Thought Experiments

Thought Experiments

By David EjimSociety & Culture
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Thought Experiments episodes

  • Why nations divorce: Biafra as a cautionary tale for Africa
    On this episode we discuss the Biafran secession struggle under the following themes:
    •Colonialism’s setup of ethnic bigotry
    •Mistakes of actors and avoidable bloodshed
    •The present and future of secessionist agitations in Nigeria
    We also take questions from listeners on the lessons of the conflict and how to mend the existing divides.
    1 hr 6 min
  • There are no Africans: how to make some and fix Pan-Africanism.
    On this episode we discuss African Governance under the following themes:
    •Pan-Africanism
    •Constructing a new African Identity
    •Path and obstacles to African Unity
    We also take questions from listeners on Structure of governance, ethnic, linguistic and economic differences between different parts of the continent and other obstacles to achieving Unity.
    1 hr 23 min
  • The miseducation system
    On this episode we discuss Education under the following themes:
    •Education as functionalism
    •Class/resource constraints on education
    •Redefining our education system
    We also take questions from listeners on legislative reforms to the education system, the feasibility of such reforms and more...
    1 hr 2 min
  • Third World Economics: we’ll need more ~wine~ theories.
    On this first episode we discuss third world economics under the following themes:
    •The resource paradox
    •The fallacy of comparative advantage
    •The atrocity of debt forgiveness
    We also take questions from listeners on debt forgiveness, Chinese culpability in Covid-19 and more...
    1 hr 15 min

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Join David Ejim as he shares tips, ideas and hot takes on various issues with friends and the rising African intelligentsia live every Saturday @10am GMT on Discord. The live show is published as a podcast Sunday’s @12pm GMT on all major podcast platforms.