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Pan African Review is a platform that challenges assumptions about Africa and a space for introspective perspectives on matters of concern to Africans.

PanAfrican Review


    • Oct 27, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    The African School of Governance: What to Expect

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 44:01


    In this week's episode, we discuss the recently announced African School of Governance, founded by H.E. Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, and H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, former Prime Minister of Ethiopia (both co-founders of the ASG Foundation), in consultation with other African leaders, academics and philanthropists dedicated to improving governance across the continent.

    Elections and Africa's elusive quest for meaningful democracy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 64:52


    In this week's episode of your podcast, Africa Aspirations, Fola Folayan , David Hundeyin, Frederick Golooba-Mutebi and Levi Kabwato discuss elections in Africa. Are elections necessary? Do they serve their purpose? What basics should we get right before we talk about elections?

    Africa's energy security in an increasingly volatile global order

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 49:57


    In this episode, our host Fola Folayan and panelists David Hundeyin, Lonzen Rugira, and special guest Takura Zhangazha discuss the origins of Africa's vulnerability to global energy shocks and how to overcome the continent's energy insecurity.

    How regional powers and foreign influence shape Africa's (in)security

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 46:06


    In this episode, Fola Folayan hosts Lonzen Rugira, David Hundeyin, Levi Kabwato and our special guest Mohamed Kheir to discuss the responsibility of Africa's regional powers and foreign interference in Africa's security crises.

    Africa's giants in crisis - Who will speak for the continent?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 37:36


    In the second episode of our weekly podcast hosted by Fola Folayan, our panelists Lonzen Rugira, David Hundeyin, Levi Kabwato and special guest Rashid Abdi discuss the state of Africa's giants and their potential to represent Africa at the UN Security Council.

    China - Africa Summit : Divided Africans have a weak hand

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2024 39:02


    In the first episode of The Pan African Review Weekly Podcast Africa Aspirations, our panelists Lonzen Rugira, David Hundeyin and Levi Kabwato, hosted by Fola Folayan, discuss the recent China-Africa summit and its implications.

    In the quest for liberation, the African woman was left behind

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 33:16


    In this episode, Dr Chidinma Okolo discusses the challenges women face in African societies, especially in their working environments

    Decolonising ‘International' Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 29:29


    In this episode, Malawian journalist and political analyst Levi Kabwato discusses the need to decolonise International Justice

    Africa: 140 years after the scramble at Berlin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 25:12


    In this episode, Dr Chika Esiobu discusses the steady collapse of Africa's ill-fitting European foundations and its implications for the continent's liberation

    Is Africa ready for the abortion debate?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 26:52


    In this episode, Dr Gateka Ndayisaba discusses the taboos preventing a healthy debate about abortion in Africa

    Will South African and SADC forces aid and abet ethnic cleansing in DRC?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 19:00


    In this episode, Zimbabwean political analyst Kelvin Jakachira discusses the implications of SADC's intervention in the DRC

    Palestine and Africa's political-intellectual quagmire

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 25:18


    In this episode, Dr Yusuf Serunkuma discusses the lessons to learn from the ongoing settler colonialism violence in Palestine

    The Horn of Africa: The perils of ethnic politics and military brinkmanship

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 29:14


    In this episode, Dr Mohamed Kheir Omer discusses the unfinished business of state formation in the Horn of Africa and the dangers of state disintegration as a result of incessant conflicts.

    What do green transition and sustainable development mean from the perspective of Africans?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 28:42


    In this episode, Soha Benchekroun, an independent researcher in sustainable development, explains why these questions ought to be handled in light of the continent's socio-economic development challenges

    UN working with negative forces in DRC

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 20:12


    In this episode, our guest Dr. Bojana Coulibaly explains how the UN peacekeeping mission in DRC, MONUSCO, has been working with the very negative forces it was supposed to disarm.

    Somalia : the failure to build a national army and border tensions with Ethiopia/Kenya

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 25:13


    In this conversation with Dr Jude Kagoro, we explore the history of conflicts in Somalia, the reasons behind the failure to build a national army, and border tensions with Kenya and Ethiopia

    Renaming the “Ghetto Kids” as decolonization

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 28:19


    In this podcast, Panafrican Review's Mahatma Ulimwengu discusses with Dr. Chika Esiobu the problematic aspects of using pejorative and derogatory terms such as "Ghetto" to name African talents.

    Africa's non-alignment: A reformation of multilateralism

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 36:04


    In this episode, Panafrican Review's Mahatma and author Suzie Ndaundika Shefeni discuss the implications of Africa's non-alignment in the context of global geopolitical upheavals.

    Congo Crisis: The Responsibility of the DRC government

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 23:54


    In this Podcast, Dr. Frederick Golooba-Mutebi discusses the responsibility of the DRC government in resolving the unending crises in the Kivus once and for all.

    Surrounded_ When colonialism is all around us

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024 30:16


    Panafrican Review's guest Dr Yusuf Serunkuma discusses the insidious ways in which colonialism fetishizes itself and endlessly mutates, oftentimes, appearing to align with the colonised and the “performatively friendlier” ways through which pillage of Africa is disguised and executed

    ECOWAS Military Intervention in Niger: A Discussion

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 36:04


    The ECOWAS is contemplating an armed intervention following the coup in Niger. Professor Chikodiri Nwangwu and Mahatma Ulimwengu discuss the dangers of such action.

    Julius Kambarage Nyerere and his impact on Africans

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2023 54:30


    In this episode, we delve into the remarkable life and enduring impact of Julius Kambarage Nyerere, an iconic figure whose visionary leadership shaped the destiny of a continent. Nyerere, often referred to as "Mwalimu," meaning "teacher" in Swahili, was not only the founding father and first President of Tanzania but also a statesman, philosopher, and advocate for African unity.

    Will the pan African payment settlement system lead to more intra-Africa trade?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2022 23:36


    This is a conversation on the pan African payment settlement system with the CEO of PAPSS, Mike Ogbalu. Webiste: https://papss.com/

    Puiser dans la langue rwandaise des héritages féconds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 20:28


    Penser les problèmes d'une société dans une langue qui est non seulement étrangère mais aussi non maîtrisée par la majorité des locuteurs du pays conduit inévitablement à proposer des solutions décalées des réalités vécues et ressenties par les gens du commun. Penser des solutions endogènes qui feront sens pour l'ensemble de la communauté invite non seulement à renouer avec son histoire, mais aussi avec sa langue et les valeurs qu'elle a incorporée dans la longue durée. Se réconcilier avec l'une et l'autre permettra sans nul doute de puiser en elles des héritages féconds pour le temps présent. Par Jean Luc Galabert, Psychologue et Anthropologue

    The Transformative Power Of Industrial Policy In Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 25:06


    Since the 1970s many African nations have missed out on the most important economic policy of them all. Export-oriented industrial policy has been essential to the success of most high-income and rapidly emerging nations. Whether in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, Japan, China, Costa Rica, Chile, India, Morocco, Mauritius or Vietnam, this policy tool has been indispensable, and the evidence on the critical importance of what you export to your development trajectory is clear.

    The Transformative Power Of Industrial Policy In Africa- Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 16:48


    Export-led industrial policy comes across to many as highly technical and complicated, including many well-versed global leaders and development practitioners. Yet actually it is a simple concept: it is merely the coordination of policies across governments to ensure the facilitation of investment in sectors that have the greatest potential to develop an economy by growing the number of value-adding, job-creating, foreign exchange-earning businesses. Whether Chilean wine, Vietnamese electronics, British textiles in the 1600s, Israeli agriculture or UAE's tourism, these all required the coordination of enablers like energy, land, roads, market development, technology, investor facilitation and regulations.

    Motherhood and Capitalism_Dr Chika

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 12:22


    At the surface level, Africa copies and longs for what the West has today: the technology, the economic power, the political system and the educational infrastructure and resources. However, as far as following the principles that earned the Western world its place in the global comity of nations, Africa appears to be going in the opposite direction.

    Raising Emotionally Connected Children_Dr Chika

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 19:05


    In instances where a parent stays home longer than the average few months of parental leave, they are often in a hurry to enroll their children in “nursery” schools in order for them to “start learning early.” These well-meaning parents are often unaware that the most important education for a child under the age of 3 is social-emotional learning, which is best provided within the family setting. Fidgety at the fact that their child is lagging behind the working mother's child,

    The Importance of Access to Mental Health services for our School Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 10:54


    In order to holistically address the safety, security, and health needs of young learners, we need to have supportive services/systems in every environment that they interact with, i.e., the home, community, and school. Take a look at teenage pregnancy as an example. If we want to address the alarming rates of school attrition due to teen pregnancy, we must support families with the information, capacity, and time to discuss sexual and reproductive health with the children in their care. Writes Alice Bayingana.

    Broadening the Meaning of Access to Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 15:08


    ''Education systems in Africa, not unlike its health systems, were built to reinforce hierarchies and indoctrinate indigenous people into participating in their own oppression. It is not so crazy, then, that after the end of formal colonization, Africans were left with institutions that were centred around colonial activity both in their physical locations and in their goals and methods''. Thank you for taking the time to listen to this pan African conversation with Alice Bayingana.

    African feminists need to determine their priorities

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 12:10


    This is the second part of the Pan African Review conversation that Cynthia Umurungi had with Veronique Nyiramongi Mbaye on her article titled: Panafrican Feminism: A Case Against False Female Liberation.

    Afro-feminism is a fundamental feature of Pan-Africanism

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 13:53


    This Panafrican conversation features Véronique Nyiramongi Mbaye, a copywriter and cultural commentator. She is a feminist who loves telling African stories. Her work principally critiques West and East African post-colonial political movements. In this episode, Veronique explains how Afro-feminism is a fundamental feature of Panafricanism.

    Failing to stand in imperialism's way

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 7:56


    In this episode, Levi Kabwato explains how the African Union and African states have failed to say NO to imperialism.

    Colonialism and Culture with Levi Kabwato

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2021 13:01


    In this episode, Levi Kabwato explains how colonialism manifests itself around culture.

    Reflections On African Liberation Movements_Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2021 12:44


    ''Success for a liberation movement does not lie simply in measuring up to international standards of anything or turning the country they inherit into an instant liberal democracy or run-away economic success.'' In this episode, Dr. Golooba explains that success for a liberation movement lies in the consistent pursuit of its original goals; inclusion, as much as possible, of groups that might otherwise foment instability and even of ordinary citizens, in decision making; and pursuit of self-reliance.

    Reflections On African Liberation Movements_ Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2021 18:37


    The term ‘liberation movement' has been part of the political lexicon in Africa since the emergence of organised groups, usually armed, to free African countries or societies from the yoke of colonial rule. Interestingly, those that sought to achieve independence through peaceful means never qualified for the label. Instead, they became ‘independence movements'. Liberation movements usually sprang up in countries where the colonial powers were so determined to frustrate calls for independence that they could kill to preserve the status quo. In this episode, Dr. Golooba explains how the first-generation independence warriors or liberators made such extravagant promises that in the end, they were generally eventually unable to deliver.

    Africa's Elusive Quest For True Liberation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 10:49


    Many African governments have remained in the service of imperialistic goals and activities. These best represent the tragedy we face where leaders speak big but act the opposite, denounce the West but keep Africa tied to Western imperatives. In this episode, Dr Moses Khisa mentioned the case of Uganda's economic transformation that over the last three decades has done little to fundamentally turnaround the fate of the majority poor Ugandans because the bulk of the economy remains out of reach for the vast majority of citizens. He asks...whose Africa is rising?

    True liberation guarantees the dignity, respect and humanity of Africans

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 12:06


    Without ownership of the means of production and active participation in meaningful productive economic activities, which is precisely the problem with Uganda's economy today, and indeed other African countries, true liberation and social emancipation are a distant dream. In this episode, he talks about those key things that Africans should do to save themselves from the arrogance, disrespect and demeaning paternalism of their ostensible Western benefactors.

    True Uhuru has eluded the continent for more than half-century now

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 11:39


    The African continent remains hostage to myriad forces, both internally generated and externally produced. True Uhuru has eluded the continent for more than half-century now. The agenda for genuine liberation, for self-determination and the freedom to chart a path that assures the full dignity of the African people is not some abstract and academic ideal; it is a real and concrete goal. In this episode, Dr Moses Khisa explains why he says that : 'Africa is captive, a beaten continent, available for the taking'.

    The African life is under assault

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 12:36


    This conversation was inspired by the ideas expressed in this article: A Pan-Africanist believes the African way of life is valid. ''Some, like those who resisted slavery and colonialism, had fought and were defeated—or so it seems. Yet, others – like the African nationalists who agitated for independence and the civil rights activists who demanded full citizenship rights – had gained a partial victory. But it was the resistance and courage of those who had been considered defeated that inspired those who won partial victories. It is also the moral obligation of those who came after them to pick up from where they left in the quest for the dignity of Africans – the idea of the African way of life as valid. Pan-Africanism is, therefore, a constant quest to perfect the dignity of Africans: where the end of slavery never delivered full citizenship rights, to agitate; and where independence remained in form rather than substance, to take up the struggle and make it meaningful''

    The Pan-African Review podcast_What it is all about

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 1:04


    Part of the problem facing Africa is that the agency to articulate the trials and tribulations of Africans has for long been usurped by foreigners. As a principle, everyone should get involved in debates on Africa, of course. However, rather than seek to understand Africa, these foreigners prefer to legislate for Africans how their societies should be, mostly based on how their own home countries are politically organised. Until Africans, who are primarily faced with the consequences of the thinking around governance, take control and relegate foreigners to subordinate roles, the clarity we seek to confront our challenges will continue to elude us. This podcast and other platforms by the Pan-African Review will contribute to that purpose.

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