We begin this week’s episode talking about Benin politics, a Malawian musician, the deployment of a malaria vaccine, a Russian company’s involvement in Sudan’s response to protesters, and the 25th anniversary of South Africa’s elections ending the Apartheid regime.
This week we feature a conversation with Abdourahmane Seck, an anthropologist and historian at the Faculty of Civilizations, Religions, Arts and Communication at the Université Gaston Berger in Saint-Louis, Senegal. Dr. Seck is the author of several works on Islam and south-south migration. He is currently a visiting scholar in the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa, part of the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs at Northwestern University.
Books, Links, & Articles
- “Millions of Malawians go to the polls tomorrow. Will they vote for change?” Analysis by Kim Yi Dionne and Boniface Dulani
- “Meet Lazarus, the Malawian musician destroying myths about albinism.” by Mark Savage
- “Fake news and public executions: Documents show a Russian company’s plan for quelling protests in Sudan.” by Tim Lister, Sebastian Shukla and Nima Elbagir
- “South Africa’s apartheid regime ended 25 years ago.” Analysis by Evan Lieberman
- “Trade union mobilisation and democratic institutionalisation in the Republic of Niger.” by Sebastian Elischer
- La gloire des imposteurs: Lettres sur le Mali et l’Afrique by Aminata Dramane Traore and Boubacar Boris Diop
- Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium by Lucius Annaeus Seneca