Podcast Episode 54: A Conversation with Jaimie Bleck on Elections in Africa, Music in Mali, and more.

Ufahamu Africa

Date: January 26, 2019

Summary:

Associate Professor Jaimie Bleck joins Ufahamu Africa to discuss her latest book, Electoral Politics in Africa Since 1990: Continuity in Change. Written with Nicolas van de Walle, her book explores common trends among African elections. Also, she shares the news of her new project, "The Passion of Joan of Arc," a live-scoring silent film.

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Podcast Episode 56: A Conversation with Dr. Anta Sané and Dr. Ndongo Symba Sylla about the Senegalese Elections

Ufahamu Africa

Date: February 9, 2019

Summary:

With her research background on gender and governance, as well as African and Global Politics and development, Dr. Anta Sané shares her take on the upcoming senegalese elections. Also sharing her thought is Dr. Ndongo Samba Sylla, whose research covers fair trade, labor, markets in developing countries, social movements, democratic theory, and economic and monetary sovereignty.    

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Podcast Episode 57: A Conversation with Nicholas Kerr about Nigerian Elections, Citizens' opinions about Election Quality, and more

Ufahamu Africa

Date: February 16, 2019

Summary:

A conversation about Nicholas Kerr's research on electoral management bodies in Africa and in particular popular perceptions of election quality in Nigeria. The podcast also talks about protests in Sudan, political reshuffling in Cameroon and Burkina Faso, and the incomplete decolonization efforts at the Africa Museum in Belgium.

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Podcast Episode 64: A Conversation with Hanna Armstrong on Politics in Algeria, the Sahel, Illicit Trafficking and Borders

Ufahamu Africa

Date: April 13, 2019

Summary:

This episode talks about political change in Sudan and political maneuvering in Senegal, and Cyclone Idai brings insight into the governance of disasters and urban spaces.

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Podcast Episode 69: A Conversation with Boniface Dulani on Malawi's Elections, Chieftaincy, and More

Ufahamu Africa

Date: May 19, 2019

Summary:

This conversation includes an update on the South African elections, and Malawi's elections. The exchange also touches on Facebook and fake news in African elections.

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Podcast Episode 7: A Conversation with Dr. Michelle Moyd on Colonial East African Soldiers

Ufahamu Africa

Date: February 18, 2017

Summary:

Dr. Michelle Moyd, Associate Professor of History at Indiana University, chats with Ufahamu Africa about soldiering and warfare in East Africa. Her first book, Violent Intermediaries, explores the social and cultural history of Askari--the African soldiers in the colonial army of German East Africa.

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Podcast Episode 71: A Conversation with Erin Pettigrew on Muslims Spiritual Mediators, Locally Relevant Research, and More

Ufahamu Africa

Date: June 8, 2019

Summary:

This episode talks about events in Sudan, Kehinde Wiley's artist residency in Dakar, a nuclear project irradiating tsetse flies, and more. The conversation touches on how people deal with change over time, including practices involving the spiritual realm. Erin Pettigrew brings up her new project on looking into the history of the leftist political movement in Mauritania.

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Podcast Episode 76: A Conversation with Grieve Chelwa on How Economics has an Africa Problem

Ufahamu Africa

Date: October 19, 2019

Summary:

This episode highlights recent arts and culture pieces in OkayAfrica, the elections in Mozambique, and the protests in Guinea.

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