My African Cliches (English)

My African Cliches (English)

Author: Dr Teju Baba Language: English Episodes: 100
Dr. Teju Baba hosts My African Cliches (English), a podcast that moves through time much like the Sankofa bird-looking thoughtfully at the past while steadily progressing forward. Each episode is a journey into the layers of African history, culture, and society, designed to challenge oversimplified narratives and uncover the continent's profound complexity. You’ll hear detailed explorations of specific events, figures, and cultural movements that are often glossed over or misunderstood, connecting historical roots to contemporary realities. This isn't just a recounting of dates and names; it's an engaging conversation about how centuries of rich, diverse experiences shape modern life across Africa. By unpacking these deep histories, the podcast provides essential context, helping listeners move beyond superficial stereotypes. Tune in for a nuanced and enlightening perspective that honors Africa's glorious past and its dynamic present, all within a single, thoughtfully produced podcast. Dr. Baba’s expertise guides you through these stories, making each episode a step toward a more informed and respectful understanding of a continent whose story is still being written.
Episodes
S3 E3: The Amazing Tale of Yasuke , the African Samurai! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:49
My African cliché of the day is like a fabric. A fabric made of gossips and lies, a fabric that wraps most Africans migrating to the West, into an insulting category of trying to abuse the social benefits system whereeve…
S3 E2: Marley THE African Icon [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:20
If today in Jamaica, the tornado of dance made in the USA, makes the legend Marley less alive, Africans still celebrate the one who defended and sung them so much. For African youth, Bob Marley has absolutely made it to…
S3 E1: Literature and War in post-colonial Africa [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:54
Many works of Western literature retrace the exploits of magnificent military heroes. Reading them, well, I often questioned myself on the existence of exploits of African military heroes. Although post-independence Afri…
S2 E15: African Literature and its triple heritage [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:16
My African cliche of the day is an answer to Thomas Jefferson. To you who thought that blacks are a people without poetry, I would have liked to be there in 1784 to tell you that black Ethiopians wrote poems before your…
S2 E14: Who are the AFRICANS? My first attempt to climb the mountain! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:06
Do you know the "African Brother" syndrome? It often happens when an African, in a minority context, meets another African, (in reality, anyone black-skinned is enough). Very often, these two people at least look at each…
S2 E13: Kwame Nkrumah: The leader Africa never understood. [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:52
His country for which he took all the risks, stabbed him with a mortal wound in his heart, the most wicked wound. And he fought alone against death, until the last hour, in this infirmary of Bucharest in Romania. Such a…
S2 E11: Welcome to the First Ever World Negro Arts Festival! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:52
The flight of Sankofa this day lands so in Dakar, Senegal, where we arrive on this 22 April, in the middle of the first ever World Negro Arts Festival. Neighborhoods have been cleaned, hotels have been built, a dynamic m…
S2 E10: Come and marvel at Shona people genius! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:25
It took quite some time for Western researchers to finally accept evidence that these monumental ruins are of, and constitute a unique testimony to the highly developed Shona civilization in the african Middle Age. My Af…