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According to the World Bank, Africa is the only region in the world where more women than men choose to become entrepreneurs. African Business Stories is a platform created to give voice to the experiences of these audacious African women. It is your insight into female innovators and entrepreneurs building and running businesses in Africa.The power of seeing successful people that look like you can never be overemphasized and so we are taking hold of our narrative and telling our own storie ...
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We share untold or forgotten stories that matter to Africans, through the lens of technology. We promote African pride and excellence, found in the stories behind past and present tech champions and innovators. We discuss the potential impact of technology in local communities, through vibrant conservations with African tech champions and innovators. Each Podcast is hosted by Dr. Paulin Kantue, an aerospace engineer and African technopreneur.
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This Podcast seeks to act as an archive for African folktales.
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Busy Being Black with Josh Rivers is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives.
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This podcast brings to you a collection of scary stories from all over Africa. Are they real or just myth? You'll have to ask the scared student, the passer-by or even the crying child who all swear by what they saw #reallifemeetsfiction
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Everyday black stories brought to life through an immersive audio experience, making you feel like you were really there! PLEASE subscribe/follow and rate our podcast wherever you are listening from! Don't forget to follow and engage us @loopifymedia on IG and Twitter. Thanks!
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Children's African-American Storytime Show short stories each day for the commute To school Each 1 of these stories highlights success African Americans throughout history
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African Australian Story is telling and celebrating our communities’ narrative; stories that define who we are as individuals and as a people. Each week, we sit down in conversation with African Australians from all walks of life to discuss the topics that has our communities talking.
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Stories are a big part of the African culture and growing up in the city of Port-Harcourt, these stories shaped my childhood. Times are different now and these bedtime stories which were passed down through generations are not as popular with children as they once were. This podcast aims to bring these stories to the new generation of African children and introduce everyone else to these wonderful stories from the motherland. The lessons and values learnt from these will never be forgotten. ...
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AfriCan Geopardy was founded in 2019. It is a fun, witty, and authentic way of discussing African geopolitics and the oceans, with a twist of breaking stereotypes about Africa. We present topics in a way that tends to make good trouble, and we are grateful to have you as our audience. The podcast is hosted by Dr Ife Okafor-Yarwood.
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Kutika! is a new literary podcast featuring modern African short stories written by aerospace engineer and award winning author of A Casualty of Power, Mukuka Chipanta. The stories tackle topical issues facing Africa today - love, life, religion, gender and more. Please subscribe and leave a rating
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Storyteller Ray Christian shares personal stories as a sixty-something combat veteran, historian, and goat-wrangling father of six living in the rural mountains of Appalachia, all told through the fabric of centuries of Black history.
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Join Tese, The Black TCK as she uncovers the beauty and truth in art and life. Find her everywhere @TheBlackTCK and on her website at theblacktck.com. To join in on the radio show in real time visit https://anchor.fm/theblacktck
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Hello everybody, I am Kwarteng Owusu and I want to share what over the years I have learnt and experienced as an African with you guys. African life stories will be talking about the decisions we as Africans and the Youth as a whole. What to do as a Continent and what to do as a Nation (Ghana) to develop ourselves both individually and collectively. I will also be talking about the the various assaults raising against Africans over the years and the topics which are very common in our commun ...
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Each week on With Good Reason we explore a world of ideas with leading scholars in literature, history, science, philosophy, and the arts. With Good Reason is created by Virginia Humanities and the Virginia Higher Education Broadcasting Consortium.
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Interviews with Scholars of African America about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies
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These are the first-hand stories of Startup founders in Africa, both African and international, and the unromanticized madness that goes into this amazing but demanding continent.
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THE PARK AN AFRICAN STORY BY RICHARD MARK NICHOLLS The Storyteller
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The Park An African Story produced for Community Radio. Written and read By Richard Mark Nicholls The storyteller concept developed for the music show on the Beat. In South Africa Pietermaritzburg Kwa-Zulu Natal for KZN Capital. Where I was head of the production and the producer, the man behind the control desk. I have had an interest in sound from a very young age, and my love for Radio and Music goes as far back as when I Could not pronounce the word Radio.
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Stories about Black folks holding it down across space and time.
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Black Entrepreneur Blueprint was created to help educate and inspire Black entrepreneurs to Launch, Build, and Grow successful businesses. Our podcast is designed for Black entrepreneurs by Black entrepreneurs. Our podcast consist of in depth interviews with successful Black entrepreneurs such as Dr. Dennis Kimbro; million selling author of the book "Think and Grow Rich - A Black Choice", George C. Fraser founder of www.Frasernet.com, and many others. The interviews not only focus on the ent ...
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This podcast exists solely to bring value to our listeners by sharing our unique perspective on common and controversial topics. Paul and Rey, the hosts of the No Color Thick Skin Podcast, realized that people need to be able to ask hard questions, talk about controversial topics, have differing opinions and be willing to have your mind changed. Paul and Rey, one being black the other white, bring unique perspectives to their weekly topics and have a great time doing it.
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Knowledge Bandits: Inspiring Stories from African Entrepreneurs on Doing Business in Africa
Arum Galadima: African Entrepreneur | Blogger | Marketer
Arum Galadima is the Founder and Host of the Knowledge Bandits podcast, a weekly podcast where he interviews African entrepreneurs on the Continent and in diaspora. Knowledge Bandits is inspiring African entrepreneurs all over the world to take their next leap.
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Stories from Africa and beyond #StoriesfromAfrica
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Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the radio series is distributed by Public Radio International to 110 stations in the U.S., via XM satellite radio, in Africa via and Europe via Radio Multikulti.
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African History stories are seldom told; in cases where they do get told, it is seldom by Africans themselves. The African Camp Fire Stories’ Podcast is created and narrated by natives of the continent. It is very important for us to note that we are not professional Historians. And we appreciate very much the work that Historians have done in covering the stories that we make use on this podcast. The objective of the podcast is to bring to the fore African history in an engaging, interestin ...
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Twice-weekly discussion about China's engagement across Africa and the Global South hosted by journalist Eric Olander and Asia-Africa scholar Cobus van Staden in Johannesburg.
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Alumni and friends of the University of Pretoria (UP) share their stories and leadership lessons on this podcast by the leading contact university in Africa. Prominent UP alumni from across disciplines – from business and law to medicine and the arts – share details about where their journey has taken them after their time at Tuks, and what they’ve learned along the way. LeadUP is a project of the Alumni Relations Office of the University of Pretoria. You can find out more about us or get in ...
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On the back of the bird Sankofa, this mythical bird that flies forward, head turned back, carrying in its beak an egg that symbolizes the future, this podcast takes you to every episode in the glorious history of African continent. Develop your knowledge of African history to better understand the continent today.
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Emmanuel Nado and Edwin Okong'o, two award-winning African journalists and radio personalities, offer their unique, bold and unapologetic perspectives on African life, news, and culture. They go beyond the simplistic and lazy explanations of colonialism, slavery, and "brain drain" to argue that unless we Africans become brave enough to point fingers at ourselves, we'll always be at mercy of foreigners. This podcast discusses some of the ways we can start talking straight about the flaws that ...
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This series is dedicated to delving into the Patriots that never graced your textbooks, signed the Declaration of Independence, or had a movie made about them. This podcast is a deep look into some of the heroes of the Revolution who have long gone unsung; the African Americans who fought for the freedom of a new nation that wouldn't give them theirs for another century.
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Africa-focused technology, digital and innovation ecosystem insight and commentary.
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Two-time AMBIE-nominated podcast Moral Repair: A Black Exploration of Tech is a series about the innovations that make our world, disrupt our societies, and how we can repair the damage. Hosts Annanda Barclay and Keisha McKenzie talk with tech experts, philosophers and spiritual leaders. They explore technological innovation and moral concerns while showcasing empowering, practical wisdom from the African continent and diaspora to nurture wellbeing for all. New episodes drop every other Wedn ...
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Another View’s Selected Short Stories are an up-close look at the people, performances and programs featured each week on the Another View radio broadcast. Over the years, Another View’s Producer/Reporter, Lisa Godley has brought us interviews with educators and entertainers, mentors and musicians, doctors and dancers, just to name a few of the hundreds of interesting stories featured on Another View and on 89.5 WHRV-FM. Several of Lisa’s stories have netted both national and regional awards ...
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A podcast taking a hard look at workplace violence while revealing its prevalence in both corporate and non-corporate environments, including marketplaces, restaurants, homes, hospitals, and online.
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The South African Mental Health & Business Podcast Channel. Sharing real-life stories of struggles, success and secrets to reach optimal performance.
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Dedicated to the art of story telling. Telling ledgends, stories and fairy tales from around the world. Family Friendly, children's stories.
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Join us in conversation with African woman leaders from all walks of life as they share their stories in their own voice on the AfWID 'my story my voice' podcast.
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Imaginary Worlds sounds like what would happen if NPR went to ComicCon and decided that’s all they ever wanted to cover. Host Eric Molinsky spent over a decade working as a public radio reporter and producer, and he uses those skills to create thoughtful, sound-rich episodes about science fiction, fantasy, and other genres of speculative fiction. Every other week, he talks with comic book artists, game designers, novelists, screenwriters, filmmakers, and fans about how they craft their world ...
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Sleep is a fundamental physiological process that plays a crucial role in maintaining our overall health and well-being. It is during sleep that our bodies and minds undergo essential restorative processes, allowing us to function optimally when awake. However, in today's fast-paced and demanding world, many individuals underestimate the importance of sleep, leading to a widespread problem of sleep deprivation. A staggering number of people are affected by this issue, with research indicatin ...
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Podcast on African spirituality, voodoo, hoodoo, sexuality, living as a black man, and more. Follow at IG: AncestorsWisdom
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True Crime South Africa covers solved and unsolved South African true crime cases.
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Legally Clueless is a weekly podcast by Kenyan media personality & social activist: Adelle Onyango!! Here, she documents her raw human journey as an evolving unapologetically African woman. The podcast is a space where people get to know just how okay it is to not know or not have it all figured out. It is also a space where Africans share stories from their lives; stories that teach, make us cry, make us laugh - real, authentic African stories. The #LegallyClueless hotline is +254768628790
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Honoring the achievements. Remembering the struggle.
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Agang Ditlhogo: Co-Founder the Clicking Generation - Training and Mentoring the Innovators of Tomorrow
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On this week’s episode, I chat with Agang Ditlhogo, Co-Founder of The Clicking Generation a social impact digital skills training company in Botswana. We discuss how her childhood curiosity led her into a career in computer systems and how a passion project to share knowledge in STEM with young people transformed into a company, that offers ICT tra…
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Drones: A Lifeline for Disaster Relief & Poverty - The Queen Ndlovu Story - EP016
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Send us a Text Message. Queen Ndlou, CEO and founder of QP Drone Tech, is a visionary leader in the technology and drone industry. She has made significant impacts on vulnerable communities in Africa through the use of drone technology. Queen's career is distinguished by her role as managing director of South African Flying Labs, where she integrat…
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Crystal Wilkinson, "Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks" (Clarkson Potter, 2023)
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Poet Laureate of Kentucky Crystal Wilkinson’s food memoir, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks (Clarkson Potter, 2023), honors her kitchen ghosts, five generations of Black Appalachian women. She contends, “The concept of the kitchen ghost came to me years ago, when I realized that my …
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Welcome to Ask-A-Therapist, a new show that allows you to do just that, ask a therapist/counsellor those questions you've always wanted clarity on that will help you navigate your healing journey. In season 1, you get to ask Daisy Khaindi, the lead counsellor at ConvoCare questions on childhood trauma & relationships. Send in your questions here: h…
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Robin Bernstein, "Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
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In the early nineteenth century, as slavery gradually ended in the North, a village in New York State invented a new form of unfreedom: the profit-driven prison. Uniting incarceration and capitalism, the village of Auburn built a prison that enclosed industrial factories. There, "slaves of the state" were leased to private companies. The prisoners …
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Jerry Carter was a former WFOS announcer here at WHRO Public Media and before he joined our family, he spent more than 50 years in the radio business. He had a way with words and a profound knowledge of the music he played. His dedication won him the "Best Radio Personality" award by the Virginia Association of Broadcasters in 2022. He passed away …
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North African music receives very little coverage in the United States. There are no high-profile mixes of recent Tunisian underground dance music from hip DJs, and no young Algerian musicians with major distribution deals in the U.S. So we decided to explore what exactly is going on in this part of the world. We trace the origins of some of the re…
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There are African immigrants who say they support MAGA and Trump. Are they genuine, naive, or just optimistic opportunists?By Khaboshi
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There’s a parasite inhabiting the bodies of crabs and making them infertile. Amy Fowler says that if that parasite entered the Chesapeake Bay, 90% of our crabs would be inedible. America is littered with battlefields, and abandoned forts. They’re often some of the most pristine sites of Virginia ecosystems. Plus: Todd Lookingbill is a SCHEV winner …
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Energy is Going to be the Hot Topic at Upcoming China-Africa Summit
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African leaders will soon travel to Beijing to participate in the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit, which will begin on September 4th. Many of those heads of state will arrive in the Chinese capital with a rather long wish list of infrastructure development projects they're hoping to pitch to Chinese financiers. Many of those initi…
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Edward Pearson, "The Enslaved and Their Enslavers: Power, Resistance, and Culture in South Carolina, 1670-1825" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023)
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In The Enslaved and Their Enslavers: Power, Resistance, and Culture in South Carolina, 1670-1825 (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023), Edward Pearson offers a sweeping history of slavery in South Carolina, from British settlement in 1670 to the dawn of the Civil War. For enslaved peoples, the shape of their daily lives depended primarily on the particular …
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Episode 161 The Serial Crimes of Elvis Zulu
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When a man is arrested for rape in 2014, his victim believes justice will move swiftly for her. The system, though, was not geared up to properly deal with this serial predator and soon multiple victims will fall through the cracks and be forced to find their own justice. (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447) (Support the show on Patreon https://www…
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Tech Companies and American Manufacturing have a history of booming and busting towns. The Big Question for this last episode of the season is, will this AI chip factory scheduled to open in a suburb just north of Syracuse, NY actually provide reasonable, sustainable increased quality of life, or will it be the latest iteration of the boom and bust…
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Here's another Mid-Week Tease and in this episode Adelle shares about this Not Having Parents Thing! Here's the article by Emily Dean: https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-life/adult-orphan-1/ Join the Legally Clueless Africa community here:www.legallycluelessafrica.com/ Legally Clueless on Instagram:www.instagram.com/legallycluelessafrica/ Legally …
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Imposter? No. Amazing! | Kerri Louisa | Episode 1055
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Kerri Louisa, an emerging ceramic artist from Australia, channels her lifelong passion for creative expression into each of her works. Originally from the Adelaide Hills, Kerri spent two decades living and working across Australia and abroad before settling on the Southeast coast of Queensland with her husband and teenage daughters. Kerri's journey…
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Devonya N. Havis, "Creating a Black Vernacular Philosophy" (Lexington Books, 2022)
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What can philosophy do? By taking up Black American cultural practices, Devonya N. Havis suggests that academic philosophy has been too narrow in its considerations of this question, supporting domination and oppression. In Creating a Black Vernacular Philosophy (Lexington Books, 2022), Havis brings our focus to theoretically rich practices of Afri…
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Black Entrepreneur Blueprint 531 - Jay Jones - Purpose And Pain Are Inseperable
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Unleash Your Purpose: Jay Jones Reveals the Unbreakable Link Between Purpose and Pain on Black Entrepreneur Blueprint Episode 531 Embark on a transformative journey with Jay Jones in the latest episode (#531) of Black Entrepreneur Blueprint. Many aspiring entrepreneurs find themselves leading a mundane or unfulfilling life simply because they haven…
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In this episode, join us as we explore Gulu, a vibrant city in Uganda full of culture, great food and inspiring people like Viola. Viola shares her story of growing up in Gulu and innovating an electricity solution using waste water! Watch the first episode of our East Africa. tour that includes Viola & Gulu here: https://youtu.be/NLjPggmMqQ4?si=Hb…
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Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall, "Haitian History: New Perspectives" (Routledge, 2012)
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Despite Haiti's proximity to the United States, and its considerable importance to our own history, Haiti barely registered in the historic consciousness of most Americans until recently. Those who struggled to understand Haiti's suffering in the earthquake of 2010 often spoke of it as the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, but could not ex…
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Sitting in a doctor’s office, trying to understand medicalese, is familiar for most of us. And really frustrating. Suzanne Makarem found forty women who pursue nontraditional medical professionals after years of feeling unheard by traditional care providers. Many of these women now only see their traditional doctors for blood tests, vaccines and an…
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Bongo Nation: Tanzania's Music Economy by Afropop WorldwideBy Afropop Worldwide
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African Priorities at the Upcoming China Summit
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African leaders and their delegations are making final preparations to travel to Beijing soon for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit that will begin on September 4th. This year's gathering comes at a critical time in the relationship between these two regions. African leaders are looking for ways to move their economies up the val…
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A Journey Through Clay And Life | Eli Akins | Episode 1054
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Eli Akins of Waldo Street Pottery is a mostly self taught ceramist in downtown Atlanta, GA, with a focus on large bonsai containers. "Finding a voice within a rigid set of parameters while making art for other artists is the challenge with Bonsai Pots". http://ThePottersCast.com/1054
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Policing and White Power with Daniel Kryder and David Cunningham (JP, EF)
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This June 2020 episode, originally part of a Global Policing series, was Recall this Book's first exploration of police brutality, systemic and personal racism and Black Lives Matter. Elizabeth and John were lucky to be joined by Daniel Kryder and David Cunningham, two scholars who have worked on these questions for decades. Many of the mechanisms …
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Unlocking the Door Between Escape Rooms and Immersive Theater
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I used to think escape rooms were gimmicky activities where everyone scrambled to solve puzzles while I stood around feeling useless. On the other hand, I love immersive theater, where an interactive play unfolds as you walk through a space. I thought they were very different types of live entertainment. Not anymore. I talk with David and Lisa Spir…
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In this episode, as their two youngest prepare to leave home for college, Ray and Tiffany contemplate a new phase of their life together. What will it be like without kids in the house all the time?By Ray Christian
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Fiberglass In Clay! | Anton Sidko | Episode 1053
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Anton Sidko, a Moscow-based ceramic artist with a background in Chemical Engineering and medical research, began his pottery journey in 2011 as a hobbyist. Anton has exhibited his work in ceramics and contemporary art shows since 2021. In 2023, Anton invented the PORFIR method for shaping ceramics. http://ThePottersCast.com/1053…
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Interview - Killer Stories with Dr Brin Hodgskiss - Pagecast Crossover
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In this crossover episode with Jonathan Ball's Pagecast podcast, I interview Dr Brin Hodgskiss about our new true crime book Killer Stories - Conversations with South African Serial Murderers. Instagram · Pinterest · Facebook · YouTube · Twitter · LinkedInBy Nicole Engelbrecht
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Sandrine Nzeukou: Founder & CEO Playbook - Sports Media, Driving Investment in Emerging Sports Economies
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On this week’s episode, I chat with Sandrine Nzeukou, the Founder and CEO of Playbook, the first digital sports business platform for emerging markets. Sandrine, the daughter of Cameroonian immigrant parents, moved to the U.S. at the age of five. We discuss how she used sports as a tool to travel the world and how it eventually reconnected her to t…
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Dennis Carney is an elder whose respect among our community needs no justification nor explanation. Among much else, he led the now-closed Black Gay and Lesbian Centre in Brixton, and he has worked for 25 years as a therapeutic practitioner, supporting Black gay men to love themselves more deeply, hold their emotions more gently and show up in the …
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[GLOBAL SOUTH] Westlessness: A New Era Where the West Still Matters, Just Not as Much
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has long touted the East's rise and the West's decline, the kind of thinking that's triggered his supporters to fantasize about a post-Western geopolitical order. While it's indisputable that U.S. and European countries, which represent the foundational pillars of the Western system, have seen their power diminish in th…
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Black Entrepreneur Blueprint 530 - Jay Jones - The Power Of Dreaming Big For Entrepreneurs
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All fortune 500 companies started out as a dream in someone’s head. The power of your dreams is critical to the success of all entrepreneurs be it a small business owner or the founder of a Fortune 500 company like Amazon. Join Jay on his latest Black Entrepreneur Blueprint podcast episode 530 as he shares practical insights, tips, and strategies f…
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Ep283 – The Madness That Is Campus Politics PART 2
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In this episode, Jennifer shares part 2 of her journey trying to get elected as the student president at her university. Get your tickets to our upcoming group therapy session here: https://legallycluelessafrica.hustlesasa.shop/?product=50881 Join the Legally Clueless Africa community here: www.legallycluelessafrica.com/ Legally Clueless on Instagr…
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We were a little all over the place on this episode (in a good way of course) – what’s hot in America aka Kamala Harris, and how the diaspora can grow a spine.By Khaboshi
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China-Africa Summit Preview: What’s on the Agenda for FOCAC 9?
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The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit is now less than a month away. Chinese President Xi Jinping will host dozens of African leaders in Beijing in the first week of September for the triennial gathering that comes at a critical time for African countries and China. Africa needs China's support for continued infrastructure financing …
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Babies come into the world ready to learn and all those coos and grunts that they make–and that their parents make at them–are stepping stones to fluency. Rory DePeolis and Shiree Harbick are studying baby babble to better understand how babies learn language. And: Too often when it comes to helping minority kids succeed in school, families are see…
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This program tells the story of generations of creative musicians from Benin who translate traditional, largely Vodun occult music into popular and experimental music. We hear traditional music styles including tchinkoumé, agbadja, and kakagbo, and explore how, starting in the 1970s, Sagbohan Danialou (a singer, drummer, guitarist and composer know…
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Gabs Conway is a sculptural ceramic artist based in Missoula Montana. Having grown up in Missoula, she was excited to return - as she relentlessly considers it home - after earning her BFA at the University of Wisconsin – Stout. Gabs' work stems from the playful, mundane experiences of living. She explores relationships, such as that of siblings, f…
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