African Arguments Podcast Peter Dörrie and Desné Masie

Not least due to the underwhelming performance and controversial behavior of President Jacob Zuma, the ANC has experienced a historic defeat in last week's local elections. Together with Nick Branson and Nompumelelo Runji, we discuss the details of the outcome, analyse winners, losers and surprises and ask how the venerable could come back from this setback, if indeed it can.

The Panama Papers have laid bare the extend of illicit financial flows and the impact of tax havens on the world. But how are these revelations connected to the African continent? Host Desné Masie discusses with journalist Nicholas Shaxson, author of "Treasure Islands".

Only hours after President dos Santos declared his intention to step down in 2018, we sat down with Angolan journalist/activist Rafael Marques de Morais and journalist/scholar Justin Pearce to discuss Angola's current situation.

Mansour Sy and Lorenzo Fioramonti join us to share quite different, but equally interesting visions on how to approach the issue of radically falling prices for commodities that has thrown many African economies into disarray.

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We are joined by Martin Plaut and Gushwell Brooks to discuss the deplorable state of South African politics.

 

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Notes

William Kentridge "Notes Towards a Model Opera" exhibition at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg
Justice Malala - We have now begun our descent: How to Stop South Africa losing its way
"West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song" exhibition at the British Library in London
JT Rappé

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The music on this podcast was kindly provided by DJ Maramza.

Ugandan Journalist Rosebell Kagumire and Crisis Group analyst Magnus Taylor join us to discuss Uganda's upcoming elections.

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Notes

IOL -  Sparrow and Hart: ‘Racists should leave SA’
BBC 4 - The Boat Children
Reports by Raymond Mujuni on YouTube
International Crisis Group -Burkina Faso: Transition, Act II
Mail & Guardian Africa
Articles by Christine Mungai

Thanks for listening! We are grateful to African Arguments and the Royal African Society for supporting the podcast. If you would like to support us, have a suggestion for a topic we should cover or a guest we should invite, please get in touch! There are links to the social media profiles of our hosts above, or drop us a line at africanargumentspodcast@gmail.com.

The music on this podcast was kindly provided by DJ Maramza.