Radical Hope and Entanglement: Imagining New Realities for Africa

In this episode of the Kujenga Amani Podcast, Professor Siphokazi Magadla reflects on her journey as a South African scholar of political science and journalism, and an activist who aims to center the existence, imagination, and hopes of African women, girls, and children in the work towards ensuring a future that sustains the dignity, vitality and creativity of human life. Professor Magadla reflects on the deep entanglement of our lives and the urgency of reimagining the global order—not just to reform it, but to dismantle and rebuild it entirely to eradicate what she describes as an unworkable social, political, and economic fabric antithetical to peace and cohesion. She urges African scholars, practitioners, and activists to take for granted that Africans have always been theorists of the world, encourages them to revisit moments of persevering struggles for liberation, asks that they consider the morality that guides their generation, and warns against disillusionment. What does it mean to live in a world where wealth is hoarded and inequality reigns? What happens when we lose the language to name the future we want? Professor Magadla emphasizes the moral imperative for Africans to resist and to embed in their liberation an ethics of love, for the survival of the planet and the flourishing of the African imagination. Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of rape, specifically from the timestamp 26:26 to 27:44, which may prove emotionally challenging. Please feel free to skip this section if needed.

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Radical Hope and Entanglement: Imagining New Realities for Africa is an episode from Kujenga Amani: Peacebuilding in Africa by Mwangi Thuita.

This episode is 37:04 long.

This episode was published on May 8, 2025.

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