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The African Imaginary Podcast

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M.anifest: The rapper raised by Ghana's greatest minds breaks it down

September 30, 2026 · 2 hr 3 min

In our ninth episode of The African Imaginary Podcast, host Khangi Khoza talks to Ghanaian rapper M.anifest about hip hop history, how Kwame Nkrumah created the Pan-African soul of Ghana, and why a quality life comes from being "surrounded…
Wanuri Kahiu: The filmmaker redefining what African stories are allowed to be

August 26, 2026 · 1 hr 49 min

In this episode of The African Imaginary Podcast, host Khangi Khoza and filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu dive into Kikuyu naming and giving birth to your ancestors, the management degree her parents demanded before film school, Afrobubblegum and the…
Bongeziwe Mabandla: The voice that took isiXhosa folk global

July 29, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

In this episode of The African Imaginary Podcast, host Khangi Khoza and musician Bongeziwe Mabandla dive into a childhood in rural Tsolo with trees for an audience, the mother who quietly bought the crayons and the guitar, sensitivity and…
Sunny Dolat: The fashion thinker changing how the world sees African style

June 24, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

In this episode of The African Imaginary Podcast, host Khangi Khoza and curator Sunny Dolat dive into a Nairobi childhood held by four aunts and a grandmother, Maasai naming and the children who wait for a name, The Nest Collective and the…
Fatoumata Diawara: Inside the wild world of Mali's bravest voice

May 27, 2026 · 1 hr 36 min

In this episode of The African Imaginary Podcast, host Khangi Khoza and musician Fatoumata Diawara dive into making her own stage clothes and the rhythm of the sewing machine, the trance states she calls her madness, fleeing an arranged…

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Blinky Bill: the African music scene's coolest philosopher

April 29, 2026 · 1 hr 31 min

In this episode of The African Imaginary Podcast, host Khangi Khoza and musician Blinky Bill dive into the cartoon behind his stage name, the Congolese and Southern African records that raised him, the fight with his parents over leaving…
Justin Letschert: The man behind the Bio-Oil phenomenon

March 25, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

In this episode of The African Imaginary Podcast, host Khangi Khoza and entrepreneur Justin Letschert dive into buying Bio-Oil in 2000 with no skincare knowledge, why the industry abandoned oil and how it came back, the Japan launch that…
Msaki: An artist's philosophy on the modern music industry and the role of the artist

February 25, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

In this episode of The African Imaginary Podcast, host Khangi Khoza and musician Msaki dive into the layered meaning of her names, the icons who set her standard, owning your masters and protecting the soul of a song, burnout and the art…
Tsitsi Dangarembga: The queen of African literature speaks

January 31, 2026 · 56 min

In this, our first episode of The African Imaginary Podcast, host Khangi Khoza and writer Tsitsi Dangarembga dive into the importance of the African imagination, Tsitsi's African icons, spirituality in her later writing, advice to writers…

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About the show

The African Imaginary Podcast seeks to discover, through conversations with Africa's top creators, how being born and raised on African soil affects our imagination and creativity.