It's a Continent

I absolutely love your show. It’s SO informative! The dynamics between the two of you are so fun and your excitement about learning and sharing your knowledge with your listeners is contagious. I’m reading your book right now and love it.

I am a white Boomer and I’m embarrassed that I know so little about most African countries. I’ve been through the first season and have learned so much. Looking forward to the other seasons. Thank you ladies.

Unfortunately, I don’t come across many history podcasts that cover Africa, so I always cherish the ones I do find and this is one of them. The hosts are very amicable and passionate about covering these stories. They’re usually well researched and knowledgeable as well and since they’re from some of the countries/cultured covered, they often bring in inside knowledge or help break things down even easier to understand

Your recent episode on French influence on the monetary system of its former colonies in west and central Africa is very poignant. These countries still remain vassals of France after all these decades of “independence”. In west Africa they tried to introduce a new currency - the ECO - to integrate the economies of member states of the Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS, but it was scuttled on the eve of its implementation due to pressure from France