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A city with a plot: April Zhu on reporting from Nairobi, part 1
Manage episode 268067930 series 2585012
April Zhu is a freelance journalist and writer based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her work focuses on gender, urban inequality, and China-Kenya relations. In this episode, NüVoices board member Cindy Gao talks to April about:
- How Nairobi is a city with a plot
- Why covering women's issues helps us understand power
- "Ecosystems" of violence in Nairobi's informal settlements
- Why the opposite of Sinophobia is not Sinophilia, but nuance
- What is missing in "China-Africa" discourse
Resources:
A lost ‘Little Africa’: How China, too, blames foreigners for the virus and Sinophobia spreads faster than the coronavirus, by April Zhu.
Recommendations:
April: The Dragonfly Sea, by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor.
Cindy: The TV series What We Do in the Shadows, available on Hulu.
This podcast was edited and produced by Jason MacRonald.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
121 episodes
Manage episode 268067930 series 2585012
April Zhu is a freelance journalist and writer based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her work focuses on gender, urban inequality, and China-Kenya relations. In this episode, NüVoices board member Cindy Gao talks to April about:
- How Nairobi is a city with a plot
- Why covering women's issues helps us understand power
- "Ecosystems" of violence in Nairobi's informal settlements
- Why the opposite of Sinophobia is not Sinophilia, but nuance
- What is missing in "China-Africa" discourse
Resources:
A lost ‘Little Africa’: How China, too, blames foreigners for the virus and Sinophobia spreads faster than the coronavirus, by April Zhu.
Recommendations:
April: The Dragonfly Sea, by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor.
Cindy: The TV series What We Do in the Shadows, available on Hulu.
This podcast was edited and produced by Jason MacRonald.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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