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AFROFILES
by Afrofiles
A podcast featuring conversations and stories by students of African Studies. We center Africa and embrace the pluralism of perspectives, approaches, and projects within African Studies. Join us as we dig into the big, important questions, the unrivaled history, and the leading thinkers of Africa.
Episodes
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Are Coups Contagious?
Thanks for listening to Afrofiles! In this episode, Dr. Miles Tendi, professor of Politics and African Studies at Oxford University, talks with Luke St. Pierre and Sarah Daly about recent coups in north and west Africa. Find Miles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MilesTendi and check out his most...
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Transportation Infrastructure in Ghana
On today’s episode, we discuss transportation infrastructure in Ghana. Who goes where, when, and how in Accra is political, informed by urban geography, colonial history, culture, and technology. What ideas of progress and nation are embedded in roads, and how do ordinary citizens navigate the...
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Africa-India Connections
On this week's episode, AFROFILES sits down with Dr. Shobana Shankar, professor of African History at Stony Brook University and author of the An Uneasy Embrace: Africa, India and the Spectre of Race. For generations, Africans and South Asians have sustained networks of trade, migration…
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Nelson and Winnie Mandela
On this week’s episode, AFROFILES takes a deep dive into apartheid-era South Africa. Two of the most famous figures in the freedom struggle, Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, embodied distinct and contrasting visions of a post-apartheid future. To learn more about their marriage,...
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Misinformation and Disinformation
The proliferation of misinformation and disinformation in Africa has impacted countless lives, weakened democracies, and undermined efforts to defend human rights. The problem stands to worsen as new technologies render information and media increasingly vulnerable to manipulation. What does this...
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Rethinking the Conflict Minerals Paradigm
On this week's episode, Sarah sits down with two members of the University of Ghent's Conflict Research Group, Josaphat Musamba and Christoph Vogel, to discuss 'conflict minerals' in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The phrase ‘conflict minerals’ arose from well-intentioned Western organizations...
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The African Diaspora in China
Migrants from across Africa live in China, from Beijing to Macau to Hong Kong and most notably Guangzhou, and the total population is estimated in the hundreds of thousands. What, if anything, unites this diverse group, which includes entrepreneurs, artists, traders, scholars, and diplomats? And...
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LGBTQ+ Rights in Ghana
In today’s episode, Enoch Osei Koduah discusses the fight for LGBTQ+ rights in Ghana with Abdul-wadud Mohamed, a community activist and communications director at LGBT+ Rights Ghana. They discuss the contributions of queer people to Ghanaian society and address the new anti-LGBTQ legislation in...
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Africa and Outer Space, Part 2: Africa's Space and Satellite Industry
Africa's activities in space are reaching new heights, from national space programs to private ventures to international initiatives. In this week's episode, Leslie and Ed sit down with Temidayo Oniosun, managing director of Space in Africa, a consulting and analytics company with news, data and...
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Africa and Outer Space, Part 1: Zambia's Afronauts on Film
AFROFILES is back! On this week's episode, we interview Nuotama Frances Bodomo, an accomplished filmmaker whose short film “Afronauts” retells the story of the Zambian Space Program. We talk about the strange and zany story of Edward Makuka Nkoloso and his plans for space travel, and along the…
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African Alphabets
Africa has fostered the development of numerous writing systems across history, but European colonialism installed Roman script as a near universal while propagating the myth of a continent without letters. What’s the significance of African typography? And what worlds are embedded in the design…
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Israel in Africa
In this week's episode of AFROFILES Gerardo and Ed explore Israel’s long history in Africa with Dr. Yotam Gidron, author of Israel in Africa: Security, Migration, Interstate Politics. Israel has long sought to cultivate relationships with African governments, beginning even before Independence...
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The Commemorative Cloth Archive
This week's episode is about African commemorative wax prints. Commemorative textiles are produced across Africa to mark special occasions, from elections to holidays to weddings, and they often feature party slogans, historical figures, and Presidential faces. But these fabrics are not just a...
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The Amistad Rebellion
In this week’s episode, AFROFILES’ Leslie Rose talks with Dr. Marcus Rediker about the history of the Amistad Rebellion, a mutiny staged by enslaved Africans aboard the Spanish ship La Amistad in 1839. The vessel was ultimately taken into custody by the US Navy, and the 53 enslaved people were...
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The Epic of Sundiata
This week’s episode honors the late historian of Mande people and culture, Djibril Tamsir Niane, whose 1960 publication The Epic of Sundiata introduced the West to the legend of 13th-century Mali’s heroic king, Sundiata Keita. AFROFILES' Charlotte Bednarski interviews Dr. David Conrad, Emeritus...
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The Cradle Paradox
In this episode, we explore human prehistory and the legacy of colonialism in archeological anthropology. Ed sat down with Dr. Veronica Waweru, a lecturer in Swahili and African Studies here at Yale’s MacMillan Center. She is an archeological anthropologist committed to engaging local communities...
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Inside the African Collections
American Universities have some of the largest collections of African books and archival materials. The histories of their acquisition and preservation are fascinating--connecting Christian missionaries, government agencies, and today’s librarians to a global network. As researchers in African...
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Migrants in Morocco
Morocco is a chokepoint along migrant trails connecting Africa to Europe. According to the Migration Policy Institute, some 700,000 sub-Saharan migrants currently reside in Morocco, stalled on their journey into the EU. What is life like for these migrants, and what histories inform Morocco’s...
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The Italian Occupation of Ethiopia
In this episode, we illustrate the importance of a global and connected approach to African Studies by digging into a key moment in both African and American history: the Italian Occupation of Ethiopia. In October 1935, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini launched an invasion of Ethiopia that would...
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The Racial Politics in African Studies
In this episode, we discuss the racial politics in African Studies. What are the ramifications of a western dominated field of African Studies, specifically one that is skewed towards the white scholar, and an organizational stronghold, the African Studies Association or the ASA, that reflects…
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Introducing AFROFILES
What is Afrofiles? Who is on the team? Find out in this rather short episode of Afrofiles! Music by: RYYZN
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A podcast featuring conversations and stories by students of African Studies. We center Africa and embrace the pluralism of perspectives, approaches, and projects within African Studies. Join us as we dig into the big, important questions, the unrivaled history, and the leading thinkers of Africa.
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A podcast featuring conversations and stories by students of African Studies. We center Africa and embrace the pluralism of perspectives, approaches, and projects within African Studies. Join us as we dig into the big, important questions, the unrivaled history, and the leading thinkers of Africa.
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