Introduction to the AHN Podcast

Introduction to the AHN Podcast

Author: African Heritage Nexus March 29, 2025 Duration: 2:49
Hello and welcome to the African Heritage Nexus podcast — where we explore the many layers of African cultural heritage through the voices of practitioners, researchers, creatives, and community custodians across the globe.   My name is Seun Adeniyi, and while I wear the hat of a cultural heritage practitioner myself, I approach this space […]

The conversations on African Heritage Nexus move beyond simple history lessons, delving into the living, breathing expressions of culture found in performance, visual arts, and daily practice. This podcast serves as a meeting point for thinkers, creators, and custodians, facilitating a necessary dialogue that crosses traditional academic and artistic boundaries. Each episode is built on the idea that heritage is not static; it is a dynamic force shaped by multidisciplinary perspectives and interdisciplinary exchanges. Listeners will hear nuanced discussions that explore how traditional forms intersect with contemporary creation, how preservation efforts are evolving, and what it means to engage with heritage as a forward-looking practice. The African Heritage Nexus podcast provides a platform where the complexity of cultural legacy is examined with depth and authenticity, offering a richer understanding of the threads that connect past, present, and future. It’s for anyone curious about the profound role heritage plays in shaping artistic expression and collective identity, presented through conversations that are as thoughtful as they are illuminating.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 6

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Podcast Episodes
Rethinking missionaries collection one object at a time [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08:21
In this episode, we speak with Benjamina Efua Dadzie, a PhD candidate at the University of East Anglia, whose research focuses on Anglican missionary activities in Abeokuta (1842–1867). Drawing on archival records and ob…
Heritage, Healing & Community Voices [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:24
In this episode of the African Heritage Nexus (AHN) Podcast, we speak with Peter Jegede, a Nigerian curator and researcher whose work spans research, archeology, restitution, exhibitions, and geoarchaeology. Peter shares…
Listening to the Land:  An advocate’s perspective [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:51
In this episode, Tobiloba Akibo, a Lagos-based landscape architect with over eight years of practice, shares her journey from architecture into landscape architecture and how she discovered its deep connections to ecolog…
Balancing Impact and Profit:  A creative vision for culture [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:35
In this episode of the AHN Podcast, we sit down with Damilola Onafuwa, a Lagos-based documentary photographer, filmmaker, and cultural activist. From his childhood love of colours and family storytelling traditions to be…
Uncovering the cultural legacies of the Nigerian Civil War [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:25:09
In this thought-provoking episode, host Seun Adeniyi is in conversation with Stanley J. Onyemechalu, a Gates Cambridge Scholar and PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge. Stanley’s research delves into the intersec…