Ufahamu Africa

Kim Yi Dionne and Rachel Beatty Riedl
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Ufahamu Africa

Ufahamu Africa is a podcast about life and politics on the African continent, co-hosted by Kim Yi Dionne, professor of political science at the University of California, Riverside, and Rachel Beatty Riedl, professor of government at Cornell University. Each Saturday, a new episode highlights what is happening in the news, followed by an interview with a diverse thinker or innovator who is deeply ingrained in the life, culture, and politics of the continent.

  1. 06/29/2024

    Ep. 203: Fellows Fu Asiedu and Ami Tamakloe on the Anti-LGBT Bill in Ghana

    This week we feature an episode by our nonresident fellows Fu Asiedu and Ami Tamakloe. They discuss the anti-LGBT bill in Ghana, providing some background on the bill and the politics surrounding it. They also convene a roundtable conversation of Ghanaians discussing the realities of everyday life under this bill.This is a really important episode and we’re grateful to Fu and Ami for giving a fuller sense than what our listeners might glean from international media headlines. As some of you m...

    1h 19m
  2. Ep. 202: Fellow Basil Ibrahim and Tedd Moya Mose on Sustainable Energy Systems

    06/22/2024

    Ep. 202: Fellow Basil Ibrahim and Tedd Moya Mose on Sustainable Energy Systems

    Dr. Tedd Moya Mose is a legal professional whose interdisciplinary interests extend from international energy law and policy to the just transition to sustainable energy systems. In this conversation with our fellow Basil Ibrahim, they discuss Dr. Moya's participation at the Africa Climate Summit and the COP28 meetings last year and the dilemmas of developmental aspirations that remain tethered to carbon intensive pathways. Moya's work at the intersection of legal and academic practice p...

    1h 4m
  3. Ep. 201: Fellow Expédit Ologou and Mamadou Ismaïla Konaté on Democracy (French)

    06/15/2024

    Ep. 201: Fellow Expédit Ologou and Mamadou Ismaïla Konaté on Democracy (French)

    We have a special French-language episode this week with Mamadou Ismaïla Konaté, a well-known Malian lawyer, working in the Bars of Mali and Paris. He has been a Minister of Justice of Mali (2016-17). He is leading a professional association focusing on the development of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). In this episode with our fellow Expédit Ologou, Konaté argues that democracy is the worst political system except all the others. In spite of the ongoing military ...

    43 min

  4. 06/01/2024

    Ep. 200: Military Coups in Africa with the Global Stage Podcast

    Happy episode 200 of Ufahamu Africa! We're so pleased to feature one of our favorite episode formats for the occasion - a mashup! Thanks to the Global Stage podcast for hosting our cohost Rachel Beatty Riedl for a conversation with Notre Dame graduate student Rasheed Ibrahim and Afrobarometer director Joseph Asunka about the return of military coups on the continent.It’s an important conversation stemming from a panel last week at the Global Democracy Conference hosted by the Kellogg Institut...

    48 min
  5. Ep. 199: Carolyn Holmes on the Upcoming South Africa Elections

    05/26/2024

    Ep. 199: Carolyn Holmes on the Upcoming South Africa Elections

    On May 29, South Africans will vote in the seventh election since the end of political apartheid in the early 1990s. This is the first election in which the ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), is polling below 50 percent, which could force them into a coalition with one or more other parties to govern the country after the election.To learn more, we speak with Carolyn Holmes, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is an expert...

    1h 6m
  6. Good Authority: Despite Africa’s Digital Media Boom, Huge Access Gaps Persist

    05/11/2024 · BONUS

    Good Authority: Despite Africa’s Digital Media Boom, Huge Access Gaps Persist

    "Lack of internet access leaves many without information on economic opportunities, health, and education," write Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz, Komi Amewunou, and Kelechi Amakoh in a new article from Good Authority. In today's bonus episode, Kim reads their latest piece, "Despite Africa's digital media boom, huge access gaps persist." Find the books, links, and articles we mentioned in this episode on our website, ufahamuafrica.com.

    9 min
  7. Good Authority: Don’t Call it a “Coup Epidemic” in Africa

    05/04/2024

    Good Authority: Don’t Call it a “Coup Epidemic” in Africa

    In the last few years, militaries have carried out coups in numerous African countries, including Gabon, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sudan, Guinea, Chad, and Mali. Does this signify the beginning of a much broader continent-wide “coup epidemic?” Or are these coups mostly affecting especially weak states that face specific challenges? Where is democratic resilience strong and where is there a risk of continued democratic backsliding?Today's episode is borrowed from Good Authority and their new podcas...

    38 min
  8. Ep. 198: AFCON and the Politics of Southern African Football

    04/27/2024

    Ep. 198: AFCON and the Politics of Southern African Football

    Fellow Gopolang Botlhokwane speaks to journalist and editor Njabulo Ngidi about the recent AFCON in Ivory Coast and the politics of football (or soccer, for our American listeners!) in Southern Africa. Njabulo Ngidi is a senior soccer journalist, he formerly led Newframe South Africa's sports desk. Ngidi's latest investigative piece ("2010 World Cup $10-million ‘bribe’: SA left out even as $201-million returned to Fifa") at AmaBhungane Center for Journalism, won the Vodacom Journalist of...

    41 min
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Ufahamu Africa is a podcast about life and politics on the African continent, co-hosted by Kim Yi Dionne, professor of political science at the University of California, Riverside, and Rachel Beatty Riedl, professor of government at Cornell University. Each Saturday, a new episode highlights what is happening in the news, followed by an interview with a diverse thinker or innovator who is deeply ingrained in the life, culture, and politics of the continent.

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  • Creator
    Kim Yi Dionne and Rachel Beatty Riedl
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2024
  • Episodes
    259
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Ufahamu Africa
  • Show Website
    Ufahamu Africa

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