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Guinean troops have fired shots in the disputed town of Yenga, which is on the border with Sierra Leone. What's behind this unprecedented development? Also why are farmworkers in Kenya occupying tea plantations owned by multinational companies? And why we should be eating more fermented foods..Presenter: Audrey Brown Technical Producer: Francesca Dunne Producers: Tom Kavanagh in London and Blessing Aderogba in Lagos Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
This edition of Free City Radio features audio from a Montreal launch for the zine Voices Beyond Lockdown: Collective action and care across borders in a time of crisis, a zine publication of Free City Radio. On the show we hear from community organizers, artists and cultural workers reflecting on the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in Montreal before any vaccines were available. The zine is a transcribed set of interviews with a set of voices and the launch includes the voices of: Indigenous photographer Martin Akwiranoron Loft; a Guinean community organizer in Montreal, Mohamed Barry; longtime community organizer at the Immigrant Workers Centre, Mostafa Henaway; poet and educator Shanice Nicole; artist and author Sundus Abdul Hadi; and educator/researcher Brian Aboud. Read the full zine in PDF format via Justseeds here: https://justseeds.org/voices-beyond-lockdown-zine The launch of the project was recorded at Casa del Popolo in Montreal. This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Guinean authorities announced a reduction in the price of rice, the country's staple food, and other food items ahead of the month of Ramadan. But according to traders and consumers, the move has not changed the prices of basic food items, and they've called on the government to do more. Reporter Karim Kamara has more from Conakry
Join Dieretou Diallo, a Guinean blogger, feminist, and activist as she explores how technology is transforming activism and addressing threats to democracy in West Africa.
Meet Malick Fofana, the electrifying Belgian talent with Guinean and Filipino roots, who is taking European football by storm. Malick Martin Fofana is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Lyon and the Belgium national team.
Transportation and trade in Guinea's capital, Conakry, were halted Monday by opposition protesters calling for the nation's military leaders to return Guinea to democratic rule. Guinean authorities told AFP they banned the protest because they weren't notified. Daouda Mohamed Camara, editor-in-chief at Espace FM, tells VOA's James Butty the political parties stopped recognizing the military's authority at the end of last year.
Born in Conakry, West Africa, Safa Diallo moved to Spain in 2002 to pursue my studies. He joined the rap group SOCIEDAD NO LIMIT in 2008, releasing two albums and performing for an HIV/AIDS awareness project, gaining media attention including a feature on *Elbicentenario* with TV Antena3. He later recorded his first solo album in Jamaica, collaborating with artists like Capleton and Busy Signal. His album *LAAWOL_CONAKRY_KINGSTON* was mixed by Niko Banton, and he's recognized for concepts like "Wely maa metty" and "Ramba bax."One of his biggest dreams was to attract foreign investors to Guinea, facilitated by the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce during a 10-day economic forum in Conakry. He is ambitious and involved in real estate and medium-sized businesses for socio-economic development. His aim is to develop agriculture and establish connections between Latin America, Europe, and Jamaica, which has a large African population seeking identity. His goals include marketing Guinean products abroad, enhancing tourism and culture, and promoting repatriation to our fertile lands, known as the "Water Tower of West Africa."
Across Africa, young entrepreneurs are making their dreams happen in challenging circumstances. Here three very different young Africans explain how they made their first million.Maya Horgan Famodu is an American-Nigerian venture capitalist, originally from Minnesota in the US. She has a VC firm called Ingressive Capital. Her latest fund is worth $50m. She's invested in some of the biggest startups in Africa.Moulaye Tabouré is the Malian CEO and founder of ANKA, an online sales platform for African fashion and crafts based in Cote d'Ivoire. The company has raised $6.2 million in its series A funding although it has since announced it is closing its marketplace. Mountaga Keita is a Guinean-born inventor and successful businessman. He studied at Harvard University and worked in America. He came back to Guinea to launch his portable ultrasound machine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This episode discusses the China's concerns over Guinean bauxite, uranium, nickel and what we'd learned about China's latest bout of stimulus one month in. (13 min) Click here for transcript.
In Guinea Conakry, one of the key suspects in the 2009 stadium massacre of opposition supporters and the most wanted Guinean fugitive, Colonel Claude Pivi has been arrested in Liberia. The move occurred ten months after unidentified armed men whisked him out of the central prison in Conakry. Pivi was sentenced to life in prison in absentia at the end of the trial. Reporter Karim Kamara has more from Conakry
Former Guinea military leader Moussa "Dadis" Camara has appealed his 20-year prison sentence. Pepe Antoine Lamah, the defense lawyer of the former junta leader, says Camara respects the court's ruling but sharply rejects it. This, after a Guinean court found the former junta leader guilty of crimes against humanity in the 2009 stadium massacre in which at least 157 died and many more were injured. Defense attorney Pepe Antoine Lamah tells VOA's Peter Clottey, that he plans to petition the ECOWAS court contending that the Guinean judicial system was not fair to Camara
On Daybreak Africa: Rwandan President Paul Kagame is on the verge of re-election for his fourth term. Plus, Nigeria plans to resume the local refining of crude oil in early August, according to an announcement by the national petroleum authorities. South Africa's Home Affairs Minister assures dignified service for refugees. The Eswatini High Court sentences two members of parliament to 43 years in jail. We'll get a reaction. Guinean lawyers embark on a two-week strike to protest what they say are “arbitrary arrests”. The Republican Party National Convention continues in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. US voters react to the assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump. For this and more tune to Daybreak Africa!
London's blue chips have fallen for a second consecutive day despite more record highs achieved overnight on Wall Street. Leading the fallers was Burberry as more luxury retailers revealed the woes facing the sector, with Cartier owner Richemont this morning warning that weak China demand has hit sales. Hugo Boss also cut full-year sales guidance over weaker demand in China and the UK. Rio Tinto has dropped 2.2% as investors quail over the $6.2 billion investment it will make in its Guinea iron ore project. Guinean and Chinese regulatory approvals have now been received for the project, meaning it can begin the development of rail and port infrastructure. On the FTSE 250, Ocado jumped after it reported lower half-year losses and raised its earnings and cash flow guidance for the full year. Losses before tax shrank to £154 million from £290 million a year ago. #proactiveinvestors #marketreport #burberry #ftse #ftse100 #footsie #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews
The former number two man of Guinea's military junta, General Sadiba Koulibaly, has died in Conakry under suspicious circumstances, according to his lawyer. Reporter Karim Kamara has the story from Conakry.
On Daybreak Africa: Provisional results show that Mauritanian President Ghazouani has won re-election. We'll have an analysis of the new cabinet in South Africa's government of national unity. A senior Guinean military officer dies under suspicious circumstances. Uganda's parliament meets today (Tuesday) to reconsider an appropriations bill returned to the legislature by President Museveni. US immigrants bring compassion to Eswatini by transforming health care for the country's poor. For more of this and more tune to Daybreak Africa!
This is an unlocked premium episode. For access to new monthly episodes of Demon Forces and all SJ episodes, subscribe to the Demon Forces tier on patreon.com/subliminaljihad. Dimitri launches into the most complex and sinister chapter of Demon Forces yet, exploring how the First Liberal Civil War metastasized into a West African proxy conflict and “vast international conspiracy” in 1990-91. PART ONE: A CELEBRATION OF MARKETS, 1990-91 The crystallization of two de facto Liberian governments (IGNU vs. NPRAG), the formation of the anti-Taylor ULIMO force in Guinea/Sierra Leone, Mandingo Al-Haji Kromah declaring a jihad on the NPFL, US-trained Krahn General Albert Karpeh (murdered), the ULIMO-ECOMOG alliance, rumors of a US assassination plot against Taylor… The RUF invasion of Sierra Leone in March 1991, Taylor's murky relationship with Foday Sankoh, Dr. H. Boima Fahnbulleh's TRC testimony about Houphouet-Boigny convincing the French to back Taylor's rebellion, tacit US support for every side of the conflict simultaneously, Taylor's pre-war collaborations with future President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and the mysterious “intelligence officer”/Tolbert son-in-law Tonya King, and the Chet Crocker proverb: “Why don't we let you handle that one, Francois?” The emergence of a vast shadow economy in Greater Liberia, Taylor's highly lucrative dealings with foreign business entities, the anarcho-capitalist paradise, Taylor's connections to French businessman Robert Saint-Pai, French Ambassador to Ivory Coast Michel Dupuch, and the son of President Mitterand… Background on the simmering geopolitical and economic rivalry between Nigeria and Ivory Coast, the ‘70s Nigerian oil boom, Houphouet-Boigny's ill-fated attempt to force the world cocoa markets upward in the ‘80s, his bitterness towards “les Anglos-Saxons” colluding to suppress cocoa prices, African countries succumbing to IMF/World Bank “assistance” one by one, the regional power of the hard currency-backed CFA Franc, Liberia's role as West Africa's US Dollar zone… Meyer Lansky and Tibor Rosenbaum using Liberia as a money laundering hub during the Tubman era, Doe and “notorious Italian fraudster” Giancarlo Parretti using revenue from Liberia's oil business to buy companies abroad, the economic significance of the proposed Mount Nimba iron ore project on the Guinean border, Doe and Nigerian President Babangida skimming off Nigerian oil imports via the Liberian National Petroleum Company, French mining company BRGM and the Japanese Sumitomo Corporation, Taylor setting up business deals via his lawyer Ramsey Clark, Franco-Ivorian and Unification Church logging companies, UNITA laundering diamond exports through Liberia, the difficult-to-measure marijuana cultivation in northern Liberia, Taylor's belief that African leaders should earn hard currency by laundering money for drug syndicates, the Corsican Mafia in Ivory Coast, cheap Nigerian amphetamines and Guinean “Sekou Touré” pills, crack cocaine factories in Abidjan, Pakistani hashish, Polish crime syndicates, Taylor's Dutch consigliere Gus Kouwenhoven, and some preliminary materials for Dimitri's theory of anarchocolonialism.
We sit down to chat about the concept of home and belonging, lessons from life on the road, and the quest for community. Mako shares her experience of exploring Jazz music and learning to dance from a “music first” approach, her relationship to practicing and developing her authentic movement. We also talk about her journey of learning traditional Guinean dance and how that shaped her approach to sharing the dance. Finally, we reflect on the importance of patience and embracing frustration in the learning process.
Daniel King interviews missionary James Obeng from Ghana, who is currently serving in Guinea. James shares how he became a missionary after receiving a prophecy about serving in a French-speaking country. Despite not knowing French, he learned the language and started doing evangelism and ministry work. James faced challenges in communicating with the locals but found ways to overcome them, such as using translation tools and working with a young boy who could translate for him. He also established a church in Guinea. James credits his spiritual father, Evangelist Dag Heward-Mills, for inspiring him in his missionary and evangelistic endeavors. He learned from Dag Heward-Mills' teachings about patience and perseverance in ministry. James also shares how he supports his ministry through various entrepreneurial activities, such as selling perfumes, farming, and baking bread. Additionally, he talks about his journey to finding a wife and how God led him to a Guinean woman named Fatima. Despite initial resistance, James followed God's leading and proposed to her. The episode concludes with Daniel expressing his admiration for James' faith and the impact he believes James will make as a missionary.
Across Africa, young entrepreneurs are making their dreams happen in challenging circumstances. Here three very different young Africans explain how they made their first million.Maya Horgan Famodu is an American-Nigerian venture capitalist, originally from Minnesota in the US. She has a VC firm called Ingressive Capital. Her latest fund is worth $50m. She's invested in some of the biggest startups in Africa.Moulaye Tabouré is the Malian CEO and founder of ANKA, an online sales platform for African fashion and crafts based in Cote d'Ivoire. The company has raised $6.2 million in its series A funding although it has since announced it is closing its marketplace. Moutagna Keita is a Guinean-born inventor and successful businessman. He studied at Harvard University and worked in America. He came back to Guinea to launch his portable ultrasound machine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sierra Leone's main opposition All People's Congress (APC) party has requested a diplomatic dialogue with the Guinean ambassador in Sierra Leone for information on party member Abubakar Boxx Konteh. He was arrested a week ago at the Guinea airport in a joint operation with Guinean and Sierra Leonean security. Sierra Leone Information Minister Chernor Bah told VOA Boxx Konteh was arrested on suspicion of involvement with the November 26, 2023 alleged coup attempt and trafficking of the drug kush. Lansana Dumbuya, National Secretary General of the APC, tells VOA's James Butty, the purpose of the diplomatic dialogue is to appeal to Guinea to ensure that the rights and freedom of Konteh, who is also regional coordinator of the opposition APC party, are protected.
On Daybreak Africa: Tuesday is Inauguration Day in Senegal as President-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye takes the oath of office. Plus UNICEF is urging immediate action to bolster security in hundreds of schools in Nigeria following recent abductions. Sierra Leone's main opposition seeks a diplomatic dialogue with the Guinean ambassador in Sierra Leone following the arrest of Abubakar Boxx Konteh. For this and more tune to Daybreak Africa!
A relative of Abubakar Boxx Konteh, a Sierra Leonean arrested last Saturday in Guinea, is calling for him to be accorded due process according to international law. The Sierra Leone government says Konteh was arrested in a joint operation with Guinean security in Guinea for his role in the failed coup attempt on November 26, 2023. Ahmed Sesay, a family member of Konteh, tells VOA's James Butty, Konteh's arrest may be part of a witch hunt because he is also regional coordinator of main opposition All People's Congress party.
Sierra Leone says it conducted a joint operation with Guinean security that led to the arrest of Abubakar Boxx Konteh at the Guinea airport while attempting to flee to Senegal. Information Minister Chernor Bah says Konteh, a Sierra Leonean, was arrested on March 23rd on suspicion of providing material support in the planning, execution, and escape of the perpetrators of the failed coup on November 26, 2023. Former President Ernest Bai Koroma was also charged with treason and other offenses for his role in the incident. He was temporarily relocated to Nigeria in exchange for dropping treason charges against him. Information Minister Bah, tells VOA's James Butty, Konteh is also suspected to of involvement in the trade of the drug kush in Sierra Leone
On Daybreak Africa: South Africa's ruling ANC loses its attempt to have a court remove a newly formed party from the May 29 election ballot. Plus, UNICEF says climate change is creating a ‘dire situation' for 45 million African children. The U.S. discusses humanitarian assistance to Chad, and Ethiopia. South Sudan's opposition parties criticize new election Laws.. Sierra Leone and Guinean security forces arrest an APC opposition member for involvement in last November's alleged coup. A major bridge in the busy port city of Baltimore, Maryland, collapses after a container ship crashes into it. For this and more tune to Daybreak Africa!
Senegalese President-elect promises humility after winning election +++ Guinean women criticize male-dominated cabinet +++Zambians wary over rising gun culture+++Tyla basks in glory as new album hits the right notes
Guinea's military government has named a new prime minister a week after junta leader Mamady Doumbouya abruptly dissolved the government. According to Reuters, the new prime minister is Mamadou Oury Bah. His appointment comes as Guineans have this week been protesting economic hardships and ineffective government policies. Daouda Mohamed Camara, editor-in-chief at Espace FM, tells VOA's James Butty, new Prime Minister Oury Bah is not new to the Guinean political scene
On Daybreak Africa: Cameroon rebels abduct government officials in a fresh wave of attacks. Plus, South African President Ramaphosa delivers his latest state of the nation address. Guinean labor unions announce a strike over rising prices. A South Sudan church and diplomat call for peaceful elections. Three Sierra Leoneans in this year's Budapest to Bamako rally. For this and more tune to Daybreak Africa!
Moh Kouyate is a Guinean guitarist/singer/songwriter descending from a line of griots (jalis) in West Africa. As listeners heard in the Afropop Worldwide program Global Griots in France, he has lived in Paris since 2006, collaborating with a wide range of artists from genres far outside his traditional art. In this episode, Banning Eyre speaks with Moh about his adventurous life, and particularly, his ground-breaking, new acoustic album, Mokhôya. Also, fellow Guinean artist Natu Camara gives a shoutout about her upcoming visit to Camp Afropop, May 28-31, 2024 near Woodstock, New York.
For this edition of the Art in Action interview series I am featuring a conversation with printmaker Christeen Francis a long time collaborator. In this conversation we hear about the exchange of paper and ideas that lead to a series of pasted up street art collaborations in Montreal. Christeen speaks about the symbolism of the animals featured in the prints and the impact of paper based street art as part of a layer of process surrounding building support for social movements struggling for transformative change both locally and globally. Christeen speaks about the collaboration toward a poster focused on supporting a group of non-status Guinean asylum seekers in Canada who are collectively struggling for their asylum claims to be recognized and to be granted status as refugees in Canada. The accompanying graphic is a photo of Christeen's print pasted up in Montreal by Stefan Christoff Information on Christeen's work here: https://justseeds.org/artist/christeenfrancis Music on this program is "Passage" by Anarchist Mountains. Stefan produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30-5pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30-10am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Tuesday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 1:30pm also in Montreal.
“When you commit to a journey, the universe conspires to help you.“ In a surprise zoom call with student Mamadou Barry, Will Smith quoted those words from Paulo Coelho's novel 'The Alchemist'. That story is about a boy who goes on a journey across north Africa to Egypt when he dreams of gold. In a case of real life mirroring fiction, Mamadou also gave up his normal life to undertake a long journey across northern Africa. But his dream was of studying at the Al-Azhar university in Cairo, Egypt. When he realised he couldn't raise enough money for a flight, Mamadou decided he'd simply cycle there, and so he began a journey that was to take him four months and thousands of miles through Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Niger and Chad. His amazing bike ride caught the attention of strangers - who helped him to his end goal - and eventually of Will Smith who sent him a bike, a laptop and flight vouchers in Egypt to help him get back home to Guinea to visit his family.In this edition of the Africa Daily podcast, Peter Musembi speaks to Mamadou about his journey, his motivation and the unexpected attention and support he's received.
Voters in Comoros head to the polls on Sunday to elect the next president. The incumbent Azali Assoumani is seeking a fourth term, but who are his main challengers? The African Cup of Nations (AFCON) kicks off in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan, this Sunday, but next time hosts Kenya did not qualify for this year's tournament. Former Kenyan international Musa Otieno says the game's infrastructure in the country needs to improve. And Knives down, Gloves up, we hear from a young man with Ivorian and Guinean heritage, on the connection between good mental health and sport and why he established a boxing club after a lifechanging act of violence.
On Daybreak Africa: Malawi's President announces renewed commitment to human rights. The US sanctions three more officials of the outgoing government of Liberian President George Weah. A high court in Pretoria declares as invalid President Cyril Ramaphosa's recognition of the Zulu King. Somalia's president meets today in New York with international partners. Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma will be questioned again Tuesday about the alleged coup attempt. Guinean journalists complain about alleged government restrictions. For this and more tune to Daybreak Africa!
1958 Ahmed Sekou Touré campaigned so that Guineans would vote "No" in a referendum on whether to adopt the new French constitution or reject it and opt for independence. As the first leader of independent Guinea, Touré focused on wide-ranging educational reform which included encourage sport for the masses at a grassroots level. Yet, after witnessing the success of Kwame Nkrumah's Black Stars, Touré decides that it's time to use football as a diplomatic tool. Cherif Souleymane, Petit Sory, Papa Camara, Bengally Sylla, Maxime Camara and N'Jo Lea are some of the names that end up comprising the great Guinean generation of 1972-1978, which was spurred by Touré's political philosophy. In episode 4 of the African Five-a-side podcast, we'll relive those golden years and trace over the Africa Cup of Champions Clubs triumphs and how they were instrumentalised by Touré and the PDG.
The rise of Ilaix Moriba. Moriba Kourouma Kourouma, known as Ilaix Moriba, is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Guinea national team.
On Daybreak Africa: A presidential candidate in DRC says if elected, he would attack neighboring Rwanda for allegedly supporting M23 rebels. A power cut plunges the DRC city of Goma into darkness. Guinean authorities sack 80 members of the security forces for alleged involvement in Saturday's jail break. A Nigerian group calls on the United Nations to find a permanent solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Iranian-backed militias Increase attacks on US forces in the Middle East. Today is the one-month anniversary of the attack by Hamas militants on Israel. For this and more tune to Daybreak Africa!
In this second part of our two-part series on Equatorial Guinea, we're joined by Michael Ugarte and Benita Sampedro Vizcaya to take a look at the literature of this West African nation, considering everything from European travel writers to European settlers, authors from Equatorial Guinea, and women writers. We pay special attention to the subject of exilic writing and highlight a few of the country's most well-known authors along the way, including Donato Ndongo Bidyogo and María Nsué Angüe.
On today's podcast, a Guinean student bicycles to Egypt for school; Southeast Asian nations might share energy resources; U.S. health advisors do not recommend a treatment aimed at ALS disease followed by a discussion about the story; then, hard and soft skills on Lesson of the Day.
Megan and Dave start the show this week reviewing Jennifer Reeder's stylized feminist horror film PERPETRATOR (2:50), which follows a teen (Kiah McKirnan) with unusual powers pursuing a villain abducting girls at her school. Next, we all cover Ellie Foumbi's excellent thorny thriller OUR FATHER, THE DEVIL (21:18), about a Guinean refugee (Babetida Sadjo) living in France whose life is turned upside down by the arrival of a charismatic Catholic priest (Souleyman Sy Savane), whom she recognizes as the warlord who slaughtered her family. And in this week's Patreon exclusive audio, we talk about a Patron's request: the 1986 animated cult classic TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE!
It's episode 120 and my guest is Aaron Feder, Barcelona-based leader of Afro Dead and music director for Guinean singer Sia Tolno. Afro Dead merges the Grateful Dead material we love with the sounds of African music and Aaron Feder breaks it down for you and I. We'll hear a sample of their work and then get into a dose of Good ol' Grateful Dead.Sia Tolno's website is http://siatolno.com. Head over there for more information and some tunes or check your favorite streaming service for her music. I cannot recommend it enough.You can find the full scoop on Afro Dead at their website http://afrodead.com/. In addition to sound-clips you'll find the tourdates (do check over there for updates, additions and more) and other news. Sia Tolno/Afro Dead U.S. Summer Tour dates are:6/16 - France Rocks Presents - Lincoln Center: David Rubenstein Atrium, NYC6/17 - Zen Barn - Waterbury Center, Vermont6/18 - Next Stage & The Stone Church Presents - Putney, Vermont6/20 – Black Iris – Richmond, Virginia6/21 - Get Tight Lounge – Richmond, Virginia6/22 - The Hill Center – Washington, DC6/24 - Highlands Center At Cape Cod National Seashore - North Truro, Massachusetts6/30 - Relix & Brooklyn Bowl Presents - Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn, NYC7/6 - The Goodfoot - Portland, Oregon7/7 & 7/8 - Oregon Country Fair - Veneta, Oregon7/11 – Moe's Alley – Santa Cruz, California7/12 - Sweetwater - Mill Valley, California7/15 - Humboldt Brews – Arcata, California7/18 - Winston's – San Diego, California7/21 - The Lodge Room - Los Angeles, California7/26 - On Tour Brewing Co. - Chicago, Illinois (Trio Show: Sia, Yaya & Aaron)7/28 - Underground Cocktail – Chicago, Illinois7/29 - Atwood Fest - Madison, Wisconsin8/2 - Teddy O'Brian's – Highwood, Illinois8/3 - Bob Stop – Cleveland, Ohio8/5 - Founder's Brewery - Grand Rapids, Michigan8/6 – Dancing In The Streets Festival - Chicago, IllinoisThe Brokedown Podcast is part of Osiris Media. Osiris is creating a community that connects people like you with podcasts and live experiences about artists and topics you love. Check out osirispod.com for more!If you would like a BrokedownPod t-shirt or sticker or other merch in that vein, please head over to my Redbubble virtual merch table. All proceeds go straight toward hosting costs and are much appreciated.The Brokedown Podcast is on Mastodon! My account can be found @rowjimmy@shakedown.social. I still have an Instagram account under the handle, @brokedownpod. If you like pictures of things, you can find that here: BrokedownPod Instagram. Also, if you use Apple Podcasts, please consider posting a review as it really help get the word out.Also, please keep sending your metaphorical cards and letters. Leave a comment on the blog or hit me up on any of the above social media. Let me know what I'm doing right, wrong, or horribly wrong.
The rise of Naby Keita. Naby Laye Keïta is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the Guinea national team. The Guinea national football team represents Guinea in men's international football and it is controlled by the Guinean Football Federation. They have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals, and their best finish in the Africa Cup of Nations was runners-up in 1976. Image Credit: keitanabydeco/instagram
RE-RELEASE: many diaspora Africans are choosing to return to the continent. They're keen to seize opportunities back home. Many of these returnees – known as ‘repats' – are highly educated and skilled.But do repats' foreign university degrees and western world CV's give them an advantage? Or does adjusting to life back home have its own difficulties? Join host Claude Grunitzky and guests:Rebecca Enonchong is a Cameroonian entrepreneur. She is one of the continent's most powerful business women. She has set up tech businesses in the USA, UK and Canada as well as many African countries.Gabriel Curtis was the Minister for Public Private Partnerships in Guinea until the military coup last year. He lived in the US before coming back to work in the Guinean government.Nicole Amartiefio is the creator of the TV series “An African City”, which follows five women who are repats themselves. Nicole relocated to Accra, Ghana from the US a decade ago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Featuring music from Guinean artist Kimi Djabate, Portland, OR-based singer/songwriter Y La Bamba, the psychedelic soul of Brazil's Tagua Tagua and more!
Naby Keita. He divides our fanbase, dazzles and frustrates. With the rumours of him leaving the Reds, Chris and Josh take a deep dive into his career at Liverpool and where it went wrong and right for the Guinean!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/redmentv. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In South Africa, as embattled state energy company Eskom's debts pile up, daily blackouts continue to hobble the nation. Also, Rwanda is investing more in a circular economy and is ramping up its waste management projects. And we see how breathtaking Guinean acrobatic troupe Amoukana are working towards creating their own professional circus school.
Welcome back to another week. Glad you can join us on this episode Fossie tells us about a little treat him and Kylee found in the washer at the laundromat. We also discuss about LeBron coming close which hey congrats King on becoming the number one in most scored points in the regular season. Also Drake you know it's all games chief dont get mad i cant afford to loose anymore friends. China i know you are watching if you take over make sure nothing happens to our new Guinean pig we had Monica smuggle into the US from Peru. Make sure to like, comment and subscribe! The Eight is a comedic podcast hosted by Fossie and Javiloso we upload new episodes every Wednesday. As always thank you for listening! FOLLOW US! The Eight: Insta instagram.com/eight_podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eight_Podcast Javi : twitter.com/javiloso_ instagram.com/javiloso Dee : twitter.com/dee_fossie instagram.com/dee_fossie #comedy #podcast #the8 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theeight/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theeight/support
In this episode, we discuss the legacy of Guinean's first president and Pan-Africanist Ahmed Sekou Toure. Grovogui is a professor at Cornell university of international relations theory and law. I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal
In this episode we interview Efemia Chela. Chela is a Zambian-Ghanian writer, literary critic, and an editor. Efemia joins us in her role as the commissioning editor at Inkani Books, which is the publishing division of The Tricontinental Pan Africa NPC, a research institute that collaborates with and is aligned with the work of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. In this conversation Efemia shares a bit about some of the current struggles in South Africa, and situates Inkani Books as a publisher within those struggles as well as within their broader African continental context as a Pan African publishing house. The focus of this discussion is Inkani's latest book, Tell No Lies, Claim No Easy Victories which brings together an extensive set of Amílcar Cabral's interviews, official speeches and PAIGC party directives from 1962 through 1973. It features a foreword by Grant Farred and an introduction by Sónia Vaz Borges who we've previously hosted on the podcast. We engage Efemia about several of Cabral's important theoretical interventions, and the grounding of his theory in the real movement of the Guinean and Cape Verdean people and their liberation struggles. We talk about the continued relevance of his thought today to people and movements across the African continent, and discuss studying it in group contexts. Among other things, we discuss the idea of a new humanity forged in struggle, Cabral's thinking on culture, on patriarchy, his caution with regards to decolonization and neocolonialism, and the question of what Cabral calls organic security for radical and revolutionary movements. We want to deeply thank everyone who has been supporting us over these last 5 years. In just the last week we surpassed 1 million downloads around the world, almost half of those downloads have come this year. That feels like an amazing milestone. And we're so thankful, and hope to continue to grow from here. We do want to note however that we don't get paid anything for downloads. We don't sell ads. And it is December, and this month we have a goal of adding 31 patrons, one per day. We're always catching up with non-renewals this time of year as folks divert money towards holiday expenses. Which is understandable. So if you can afford to become a patron of the show, even if it's just $1 a month or a small yearly contribution, it really helps a great deal at this time. You can do that at patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism. Links: Tell No Lies, Claim No Easy Victories by Amílcar Cabral (Inkani Books) Inkani Books website Tricontinental South Africa Other MAKC Episodes on Cabral & the PAIGC: Militant Education, Liberation Struggle, Consciousness - PAIGC Education with Sónia Vaz Borges (a recent study from Sónia on the PAIGC's education programs) The Life of Amílcar Cabral and the Struggle of the PAIGC with António Tomás “Culture is Sovereign” - Amílcar Cabral and African Anti-colonial Internationalism with António Tomás Other episodes which reference Cabral historically or theoretically (there are others, but these were most handy): "We Need To Be Active In The Working Class Struggle For Socialism Globally" - Steven Osuna on Class Suicide "We Remember The Attempts To Be Free" - Joy James on Black August and the Captive Maternal Becoming Kwame Ture with Amandla Thomas-Johnson "Abolition Is Inherently Experimental" - Craig Gilmore on Fighting Prisons and Defunding Police