African History Club
A podcast dedicated to exploring African history from an African perspective. Each episode challenges conventional narratives and highlights the continent's rich heritage, using proverbs and stories to make history accessible and meaningful.
Episodes
From Colonialism to African Futures: Decolonising Design Beyond Western Modernity
A conversation with Dr. Yaw Ofusu-Asare from Communication Design at RMIT University in Australia where he addresses decolonizing design from an African perspective to create African futures.
Governance Without Power: Africa's AI Future Between Aspiration and Infrastructure
This is a conversation with Tech Entrepreneur, researcher, and public speaker Evelyn Namara on her perspective on AI and the readiness of African countries with regards to policies, infrastructure, and leadership intentionality.
Disinformation Campaigns in Africa: Actors, Consequences & Response
In this session, Dr. Admire Mare & Dr. Allen Munoriyarwa discuss their upcoming book on disinformation campaigns in Africa.
Human Rights in Yorùbá Thought
In this episode, Dr. Noah Balogun discusses Human Rights in the Yorùbá thought included in the Ifa Corpus. He challenges the idea in Africa and particularly in Yorùbà culture, women, children do not have rights and are oppressed and shows evidence to the contrary.
A History of Slave Trade in NorthEastern Tanzania
In this episode, Dr. Mhando Mashaka Mikidady, an Independent Researcher discusses his research on Slave Trade in Northeastern Tanzania
Electric Vehicles in Africa: Why should we care?
In this episode, we address the trend toward electric vehicle as and the impact on Africa with Dr. Godwin Kafui Ayetor from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.
Brief History of the German Genocide in Namibia
In this episode, our guest Laidlaw Peringanda, Founder of the Swakopmund Genocide Museum in Namibia tells the story of the German Genocide in Namibia, the effect and the work of reparation he has been doing. The German genocide in Namibia was the blueprint for the Holocaust. You can support the Museum by sending money to: Standard Bank NamibiaAccount name: SWAKOPMUND GENOCIDE MUSEUM CCAccount Numb
The History of Names Among The Ashanti in Ghana
In this episode Nana Karikari, a journalist and collaborator to the current Ashanti King, gives a brief history of how names are given and chosen among the Ashanti in Ghana.
Week in Africa News
In this edition we cover some news from the continent, focusing specifically on Mali, Senegal, and Niger!
Week in Africa News
Our anchor discusses main news happening on the continent this week! Leave a comment and follow us on all platform
Video of the Story of Yasuke-The African Samurai
This video summarizes the history of Yasuke, the African Samurai as recounted in the books of Lockley and Serge Bile
Arab Slavery -Less Discussed History
Arab Slavery a little research and talk about history. We were glad to have Dr. David Gakunzi join us to talk about centuries of Arab slavery that destroyed and served as a blueprint for the translation slavery in Africa.
Yasuke: The African Samurai
In this episode, Thomas Lockley tells the story of Yasuke, a young African from the Eastern part of the continent, whose prowess, intellectual abilities, and skills left a lasting impact on Japan. It's an interesting story that tells of Africa and her children relation with and impact on the world before chartered slavery.
The History of Black Tunisians
In this episode, Dr. Marta Scaglioni talks about the history of Black Tunisians. Their history and how it relates to the history of slavery in Tunisia. Dr. Marta shares what she knows about the origin of Black Tunisians. This is our first episode on this topic, and we will certainly have other guests discuss this topic!
Nubian Queens: Women Leaders in Ancient Egypt and Sudan
The debate over the skin colors of the leaders, queens, and pharaohs stems from the desire of Westerners to claim the history of these great kings of Africa as being an extension of British empire. In this podcast, Dr. Solange Ashby debunks these wrong claims and demonstrates the blackness and Africanness of Egyptian and Sudanese civilizations
Aroko Language in Ijebu Kingdom & The Yoruba Cultural Landscape
In this podcast the Ph.d candidate and Director of the Ijebu Kingdom project Olanrewaju Lasisi discusses Aroko Language, the education system of the Yoruba people and Ijebu Kingdom in his first visit in the African History Club on Clubhouse
Mansa Musa &The empire of Mali
Mansa Musa is known for his Hadj or pilgrimage to Mecca. In this podcast, Dr. Maghan Keita tells us more about Mansa Musa, and debunks wrong notions about Africa in western history books
Sékou Touré & Guinea Conakry
A discussion on Sékou Touré the former and first President of Guinea Conakry with Dr. Mohamed Camara from Howard University!
The history of the Shimoni Slave Caves in Kenya
In this talk, our guest Dr. Elizabeth Odhiambo is discussing the Shimoni slave caves and walks us through the interesting history of slavery in East Africa, and its effect on present day Kenyans.
African Survivors & Surviving World War I
A vivid discussion with our guest Dr. Anne Samson a historian and co-ordinator of the Great War in Africa Association(gweaa.com) about the experiences of African soldiers in WWI in Africa.
AFCFTA: A pitfall for development? Part 1
In this Clubhouse talk, Dr. Ndongo Samba Sylla discusses the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFCTA) and whether it should be celebrated as the road for African development. Dr. Ndongo Samba Sylla is a Senegalese development economist. Interested in Fair Trade, labor markets, social movements, democratic theory, monetary sovereignty
The Yoruba: A new history
Dr. Akin Ogundiran our guest, discusses his most recent book, The Yoruba: A new history, on clubhouse in the African History club. Dr. Akin touches on the past, present, and future history of the Yoruba, and through them Africa as he answers questions, and provides a contextual, historical, and contemporary understanding of Yoruba people. Get the book on Amazon
The history of slavery and African lived realities
An interesting conversation with Dr. Portia Owusu on the history of slavery and African lived realities. She discusses Africans' role in the slave trade and much more.
Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa
In this session of the African History Club on Amazon, Dr. Nwando Achebe from the University of Michigan discusses her latest book on Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa. She shares case studies, from the Rain Queens in South Africa to the Candaces in the horn of Africa to make us travel and understand the power African women have always had.
Bibi Titi Mohammed: Mother of the Nation of Tanzania
The history of Bibi Titi Mohammed told by a panel of Tanzanians and scholars who met her, or wrote about her in the African History Club room on Clubhouse. This conversation gives a brief introduction to who she was and her contribution to the independence and formation of Tanzania. With Bibi, we tell the stories of the unsung histories of heroines who fought for the independence of African nation
Africans in South Asia When African Muslims Ruled
A discussion hosted by the African History Club on Clubhouse with Mohammed A Artan about the multiple contributions of Africans to the development of countries like India, and Japan. This history is not told or known, and descendants of these Africans today are looked down upon as the contributions of their ancestors and their present contributions are forgotten
Haile Selassie: The last emperor of Ethiopia
A discussion on Clubhouse African history Club with Prince Asfa Wassen Asserate, Ph. D. Great nephew of Haile Selassie, historian and political analyst. This conversation includes questions from the audience, on June 13th, 2021
Queen Mother Nana Yaa Asantewaa Part 1
The history of Queen Mother Nana Yaa Asantewaa of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire – now part of modern-day Ghana – is discussed with Ibrahim B, Anoba, an Atlas Network Fellow and Editor of African Liberty. The Podcast is a recording from the African History Club on Clubhouse.
Cost of Colonization in DR.Congo: King Leopold II of Belgium
This Podcast is a recording of a conversation in the African History Club on Clubhouse with Prof. Nzongola-Ntalaja, Georges focusing on the cost of colonization in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the crime against humanity committed by King Leopold II of Belgium
Sunday, May 23rd, 2021 @11am ET
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