Podcasts about eastern african

Courage has 10+ years of experience in the corporate world in different continents and across sectors. She is currently a Business Development Manager at Futurpreneur and supports Young Entrepreneurs in Nova Scotia in launching their businesses through the organization's various program offerings.Courage has developed a number of skill sets in her career journey, and combined with her diverse experience, she is able to support and champion different causes across Africa - first in her home country, Nigeria and two Eastern African countries - Ethiopia and Kenya. Some of these causes include financial literacy training for women and tech education for children.A lover of art and entrepreneurship, Courage operates a digital media outfit in Halifax and spends her weekends photographing individuals, and helping professionals and small business owners create memorable brands through photography and storytelling.Courage holds a master's degree in International Development from The New School, New York, a Bachelor's degree in Guidance and counselling from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria; and several certificates in finance, Web design, Marketing and Project Management.In her downtime, Courage enjoys photographing, designing, bead crafting, cooking, reading, volunteering and travelling.

On this episode of Rightnowish, we're passing the mic to our friends at Immigrantly podcast. Host Saadia Khan and her guests examine traditional narratives Americans hold about immigrants and people of color. Through the process, they carefully unravel the nuance and depth of the immigrant experience. Immigrantly explores the everyday miraculousness of immigrant life, like love, food, faith, friendship and creativity through first-person accounts. Immigrantly's guest for this episode is Meklit Hadero. She is a vocalist, songwriter, composer and former refugee who is known for her innovative Ethio-Jazz vocals and lively stage presence. Her music blends together folk, jazz, Eastern African influences, and what Hadero calls "everyday sounds." She has performed worldwide, and just released a new EP called "Ethio Blue." Her album “When the People Move, the Music Moves Too,” was named among the best records of the year by Bandcamp and the Sunday Times UK. She is a National Geographic Explorer, a TED Senior Fellow, and a former Artist-in-Residence at Harvard University. Hadero is also the co-founder, co-producer, and host of Movement, a podcast, radio series and live show that celebrates songs and stories of immigrant musicians.

An insightful discussion on Program Management 8X within Army Medicine. Join us as our distinguished guest, Microbiologist 71A MAJ Amanda Roth, delves into the intricacies of her role and shares her unparalleled expertise in the field. MAJ Amanda L. Roth was born in Seoul, South Korea and grew up in the suburbs outside Minneapolis, Minnesota. She earned her Associates of Applied Science degree in Medical Laboratory Technology through the Community College of the Air Force as an enlisted airman and a Bachelor of Science degree in Clinical Laboratory Science on the Montgomery GI Bill as a civilian in 2007. MAJ Roth graduated from Creighton University in 2012 where she studied multidrug-resistant bacteria and received a PhD in Medical Microbiology and Immunology in the laboratory of Dr. Nancy Hanson.Following her commission into the U.S. Army in 2013, MAJ Roth served in multiple positions under the Bacterial Diseases Branch at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Maryland. In 2017, she was the first scientist accepted into the Army Medical Department's Program Management Acquisitions Internship Program at the US Army Medical Materiel Development Activity at Fort Detrick, Maryland. After completing this internship, she deployed for 11 months to U.S. Central Command as the Theater Microbiologist under 1st Medical Brigade in support of Operations Spartan Shield, Inherent Resolve, and Freedom's Sentinel. From 2019-2021, MAJ Roth was the Director of the Infectious Disease Program at the US Army Medical Research Directorate—Africa, based in Kisumu, Kenya, where she oversaw the execution of over $25M of research, development, and surveillance activities of infectious diseases of military relevance alongside Eastern African. In addition to her graduate degree, MAJ Roth is a certified Medical Laboratory Scientist (American Society of Clinical Pathologists). She also holds Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act Practitioner certifications in Program Management and Engineering and Technology Management and is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps. MAJ Roth volunteers extensively in both the 71A and 8X Medical Acquisition communities and is currently the Graduate Education Manager for the former and the Deputy 8X Consultant for ETM to the Office of the Surgeon General for the latter. Currently MAJ Roth is the Assistant Product Manager for MC4, the Army's Program Management Office for Operational Health Information Technology (OHIT) solutions. She is currently responsible for the orderly and deliberate closure of MC4 as well as the development of the new acquisition programming for OHIT modernization, Operational Medicine Information Systems – Army (OMIS-A).Army Force Management 101: https://youtu.be/4mUg4YvZaoQ?si=YdHA5usg8Qojz5t_Defense Acquisition University credentials: https://icatalog.dau.edu/onlinecatalog/CareerLvl.aspxAMEDD Lessons learned: https://medcoe.army.mil/lessons-learned Amanda's research : https://academic.oup.com/milmed/article/180/5/591/4161841Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are the guests and host's alone and do not reflect the official position of the Medical Service Corps, the Department of Defense, or the US Government. All information discussed is unclassified approved for public release and found on open cleared sources.For more episodes listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube @ Be All You Can Be MSC For more information, suggestions, or questions please contact: beallyoucanbemsc@gmail.com

Kenya is calling for increased collaboration in intelligence and security across Eastern African nations to counter transnational security threats. This week, the country is hosting security and intelligence chiefs from 14 African nations to assess gaps in its security sector and tackle issues such as terrorism, poaching, piracy, drugs, and human trafficking. Mohammed Yusuf reports.

United Nations humanitarian chief says Sudan appears to be in a civil war 'of the most brutal kind'+++Eastern African bloc seeks summit to deploy regional force in Sudan

My guest today is Meklit Hadero, the Ethiopian-born, San Francisco-based artist. She is best known for her innovative Ethio-Jazz vocals and electric performance style. Even if you were to listen for a few minutes, you'd notice a genre-bending nature to her songs. Her songs weave together jazz, folk, Eastern African influences, and what Meklit calls everyday sounds.  She has performed worldwide, from San Francisco to Cairo to London to Montreal. Her latest, released in 2017, “When the People Move, the Music Moves Too,” was named among the best records of the year by Bandcamp and the Sunday Times UK.  She is a National Geographic Explorer, a TED Senior Fellow, and a 2019 Artist-in-Residence at Harvard University. Meklit is the co-founder, co-producer, and host of Movement, a new radio series telling stories of global migration through music. In our conversation, she shares how she looks to music to express longing, pain, hope, and other facets of the diaspora. Her words reminded me of the importance of heritage and how traditional music from our homelands can be integrated into present movement and music.  Join the conversation: Instagram @immigrantlypod | Twitter @immigrantly_pod |  Please share the love and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts to help more people find us!  Host & Executive Producer: Saadia Khan I Content Writer: Yudi Liu & Saadia Khan I Editorial review: Shei Yu I Sound Designer & Editor: Haziq Ahmed Farid I Immigrantly Theme Music: Simon Hutchinson  Order of Meklit's Tracks during the episode Meklit - Yesterday Is A Tizita Meklit - Sweet and Salty Meklit - This Was Made Here Oddisee - Try Again Dengue Fever - Ethanopium  Xenia Rubinos - Hair Receding Meklit - Float and Fall Additional Links Meklit Hadero: The unexpected beauty of everyday sounds | Ted Dr. Jon Jenkins - Chasing Shadow Words: Exoplanets from Kepler & Beyond

My guest today is Meklit Hadero, the Ethiopian-born, San Francisco-based artist. She is best known for her innovative Ethio-Jazz vocals and electric performance style. Even if you were to listen for a few minutes, you'd notice a genre-bending nature to her songs. Her songs weave together jazz, folk, Eastern African influences, and what Meklit calls everyday sounds.  She has performed worldwide, from San Francisco to Cairo to London to Montreal. Her latest, released in 2017, “When the People Move, the Music Moves Too,” was named among the best records of the year by Bandcamp and the Sunday Times UK.  She is a National Geographic Explorer, a TED Senior Fellow, and a 2019 Artist-in-Residence at Harvard University. Meklit is the co-founder, co-producer, and host of Movement, a new radio series telling stories of global migration through music. In our conversation, she shares how she looks to music to express longing, pain, hope, and other facets of the diaspora. Her words reminded me of the importance of heritage and how traditional music from our homelands can be integrated into present movement and music.  Join the conversation: Instagram @immigrantlypod | Twitter @immigrantly_pod |  Please share the love and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts to help more people find us!  Host & Executive Producer: Saadia Khan I Content Writer: Yudi Liu & Saadia Khan I Editorial review: Shei Yu I Sound Designer & Editor: Haziq Ahmed Farid I Immigrantly Theme Music: Simon Hutchinson  Order of Meklit's Tracks during the episode Meklit - Yesterday Is A Tizita Meklit - Sweet and Salty Meklit - This Was Made Here Oddisee - Try Again Dengue Fever - Ethanopium  Xenia Rubinos - Hair Receding Meklit - Float and Fall Additional Links Meklit Hadero: The unexpected beauty of everyday sounds | Ted Dr. Jon Jenkins - Chasing Shadow Words: Exoplanets from Kepler & Beyond

In this podcast of Heartbeat of Humanity, Communications Officer, Trine, interviews Guleed Dualeh, IFRC PS Centre MHPSS Technical Advisor for the African Region and the Psychological First Aid focal point on Guleed's recent trip to Kenya, where he sat down with Red Cross MHPSS focal points for Kenya and South Sudan, Dorcas Khasowa (KE) and Marcos Tabule (SS), to talk about challenges and achievements of working with mental health in the Eastern African context. 

There is a huge opportunity for South African suppliers to cater to the growing renewable energy market in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), particularly if they establish themselves within special economic zones (SEZs), consultancy XA International Trade Advisors noted on July 19. XA International Trade Advisors director Donald MacKay spoke during the UK-government-funded initiative Trade Forward Southern Africa (TFSA) and research institution Africa House-hosted Renewable Energy Product & Expertise Showcase, in Cape Town. Africa House director Duncan Bonnett said wind and solar are already becoming well established sectors across Southern Africa, while green hydrogen is an emerging opportunity in a smaller number of countries, but nonetheless a potentially huge opportunity for South African suppliers. He mentioned that the renewable energy landscape has evolved significantly over the last decade, from a small number of wind and solar projects, typically linked programmes such as the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), to a much broader utility-scale and dynamic sector. Bonnett estimated the total value of renewable energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa to be $35-billion, including 104 wind projects, more than 1 000 solar projects and a pipeline of conceptual projects. South Africa accounts for 51% of installed and upcoming wind power in the sub-Saharan Africa region, with Eastern African countries such as Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana and Ethiopia all growing wind developments as well. He highlighted that suppliers based in South Africa enjoy tariff-free access to another 18% of projects in the region through Southern African Development Community (SADC) and Southern African Customs Union trade agreements. Therefore, South African suppliers have preferential access to about 70% of wind projects in the region, some of which are accessible by road, rail and sea. South Africa also leads the way in terms of solar project developments, having about 57% of the 9.5 GW of solar projects in operation, construction or declared in sub-Saharan Africa based in the country. With Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritius and Mozambique all being key trading partners of South Africa, members of SADC and accounting for 31% of total solar capacity on the continent, it gives South African suppliers another edge in accessing markets. The majority of projects, however, do not have a completion date as yet, making demand forecasts for materials difficult. That said, Bonnett pointed out that volumes of materials are rising sharply every year, with total volumes of input material into solar projects – such as long and galvanised steel, glass, zinc, plastic, aluminium, cement, copper and silicon – averaging around 87 000 t/y in “REIPPPP delivery years”. He admitted that Covid-19 had disrupted many solar power project implementations, but stronger volume growth is expected in 2023 and 2024. Bonnett added that undeclared volume requirements from smaller projects already in operation will also boost the numbers considerably, in addition to new projects being designed. The solar photovoltaic sector requires nearly 1-million panels a year, excluding rooftop developments, in REIPPPP delivery years. This number will rise to around 2.4-million by 2024, Bonnett forecasted, adding that the proposed development of green hydrogen complexes in Namibia and South Africa could drive this demand higher as well. While the green hydrogen industry is in its infancy on the continent, Africa's abundant solar and wind resources makes it an ideal region for development. Bonnett said only a handful of countries have officially announced green hydrogen projects so far, with an estimated value of $98-billion should they all proceed to commissioning. There is also a growing number of downstream green hydrogen projects, particularly those related to mining fleet conversion and other industrial a...

Africa's parliaments are increasingly gender equal, thanks largely to quotas. But there is a curious heterogeneity. Southern and Eastern African legislatures have near parity, while West Africans are ruled by men. Why is West Africa such an outlier?

Christine Ng'ang'a is Managing Director at Strategia Advisors, a boutique advisory firm serving East African clients, and has accumulated over 20 years' experience in corporate and project finance, strategy and economic development advisory work. She is also the founder of KendiArt.com - the first online marketplace for Contemporary East African Art, and an angel investor in the fintech and renewable energy sectors.Previously she worked in Deals Advisory at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Kenya where she managed M&A, capital raising, Public Private Partnerships, valuation and due diligence assignments. Christine has served as Assistant Vice President at the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC). In this role, she managed municipal bond issuances for a portfolio of infrastructure development projects and helped structure PPPs in the manufacturing, real estate, healthcare, rail, education and leisure sectors. She also structured a pooled loan guarantee program for New York City which was designated by Mayor Bloomberg as a flagship project for enhancing SME access to capital during the Great Recession of 2008/9. Christine has consulted for USAID, CIDA, the World Bank and various Eastern African governments. Christine is an Eisenhower Fellow (2021). She currently Chairs the Board of Sanlam General Insurance (Kenya) Limited and has served on the boards of Revolution Analytics, Strauss Energy and Carolina for Kibera. She is a former board member of the Regional Economic Development Assistance Corporation (New York) and also served as Assistant Secretary of the New York City Industrial Development Agency (NYCIDA), a bond issuing authority. Christine holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Studies (Honours) from Trent University, Canada, a Post Graduate Diploma in E-commerce Technologies from Seneca College, Canada and a Master of Public Administration from New York University, USA.https://www.strategiaadvisors.com/

The first time I heard Siaji Otieno aka The Kikombe speaking I was blown away as I knew without a doubt that I had to bring him on the podcast. Siaji has a voice made for airwaves, eyes that can capture the beauty at any angle or depth, and he can tell a story like the greats. This is a beautiful migrant journey that includes Eastern African countries, similarities between university systems in Anglo-Eastern and Western Africa, journalism influences, Thai connect, and documenting our lives.  The Kikombe has to be back for more! Check out his work https://linktr.ee/thekikombe Give us a 5-Star review on iTunes (Apple Podcast) & support our work here https://linktr.ee/whitelabelamerican It's the right thing to do! 3 Episodes to 100!!! Music By Infrared_Krypto   #whitelabelamerican #dopeblackpod #immigrantstories #luatribe #thekikombe #diversify #photography #teacher #voiceover #branwand #thailand #tanzania #pasta #soccer #journalism #nileperch #uncles #stories #kensarowiwa #travel #phuket #cybercafe #arusha #nairobi    

In this first episode of The Horn's special mini-series about jihadism along the Eastern African seaboard, Alan Boswell talks with historian and analyst Ngala Chome about how new ideologies East Africans brought back from the Middle East sowed the seeds of militant doctrines that took root within some communities amid a climate of political marginalisation. They unpack the role of colonialism in the region and how Saudi Arabian scholarship funding gave youth an opportunity to establish themselves within social and political hierarchies. They also explore the kinship networks, established during East Africa's days as a trading hub, that link the Swahili coast from southern Somalia to northern Mozambique. They discuss the domestic and transnational interplay of these militant ideologies with national and local politics, and the heavy-handed response from regional states since the start of the so-called Global War on Terror. The Eastern Africa's Jihadis series of The Horn is produced in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr Alganesc Fessaha is the Founder and President of Associazione Gandhi, a non-profit organization that supports disadvantaged and abused refugees in general, children and women refugees in particular in various Western and Eastern African countries and in Europe.   Dr Alganesc has been a leading activist in the fight against the human trafficking, kidnapping, torture and rape of African refugees in the Sinai Peninsula. In October 2013 during the Lampedusa tragedy which saw 300 people perish in the Mediterranean sea, she was the main point of reference for the families of the deceased, the Italian authorities in identifying and recording the bodies and for the survivors.Dr Alganesc has wide broadcasting experience and has been vocal on human rights issues, such as infibulation of women in Africa and Asia, women's rights and refugee problems. She is fluent in English, Italian, French, Spanish, Arabic and Tigrigna and holds a degree in Sociology and Psychology and a Masters in Political Science from the University of Cattolica in Milan. In 2014, Dr Alganesc published Occhi Nel Deserto, a photographic book illustrating the plight of refugees in Africa. The pictures have been taken and collected by Dr. Fesseha during her years of fights for the rights of refugees, and her many journeys to save and rescue refugees.Her relentless work in helping refugees, women, children, and the elderly in Africa has been widely commended by both governmental and non-governmental entities and has earned her several recognitions and awards; In 2010 She was awarded the Peace Medal from the Lombardia Region.In 2013 she was awarded the Ambrogino d'Oro by the Council of the city of Milan, for her contribution to the city of Milan.In 2013 she was also awarded the Premio Nazionale per I Diritti Umani Maria Rita Saulle, a national prize awarded to those advocating human rights.In 2015 she was awarded the Roland Berger Human Dignity award in Berlin. Her name was also included in the Giardino dei Giusti – the garden of the righteous in Milan.In October 2015, the President of the Italian Republic Mattarella awarded her the highest national award Ufficiale dell'ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana - The order of Merit of the Italian Republic.We need your help! Donate to save lives in the Mediterranean Sea.Please donate today and support the lives of so many people!   

Pastor. Theologian. President. Can you be all three at once? Dr. Lazarus Chakwera seems to think so as he assumed the highest office in his Eastern African country of Malawi last year.

Land and Maritime Empires in the Indian Ocean (Educatt, 2017) reconceptualizes the history of the Indian Ocean through the themes of mobility, encounters, empires, and slavery. The book aims to reshape the historical understanding of Africa and Asia. It approaches Afro-Asiatic connections from different methodological perspectives. Nicolini and de Silva Jayasuriya have reread the Indian Ocean history's role away from traditional politics and international relations. They stated in the introduction: “We are both aware that the study of the history of the Indian Ocean can no longer be considered merely as hagiographic reconstructions, but must take into consideration a number of historical-political-institutional aspects. These include the presence of different cultural, social, and religious groups, together with the affirmation of the Omani Ibadites dominance between the mid-seventeenth and the beginning of the nineteenth centuries. the fundamental influence of the Indian mercantile and other Asian communities; and the impact with the Swahili population of the Eastern African coast and the Sub-Saharan regions. All of these issues should also be considered in relation to links with Europe and with the newly United States of America." Beatrice Nicolini is a professor of African History, Institutions, Religions, Conflicts, and Slavery in the Indian Ocean World, at the Catholic University, Milan, Italy. Her research focuses on the connections between South-Western Asia, the Persian/Arab Gulf, and East Africa.  Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study (University of London) and an elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (Great Britain & Ireland). Her research focuses on migration, commerce, and cultural exchange in the Indian Ocean world. Ahmed Yaqoub AlMaazmi is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University. His research focuses on the intersection of law and the environment across the Western Indian Ocean. He can be reached by email at almaazmi@princeton.edu or on Twitter @Ahmed_Yaqoub. Listeners’ feedback, questions, and book suggestions are most welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Land and Maritime Empires in the Indian Ocean (Educatt, 2017) reconceptualizes the history of the Indian Ocean through the themes of mobility, encounters, empires, and slavery. The book aims to reshape the historical understanding of Africa and Asia. It approaches Afro-Asiatic connections from different methodological perspectives. Nicolini and de Silva Jayasuriya have reread the Indian Ocean history's role away from traditional politics and international relations. They stated in the introduction: “We are both aware that the study of the history of the Indian Ocean can no longer be considered merely as hagiographic reconstructions, but must take into consideration a number of historical-political-institutional aspects. These include the presence of different cultural, social, and religious groups, together with the affirmation of the Omani Ibadites dominance between the mid-seventeenth and the beginning of the nineteenth centuries. the fundamental influence of the Indian mercantile and other Asian communities; and the impact with the Swahili population of the Eastern African coast and the Sub-Saharan regions. All of these issues should also be considered in relation to links with Europe and with the newly United States of America." Beatrice Nicolini is a professor of African History, Institutions, Religions, Conflicts, and Slavery in the Indian Ocean World, at the Catholic University, Milan, Italy. Her research focuses on the connections between South-Western Asia, the Persian/Arab Gulf, and East Africa.  Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study (University of London) and an elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (Great Britain & Ireland). Her research focuses on migration, commerce, and cultural exchange in the Indian Ocean world. Ahmed Yaqoub AlMaazmi is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University. His research focuses on the intersection of law and the environment across the Western Indian Ocean. He can be reached by email at almaazmi@princeton.edu or on Twitter @Ahmed_Yaqoub. Listeners’ feedback, questions, and book suggestions are most welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Land and Maritime Empires in the Indian Ocean (Educatt, 2017) reconceptualizes the history of the Indian Ocean through the themes of mobility, encounters, empires, and slavery. The book aims to reshape the historical understanding of Africa and Asia. It approaches Afro-Asiatic connections from different methodological perspectives. Nicolini and de Silva Jayasuriya have reread the Indian Ocean history's role away from traditional politics and international relations. They stated in the introduction: “We are both aware that the study of the history of the Indian Ocean can no longer be considered merely as hagiographic reconstructions, but must take into consideration a number of historical-political-institutional aspects. These include the presence of different cultural, social, and religious groups, together with the affirmation of the Omani Ibadites dominance between the mid-seventeenth and the beginning of the nineteenth centuries. the fundamental influence of the Indian mercantile and other Asian communities; and the impact with the Swahili population of the Eastern African coast and the Sub-Saharan regions. All of these issues should also be considered in relation to links with Europe and with the newly United States of America." Beatrice Nicolini is a professor of African History, Institutions, Religions, Conflicts, and Slavery in the Indian Ocean World, at the Catholic University, Milan, Italy. Her research focuses on the connections between South-Western Asia, the Persian/Arab Gulf, and East Africa.  Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study (University of London) and an elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (Great Britain & Ireland). Her research focuses on migration, commerce, and cultural exchange in the Indian Ocean world. Ahmed Yaqoub AlMaazmi is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University. His research focuses on the intersection of law and the environment across the Western Indian Ocean. He can be reached by email at almaazmi@princeton.edu or on Twitter @Ahmed_Yaqoub. Listeners’ feedback, questions, and book suggestions are most welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Land and Maritime Empires in the Indian Ocean (Educatt, 2017) reconceptualizes the history of the Indian Ocean through the themes of mobility, encounters, empires, and slavery. The book aims to reshape the historical understanding of Africa and Asia. It approaches Afro-Asiatic connections from different methodological perspectives. Nicolini and de Silva Jayasuriya have reread the Indian Ocean history's role away from traditional politics and international relations. They stated in the introduction: “We are both aware that the study of the history of the Indian Ocean can no longer be considered merely as hagiographic reconstructions, but must take into consideration a number of historical-political-institutional aspects. These include the presence of different cultural, social, and religious groups, together with the affirmation of the Omani Ibadites dominance between the mid-seventeenth and the beginning of the nineteenth centuries. the fundamental influence of the Indian mercantile and other Asian communities; and the impact with the Swahili population of the Eastern African coast and the Sub-Saharan regions. All of these issues should also be considered in relation to links with Europe and with the newly United States of America." Beatrice Nicolini is a professor of African History, Institutions, Religions, Conflicts, and Slavery in the Indian Ocean World, at the Catholic University, Milan, Italy. Her research focuses on the connections between South-Western Asia, the Persian/Arab Gulf, and East Africa.  Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study (University of London) and an elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (Great Britain & Ireland). Her research focuses on migration, commerce, and cultural exchange in the Indian Ocean world. Ahmed Yaqoub AlMaazmi is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University. His research focuses on the intersection of law and the environment across the Western Indian Ocean. He can be reached by email at almaazmi@princeton.edu or on Twitter @Ahmed_Yaqoub. Listeners’ feedback, questions, and book suggestions are most welcome.

Land and Maritime Empires in the Indian Ocean (Educatt, 2017) reconceptualizes the history of the Indian Ocean through the themes of mobility, encounters, empires, and slavery. The book aims to reshape the historical understanding of Africa and Asia. It approaches Afro-Asiatic connections from different methodological perspectives. Nicolini and de Silva Jayasuriya have reread the Indian Ocean history's role away from traditional politics and international relations. They stated in the introduction: “We are both aware that the study of the history of the Indian Ocean can no longer be considered merely as hagiographic reconstructions, but must take into consideration a number of historical-political-institutional aspects. These include the presence of different cultural, social, and religious groups, together with the affirmation of the Omani Ibadites dominance between the mid-seventeenth and the beginning of the nineteenth centuries. the fundamental influence of the Indian mercantile and other Asian communities; and the impact with the Swahili population of the Eastern African coast and the Sub-Saharan regions. All of these issues should also be considered in relation to links with Europe and with the newly United States of America." Beatrice Nicolini is a professor of African History, Institutions, Religions, Conflicts, and Slavery in the Indian Ocean World, at the Catholic University, Milan, Italy. Her research focuses on the connections between South-Western Asia, the Persian/Arab Gulf, and East Africa.  Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study (University of London) and an elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (Great Britain & Ireland). Her research focuses on migration, commerce, and cultural exchange in the Indian Ocean world. Ahmed Yaqoub AlMaazmi is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University. His research focuses on the intersection of law and the environment across the Western Indian Ocean. He can be reached by email at almaazmi@princeton.edu or on Twitter @Ahmed_Yaqoub. Listeners’ feedback, questions, and book suggestions are most welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Land and Maritime Empires in the Indian Ocean (Educatt, 2017) reconceptualizes the history of the Indian Ocean through the themes of mobility, encounters, empires, and slavery. The book aims to reshape the historical understanding of Africa and Asia. It approaches Afro-Asiatic connections from different methodological perspectives. Nicolini and de Silva Jayasuriya have reread the Indian Ocean history's role away from traditional politics and international relations. They stated in the introduction: “We are both aware that the study of the history of the Indian Ocean can no longer be considered merely as hagiographic reconstructions, but must take into consideration a number of historical-political-institutional aspects. These include the presence of different cultural, social, and religious groups, together with the affirmation of the Omani Ibadites dominance between the mid-seventeenth and the beginning of the nineteenth centuries. the fundamental influence of the Indian mercantile and other Asian communities; and the impact with the Swahili population of the Eastern African coast and the Sub-Saharan regions. All of these issues should also be considered in relation to links with Europe and with the newly United States of America." Beatrice Nicolini is a professor of African History, Institutions, Religions, Conflicts, and Slavery in the Indian Ocean World, at the Catholic University, Milan, Italy. Her research focuses on the connections between South-Western Asia, the Persian/Arab Gulf, and East Africa.  Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study (University of London) and an elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (Great Britain & Ireland). Her research focuses on migration, commerce, and cultural exchange in the Indian Ocean world. Ahmed Yaqoub AlMaazmi is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University. His research focuses on the intersection of law and the environment across the Western Indian Ocean. He can be reached by email at almaazmi@princeton.edu or on Twitter @Ahmed_Yaqoub. Listeners’ feedback, questions, and book suggestions are most welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In The Politics of Disease Control. Sleeping Sickness in Eastern Africa, 1890-1920 (Ohio University Press, 2019), Mari K. Webel tells a history of colonial interventions among three communities of the Great Lakes region of East Africa. At the dawn of the twentieth century, Eastern African societies faced a range of social, political and economic challenges, many of which were connected to the establishment of British and German colonial regimes. In the midst of these, African societies experienced an epidemic outbreak of human African Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as “sleeping sickness.” The epidemic posed a serious threat to the economic prospects of colonial regimes who felt it necessary to authorize and fund large scale campaigns aimed at researching a treatment that could cure and stop the spread of the disease. Dr. Webel locates these colonial interventions in the context of the rich intellectual worlds that Great Lakes' communities used to make sense of experiences of misfortune and illness. She argues that only by understanding the concepts and strategies that Africans had historically used to navigate challenging times, can we explain how and whether they chose to interact with the health efforts promoted by colonial authorities. The book highlights the long, largely neglected, and mostly unsuccessful, quest to eradicate or treat human African trypanosomiasis. It explains the impact that early campaigns to contain the disease had on the rationale and design of subsequent public health interventions in other parts of Africa, and how colonial narratives continue to affect modern research agendas into tropical diseases. Moreover, the book underscores the importance of paying attention to local, cultural and historical factors in the design of any public health campaign. Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia is Associate Professor of History at Montclair State University. She specializes in modern intellectual history of Africa, historiography, World history and Philosophy of History. She is the co-author of African Histories: New Sources and New Techniques for Studying African Pasts (Pearson, 2011).   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In The Politics of Disease Control. Sleeping Sickness in Eastern Africa, 1890-1920 (Ohio University Press, 2019), Mari K. Webel tells a history of colonial interventions among three communities of the Great Lakes region of East Africa. At the dawn of the twentieth century, Eastern African societies faced a range of social, political and economic challenges, many of which were connected to the establishment of British and German colonial regimes. In the midst of these, African societies experienced an epidemic outbreak of human African Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as “sleeping sickness.” The epidemic posed a serious threat to the economic prospects of colonial regimes who felt it necessary to authorize and fund large scale campaigns aimed at researching a treatment that could cure and stop the spread of the disease. Dr. Webel locates these colonial interventions in the context of the rich intellectual worlds that Great Lakes' communities used to make sense of experiences of misfortune and illness. She argues that only by understanding the concepts and strategies that Africans had historically used to navigate challenging times, can we explain how and whether they chose to interact with the health efforts promoted by colonial authorities. The book highlights the long, largely neglected, and mostly unsuccessful, quest to eradicate or treat human African trypanosomiasis. It explains the impact that early campaigns to contain the disease had on the rationale and design of subsequent public health interventions in other parts of Africa, and how colonial narratives continue to affect modern research agendas into tropical diseases. Moreover, the book underscores the importance of paying attention to local, cultural and historical factors in the design of any public health campaign. Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia is Associate Professor of History at Montclair State University. She specializes in modern intellectual history of Africa, historiography, World history and Philosophy of History. She is the co-author of African Histories: New Sources and New Techniques for Studying African Pasts (Pearson, 2011).   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/medicine

In The Politics of Disease Control. Sleeping Sickness in Eastern Africa, 1890-1920 (Ohio University Press, 2019), Mari K. Webel tells a history of colonial interventions among three communities of the Great Lakes region of East Africa. At the dawn of the twentieth century, Eastern African societies faced a range of social, political and economic challenges, many of which were connected to the establishment of British and German colonial regimes. In the midst of these, African societies experienced an epidemic outbreak of human African Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as “sleeping sickness.” The epidemic posed a serious threat to the economic prospects of colonial regimes who felt it necessary to authorize and fund large scale campaigns aimed at researching a treatment that could cure and stop the spread of the disease. Dr. Webel locates these colonial interventions in the context of the rich intellectual worlds that Great Lakes’ communities used to make sense of experiences of misfortune and illness. She argues that only by understanding the concepts and strategies that Africans had historically used to navigate challenging times, can we explain how and whether they chose to interact with the health efforts promoted by colonial authorities. The book highlights the long, largely neglected, and mostly unsuccessful, quest to eradicate or treat human African trypanosomiasis. It explains the impact that early campaigns to contain the disease had on the rationale and design of subsequent public health interventions in other parts of Africa, and how colonial narratives continue to affect modern research agendas into tropical diseases. Moreover, the book underscores the importance of paying attention to local, cultural and historical factors in the design of any public health campaign. Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia is Associate Professor of History at Montclair State University. She specializes in modern intellectual history of Africa, historiography, World history and Philosophy of History. She is the co-author of African Histories: New Sources and New Techniques for Studying African Pasts (Pearson, 2011).   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In The Politics of Disease Control. Sleeping Sickness in Eastern Africa, 1890-1920 (Ohio University Press, 2019), Mari K. Webel tells a history of colonial interventions among three communities of the Great Lakes region of East Africa. At the dawn of the twentieth century, Eastern African societies faced a range of social, political and economic challenges, many of which were connected to the establishment of British and German colonial regimes. In the midst of these, African societies experienced an epidemic outbreak of human African Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as “sleeping sickness.” The epidemic posed a serious threat to the economic prospects of colonial regimes who felt it necessary to authorize and fund large scale campaigns aimed at researching a treatment that could cure and stop the spread of the disease. Dr. Webel locates these colonial interventions in the context of the rich intellectual worlds that Great Lakes’ communities used to make sense of experiences of misfortune and illness. She argues that only by understanding the concepts and strategies that Africans had historically used to navigate challenging times, can we explain how and whether they chose to interact with the health efforts promoted by colonial authorities. The book highlights the long, largely neglected, and mostly unsuccessful, quest to eradicate or treat human African trypanosomiasis. It explains the impact that early campaigns to contain the disease had on the rationale and design of subsequent public health interventions in other parts of Africa, and how colonial narratives continue to affect modern research agendas into tropical diseases. Moreover, the book underscores the importance of paying attention to local, cultural and historical factors in the design of any public health campaign. Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia is Associate Professor of History at Montclair State University. She specializes in modern intellectual history of Africa, historiography, World history and Philosophy of History. She is the co-author of African Histories: New Sources and New Techniques for Studying African Pasts (Pearson, 2011).   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In The Politics of Disease Control. Sleeping Sickness in Eastern Africa, 1890-1920 (Ohio University Press, 2019), Mari K. Webel tells a history of colonial interventions among three communities of the Great Lakes region of East Africa. At the dawn of the twentieth century, Eastern African societies faced a range of social, political and economic challenges, many of which were connected to the establishment of British and German colonial regimes. In the midst of these, African societies experienced an epidemic outbreak of human African Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as “sleeping sickness.” The epidemic posed a serious threat to the economic prospects of colonial regimes who felt it necessary to authorize and fund large scale campaigns aimed at researching a treatment that could cure and stop the spread of the disease. Dr. Webel locates these colonial interventions in the context of the rich intellectual worlds that Great Lakes’ communities used to make sense of experiences of misfortune and illness. She argues that only by understanding the concepts and strategies that Africans had historically used to navigate challenging times, can we explain how and whether they chose to interact with the health efforts promoted by colonial authorities. The book highlights the long, largely neglected, and mostly unsuccessful, quest to eradicate or treat human African trypanosomiasis. It explains the impact that early campaigns to contain the disease had on the rationale and design of subsequent public health interventions in other parts of Africa, and how colonial narratives continue to affect modern research agendas into tropical diseases. Moreover, the book underscores the importance of paying attention to local, cultural and historical factors in the design of any public health campaign. Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia is Associate Professor of History at Montclair State University. She specializes in modern intellectual history of Africa, historiography, World history and Philosophy of History. She is the co-author of African Histories: New Sources and New Techniques for Studying African Pasts (Pearson, 2011).   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In The Politics of Disease Control. Sleeping Sickness in Eastern Africa, 1890-1920 (Ohio University Press, 2019), Mari K. Webel tells a history of colonial interventions among three communities of the Great Lakes region of East Africa. At the dawn of the twentieth century, Eastern African societies faced a range of social, political and economic challenges, many of which were connected to the establishment of British and German colonial regimes. In the midst of these, African societies experienced an epidemic outbreak of human African Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as “sleeping sickness.” The epidemic posed a serious threat to the economic prospects of colonial regimes who felt it necessary to authorize and fund large scale campaigns aimed at researching a treatment that could cure and stop the spread of the disease. Dr. Webel locates these colonial interventions in the context of the rich intellectual worlds that Great Lakes’ communities used to make sense of experiences of misfortune and illness. She argues that only by understanding the concepts and strategies that Africans had historically used to navigate challenging times, can we explain how and whether they chose to interact with the health efforts promoted by colonial authorities. The book highlights the long, largely neglected, and mostly unsuccessful, quest to eradicate or treat human African trypanosomiasis. It explains the impact that early campaigns to contain the disease had on the rationale and design of subsequent public health interventions in other parts of Africa, and how colonial narratives continue to affect modern research agendas into tropical diseases. Moreover, the book underscores the importance of paying attention to local, cultural and historical factors in the design of any public health campaign. Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia is Associate Professor of History at Montclair State University. She specializes in modern intellectual history of Africa, historiography, World history and Philosophy of History. She is the co-author of African Histories: New Sources and New Techniques for Studying African Pasts (Pearson, 2011).   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In The Politics of Disease Control. Sleeping Sickness in Eastern Africa, 1890-1920 (Ohio University Press, 2019), Mari K. Webel tells a history of colonial interventions among three communities of the Great Lakes region of East Africa. At the dawn of the twentieth century, Eastern African societies faced a range of social, political and economic challenges, many of which were connected to the establishment of British and German colonial regimes. In the midst of these, African societies experienced an epidemic outbreak of human African Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as “sleeping sickness.” The epidemic posed a serious threat to the economic prospects of colonial regimes who felt it necessary to authorize and fund large scale campaigns aimed at researching a treatment that could cure and stop the spread of the disease. Dr. Webel locates these colonial interventions in the context of the rich intellectual worlds that Great Lakes’ communities used to make sense of experiences of misfortune and illness. She argues that only by understanding the concepts and strategies that Africans had historically used to navigate challenging times, can we explain how and whether they chose to interact with the health efforts promoted by colonial authorities. The book highlights the long, largely neglected, and mostly unsuccessful, quest to eradicate or treat human African trypanosomiasis. It explains the impact that early campaigns to contain the disease had on the rationale and design of subsequent public health interventions in other parts of Africa, and how colonial narratives continue to affect modern research agendas into tropical diseases. Moreover, the book underscores the importance of paying attention to local, cultural and historical factors in the design of any public health campaign. Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia is Associate Professor of History at Montclair State University. She specializes in modern intellectual history of Africa, historiography, World history and Philosophy of History. She is the co-author of African Histories: New Sources and New Techniques for Studying African Pasts (Pearson, 2011).   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anastasia Kraft was tired of bulky, manly steel toed boots. The only options she had other than butching it up was the industry's solution of making shoes designed for men, smaller and pink. She saw the problem and met it head on, so she founded Xena Workwear! (Insert Xena Warrior Princess war call here) About Anastasia Kraft: "My background is in mechanical engineering and project management. I speak four languages and love working on international projects in a fast-paced environment. As a project management consultant I helped project teams succeed in delivering critical multi-million dollar construction, manufacturing and event planning projects. While I LOVED working with my teams in the manufacturing environment, there was one aspect I truly hated: my bulky and manly steel toe boots. After years of frustration I decided to solve this issue by designing and manufacturing fashionable steel-toe footwear for women so that they can finally dress like the professionals they are! In my free time I volunteer as a board member for a non-profit called "Feeding Mouths, Filling Minds" which establishes sustainable water and food supply systems in Western and Eastern African countries. Apart from my non-profit work, the causes that motivate me include sustainable development, education and maximizing the opportunities for women in STEM." IG FB Twitter Lady Business Podcast is a Lady Laughs Comedy Productions in association with Doyenne. Season Two of LadyBusinessPod was recorded live at Startup Week Milwaukee and is brought to you by American Family Institute, EUA Architecht, Banse Law Group, and Underbelly.

This week we'll find out what happened to Jan Smuts and his commando as they combine forces with Kommandant van Deventer who is in the middle of a major skirmish with the British near Calvinia in the northern cape. The war is sputtering, the Boers are faltering, the British are escalating – all in all – it's a bit like the end of the line for Smuts and his men. But they're not beaten yet. Many believe that they can give the British at least one more bloody nose, then perhaps sue for peace and keep their independence. This was hoplessly naïve as the British wanted the Boer Republics in their ambit partly because of world diplomacy and nationalism and partly because of the enormous mineral resources of the Transvaal and Free State. These had been developed into mines, and these mines were owned by English financiers. There was no way that such treasure would be allowed to fall into German hands, and the Germans were very busy both in the Eastern African region, and in nearby German South West Africa. While local issues were driving the short term responses by London, its eyes were very much on its own local European enemies. While the ramifications of this pre-World War one diplomacy is beyond the scope of this podcast series, we must keep in mind what was going on throughout the globe at the same time. Smuts however, was trying to make contact with another of his leaders, Commandant Bouwer who had been told to remain down on the plains near the Olifants River near van Rijnsdorp. It was time for Reitz to head off once more, now the main messanger for General Smuts as he had an uncanny knack of finding distant Boer commandos. It took him three days of riding, through the high plains, then the mountain passes, and finally he located Bouwer near Van Rijnsdorp camped along the Trutro river. It is close to the western coast of South Africa, where the icy cold Atlantic flows past bringing dense fogs. The town is on the edge of the Nama Karoo region and has ancient San or Bushman paintings – some of the oldest in Africa. Reitz was too busy to take much notice of its history. You see Commandant Bouwer had suffered a major setback on the previous day – and it was all because of a Colonial called Lambert Colyn. This one moment in the Boer war would later sully General Smuts' name as he sought to reunify South Africa – this English speaker who told the Boers he would fight for their liberty.

In this episode of the Lifestyle, Travel & Technology podcast, the hosts Alexander, Garry & Nikky share a little bit of their personal life and talk about all the countries they've lived in, what cultures they've been exposed to and why they had the chance to experience what they did. Alexander and Nikky are kids of diplomats and were able to travel the world and live in various cities from a very young age, collectively living in around 14 countries. Garry, however, spent most of his life in Vienna, taking the role of the local between the hosts. The hosts talk about what they learned from being third culture kids or being a part of the expat community, what countries they preferred over the others and how they ended up in Vienna. They also suggest more parents to take the leap to experience living in a foreign country with their kids introducing them to multiple cultures and ways of living. They might even have the chance to expand their language skills and pick up a new one, which could benefit in the future. Podcast Episode Summary-          Countries Garry lived in-          Countries Nikky lived in (7 countries)-          Nikky and the UN WFP – United Nations World Food Program-          Central African and Eastern African countries and what languages they speak-          Countries Alexander lived in (7 countries)-          Austrian Foreign Ministry – Posting abroad-          Is it normal having a maid or a driver?-          Malaysia – mix of Asia and Europe QuotablesNikky - “Vienna is amazing because the quality of life is so high…Viennese people are famous for complaining…”Alexander – “…moving from an Asian city back to Vienna, it was just way to quiet…”Alexander – “…if you have an expat salary (in Asia) you actually live like a king…”Garry – “…my comfort zone is English…” Recommended Resources-          https://www.wfp.org/countries/burundi-          https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-21/expat-pay-packages-are-bigger-and-better-in-japan-eca-survey 

In episode 10, we hear from Vanessa and Rehgert VanZyl, recorded live from the sleepy, surf town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa (Jeffrey's Bay). Rehgert is a South African native (born and raised) and knew he had a unique upbringing in that he had a stable home life, parents still married and found Jesus early on. He wanted to lead the way for the youth and created Aleph Surf International to meet kids in the neighborhood, who've only known poverty, broken homes and hardship, right where they're at. Surfing is the method to bridge the gap to get to know them and having the opportunity to share the love of Christ with them, with hopes to change the community one individual at a time with the hope of the gospel. Vanessa has a background in the apparel manufacturing world which led her to live in Eastern Africa (Uganda) for a few years prior to meeting Rehgert. The way God crossed their paths is truly divine and something only He could do! The truly supernatural touches of the Lord, down to their wedding flower (the South African national flower - the protea- unbeknownst to Vanessa at the time) is evidence of His bringing them together! Their courtship was a fast one, yet a confirmed one, and Vanessa found herself married and living in South Africa, joking that it felt like an "arranged marriage" (arranged by the Lord). Their first year of marriage was like a boot camp, having to learn each other with just the two of them (her family being time zone's away) and wrestling with the Lord through it all (Vanessa shares this was her wrestling..) Vanessa admits the struggle she had in the first 5 years of their marriage, adjusting to a new culture (so different than the Eastern African culture she had loved and so far from home) and she shares it was on one of her runs that she was hit with this realization - "The Father spoke, “You have been looking at everything you've lost but not at everything you've gained. Do you want to run trails you've run before or trails you've never run before? I'm trying to give you new trails to blaze but you want to keep running the same one.” So much to unpack in this episode and the encouragement to keep serving, keep loving even when breakthrough isn't being seen. Will we trust the Father's at work even still? Will we serve Him even still? Will we be ready for Him when He comes back for His bride? Are our oils lamp emptied or full? (with reference to the parable of the 10 Virgins). They share all this and more - more about Aleph, their hearts for Israel, what covenant truly is and Rehgert closes out in prayer in his native tongue, Afrikaans. Be sure to follow on Instagram @themarriageprojectco or check out the website www.themarriageproject.co to see all the photos accompanying each testimony behind each matrimony! And please leave a comment on iTunes or on the website, we want to hear from you! And don't forget to subscribe for the community newsletter to get each episode sent directly to your inbox! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Comenzamos con los tres discos favoritos de mayo del 2019, que vienen firmados por los rusos Dobranotch, los japoneses Minyo Crusaders y el dúo italo-griego de Peppe Frana y Christos Barbas. Continuamos con un viaje que nos lleva a nuevas sonoridades del folk europeo, a conexiones entre el “jazz” y sonidos de África oriental y a otros que nos trae Araceli Tzigane de su reciente paso por la Canadian Music Week de Toronto. We start with the three monthly favorite albums for May 2019, by the Russian band Dobranotch, the Japanese one Minyo Crusaders and the Italian-Greek duet of Peppe Frana and Christos Barbas. We continue through new European folk music sounds, connections between jazz and Eastern African music and some other proposals presented by Araceli Tzigane after being attending the Canadian Music Week in Toronto. Favoritos de mayo / May favorites · Dobranotch – Snezhochki – Mer?edes kolo · Minyo Crusaders – Kushimoto bushi – Echoes of Japan · Peppe Frana & Christos Barbas – U??ak curcuna – Such a moon, the thief pauses to sing Viaje afro-euro-americano / Afro-Euro-American trip · Kaja – Alla vi – Origo · David Munnelly – Transparent – Aonair · Scythian – Jump at the sun – Dance all night: The best of Scythian · Dexter Story – Ras [+ Haile Supreme] – Bahir · Azmari – Dört buçuk – Ekera · The Blassics – Hagerun geleba – Togetherings

Listen to the Sun. March 24, 2019 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the impact of the cyclone in Southern Africa; the president of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa will be attending an upcoming summit of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC); there are now over 1,000 cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); and there are reports of major differences between the Eastern African states of Uganda and Rwanda. In the second and third hours we continue our commemoration of Women's History Month with a special focus on Aretha Franklin who made her transition last August in Detroit. We rebroadcast a special tribute aired over Leid Stories on the day Aretha passed. The final hour rebroadcast an interview with host Abayomi Azikiwe on Leid Stories assessing the inspirational legacy of Aretha Franklin in Detroit and beyond.

These songs are meant to carry us down and into our cores. Many of them are from a Tuvan throat singer Sainkho Namtchylak who was born in far south Siberia. According to patriarchal tradition as reported by patriarchal research, women in Tuva were forbidden to throat sing because it was believed the female voices could hurt male relatives or could cause childbirth problems(no comment necessary). In spite of the taboos, Sainkho’s grandmother taught her much of her traditional repertoire from which Sainkho has produced many albums. There is only one all-female folk ensemble who performs Tuvan throat singing: Tyva Kyzy directed by Choduraa Tumat. Unfortunately, I was not able to access their music. Also included in this hour is a sister duo called Ibeyi whose music I heard on the website for one of the first returning gatherings this Summer on MichFest’s land. Ibeyi is a French (with Cuban, Venezuelan and Tunisian origins) musical duo consisting of twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz. The duo sings in English, French, Spanish and Yoruba, a Nigerian language spoken in West Africa by their ancestors before being taken to Cuba as slaves in the 1700s. Ibeyi means ‘twins’ in Yoruba language. Finally, I’ve included a song by Saodaj’ suggested by a listener! Thank you! I love their sound. The group is from La Reunion Island; they create their own interpretation of Maloya, the typical musical genre of this French island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Maloya is sung in Creole, and is born out of the rhythms brought by the Malagasy and Eastern African slaves. I hope you enjoy this weaving of melodic and deeply entrancing female vocals. Introduction background: Naked Spirit Sainkho Namtchylak BaDJirgal's Wish Sainkho Namtchylak Inuit Wedding Sainkho Namtchylak Midnight Blue Sainkho Namtchylak From Me to You Sainkho Namtchylak Long Way Home Sainkho Namtchylak Valley of Shadows Sainkho Namtchylak Siber-Shaman Sainkho Namtchylak To the Master Hunashtar--Ool Sainkho Namtchylak Dance of the Eagle Sainkho Namtchylak Ritual Virtuality Sainkho Namtchylak Oya Ibeyi River Ibeyi Pokor Ler SaodaJ Lihkahusat/Entranced Mari Boine

Pope Francis is in Eastern Africa this week and so we are joined by Kenyan Father Zachary King'aru to tell us about his country and this historic visit. Mark Matthews tells us about a time he met a pornography producer in Hollywood; Sebastian Gomes speaks with Stephen Colbert on Connect5 and we ...

Pope Francis is in Eastern Africa this week and so we are joined by Kenyan Father Zachary King’aru to tell us about his country and this historic visit. Mark Matthews tells us about a time he met a pornography producer in Hollywood; Sebastian Gomes speaks with Stephen Colbert on Connect5 and we ...

Susan Bingi is Trade and Regional Advisor at Global Mechanism, a specialized body of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. In this interview with ECDPM’s Francesco Rampa, head of the Food Security programme, she speaks on a number of these themes, including: - Working with ECDPM on regional integration - The implementation of activities and the framework of CAADP as an opportunity to strengthen links between trade and agriculture - Regional integration process to help small holder farmers - Private sector investment - How the process is likely to bring concrete progress; feasibility of the value chain approach to integrate the private sector. - The involvement of donors and assistance – financial and co-assistance - The role of emerging economies - Is Uganda benefitting from being in the Eastern African regional community?

Prof. Anderson (Oxford University) examines the tumultuous history in the Jubaland area of southern Somalia and northern Kenya at the turn of the 20th century. Professor David Anderson (Oxford University, African Studies Centre) presents research on the history of Jubaland, located in Southern Somalia and, previously until 1924, part of the Kenya colony and East African protectorate. Focused on the tumultuous history of British involvement in this area, Prof. Anderson uses the themes of Islam, imperialism(s), and transnational history to understand what was going on in this region at the turn of the 20th century. Anderson offers possible insights for the troubles facing this region today.

Prof. Anderson (Oxford University) examines the tumultuous history in the Jubaland area of southern Somalia and northern Kenya at the turn of the 20th century. (Presented in the Global and Imperial History Research Seminar). Professor David Anderson (Oxford University, African Studies Centre) presents research on the history of Jubaland, located in Southern Somalia and, previously until 1924, part of the Kenya colony and East African protectorate. Focused on the tumultuous history of British involvement in this area, Prof. Anderson uses the themes of Islam, imperialism(s), and transnational history to understand what was going on in this region at the turn of the 20th century. Anderson offers possible insights for the troubles facing this region today. (Presented at the Global and Imperial History Research Seminar, History Faculty, University of Oxford, http://www.history.ox.ac.uk)

Andy Moore guitarist for Dutch Anarcho punk band The Ex talks to Eric Theriault in May 2004.  The Ex performed at the Festival International Du Musique Actuelle in 2004  Andy Moore (previously of Dog Face Hermans) speaks about the Ex's DYI philosophy and the the influence of Eastern African music . He also talks about the departure of longtime member Luc Ex in 2002.