The African Sky Podcast (with host Adam Klein)

Host Adam Klein takes us to a distinguished panel at the Carter Center to learn more about a leading, yet preventable, cause of blindness. Special thanks to Emily Staub, Associate Director and Press Liaison to Health Programs at The Carter Center for her coordination and permission to broadcast this episode.

-IN THIS EPISODE- The African Sky Podcast is pleased to share this panel discussion regarding trachoma entitled “Seeing a Vibrant Future”,  held on October 18, 2018 as part of the Conversations at The Carter Center series. Special thanks to Emily Staub, Associate Director, Press liaison to Health Programs at The Carter Center for her coordination and permissionContinue reading Episode 7: Carter Center Panel on Trachoma →

In this episode… Writer, guitarist, and producer Banning Eyre offers an insightful overview of Malian music. The conversation touches upon the various “types” of Malian music- from Mande and Wassoulou of the south to the Tuareg and Sonrai music of the desert north, the connection between West African music and the American blues, the currentContinue reading Episode 6: Banning Eyre →

-IN THIS EPISODE-  William Moseley, Professor of Geography and Director of the Food, Agriculture & Society Program at Macalester College, discusses his Peace Corps experience in Mali, his dissertation on poverty-induced environmental degradation and the political ecology of cotton production in Mali and a range of other topics- the effect of the 2007-2008 global food crisis onContinue reading Episode 5: Dr. Bill Moseley, Professor, Macalester College →

-IN THIS EPISODE- Ethnomusicologist Mina Girgis, Co-Founder and CEO of the groundbreaking musical ensemble and advocacy initiative The Nile Project, discusses the organization, its founding, creative process, and the musical exchange between West Africa and the Nile River basin. Produced by Adam Klein  Engineered by Ben Holst of Tunewelders at 800 East Studios, Atlanta, GA Edited by Seth Samuel Original music from theContinue reading Episode 4: Mina Girgis, Ethnomusicologist →

-IN THIS EPISODE- Rahama Wright, founder of Shea Yeleen International, Inc., speaks about how her experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali led to the founding of Shea Yeleen, the story of the non-profit company and its community-centric model of supporting women’s shea cooperatives, the process of shea production and its uses, her experience participating on the President’s AdvisoryContinue reading Episode 3: Rahama Wright, Shea Yeleen International →

-IN THIS EPISODE- Dr. Karim Traore, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Associate Director of the African Studies Institute at the University of Georgia, discusses the epic of Sundiata, Mande caste system, the role of the griot, as well as various aspects of the hunters’ guild and hunters’ epics in modern society. Produced by AdamContinue reading Episode 2: Dr. Karim Traore, Professor, University of Georgia →

-IN THIS EPISODE- In the inaugural African Sky podcast, Host Adam Klein talks with African Sky founder Scott Lacy about his Peace Corps experience, founding the organization, his philosophy of sustainable development, the future of African Sky and U.S.-Malian partnerships in the post-Peace Corps Mali era, as well as his work tracking the famed sorghumContinue reading Episode 1: Scott Lacy, Founder, African Sky →