All Episodes

Ep. 203: Fellows Fu Asiedu and Ami Tamakloe on the Anti-LGBT Bill in Ghana

Ep. 202: Fellow Basil Ibrahim and Tedd Moya Mose on Sustainable Energy Systems

Ep. 201: Fellow Expédit Ologou and Mamadou Ismaïla Konaté on Democracy (French)

Ep. 200: Military Coups in Africa with the Global Stage Podcast

Ep. 199: Carolyn Holmes on the Upcoming South Africa Elections

Good Authority: Despite Africa’s Digital Media Boom, Huge Access Gaps Persist

Good Authority: Don’t Call it a “Coup Epidemic” in Africa

Ep. 198: AFCON and the Politics of Southern African Football

Ep. 197: Nisrin Elamin on the Conflict in Sudan (rerun)

Ep. 196: Fellow Expédit Ologou and Mamadou Seck on Senegal's Election (French)

Ep. 195: Fellow Gopolang Botlhokwane and South Africa's Case Against Israel

Ep. 194: Fellows Fu Asiedu and Ami Tamakloe and a People's Political History of Ghana

Ep. 193: Lawrence Were and Access to Health Insurance

Ep. 192: Takondwa Semphere and Khaleelah Logan on Black African Diaspora and the Continent

Introducing Our New Fellows

Ep. 191: Bamba Ndiaye and Michelle Gavin on Democratic Crisis in Senegal

Ep. 190: 2023 Year in Review

Ep. 189: Paul Friesen on Local Democratic Resilience

Ep. 188: Dominika Koter on Democracy in Benin

Ep. 187: Alexandra Blackman on Democracy in Tunisia

Ep. 186: Democracy in Malawi

Ep. 185: Kwadwo Owusu on Environmental Health and Well-Being

Ep. 184: Fellow Maseke Rioba and Yasah Musah on Identity as a Human Right

Ep. 183: Nisrin Elamin on the Conflict in Sudan

Ep. 182: Mandela Fellows Sandile Mnikati, Lindah Chavuya, Eunice Shapange, and Matshidiso Lencoasa on Public Policy

Bonus: Zimbabwe's 2023 Elections

Ep. 181: Mandela Fellows Aisha Namugga, Bashiru Koroma, and Louise Tekapso on Sustainability

Ep. 180: Mandela Fellows Dede Barpeen, Gibson Maina, and Ruth Sulaimon on Health

Ep. 179: #OccupyJulorbiHouse Protests in Ghana

Ep. 178: E. Tendayi Achiume and Eleanor Paynter on race, refuge, and border justice (rerun)

Student Essay Winner: The Nigeria 2023 Election

Become an Ufahamu Africa Podcast Fellow

Ep. 177: A conversation with fellow Bamba Ndiaye and journalist Borso Tall on uprisings in Senegal (part 2)

Ep. 176: A conversation with fellow Bamba Ndiaye and journalist Borso Tall on uprisings in Senegal (part 1)

Bonus: Laura Seay's review of "Roadblock Politics," "The War That Doesn't Say Its Name," and "Batman Saves the Congo"

Ep. 175: A conversation with fellow Kamogelo Tinyiko Theledi, Mpho Tjope, Rhulani Baloyi, and Kamohelo Sebudi about marginalized identities

Ep. 174: A conversation with Maseke Rioba and Njuguna Macharia on the sport of debate

Ep. 173: A conversation with fellow Kamogelo Tinyiko Theledi on arts funding and corruption

Ep. 172: A conversation with E. Tendayi Achiume and Eleanor Paynter on race, refuge, and border justice

Ep. 171: A conversation with Mai Hassan, Nisrin Elamin, and Deen Sharp on Sudan

Ep. 170: A conversation with activist Fatima Derby on Uganda's anti-gay bill

Bonus: Miriam Anderson reviews "War, Women, and Post-conflict Empowerment"

Bonus: Carolyn E. Holmes reviews "The Inheritors" and "Until We Have Won Our Liberty"

Ep. 169: A conversation with Oumar Ba, Marame Gueye, and Bamba Ndiaye on Senegalese democracy

Bonus: Laura Seay reviews "These Are Not Gentle People"

Ep. 168: A conversation with fellow Takondwa Priscilla Semphere and Keith Mundangepfupfu on African school culture

Ep.167: A conversation with Prince Guma, Astrid Haas, and Patience Mususa on urban Africa

Ep. 166: A conversation with fellow Bamba Ndiaye and Ugandan activist Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire

Ep. 165: A conversation with fellow Kamo Tinyiko Theledi, Solly Moeng, and Sthembiso Sithole about social media and elections

Ep. 164: A conversation with fellow Maseke Rioba and human rights lawyer Diakhoumba Gassama about FGM

Bonus: Travis B. Curtice's review of "Policing and Politics in Nigeria"

Ep. 163: A conversation with fellow Takondwa Priscilla Semphere and her students on how we define Africa

Ep. 162: A conversation with Idayat Hassan about the upcoming Nigerian elections

Ep. 161: A conversation with fellow Kamogelo Tinyiko Theledi and guest Momo Matsunyane about South African load-shedding and its effects on artists

Bonus: Dan Eizenga's review of "The Islamic State in Africa"

Ep. 160: A conversation with fellow Bamba Ndiaye and guests Sophia Denise Sow and Zachariah Mampilly about African activism

Ep. 159: A conversation with Mayor Manuel de Araújo on urban governance, community, and climate resilience

Ep. 158: A conversation with Joe Muturi about urban politics

Ep. 157: A conversation with Lauren Honig about land politics in Zambia and Senegal

Ep. 156: A conversation with cohosts Kim and Rachel on accusations of corruption in Malawi

Ep. 155: A conversation with Eric Osei Assibey about the financial situation in Ghana

Ep. 154: A conversation with fellow Samah Fawzi about the Western Sahara (part 2)

Ep. 153: A conversation with fellow Samah Fawzi about the Western Sahara (part 1)

Ep. 152: A conversation with fellows Soinato Leboo and Gretchen Walch about making it in Kenya

Ep. 151: Introducing season 7 and our new fellows

Bonus: Laura Seay's review of "Born in Blackness"

Bonus: Senegal's Voters in the Driver's Seat

Bonus: A rerun of our conversation with Naunihal Singh about coups

Bonus: Laura Seay's review of "The Black and White Rainbow"

Bonus: Laura Seay's review of "Do Not Disturb"

Bonus: Laura Seay's review of "Bring Back Our Girls"

Bonus: Laura Seay and Kim Yi Dionne recommend 3 books on Kenyan politics

Bonus: Fulya Felicity Turkmen's review of "Development, (Dual) Citizenship, and Its Discontents in Africa"

Bonus: Naazneen H. Barma's review of "The Frontlines of Peace"

Ep. 150: Hosts Kim Yi Dionne and Rachel Beatty Riedl wrap up season 6

Bonus: Kim Yi Dionne's review of Paul Farmer's "Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds"

Ep. 149: A conversation with fellows Soinato Leboo and Gretchen Walch and Kenyans going abroad

Ep. 148: A conversation with fellow Wanjiku Ngugi and Catherine Muya on new media and democracy

Bonus: Kate Cronin-Furman's review of "States of Justice"

Ep. 147: A conversation with fellow Chido Nyaruwata and Amanda Mokoena about race, gender, and the natural environment

Bonus: Zainab Usman's review of "The Politics of Order in Informal Markets"

Ep. 146: A conversation with fellow Chido Nyaruwata and Awino Okech about gender, protests, and political change in Africa

Bonus: Laura Seay's review of "Tanzania's Informal Economy"

Ep. 145: A conversation with Leo Arriola, Lise Rakner, and Nic van de Walle about democratic backsliding

Ep. 144: A conversation with fellow Samah Fawzi, Ismail Bishr, and Mohamed Babiker about Sudanese-Chadian relations and postcolonial border formation

Ep. 143: A conversation with fellow Wanjiku Ngugi and artist and historian Wambui Kamiru about art, history, and memory

Bonus: Laura Seay's review of "The Shadow King"

Ep. 142: A conversation with fellows Soinato Leboo and Gretchen Walch on how African culture is stolen, shamed, and repackaged into popular culture

Bonus: How a new UK program will endanger migrants, not protect them

Ep. 141: A conversation with fellow Chido Nyaruwata and Zethu Matebeni about African queer theory

Ep. 140: A conversation with fellow Samah Fawzi and Mohamed Shidane, Hassan Jama, and Najih Al-Hilowli about Somalia and Somalis

Bonus: Laura Seay's review of "Negotiating Public Service in Congo"

Ep. 139: A conversation with Zainab Usman about climate change

Ep. 138: A conversation with fellows Soinato Leboo and Gretchen Walch about foreignness and Kenyan identities

Ep. 137: A conversation with Mai Hassan about politics in Kenya and Sudan

Ep. 136: A conversation with fellow Chido Nyaruwata and Elizabeth Gulugulu about young people and climate change

Ep. 135: A conversation with fellow Wanjiku Ngugi and Nerima Were about sexual and reproductive health and rights

Bonus: Kim Yi Dionne's review of Robbie Corey-Boulet's "Love Falls On Us"

Bonus: Laura Seay's review of Nwando Achebe's "Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa"

Ep. 134: A conversation with Emmanuel Balogun about how to fight coups

Ep. 133: A conversation with Naunihal Singh about coups

Ep. 132: A conversation with Bamba Ndiaye of the Africanist podcast

Ep. 131: A conversation with Yang-Yang Zhou of the Scope Conditions Podcast

Ep. 130: A conversation with Nkatha Kabira about the past, present, and future of African law

Ep. 129: Looking back on Ufahamu Africa in 2021 and ahead to 2022

Ep. 128: Introducing our non-resident fellows

Ep. 127: Mashup with Judd Devermont and Nicole Wilett from "49"

An Introduction to Ufahamu Africa

Bonus: Laura Seay’s review of Lina Benabdallah’s book on China-Africa relations

Ep. 126: Season 5 Finale

Ep. 125: A conversation with Alhousseini Diabate about land and food access in West Africa (English)

Ep. 125: A conversation with Alhousseini Diabate about land and food access in West Africa (French)

Ep. 124: A conversation with Tarila Marclint Ebiede about about violence and governance in Nigeria

Ep. 123: A conversation with Liliane Umubyeyi and Amah Edoh on reparations

Ep. 122: Hear Ufahamu Africa on Migrations: A World on the Move

Ep. 121: A conversation with Amal Fadlalla

Hear Ufahamu Africa on Foreign Policy Playlist

Ep. 120: A conversation with Zachariah Mampilly on researching African politics

Ep. 119: A conversation with Shamiran Mako and Valentine Moghadam on “After the Arab Uprisings”

Ep. 118: A rerun of our conversation with Ashley Currier about LGBT organizing in Africa

Ep. 117: A conversation with Goitom Gebreleul about the genocide in Tigray, Ethiopia

Ep. 116: A conversation with Christina Cottiero and Expédit Ologou about Benin

Ep. 115: A conversation with Robtel Neajai Pailey on citizenship and Liberia

Ep. 114: A conversation with Dan Eizenga on Idriss Déby and Chad

Ep. 113: A conversation with Nanjala Nyabola about "Travelling While Black"

Ep. 112: A conversation between Kim and Rachel about COVID-19 vaccines

Ep. 111: A conversation between Kim and Rachel about the protests in Senegal

Ep. 110: A conversation with N’Dri Assié-Lumumba about education and human capital in Africa

Ep. 109: A conversation with Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin, Francis Nyamnjoh, and George Ofosu

Ep. 108: A conversation with Adom Getachew on postcolonialism, worldmaking, and more

Ep. 107: A conversation with Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué on gender, identity, and nationalism in Cameroon

Ep. 106: Repatriation of Museum Objects, Part 2

Ep. 105: Repatriation of Museum Objects, Part 1

Ep. 104: Looking back on 2020 and forward to 2021

Ep. 103: A conversation with Cyril Obi of the African Peacebuilding Network

Ep. 102: A conversation with Noah Nathan about the Ghanaian election

Ep. 101: A conversation with Anne Meng about authoritarianism and leadership succession

Ep. 100: A conversation with Siba Grovogui about race and racism in international relations (French)

Ep. 100: A conversation with Siba Grovogui about race and racism in international relations

Ep. 99: Wole Soyinka in conversation with Chris Abani

Ep. 98: A conversation between Patrick Mbullo Owuor and Denielle Elliott

Ep. 97: A conversation with Lina Benabdallah on the link between China and Africa

Ep. 96: A conversation with Yonatan Morse about the 3 crises in Cameroon

Ep. 95: A conversation with Oumar Ba about international justice

Ep. 94: A conversation with our co-hosts, Rachel Beatty Riedl and Kim Yi Dionne

Bonus: Hear a review of two new books on what Africa’s urbanization means for politics

Bonus: Emmanuel Balogun’s review of “The Political Life of an Epidemic”

Bonus: Laura Seay’s review of “From Pews to Politics”

Ep. 93: A conversation with Kim Yi Dionne and Ken Opalo about the politics and policy of the COVID-19 pandemic and more

Ep. 92: A conversation with entrepreneurs on the continent about innovation, COVID, and more

Ep. 91: A conversation with Peace Medie about gender and conflict in Africa, writing research and fiction, and more

Ep. 90: A conversation with George Ogola about African media, unchecked political power, and more

Ep. 89: Ufahamu Africa hosts discuss African government responses to COVID-19

Ep. 88: A talk with Nic Cheeseman about his latest book, Uganda, and much more

Ep. 87: A conversation with Marja Hinfelaar on Zambian politics, environment and energy, and more

Ep. 86: A conversation with Moïses Williams Pokam Kamdem about Africa’s energy sector, Cameroon’s political history, and more [FRENCH VERSION]

Ep. 86: A conversation with Moïses Williams Pokam Kamdem about Africa’s energy sector, Cameroon’s political history, and more

Ep. 85: A conversation Jennifer Hart on transportation, digital humanities, and more

Ep. 84: A Lunar New Year conversation with Jamie Monson on China-Africa relations, seeing technology from the user perspective, and more

Ep. 83: A conversation with Yvonne Owuor on development, politics, storytelling, and more

Ep. 82: A conversation with Kako Nubukpo on the franc CFA, development, elections, and more (French)

Ep. 82: A conversation with Kako Nubukpo on the franc CFA, development, elections, and more

Ep. 81: Another Africa Podcast Mashup: Kim Yi Dionne on AIDS interventions in Africa, podcasting, and more

Ep. 80: A conversation with Emmanuel Katongole on a political theology for Africa

Ep. 79: A conversation with Ken Opalo about political institutions, public goods, and more

Ep. 78: A conversation with Kathleen Klaus on land and politics in East Africa and beyond

Ep. 77: A conversation on agriculture and innovation in Africa with YALI Mandela Fellows

Ep. 76: A conversation with Grieve Chelwa on how economics has an Africa problem

Ep. 75: A conversation with Richard Banegas on citizenship, identity cards, and more

Ep. 74: A conversation with Mandela Fellows from Zambia, Senegal, and Cameroon on mobile money’s challenges and opportunities

Bonus: A review of Erin Hern’s book on public service provision and political participation

Bonus: Hear a review of three new books on power and politics in Nigeria

Bonus: A review of Milli Lake’s book on NGOs and gender justice in Congo and South Africa

Bonus: An author Q&A with Elizabeth Foster on her new book, "African Catholic"

Bonus: A review of Bleck and van de Walle’s book on electoral politics in Africa

Bonus: A review of Peter Martell’s new book on South Sudan

Bonus: A review of Nanjala Nyabola’s book on Kenyan politics in the digital age

Bonus: Anna Mwaba’s review of Elizabeth Schmidt’s book on foreign intervention in Africa

Bonus: Kim Dionne’s TMC review of Nicholas Rush Smith’s book on vigilantism in South Africa

Bonus: Kim Dionne’s TMC review of Peter Mendy’s book, Amílcar Cabral

Ep. 73: (North American) summer is here!

Bonus: Kim Dionne’s TMC review of Sisonke Msimang’s book, Always Another Country

Ep. 72: A conversation with Susanna Wing on intergroup violence and instability in Mali

Bonus: Laura Seay’s TMC review of Ayisha Osori’s book, "Love Does Not Win Elections"

Ep. 71: A conversation with Erin Pettigrew on Muslim spiritual mediators, locally relevant research, and more

Ep. 70: A conversation with Ato Kwamena Onoma on property rights, refugees, and more

Ep. 69: A conversation with Boniface Dulani on Malawi’s elections, chieftaincy, and more

Ep. 68: A conversation with Maggie Dwyer about army mutinies in Africa, and more.

Ep. 67: An Africa podcast mashup

Ep. 66: A conversation with Abdourahmane Seck on Islam, modernity, and more

Ep. 65: A conversation with Jeffrey Paller on urban politics, democracy in Ghana, and more

Ep. 64: A conversation with Hannah Armstrong on politics in Algeria, the Sahel, illicit trafficking and borders

Ep. 63: A conversation with Muna Ndulo on international financial transparency, investment vs. insurgency, and more

We’re on (spring) break

Ep. 62: A conversation with Khalid Medani on protests in Sudan

Ep. 61: A conversation with Sally Nuamah on girls’ education

Ep. 60: A conversation with Nyokabi Kamau on feminism in Kenya

Ep. 59: A conversation with Matt Buehler on how governments spoil opposition alliances in North Africa

Ep. 58: A conversation with Wendell Marsh on the history (and modernity) of Islam and the African world

Ep. 57: A conversation with Nicholas Kerr about Nigerian elections, citizens’ opinions about election quality, and more

Ep. 56: A conversation with Dr. Anta Sané and Dr. Ndongo Symba Sylla about the Senegalese elections

Ep. 55: A conversation with Ashley Currier on LGBTQ organizing in Africa

Ep. 54: A conversation with Jaimie Bleck on elections in Africa, music in Mali, and more

Ep. 53: A conversation with Beth Whitaker on Africa’s international relations

Ep. 52: A conversation with Matthew Page on the upcoming Nigerian elections

Ep. 51: A conversation with Lisa Mueller on protests in Africa

Ep. 50: Reflections on 2018 and a sneak peek into 2019

Ep. 49: A conversation with Laura Seay on the upcoming DRC elections and “2 minute African Politics”

Ep. 48: A conversation with Michael Woldemariam on the political shakeup in the Horn of Africa

Ep. 47: A conversation with George Bob-Milliar and Lauren MacLean about student protests at KNUST in Ghana

Ep. 46: A conversation with Evan Mwangi on translations, literature in African languages, and more

Ep. 45: A conversation with Abdulbasit Kassim on religion, Boko Haram, and more

Ep. 44: A conversation with Anthonia Kalu on writing and African storytelling

Ep. 43: A conversation with Jennifer Kyker about the mbira, gender, and more

Ep. 42: A conversation with author Petina Gappah on politics, writing, and more

Ep. 41: A conversation with Jennifer Tappan about health and medicine in African history

Ep. 40: A conversation with Abou Bamba on Françafrique, the Ivorian miracle, and more

Ep. 39: A conversation with Lade Adunbi about oil wealth and cooperation in Nigeria

Ep. 38: A conversation with Cajetan Iheka on the environment in African literature

Season 1, An Epilogue

Ep. 37: A conversation with Dr. George Karekwaivanane on the struggle for power in Zimbabwe

Ep. 36: A conversation with Hilary Matfess on women and Boko Haram

Ep. 35: A conversation with Boniface Mwangi on photography, running for office, and more

Ep. 34: A conversation with Judd Devermont on Nigeria’s civil war and how analysis can go wrong

Ep. 33: A conversation with Kiara Hill on African art, black womanhood, knowledge production, and more

Ep. 32: A conversation with Amy Halliday on contemporary African art

Ep. 31-2: Part 2 of a chat with the founders of Mawazo, a research start-up in Nairobi

Ep. 31-1: Part 1 of a chat with the founders of Mawazo, a research start-up in Nairobi

Ep. 30: A conversation with filmmaker Christiane Badgley about Guangzhou Dream Factory

From the vault: On Namibia’s genocide with Dr. Kavemuii Murangi (Ep.12)

Ep. 29: A conversation with Professor Landry Signé on development in Africa

Ep. 28: A conversation with Dr. Kathleen Klaus on Kenya’s annulled elections and more

Ep. 27: Our first ever Summer Beats Soundtrack

Ep. 26: A conversation with Dr. Chipo Dendere on the politics of exit in Zimbabwe and beyond

Ep. 25: A conversation with Anna Mwaba on the African Union, election monitoring, and more

Ep. 24: Dr. Zachariah Mampilly raises some important questions about studying African Politics in the West

Ep. 23: A conversation with Dr. Ken Opalo on the Kenyan elections

Ep. 22: A conversation with Dr. John Aerni-Flessner on the recent Lesotho elections

Ep. 21: A conversation with Dr. Souleymane Soumahoro on development and politics in Africa

Ep. 20: A conversation with Dr. Adia Benton on global health, Ebola as a ‘charismatic disease,’ and more

Ep. 19: A farewell conversation with Sarah Agatoni on identity, community, and more

Ep. 18: A conversation with Nicole Amarteifio, creator of "An African City"

Ep. 17: Conversations with Dr. Rachel Beatty Riedl and Dr. Jennifer Brass about two new books on African politics

Ep. 16: A conversation with Dr. Candis Watts Smith on her book Black Mosaic

Ep. 15: A conversation with Dr. Lahra Smith on refugees and migrants in the Horn of Africa

Ep. 14: A conversation with Rwandan filmmaker Kivu Ruhorahoza on memory, audience, and art more broadly

Ep. 13: A conversation with Constantine Manda about increasing authoritarianism in Tanzania

Ep. 12: A conversation with Dr. Kavemuii Murangi on the Namibian genocide and reparations

Ep. 11: Insights from the African Women’s Leadership Conference

Ep. 10: A conversation with Zimbabwean scholars on citizen responses to economic decline

Ep. 9: A conversation with Dr. Laura Seay on conflict and minerals in DRC

Ep. 8: A conversation with Dr. Daniel Magaziner on an apartheid-era art school

Ep. 7: A conversation with Dr. Michelle Moyd on colonial East African soldiers

Ep. 6: A conversation with Dr. Melissa Graboyes on colonial medical experiments in East Africa

Ep. 5: A conversation with Dr. TJ Tallie to kick off Black History Month

Ep. 4: A conversation with Lina Benabdallah on China and Africa

Ep. 3: A conversation with Dr. Peter Alegi on football and politics

Ep. 2: A conversation with Priscilla Takondwa Semphere on storytelling

Ep. 1: A conversation with Dr. Kojo Asante on Ghana's 2016 elections