Ol'Things Considered

Olerato Mogomotsi
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Ol'Things brings you all things African humanities, connecting you with interesting academic research by African and Global South early-career scholars. Seeking to go beyond the Ivory tower, Ol'things connects you with philosophical, anthropological and sociological research articulating varying aspects of contemporary African life.

Episodes

  1. 10h ago

    EP6: Trapped in Intimate Terror: Survivors' Endless Wait for Justice w. Dr Emma Louise Backe

    Have you ever considered what it's like to be married to someone who constantly emotionally and psychologically abuses you? Have you ever considered why South African women have lost faith in the South African legal system? Have you ever considered how the police and the court system exhaust survivors' search for justice? As we start our new season of conversations, this episode continues with the "Sexualities, Gender & Violence in Africa" series. In this episode of Ol'Things Considered, I am joined by Dr Emma Louise Backe, a Feminist Medical Anthropologist and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Criminology at the University of Cape Town. Emma's PhD examined the extent of care and justice afforded to survivors of intimate partner violence in Cape Town, critically assessing pronouncements of 'survivor-centred care' and what survivors actually need. Emma has also worked as a rape crisis counsellor and GBV facilitator, and in her free time serves as Managing Editor of The Geek Anthropologist. If you like what you see, please like and subscribe to this channel. Ol'Things Considered promises to deliver intellectually stimulating and provocative conversations centring the work of young scholars in the Global South humanities and social sciences. Follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Youtube: @Olthingsconsidered.

  2. 12/06/2025

    EP5: Tech-Based GBV & Anti-GBV Social Media Movements in South Africa, w. Aphiwe Mhlangulana

    Have South African men ever considered what it's like being a woman in South Africa?Have you ever considered how intersecting identities, like race and class, contribute to individualised experiences of gender-based violence on social media platforms? Have you considered what the potential and limitations of social media are when it comes to combating gender-based violence?Our fifth and last episode of the year continues with the "Sexualities, Gender & Violence in Africa" series. In this episode of Ol'Things Considered, I'm joined by Aphiwe Mhlangulana, a PhD researcher and activist based at the Decolonial Feminist Psychologies Hub at the University of Cape Town. She is also a doctoral fellow at  ⁨@HUMA_africa⁩  , the Institute for Humanities in Africa at the University of Cape Town. Aphiwe's work investigates what she terms technologically-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), exploring the experiences of Black women journalists and content creators as they are subjected to various forms of tech-facilitated abuse on social media platforms. Importantly, Mhlangulana insists that we should not treat TFGBV as a phenomenon from what we typically refer to as GBV, but as an extension of it. Her work highlights how social media platforms, also in their design, can facilitate various forms of abuse against women. If you like what you see, please like and subscribe to this channel! Ol'Things Considered promises to deliver more intellectually stimulating and sometimes provocative conversations centring the work of scholars in the Global South! To stay tuned to our next podcast series, please follow and subscribe to the podcast on these platforms!Instagram: @olthingsconsideredSpotify: OlthingsconsideredApple Podcast: Ol'Things ConsideredTiktok: @olthingsconsideredEnjoy and feel free to share your thoughts on this conversation below!

  3. 11/06/2025

    EP4: African Homophobia & Queer-Zulu Customary Marriage w. Zamokuhle Zulu

    This month, we return with a new series titled "Sexualities, Gender & Violence in Africa". In this Episode, we consider how South African Zulu LGBTQI people navigate customary isiZulu marriages in the face of longstanding homophobia in their communities. This episode contests the rift typically drawn between African cultures and queerness as incompatible. This conversation is in part a critical response to the recent homophobic outrage by Ngizwe Mchunu against a gay couple getting married, with one wearing imvunulo (Zulu traditional attire). In this episode, Zamo shares their thoughts on Isintu (the Zulu way of life) as constantly negotiated, plastic and malleable to situation, time and place. Taking Isintu to be negotiated opens the possibility of undoing the estrangement of African queer people from their cultural communities. I'm joined by Zamokuhle Zulu, a scholar-activist based at the Hub for Decolonial Feminist Psychologies in Africa, at the University of Cape Town. Zamo's work looks at the ways in which Isintu sakwa Zulu (The Zulu way of life) can be a conduit to securing the well-being of people with different sexualities and genders in South Africa. Our discussion in this episode is informed by Zamo's ethnographic research into how same-sex couples navigated Zulu customary marriages. If you like what you see, please like and subscribe to this channel! Ol'Things Considered promises to deliver more intellectually stimulating and sometimes provocative conversations centring the work of scholars in the Global South! To stay tuned to our next podcast series, please follow and subscribe to the podcast on these platforms!Instagram: @olthingsconsideredSpotify: OlthingsconsideredApple Podcast: Ol'Things ConsideredTiktok: @olthingsconsideredEnjoy and feel free to share your thoughts on this conversation below!

  4. 10/19/2025

    EP3 - Don't Migrants Deserve to Eat? Anti-Immigration as Anti-Blackness w. mpho ndaba

    In closing off our series on African migrants, we consider the lives of African migrants living in Yeoville, Johannesburg. In conversation with mpho ndaba, we touch on the politics of food (and health) access for migrants in South Africa - exploring how legality and anti-Blackness preclude African migrants from the most basic sustenance in South Africa. We explore the ways South Africa, as a liberal nation-state, is shaped by anti-Blackness, which in turn shapes the dignity and basic rights accorded to Black migrants from the continent living in South Africa. I'm joined by mpho ndaba, a writer and researcher at the University of Cape Town. This conversation is centred around mpho's upcoming book chapter titled: "The right to eat: How black migrants in South Africa accessed food during the COVID-19 pandemic". Book can be pre-ordered here: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526184740/ Please like and subscribe to this channel for more intellectually stimulating conversations centring the work of scholars in the Global South! To stay tuned to our next podcast series, please follow and subscribe to the podcast on these platforms! Instagram: @olthingsconsidered Spotify: Olthingsconsidered Apple Podcast: Ol'Things Considered Tiktok: @olthingsconsidered Enjoy and feel free to share your thoughts on this conversation!

  5. 10/05/2025

    EP2 - African Migrant Workers: Navigating Precarity & Afrophobia in South Africa w. Celine Masheleni

    Have you ever considered what it's like to be an African migrant working as an Uber driver in South Africa? On the second episode of Ol'Things Considered, we examine the realities of African migrants in South Africa as they navigate livelihoods, precarity, vulnerability, and exploitation on e-hailing platforms . We explore how anti-African migrant state policies and Afrophobic movements in South Africa are used as tools for Neo-Liberal capitalist exploitation.I'm joined by Celine Masheleni, who is completing her PhD in sociology at the University of Cape Town. Celine's work explores the labour conditions of being an African migrant in South Africa. Celine's theoretical contribution involves the concept of "place-making", where she explores the ways in which migrant workers resist their vulnerabilities by engaging in practices of place-making (i.e., practices of "carrying on" through establishing networks of stability, groundedness and grassroots structures of making a hostile place work for them). Have you ever considered what it's like to be an African migrant working as an Uber driver in South Africa? On the second episode of Ol'Things Considered, we examine the realities of African migrants in South Africa as they navigate livelihoods, precarity, vulnerability, and exploitation on e-hailing platforms . We explore how anti-African migrant state policies and Afrophobic movements in South Africa are used as tools for Neo-Liberal capitalist exploitation.I'm joined by Celine Masheleni, who is completing her PhD in sociology at the University of Cape Town. Celine's work explores the labour conditions of being an African migrant in South Africa. Celine's theoretical contribution involves the concept of "place-making", where she explores the ways in which migrant workers resist their vulnerabilities by engaging in practices of place-making (i.e., practices of "carrying on" through establishing networks of stability, groundedness and grassroots structures of making a hostile place work for them). Please like and subscribe to this channel for more intellectually stimulating conversations centring the work of scholars in the Global South!Please follow and subscribe to the podcast on these platforms!Instagram: @olthingsconsideredSpotify: OlthingsconsideredApple Podcast: Ol'Things ConsideredTiktok: @olthingsconsideredFeel free to share your thoughts on this conversation below!

  6. 09/21/2025

    EP1 - Border Regimes, Migrant Death & Disappearance w. Nabil Ferdaoussi

    Have you ever considered what African migrants encounter as they seek to cross the Strait of Gibraltar or the Atlantic Ocean in search of a new life in Europe? Have you thought about the countless migrants who lost their lives in the passage and the families migrants left behind, battling with an ambiguous sense of loss? Hi! My name is Dr Olerato Mogomotsi, and I host Ol'Things Considered. For our inaugural episode, I'm joined by Nabil Ferdaoussi. Nabil is a Moroccan social anthropologist working on migrant death and disappearance, focusing on how the environment is militarised as a containment and death strategy against migrants. Follow us on our platforms for updates on upcoming episodes! YouTube - Olthingsconsidered Tiktok - @olthingsconsidered Instagram - @olthingsconsidered

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Ol'Things brings you all things African humanities, connecting you with interesting academic research by African and Global South early-career scholars. Seeking to go beyond the Ivory tower, Ol'things connects you with philosophical, anthropological and sociological research articulating varying aspects of contemporary African life.

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  • Creator
    Olerato Mogomotsi
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Olerato Mogomotsi
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