African Camp Fire Stories

Summary African History Quickies – Episode 10 – Ethiopia Defeats Italy,Part VThe story of false treaties, the First Italo-Ethiopian War – and the battle of Adwa.Featuring: Menelik II; Ethiopia; Italy; Tigray; Amharic; King Umbreto II; AddisAbaba; Adwa; Eritrea; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary African History Quickies – Episode 9 – Ethiopia Defeats Italy,Part ivThe history of the Ethiopian ruling dynasty. Ethiopia’s link to OrthodoxChristianity, King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.Reference list will be provided with the last episode of this series.Featuring: Menelik II; Abyssinia; Ethiopia; Italy; Haile Selassie; Yohannes IV;King Solomon; Queen of Sheba; Menelik I; Orthodox Christianity; MountEntoto; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary Christmas and Hanukkah Special – Episode 5 – Date of ChristmasWe provide a quick-look summary of the history Christianity in North Africa.The rest and the big part of the episode looks at how the Date for Christmas Day waschosen.Featuring: Tertullian; Christmas; Gregorian Calendar; Rome; Augustus; Perpetua;Clement of Alexandria; Origen of Alexandria; Marcion; Ethiopia; Eastern OrthodoxChurch; Cyprian, Athanasius and Augustine of Hippo; and much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary African History Quickies – Episode 8 – Ethiopia Defeats Italy,Part iiiOn this episode, Italy and Ethiopian fight over Eritrea.Ethiopian engages in Holy War. Italy fails to accomplish her goals in the battlefield.The Bibliography (Further Reading List) will come with the last episode of theEthiopia Defeats Italy seriesFeaturing: Ethiopia; Eritrea; Italy; Esma’il Pasha; the Madhi; Mahummad AhmadAbd Allah; Yohannes IV; Menelik II; Battle of Dogali; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary African History Quickies – Episode 7 – Ethiopia Defeats Italy,Part iiThis is the second episode of our Ethiopia Defeats Italy mini-series.Who is Isma’il Pasha? And how did his actions eventually lead to a dishonestagreement between Britain and Ethiopia – an agreement that would see bothEthiopia and Italy promised Eretrea at the same time.How can that not lead into a clash.A Further Reading List for this mini-series will be published with the lastepisode of the series.Featuring: Ethiopia; Italy; Yohannes IV; France; Britain; Eretrea; Isma’ilPasha the Magnificent; the Madhi; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary African History Quickies – Episode 6 – Ethiopia Defeats Italy,Part iThis is the first episode of our mini-series on the First Italo-Ethiopian War.How come is Ethiopia’s victory against Italy in this war not well-known?Many people know that Ethiopia was never colonised (though, that is not100% true). However they do not know about the war and the victory thatcontributed to Ethiopia remaining independent from colonisation.A Further Reading List will be provided with the last episode of the EthiopiaDefeats Italy mini-series.Featuring: Italy; Ethiopia; Emperor Menelik II; Haile Selasie; Mussolini;Horn of Africa; Red Sea; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary African History Quickies – Episode 5 – BokassaOn this Quickie episode, we tell the story of the 2 nd President and ruler of theCentral African Republic. It is a gripping story, filled with strange happeningsand deeds. But, ultimately, it is a sad story of too much power, greed,corruption, and incompetence.Featuring: Jean-Bedel Bokassa; Central African Republic; France; Napoleon;Christianity; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary African History Quickies – Episode 4 – State of IndigenousAfrican ReligionsOn this quickie episode we define and discuss the status indigenous religionsin Africa.Featuring: Indigenous African religions; Christianity; Islam; and much moreFurther Reading:1. Britannica. African Religions.Https://www.britannica.com/topic/African-religions2. Olupona, J. 2015. The Spirituality of Africa. The Harvard Gazette.https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/10/the-spirituality-of-africa/3. Van Beek, W.E.A. 2020. African Indigenous Religions. OxfordResearch Encyclopaedias. (published March 2020)4. Van Klinken, A; Ndzovu, H.J; & Grillo, L.S. 2019. Religions inContemporary Africa: An Introduction. Published by Routlegde See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary African History Quickie – Episode 3 – Arab Conquest of NorthAfricaThis episodes tells the story of the Arabic conquest of the territory of North Africa.Listen to find out how the conquest took place; what was the theological basis for the early Islamic conquests; how large the extent of the conquest was…and much much more.Featuring: Islam; the Berbers; Byzantine Empire; Persian Empire; Iran;Turkey, Roman Empire; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary African History Quickies – Episode 2 – The Bamum Writing System of CameroonOn this quickie episode we discuss the Bamum script of Cameroon: how was it created; how was it lost; AND what is being done to restore it.The Bamum Scripts and Archives Project website:https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP051/searchFeaturing: Cameroon; Bamum script; the Tikar; the Mbum; the British; the French; King Njoya; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary ACFS History Quickies – Episode 1 – Nubia vs EgyptThis episode summarises the almost mythical relationship between AncientNubia and Ancient Egypt.However, this relationship didn’t only exist in ancient times.Featuring: Nubia; Egypt; Kush; Mahdi; Akhenaten: Britain; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary of the Essays to Africa – Episode 1 – Democracy vs EconomicDevelopmentThis is our first episode under the banner of Essays to Africa. We thereforebegin the episode by explaining the concept of Essays to Africa.We then go to provide some introduction and background to the topic ofDemocracy vs Economic Development. We provide a summary of Africa’sdire economic development situation. This is followed by a backgrounddiscussion on the topic of Democracy and why we have chosen to juxtaposeDemocracy and economic development into one topic.The Democracy vs Economic Development topic will continue on the nextepisode.Featuring: Democracy; Dictatorship; One-party state; Soviet Union; USA;Africa; Free-market system; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary of the Women’s Month Special, 2020 – Cleopatra, Queen ofEgyptCleopatra is a legendary figure; larger than life, in fact. We do our best to tellher story. While bearing in mind that her story is too big to be told in oneepisode.We cover her times, and her world. The figures who made an impact on herlife – figures like Caesar and Augustus – also made more than just a splashon world history.All hail, the Queen of the Nile!!Featuring: Julius Caesar; Marc Anthony; Augustus; Cleopatra Selene; Rome;Egypt; See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary of the Christmas and Hanukkah Special – Episode 4 – Detour toEuropeOn this episode we take a detour and head over to Europe. Wecover the keypeople who played a part in establishing Christianity in Europe. These arepeople who are today not very known by ordinary Christians. For the mostpart, the individuals we cover are kings an rulers. Their conversion toChristianity, being that this was medieval Europe, meant that the people theyruled over converted as well.Starring: Martin Luther; Catholic Church; Charlamagne; Clovis; The Franks;The Rus; Vladimir the 3rd; Buddism; Islam; Frederick the 3 rd ; Guthrum;Vikings; and many more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary of the Christmas and Hanukkah Special – Episode 3 –Judaism and ChristianityThis is the third episode of our mini-series on the story of Christianity and Africa.On this episode we continue with the story of Abraham and his Descendants.We explore further the Promise between the Jewish People and God. But canthe Jewish people keep their side of this Promise?We continue to discuss the chaos and conflicts in Canaan.We discuss the Council of Nicaea, the Nicene Creed and the Apostles Creed.We introduce the debates between the Founding Fathers of Christianity aboutthe nature of Jesus Christ.Starring: Abraham; Marcian; Constantine the Great; Solomon; King David;Manessah; Moses; Nicene Creed; Council of Nicaea; Apostle’s Creed; andmuch more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary of Christmas and Hanukkah Special – Episode 2 – Hanukkah and Judaism.This is the 2nd episode of our mini-series on the story of Christianity andAfrica.This time we get deeper to the roots of Judaism.We also provide a detailed look at the story of HanukkahWe begin to explore the nature of Judaism’s understanding of the relationshipthe Jewish people and God.For instance, in the First or Old Testament, there are a lot of verses whereGod is a egging on the Israelites to take over Canaan. Admittedly thistakeover is not peaceful. There were people already living in Canaan whenCanaan was promised to the Jewish people, as Judaism believes that thispromise exists.Starring: Simon Sebag Montefiore; Bart D Ehrman; Abraham; Judaism;Christianity; Islam; Ethiopia; Egypt; Cleopatra; Antiochus Epiphanes;Alexander the Great; Cyrus The Great; Babylon; Persia…and many more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary of Christmas and Hanukkah Special – Episode 1 – IntroductionThis is the very first episode of our mini-series on the story of Christianity andAfrica.We explain why we are starting with Christianity, in our eventual objective togo through all the significant religions in Africa.We lay the foundation for our mini-series, by explaining the foundationaltenets of Judaism. We explain that in order to discuss Christianity and evenIslam, Judaism needs to be explained first. Judaism is the foundation for bothChristianity and Islam.We briefly introduce the geographical area on which the story of thefoundation of Judaism and Christianity occurred. What kind of area was it?We provide a high level overview of the historical sources we will be using forthe mini-series.Starring: Josephus; Philo; Tacitus; Judaism; Christianity; Islam; Isiah; David;Solomon…and many more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary of Cold War Pawns – Episode 14 – Lumumba and Mobutu, PartTwoWe continue to discuss The Democratic Republic of the Congo – and thestory of Lumumba and Mobutu. We provide a comparison of these two men.How did each of their individual political-outlook develop? We begin to look atthe basis of their rivalry. Lumumba gains the fear and hatred of Belgium andthe West. Lumumba starts go get paranoid about Western motives.Starring: The DRC; Patrice Lumumba; Joseph Mobutu; Katanga; Lisala;Belgium; MNC party; King Baudouin; Belgium; The USSR; The USA; JosephKasa-Vubu; King Leopold II; & many more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary of Special Episode IV – How Is History Written, Part 2We continue to look at the nature of History sources. They say History waswritten by winners. But does that mean that its incorrect? How can you decideif a history source could be used. We present five points you can use to judgehistory writings. These points are not the only factors one can use to weighhistory sources. But for the purposes of this episode, we feel they suffice.Starring: Colonialism; Missionaries; Huns; Romans; the Chinese; Barbarians;Nomads; Greeks; and much much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SUMMARY of Xenophobia and Hatred Series – Episode 3 – Rome andCarthageFor a while now we have been teasing the Rome and Carthage discussion.We have done so in our three articles on Xenophobia (see our website:www.africancampfirestories.com ), and also on Episode 1 of this series. So it is about time that we truly get into the story of Rome versus Carthage. Findout what were some of the reasons for hatred between these two verypowerful and seminal states of ancient times.Starring: Cato The Elder; Roman Republic; Carthage; Hannibal; ScipioAfrikanus; Mago; Hasdrubal; Tunisai; Hamilcar Barca; and many many more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary of Cold War Pawns – Episode 13 – Lumumba and MobutuWe continue to discuss The Democratic Republic of the Congo. We talk aboutthe chaos in The DRC. We talk more about Lumumba. We introduce andexplain the Evolues. We discuss the problem of tribalism in The DRC. Weintroduce the Lumumba-Mobutu dynamic.Starring: DRC; Evolues; Kasai; Patrice Lumumba; Mobutu; Katanga;Belgium; MNC; CONAKAT; and much much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary of Special Episode III – How Is History Written, Part One“Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify thehunters”….these are words are from an African Proverb.This is the first episode on the topic of How Is History Written. This shortseries will explore the nature of history sources. And various other points like:How do Historians write History? What sources are available for the writing ofHistory? How to decide if history sources are legitimateStarring: Herodotus; Africa; History; Julius Caesar; Alexandra The Great;Persepolis; Mongols; and much much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SUMMARY of Xenophobia and Hatred Series – Episode 2 – Rumors ofFear and Mistrust.This episode tackles the issue of rumors in times of crisis. There were a lot ofrumors during the xenophobic attacks in South Africa. But there were rumorsduring the French Revolution as well. There were rumors in Rwanda. Rumorsare capable of spreading crisis like xenophobia.Starring: Rwanda; Rwandan Revolution; Rumors; World War One; AustrianEmpire; the Nazis; Charles Taylor; Sierra Leone; and much much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary of Cold War Pawns - Episode 12 – Enter LumumbaThe DRC eventually gains its independence from Belgium, after a superlativeresistance. Then…chaos ensures in the country. The Belgian army is left inthe DRC, in order to ensure smooth transition to freedom and independence.But then this army begins to do the opposite of what it is meant to do. It findsa way to be a force for evil, by collaborating with the forces in the DRC thatwant to break away from the country.Lumumba becomes Prime Minister. He tries to hold the country together. Heasks for help from the USA, the UN and the USSR. But no one is offeringhelp. African countries are not helping the DRC either. All they do is to talk –talk that is constricting the options that Lumumba has for acquiring economichelp. In this episode we welcome Mobutu. He steps in the scene byinhumanely crushes resistance against the central government.Starring: Mobutu; Lumumba; Kasa-Vubu; Kasai; Canada; United Kingdom;USA; USSR; Katanga; Albert Kalonji; Moise Tshombe; MNC-K; CONAKAT;President John F Kennedy; and many more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SUMMARY of Xenophobia and Hatred Series – Episode 1 – IntroductionOn this episode we introduce the Xenophobia and Hatred series. We provideyou with many heart-rending backgrounds/intros - including stories aboutGreece, Rome, Carthage, and South Africa – and people like Cato, JuliusCeaser, Napoleon Bonaparte, Alexander The Great, the Persians, etc. Wedefine xenophobia. We talk about Turkey, the Ottoman Empire, theCrusaders, Salah ad-Din, Armenia, and even….wait for it…Kim Kardashian!Starring: Cato The Elder; Cato The Younger; Rome; Carthage; Hitler; Nazis;IFP; ANC; Nelson Mandela; Oliver Tambo; Greece; Sparta; and many more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SUMMARY of Episode 11 – Cold War Pawns – Enter CongoThis is our very first episode of the Cold War Pawns’ series that delves into anAfrican country. And that African country is The Democratic Republic of theCongo. On this episode we begin discussing the history of The DRC.Starring: The Berlin Congress; Scramble for Africa; Leopold the Second;Congo Free State; Belgian Congo; and much much moreImage to be used: The Blue Flag of The Congo Free State and Map ShowingWere DRC is located, and surrounding countries. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SUMMARY of Special Episode ii: The CIA and KGB Comedy of ErrorsThis is our second Special Episode. Listen to the episode to find out what ourSpecial Episodes will entail.This episode might make you lose sleep at night. You will find out that thepeople that are supposed to protect the world from nuclear war are a causefor concern.This episode covers the follies and comedies of the USA and USSRintelligence agencies – specifically the CIA and the KGB. We look at the manytimes when nuclear war between the USA and USSR nearly occurred. Theworld as we know it would not exist had that nuclear line been crossed. Pluswe cover many other flops, follies and comedies committed by the USA andUSSR intelligence services.Starring: CIA; KGB; Spies; Pope John Paul the Second; Fidel Castro;Nuclear scares; Incompetent intelligence agents; Drunken agents; The Mafia;and many more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SUMMARY of Episode 10 – Cold War Pawns – Summary of ForeignIntervention in AfricaThis episode discusses, in a high level, African colonisation and the fight forAfrican independence. We tackle the Berlin Congress, which was used byNorth American and European countries to split up Africa betweenthemselves. Once freedom came in Africa, problems started to arise.Tribalism among African natives. Foreign interference by former colonialpowers. Genocide. Corruption. Civil War. Was the Cold War good for Africa?Listen to this episode and find out.Starring: Germany; Ghana; Mahatma Gandhi; The Berlin Congress;Colonisation; African Independence; Tribalism; African Civil Wars; and muchmuch more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SUMMARY of Episode 9 – Cold War Pawns – Iranian Oil, Cuba and the MafiaThis episode covers Iran and its oil and the Cold War. Britain and the USSRinvade Iran. Then Britain leaves Iran, but Stalin refuses to leave. The CIAexecutes a coup in Iran. We also venture into the Americas, and talk aboutthe story of Cuba. The Cuban Revolution. Fidel Castro. Che Guevara. TheUSSR sends nuclear weapons to Cuba. US President Kennedy responds byillegally stopping USSR ships headed to Cuba.Starring: Britain; The Russian Empire; Iran; Cuba; Mohammad Mosaddegh;the Shah; John F Kennedy; Nikita Khrushchev; Fidel Castro; Che Guevara;Bay of Pigs; Cuban Missile Crisis; Joseph Stalin; and many more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SUMMARY of Episode 8 – Cold War Pawns – Berlin Conflict and The KoreanWarWe look the conferences that took place between Roosevelt, Stalin andChurchill. Germany is split into Western portion and USSR portion. Berlin issplit into East and West. The USSR blockades the West from Berlin. TheCommunists take power in North Korea. In the Korean War, the USA supportsSouth Korea. China and the USSR support North Korea.Starring: France; The Berlin Blockade; North Korea; South Korea; MaoZedong; Joseph Stalin; Kim Il-Sung; Kim Jong-un; West Germany; EastGermany; and many more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SUMMARY of Episode 7 – Cold War Pawns – The Fight for ChinaToday’s episode goes to Asia. We look at the History of China, in as far as theCold War is concerned. China’s war against itself. The Chinese Civil War.War between China and Japan. China’s relationship with the USSR. China’sRelationship with the USA. The Communists take power in China.Starring: China; Japan; Chinese Civil War; the Kuomintang; Mao Zedong;Chiang Kai-Shek; Joseph Stalin; and many more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SUMMARY of Special Episode i – The USA and Russia’s Pre-Cold WarIntervention in AfricaThis is our very first Special Episode. On this Episode we take a break fromour Cold War Pawns series, to give you a little history of the USA andRussia’s involvement in Africa before the Cold War.Starring: Liberia; Morocco; Berbers; Barbary Wars; Thomas Jefferson; JamesMadison; Anton Bakov; Gambia; Muhammed the Third; and much much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SUMMARY of Episode 6 – Cold War Pawns – After HitlerWe continue to look at the growing conflict between the USA and the USSR.We look the conferences that took place between Roosevelt, Stalin andChurchill. Then, first Roosevelt dies and then Hitler follows. World War Twoends. Both the USA and the USSR develop nuclear bombs. Harry Trumanbecomes US president. The Communists take power in China.Starring: Mao Zedong; Chiang Kai-Shek; Communist Party of China; theNuclear Bomb; Yalta Conference; League of Nations; United Nations; TehranConference; and many others See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SUMMARY of Episode 5 – Cold War Pawns – The Second World WarParanoia reigns between the Western Allies (the USA and Britain) and theUSSR. The countries allied against Adolf Hitler’s Germany meet to reachagreements; but those agreements are not kept. There are problems withPoland. Hitler finally dies. Who or what can now keep the USA and the USSRtogether now?Starring: Poland; Adolf Hitler; Germany; Second World War, Soviet Polish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SUMMARY about Episode 4 – Cold War Pawns – The Birth of FearThe USA and the USSR cross-paths. The relationship started from shakyground from the very beginning. They were very different countries, withdifferent outlooks. Maybe they would have never managed to get along. Wesee Winston Churchill as one of the key instigators of anti-Communism andanti-USSR sentiments.Starring: Britain; Pearl Harbour; Japan; USSR Civil War; Vladimir Lenin; RedScare; Winston Churchill; Joseph Stalin; Franklin Roosevelt; and many others See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SUMMARY of Episode 3 – Cold War Pawns – Africa and the Cold WarIn this episode of our Cold War Pawns series, we explain why we feel that alot of background on the Cold War is required. We state that is it possible forthe Cold War era intervention by the USA and the USSR to be viewed asbeing similar to the colonial era. We talk about some Cold War events.Starring: Vietnam, Greece, Turkey Joseph Stalin, NATO, Molotov Pact, USPresident Harry Truman, US President Dwight Eisenhower, Leonid Brezhnev,Molotov, and many others. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SUMMARY of Episode 2 – Cold War Pawns – Introducing The Cold WarPawns SeriesThis is the very first episode of the African Camp Fire Stories Podcast’s veryfirst topic, called Cold War Pawns. We introduce the Cold War Pawns’ series.We explain the Cold War. We explain what we mean by the title of the series.We provide a summary of the countries and the leaders we will cover in theCold War Pawn series, both in Africa and internationally.Starring: the USSR; the USA; the Cold War; The Democratic Republic of theCongo; Che Guevara; and many more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SUMMARY of Episode 1 – Cold War Pawns – Podcast Introduction.We would like to welcome you to this podcast. The podcast will focus onAfrican history stories and African historical events.This episode is the very first ever episode of the African Camp Fire StoriesPodcast. In this episode we introduce the Podcast; and how the podcast willbe structured.Starring: African History; Africa. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.