Pages Of Africa

Khirnan Dikas
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Pages of Africa: Let's Talk African Literature is a platform that discusses Africa and the uniqueness of each country through African literature. It's a dive into the African reality both past and present through the exploration of words woven together beautifully by African writers.

Episodes

  1. ‘Diaspora Blues’: Home, Absence and the Distance between

    Apr 5

    ‘Diaspora Blues’: Home, Absence and the Distance between

    When leaving becomes survival, home is indeed the mouth of a shark. This episode talks about the effects of migration on those left behind.

    12 min
  2. Home: Why People Leave and the Walls That Pretend Otherwise

    Mar 14

    Home: Why People Leave and the Walls That Pretend Otherwise

    An exploration of the reality of migration especially in Africa using Warsan Shire’s poem ‘Home’.

    15 min
  3. Cycles of Violence

    04/22/2025

    Cycles of Violence

    In Small Country, Gaby’s peaceful childhood in Burundi unravels as ethnic violence erupts in Rwanda and Burundi. Through his experience, we witness the theft of innocence, the trauma of war and the identity crisis that builds up with exile. This captures the cycles of violence in postcolonial Africa.

    15 min
  4. Built to Divide: The Lasting Architecture of Apartheid

    03/30/2025

    Built to Divide: The Lasting Architecture of Apartheid

    This episode explores some of the laws of apartheid in close connection to two texts Sizwe Bansi is Dead a play by Athol Fugard and Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. These texts explore the social realities of apartheid South Africa.

    19 min
  5. Colonial Legacies

    03/09/2025

    Colonial Legacies

    This episode delves into the African reality and how it is a product of colonialism.

    20 min
  6. Weep not, Child: An Exploration of Kenyan Colonial Experience

    03/10/2024

    Weep not, Child: An Exploration of Kenyan Colonial Experience

    This episode delves into the Kenyan colonial experience encapsulated in the historical fiction by Ngugi wa Thiongo titled Weep not, Child. It discuses dispossession and decolonisation as focal points addressed in the text.

    24 min

  7. 02/25/2024

    A Beautiful Defence of Africa

    This episode is a review of a classic novel side by side an essay by the same writer which serves as a beautiful way of asserting the African cultural identity.

    25 min

  8. Season 1 Trailer

    Introduction

    This is basically an expanded trailer episode that contains a summary of all I hope to discuss in this podcast.

    4 min

Trailer

About

Pages of Africa: Let's Talk African Literature is a platform that discusses Africa and the uniqueness of each country through African literature. It's a dive into the African reality both past and present through the exploration of words woven together beautifully by African writers.

Information

  • Creator
    Khirnan Dikas
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Khirnan Dikas
  • Show Website
    Pages Of Africa