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The AIAC Podcast
Hosted by Will Shoki, the Africa Is a Country Podcast is a weekly destination for analysis of current events, culture, and sports on the African continent and its diaspora, from the left.
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We must learn to sit in the dark together
In June 2025, Africa Is a Country held its inaugural Festival of Ideas in Nairobi—a week of screenings, workshops, panels, and long, searchi...
Nepal's Gen Z reckoning
In September 2025, Nepal experienced one of the most significant waves of political unrest in its recent history. Led largely by Gen Z prote...
After the uprising
On June 25, 2024, Kenya entered a new political era. Sparked by opposition to the Finance Bill—a package of regressive taxes pushed by Presi...
De-dollarization from below
Discussions about ongoing attempts to move beyond the US dollar as the hegemonic currency of world trade often focus on the official policie...
What's left of Nigeria's feminist left?
This episode was recorded in the wake of the recent public controversy surrounding the suspension of Nigerian Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduagha...
Between Nkrumah and neoliberalism
Recorded on the anniversary of the coup that removed Kwame Nkrumah on February 24, 1966, and in the wake of Ghana’s recent presidential inau...
Africa's sibling rivalry
Recorded as Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived for bilateral talks with South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, this episode ex...
What is free and fair?
In an unprecedented election year, more voters than ever in recorded history will have headed to the polls by the end of 2024—in at least 64...
Fuel's errand
Despite being one of the world's major crude oil producers, Nigeria has depended for decades on imports of refined petroleum products to mee...
Business as Usual?
On September 7, 2024, Algeria’s incumbent president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, was re-elected for a second five-year presidential term with 94.6...
France? Nothing good comes of it
On July 7, France heads to the polls in the second round of a legislative election widely viewed as a referendum on the country's future. Th...
Uprising in Kenya
Over the last two weeks, Kenya has been rocked by widespread protests against a controversial law that aims to raise taxes. The 2024 Finance...
Corruption kills?
Nigeria has a corruption problem—this is hardly breaking news. Less often acknowledged, however, is the fact that Nigeria has long had a vib...
Just Us Voting
On this episode of Just Us Under A Tree, Dan Mafora, Elisha Kunene, and Tanveer Jeewa discuss the recent slew of litigation and controversia...
Origins of the scam
Africa is a Country is happy to announce our new collaboration with The Nigerian Scam podcast , which focuses on examining how episodic iter...
Just Us for Palestine
Africa Is a Country is proud to present a new collaboration with the South African podcast Just Us Under a Tree. Once a month we will host a...
Will there be another uprising in Egypt?
In late September, Egypt’s Electoral Commission announced that the country will hold presidential elections in mid-December of this year. On...
The People's Cup
Last week, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced the hosts for the 2025 and 2027 African Cup of Nations. Morocco won the rig...
Sierra Leone decides
Sierra Leone will elect a president and parliament on June 24, its fifth election since a devastating 10-year civil war ended in 2002. Incum...
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