namibia. Khwezi brings a different focus to the work of black intellectuals working against colonialism and racial rule in South Africa, adding a global and diasporic dimension to South African intellectual history, a history that has often remained in the shadow of the singular national history of apartheid.

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Our amazing intro track is by Shane Cooper, called "Bass in the Bathroom", from the album "Small Songs for Big Times", March 2020. For more, please visit shanecopper.bandcamp.com/