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War-making as World Making: Kenya, the United States and the War on Terror (feat. Samar Al-Bulushi)
October 9, 2026 · 1 hr 15 minWhat does it mean to wage war in a place that is not officially at war? For two decades, the United States has conducted counterterrorism operations across Africa—not through full-scale invasions, but through drone strikes, surveillance…
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Durban at 25: The Peoples' Conference that Changed Our Trajectory
October 2, 2026 · 30 minIn 2001, the world's peoples gathered in South Africa and forced a reckoning. The World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance ran for nine days in Durban—from August 31 to September 8—and it…
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Neo-colonialism in Somalia: Somaliland Secessionism, The Red Sea and Türkiye's Foothold in the Horn
September 17, 2026 · 50 minSomalia is not a "failed state." It is a caged one. Three forces now hold the key to that cage—and none of them answer to Somalis. Somaliland's secessionist project, presented to the world as a peaceful democratic exception, is being…
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27 Years of the African Union: Libya, African Unity and the War on African Sovereignty (Episode #9)
September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 41 minOn September 9, 1999, in the city of Sirte, Libya, African leaders adopted a declaration that would transform the Organization of African Unity into the African Union. Twenty-seven years later, we revisit that moment—not as mere history…
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Centering Sudan: Revolution, Counter-Revolution & The Logic of Empire (Episode #8)
September 7, 2026 · 1 hr 10 minIn April 2023, a brutal war erupted in Khartoum and spread to engulf the whole of Sudan. It has since become one of the largest humanitarian crises on earth. Over 11 million people have been displaced. Less than 2 million have fled to…
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Deconstructing Cognitive Warfare: The U.S. State Department's Latest Smear Campaign against Cuba (Episode #7)
August 28, 2026 · 1 hr 14 minIn 2026, the US State Department released a 95-page report branding Cuba "the Capital of 21st Century Communism"—a document that recycles Cold War tropes, smears decades of international solidarity as "subversion," and places longtime Cuba…
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"Not a Crisis of Black Intellectualism But a Crisis of White Supremacy": On the Jason Arday Tragedy - Episode #6
August 20, 2026 · 1 hr 8 minIn August 2026, Jason Arday—a Black British sociologist, Cambridge professor, and celebrated symbol of academic "excellence"—was found dead at age 40, days after resigning from his post. His death followed a months-long media campaign that…
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From Free Trade to Critical Minerals: Three Decades of Decoding Trade Imperialism (a conversation with SEATINI) (Episode #5)
August 14, 2026 · 48 minFor three decades, SEATINI (Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiations Institute) has been on the frontlines of a quiet revolution: teaching African trade negotiators to read the fine print, challenge power, and say…