AfriPod

By ACAS | 29 September 2008

Peter Alegi, a historian based at Michigan State University in East Lansing, like most Africanists based in the US, was frustrated with the way the mass media here cover African topics. So he took matters into his own hands utilizing new technologies. With his colleague, Peter Limb — a historian and bibliographer — they launched Afripod, an occasional series of podcasts about history, culture, politics and African Studies.

According to Alegi: ‘Africa matters. It matters to America since about one in seven Americans trace their origins to the African continent. Africa also has global implications: economic, political, and cultural ones. And, last but not least, Africa deserves to be studied and debated in its own right, like any other continent.’

Read about the project and download archived episodes of the show (there’s 13 online already), here.