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S6E1 23 | What I Learned While Telling Africa’s Story
This is the penultimate episode of Born Before Borders.Over the past episodes, we’ve explored Africa’s history, identity, colonisation, independence, migration, and the global systems that continue…
S5E6 22 | African Borders
Africa is not naturally unstable.It is structurally destabilised.In this episode of Born Before Borders, we examine one of the most protected myths of modern politics: that African borders are…
S5E5 21 | Who taught you to think like this?
In this episode of Born Before Borders, we explore how colonial education rewired African thinking.From language and logic to ambition and self-worth, colonial schooling reshaped what many Africans…
S5E4 20 | The Evils of Foreign Religion
Christianity and Islam did not arrive in Africa as neutral belief systems. They arrived alongside trade, conquest, and empire—and they reshaped how power worked on the continent.In this episode, we…
S5E3 19 | Reclaiming Identity: African Names & Language
Before borders were drawn, before colonial records and foreign tongues defined us, Africans named themselves with meaning. Names were history. And Language was philosophy. In this episode of Born…
S5E2 18 | Africa in the Age of AI
As artificial intelligence reshapes the global order, Africa has become one of the most valuable digital frontiers on earth. From health records and biometric systems to language, behaviour, and…
S5E1 17 | African Women...
African women were never on the sidelines of history.They were at the centre of power, resistance, survival, and nation building.In this episode, we go back before colonisation to examine how African…
S4E4 16 | Who tells Africa's story
Who tells Africa’s story? And who benefits from the version the world believes?In this episode, we dive into the global fight for Africa’s narrative, from colonial newspapers and Hollywood films to…
S4E3 15 | The African Union
For 60 years, African leaders have debated one question:Can Africa ever be truly united?In this episode, we break the story into four clear chapters , from Nkrumah’s radical dream of a United States…
S4E2 14 | Africans in diaspora
This week, we trace the journey of the African diaspora, from the kingdoms that existed before the ships, through the Middle Passage, the plantations, the revolts, and the creation of new cultures…
S4E1 13 | Genocide in Sudan
Sudan is burning and the world is whispering.In this powerful midpoint episode of Born Before Borders, I unpack the brutal truth behind Sudan’s ongoing war: the legacy of Omar al-Bashir, the rise of…
S3E3 12 | Goodluck Jonathan, Bring Back Our Girls & Foreign Election Influence
This episode tells the story of Nigeria’s 2015 election when the world was captivated by the #BringBackOurGirls campaign and a sitting president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, faced the full weight of…
S3E2 11 | Muammar Gaddafi
In 1969, a young army officer named Muammar Gaddafi overthrew Libya’s monarchy and declared a revolution promising to return the nation’s oil wealth to its people.Over the next four decades, he…
S3E1 10 | Neo-Colonialism: The Empire That Never Left
When the flags of independence were raised across Africa, the world called it freedom.But decades later, the same powers still write the rules through banks, trade deals, and the politics of “aid.”In…
S2E5 09 | Thomas Sankara
Thomas Sankara called on Africa to stand upright; to feed itself, clothe itself, and govern itself without fear. In 1983, at just 33 years old, he led a peaceful revolution that transformed Upper…
S2E4 08 | Patrice Lumumba; The Fire That Burned Too Bright
Patrice Lumumba rose from a village postman to become Congo’s first Prime Minister; a symbol of African pride and unity in a world still ruled by empire. But within months of independence, his dream…
S2E3 07 | Kwame Nkrumah’s Dream, And the Coup That Took Him Down.
Kwame Nkrumah dreamed of a free and united Africa, strong enough to stand on its own and resist the pull of foreign powers. From his rise as Ghana’s first prime minister to his vision of a single…
S2E2 06 | The Age of Revolutionaries — Africa’s First Presidents
Africa’s independence brought not just flags and anthems, but a new generation of leaders who dared to imagine a continent free, united, and self-reliant. This episode of Born Before Borders™ sets…
S2E1 05 | The Scramble for Africa
By the end of the 19th century, Europe had carved up nearly the whole African continent. In this episode, I dive into the Scramble for Africa — from the Berlin Conference of 1884–85, where no African…
S1E4 04 | Africa's knowledge systems
In this episode of Born Before Borders™, we journey into Africa’s knowledge systems. From the griots of Mali who carried centuries of history in memory, to the libraries of Timbuktu where thousands…
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