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Pages Of Africa episodes
- ‘Diaspora Blues’: Home, Absence and the Distance between
When leaving becomes survival, home is indeed the mouth of a shark. This episode talks about the effects of migration on those left behind.
12 min - Home: Why People Leave and the Walls That Pretend Otherwise
An exploration of the reality of migration especially in Africa using Warsan Shire’s poem ‘Home’.
15 min - Cycles of Violence
In Small Country, Gaby’s peaceful childhood in Burundi unravels as ethnic violence erupts in Rwanda and Burundi. Through his experience, we witness the theft of innocence, the trauma of war and the identity crisis that builds up with exile. This captures the cycles of violence in postcolonial Africa.
15 min - Built to Divide: The Lasting Architecture of Apartheid
This episode explores some of the laws of apartheid in close connection to two texts Sizwe Bansi is Dead a play by Athol Fugard and Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. These texts explore the social realities of apartheid South Africa.
20 min - Colonial Legacies
This episode delves into the African reality and how it is a product of colonialism.
20 min - Weep not, Child: An Exploration of Kenyan Colonial ExperienceThis episode delves into the Kenyan colonial experience encapsulated in the historical fiction by Ngugi wa Thiongo titled Weep not, Child. It discuses dispossession and decolonisation as focal points addressed in the text.25 min
- A Beautiful Defence of AfricaThis episode is a review of a classic novel side by side an essay by the same writer which serves as a beautiful way of asserting the African cultural identity.26 min
- IntroductionThis is basically an expanded trailer episode that contains a summary of all I hope to discuss in this podcast.4 min
About Pages Of Africa
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Pages of Africa: Let's Talk African Literature is a platform that discusses Africa and the uniqueness of each country through African literature. It's a dive into the African reality both past and…
present through the exploration of words woven together beautifully by African writers.