South-South Globalisation Podcast
by Temitope Ajileye
The South-South Globalisation Podcast brings you stories of movements of people, capital, and ideas between communities of the Global South. The stories will show how knowledge is produced and exchanged along routes that do not necessarily intersect with or need the mediation of the West. The podcast will capture a plurality of voices, experiences, and geographies.Subscribe to the newsletter at http://bit.ly/ssgpodcast
Episodes
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Joys and Sorrows of Migrant Students in Delhi
In this episode you will hear from Shivangi, a young researcher I met in my college in Oxford, the same college where this podcast was born. Shivangi talks about the movement of students from the peripheries of India, the North Eastern regions, to the centre, the capital New Delhi. We will learn...
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Contesting Sovereignty - How the African Union and ASEAN Negotiated Integration and Sovereignty
Sovereignty is a foundational idea upon which regional organisation of nations is built, yet its demise has often been predicted. Regionalism, which commits states to common frameworks such as rules and norms, tests sovereignty as states relinquish some sovereign power to achieve other goals such...
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Making Film in Egypt: The Artisans Behind the Camera in Cairo
In this episode we talk about the material aspects of making movies in Egypt, trying to tease which aspects are shared and which are unique to that context. The Egyptian movie industry is also a powerhouse in the Arab world, we discuss its role in the region and which processes gave it the...
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The Politics of Hair: Indian Hair and Nigerian Entrepreneurs
Within any human community, human hair is intertwined with all sorts of gendered, racial, class, and religious politics and mean making. To make matters even more complex, at times hair entangles communities that are geographically far from each other in often intimate ways. In this episode Bani...
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Old and New Languages in Ghana - Part II
West Africa is currently undergoing a sociolinguistic crossroads. Francophone countries such as the Ivory Coast seem to be embracing English as a more economically viable lingua franca. Meanwhile, anglophone nations like Ghana have initiated more emphasis on French to the point of near...
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Old and New Languages in Ghana - Part I
West Africa is currently undergoing a sociolinguistic crossroads. Francophone countries such as the Ivory Coast seem to be embracing English as a more economically viable lingua franca. Meanwhile, anglophone nations like Ghana have initiated more emphasis on French to the point of near...
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The Emergence of Southern Multilateralisms
Multilateral institutions such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organisation are open to countries from all parts of the world. However, they were formed under the initiative of Western powers, thus countries from the Global South struggle to acquire economic and strategic relevance…
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Liminal States Across the Mexican Border
Humberto was born in Mexico City, grew up in Monterrey, and moved to Houston, Texas when he was 10. Both countries have their own problems regarding race and immigration and from a young age, he was aware of the tensions in the United States, even in a place as diverse as Houston. Returning to...
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Demystifying China in Africa
Nicolas grew up in Rio and has always been aware of the African contributions to the formation of Brazil. These origin stories have a mythical, faded, character, contradicted by the stark racial inequality in the Latin American country. Today, despite the cultural links between the two regions,...
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Latin American Forays in Africa
Nicolas grew up in Rio and has always been aware of the African contributions to the formation of Brazil. These origin stories have a mythical, faded, character, contradicted by the stark racial inequality in the Latin American country. Today, despite the cultural links between the two regions,...
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Discovering South in Rio
In 1979 Elleke, then a 17 year old woman, travelled from South Africa to Brazil. She only stayed three days in the South American country, but the colours, sounds, and tastes of Rio left a long-lasting impression on her. Elleke, coming from the wrapped political and racial state of Apartheid…
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South-South Globalisation Podcast - Intro
2020 has presented us with many generational challenges. Within the context of the universities, the summer of protests has brought with it renewed calls to decolonise spaces, curricula, and knowledge production. At the same time, travel restrictions and social distancing have put into crisis the...
About this show
The South-South Globalisation Podcast brings you stories of movements of people, capital, and ideas between communities of the Global South. The stories will show how knowledge is produced and exchanged along routes that do not necessarily intersect with or need the mediation of the West. The podcast will capture a plurality of voices, experiences, and geographies.Subscribe to the newsletter at http://bit.ly/ssgpodcast
Hosted by
Temitope Ajileye