The Empire, Wakanda & Ancient History: Helio Figueiredo

This week we sit down with Helio, essayist, historian and cultural commentator, for a conversation that completely reshapes the way we think about empire, masculinity, queerness and power.From Ancient Rome’s obsession with dominance and “bottom shaming”, to Emperor Hadrian deifying his lover Antinous… from Alexander the Great’s erased queer relationships to the ongoing exploitation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this episode travels across centuries to expose how colonialism didn’t just steal land, it rewrote history.We explore how empires manufacture identity, how education becomes propaganda, how masculinity is weaponised, and why queerness has always existed, even though we may try to forget it.Follow us on Social Media:TikTok: @AMAABFInstagram: @AMAABF