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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Ep. 193: Lawrence Were and Access to Health Insurance

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

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Introducing Our New Fellows

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

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Ep. 190: 2023 Year in Review

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Ep. 189: Paul Friesen on Local Democratic Resilience

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Ep. 188: Dominika Koter on Democracy in Benin

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Ep. 187: Alexandra Blackman on Democracy in Tunisia

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Ep. 186: Democracy in Malawi

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

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

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Ep. 183: Nisrin Elamin on the Conflict in Sudan

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

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Bonus: Zimbabwe's 2023 Elections

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

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

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Ep. 179: #OccupyJulorbiHouse Protests in Ghana

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

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Student Essay Winner: The Nigeria 2023 Election

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Become an Ufahamu Africa Podcast Fellow

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Ep. 151: Introducing season 7 and our new fellows

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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