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The Africanist Podcast

by Bamba Ndiaye, PhD

Today: #133 in Education, South Africa on our combined chart.

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    September 13, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

    In this episode, Dr. Reginald Royston (University of Wisconsin-Madison) explores his recent monograph, Pan-African Futurism (UC Press 2025). In it, Royston studies how "Ghana has been a crucial site of encounters between the West and…

  • Rhetorics of Value: An Interview with Dr. Corinne Kratz

    August 31, 2026 · 52 min

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  • Hospitality and Power in the Teranga Republic

    March 9, 2026 · 52 min

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    February 23, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

    This episode of The Africanist Podcast features a rich and thought‑provoking conversation with Dr. Mark Deets of the American University in Cairo, whose award‑winning monograph A Country of Defiance (Ohio University Press 2023) has…

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    December 8, 2025 · 1 hr 8 min

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    In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Wendell H. Marsh (Mohammad VI Polytechnic University) to explore his groundbreaking book Textual Life: Islam, Africa, and the Fate of the Humanities (Columbia University Press, 2025). Marsh takes us…

  • Insistent Presence: Reimagining the Human Figure, Histories & Identities

    October 25, 2025 · 49 min

    In this episode, Ph.D candidate, (in Art History) Margaret Nagawa discusses "Insistent Presence", her curated exhibition at Emory University's Michael Carlos Museum. "Drawn from the collections of the Chazen Museum of Art at the University…

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    September 17, 2025 · 47 min

    This episode is the first installment of a new series entitled Podcasting African Democracy. It was recorded on August 5th, 2025. In this episode, we speak with Wairimu Gathimba — writer, researcher, and longtime organizer within Kenya’s…

  • Sonic Scholarship: Teaching, Research and the Academic Podcast

    July 9, 2025 · 58 min

    In this special episode recorded live at the 2024 African Studies Association's Conference in Chicago, we delve into the vibrant world of academic podcasting with scholar-creators: Peter Alegi (Michigan State University), Bamba Ndiaye…

  • Africanfuturism vs. Afrofuturism

    June 23, 2025 · 54 min

    Step into the imaginative realms of Africanfuturism in this insightful episode featuring Prof. Kimberly Cleveland of Georgia State University in conversation with Bukunmi Bifarin (Emory University). Centered around Prof. Cleveland’s…

  • Projections of Dakar: A Conversation with Devin Bryson and Molly Krueger Enz

    April 29, 2025 · 1 hr 20 min

    In this episode, Profs Devin Bryson (Illinois College) and Molly Krueger Enz (South Dakota State University) discuss their co-authored monograph, Projections of Dakar: (Re) Imagining Urban Senegal Through Cinema (Ohio University Press…

  • Shadows of Conflicts: Eastern DRC's War and Regional Tensions

    February 27, 2025 · 48 min

    NB: This episode was recorded on February 8, 2025. Since then, the conflict in Eastern DRC has dramatically evolved with more than 7000 fatalities, thousands of displaced and sanctions against Rwanda. In this episode we delve into the…

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About the show

This podcast investigates political, socio-economic, and cultural issues in contemporary Africa and the African Diasporas. It engages Africanist scholars, artists, activists, athletes, opinion leaders, business people, and ordinary citizens in a critical conversation about the challenges facing Africans and people of African descent.