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S2E13 Musyimi Mbathi on Why the Future Is Urban
In this episode of Africa Knows, we speak with Dr. Musyimi Mbathi, Senior Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Nairobi.Drawing on over 20 years of experience across academia,…
S2E12 Ibrahim Ado Kurawa on Traditional Learning and Modern Education
In this episode, Gaddafi is in Kano, Nigeria, speaking to Ibrahim Ado Kurawa, a prominent northern Nigerian writer, historian and Islamic scholar.Their conversation is about history, knowledge and…
S2E11 Alice Menya on Action Research and Urban Resilience in East Africa
Charity is talking to Alice Menya.And Alice Menya is the Urban Program Coordinator at Nuvoni center, which is an independent research organization based in Nairobi, Kenya, that works together closely…
S2E10 Paul Gadi on Polytechnics in Nigeria
In this episode you'll hear Paul Gadi, who is a faculty member in the Department of Business Administration and Management at Plateau State Polytechnic in Barkin Ladi, Nigeria.This week is about…
S2E9 Halima Ben Umar on the Rights of Women in Islam
Hajiya Halima Ben Umar is a Nigerian public intellectual and the Executive Director at Women in Media Communication Initiative. She is based in Kano, northern Nigeria, where she also co-anchors the…
S2E8 Julie Sanda on storytelling, partnership ethics, and life as a Nigerian academic
In this episode, Henry speaks with Dr Julie Sanda, a political scientist and the director general of the Plateau Peace Building Agency in Jos. In a very open and frank conversation, they explore the…
S2E7 Nzioka John Muthama on teaching climate science after COVID
This week, you will hear Dr Nzioka John Muthama, a professor at the University of Nairobi. Dr Muthama is an applied meteorologist with an interest in climate change and sustainability, and long…
S2E6 Ibrahim Sani Kankara on Bandits, Community Policing, and Boko Haram
In this episode, Gaddafi is speaking to Ibrahim Sani Kankara, an associate professor and pioneer head of the department of anthropology, faculty of history and development studies at Bayero…
S2E5 Abdourahmane Idrissa on wrestling with the state in West Africa and the Sahel.
This week, we get to hear Dr Abdourahmane Idrissa, a Nigerien philosopher and political scientist based in Leiden but who has worked and lived all around the world. Idrissa’s areas of research…
S2E4 Samuel Ntewusu on chieftaincy, social change, and being a teacher in Ghana
In this episode I'm speaking to Dr. Samuel Ntewusu, the director of the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana in Accra.Prof. Ntewusu is an expert in African history and politics and…
S2E3 Mildred Ambani Songoro on urban planning in Kenya
In this episode, you’ll hear Dr Mildred Ambani Songoro, a university lecturer and Land Use Planner, GIS Expert, and Cartographer with over ten years’ experience in Nairobi, Kenya. In this episode,…
S2E2 Angela Adeoye on conflict, gender-based violence, and subjectivity in academic research
In this episode, we are introduced to Dr. Angela Adeoye, a senior lecturer at the University of Jos whose work sits at the intersection of gender, conflict management, and development. Drawing on her…
S2E1 Zubairu Dagona on Trauma, Healing, and Science in Africa
In this first episode of the brand new season, we are introduced to Dr. Zubairu Dagona, a professor at the University of Jos who specialises in Clinical Psychology at the University of Jos. In this…
S1E14 Abraham Dogo on phytomedicine and academic life under COVID
Abraham Dogo is a Professor of Veterinary Parasitology, Entomology and Public Health at the University of Jos, Nigeria. In this final episode of the season, he talks with Henry about phytomedicine,…
S1E13 Aliyu Isa Aliyu on being successful in Nigerian academia
Gaddafi meets Aliyu Isa Aliyu, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at Federal University Dutse, Nigeria, and Senior Research Associate at Sun-Yatsen University in China. Dr Aliyu speaks about his work and…
S1E12 Ibrahim Bello Kano on the romance and politics of academia
Gaddafi talks to Ibrahim Bello Kano ("IBK"), Professor of English Studies at Bayero University Kano and vocal critic and public intellectual. They talk about the romance of academia but also its…
S1E11 Barira Mohammed on grappling with Africa's peculiarity
Henry talks with Barira Mohammed, a historian and Director of Research at Plateau State University in Bokkos, central Nigeria. Henry and Dr. Mohammed touch on the impact of COVID on teaching and…
S1E10 Yusuf Adamu on how writing can change the world and why Hausa books sell better than English ones
Gaddafi speaks to Yusuf M. Adamu: member of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, Social Science Academy of Nigeria Laureate, poet, novelist, critic, blogger and photographer, and a professor of medical…
S1E9 Joseph Lengman on decoloniality, peace spoilers and other challenges to peacebuilding in Nigeria
Henry meets Joseph Lengman, an academic and practitioner of peacebuilding and conflict resolution, who is the Director General, Plateau Peace Building Agency (PPBA) in central Nigeria. They talk…
S1E8 Ismael Bala on the marginal voices in African literature and academia
Gaddafi talks with Dr. Ismael Bala, a poet, writer, translator and scholar from northern Nigeria, who recently published the poetry collection Line of Sight (2020). Born and educated to the…
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