Episode 4: Mass Media and Democracy
Professor Folu Ogundimu (MSU, Journalism) joins Peter Limb and Olabode Ibironke, an MSU graduate student in Comparative Literature, to discuss how the transformation of mass media in contemporary...
View ArticleEpisode 10: African Soccerscapes
Peter Alegi discusses his book manuscript in process African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World’s Game (Ohio University Press :Africa in World History Series). Guest host Solomon Getahun...
View ArticleEpisode 15: Capitalism, Democracy, and Development
Kiki Edozie (James Madison College at MSU) compares recent corruption scandals in Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya. She argues that democratic crises are closely tied to economic crises. At the end,...
View ArticleEpisode 48: Nigeria, Gender, Labor, and Environment
Judith Byfield (History, Cornell) on the social and economic history of women and the environment in Nigeria. She elaborates on the role of the prominent Kuti family and also on the origins of her...
View ArticleEpisode 65: A Female King: Gender and Oral History in Eastern Nigeria
Prof. Nwando Achebe (MSU History) on her recent book The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbabe. Achebe describes key aspects of King (or Eze) Ahebi’s life; reflects on the value of oral history...
View ArticleEpisode 93: Atlantic Bonds and Biography: from South Carolina to Nigeria
Lisa Lindsay (North Carolina) on her forthcoming biography of James Churchwill Vaughan—whose life provides insights into the bonds of slavery and family and the differing prospects for people of...
View ArticleEpisode 95: Nigerian Politics and Society in Cartoon Art
Cartoon courtesy of Jimga Ganiyu Akinloye Jimoh (Creative Arts, University of Lagos) on his work in Nigeria as a popular cartoonist, with the pen name “Jimga,” and as a cartoon scholar. Issues...
View ArticleEpisode 96: Creativity and Decolonization: Nigerian Cultures and African...
Toyin Falola (History, Texas; President, African Studies Association) on Yoruba history and culture; language policy in Nigeria; creativity and decolonization; forms of community action in...
View ArticleEpisode 107: West African Intellectual Heritage
Professor Amidu O. Sanni (Lagos State University) on his work for the Timbuktu Manuscripts Project and preservation of West African intellectual heritage. He discusses the importance of Ajami sources...
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