African Books & Beats

Stimela Part 3: Chemtengure/The Wagon Wheel

Part 3 in the Stimela series. We discuss the colonial wagons that dragged in colonialism. The rail economy in Southern Africa and the music it transported. Insights on the current state of the rail economy.

Stimela Part 2: Chitima Nditakure/Aboard the Train

Part 2 in the Stimela/Chitima Series. This episode is a podcast adaptation of the Twitter Space held on 19 August, 2021, discussing the migrations of literature, music and peoples through Southern Africa.

Stimela Part 1: Vagabond - Author Interview with Lerato Mogoatlhe

Part 1 in the Stimela/Chitima Series. This podcast episode is based on the Twitter Space on 19 August, 2021, in which we discussed Lerato Mogoatlhe's book "Vagabond: Wandering Through Africa On Faith". This episode launched the subsequent Twitter Spaces on literary, musical and personal travel and migration across Africa and the diaspora. The series shall be adapted in podcast form in further episodes.

Know Your Dictators - Author Interview with Sipho Mudau (Part 3)

Part 3 of the author interview with Sipho Mudau on his ebook "Know Your Dictators: A Little Book of Big Tyrants". This final episode is a podcast adaptation of the Twitter Spaces broadcast on Thursday, 28 October 2021. We discuss some common traits of dictators and cover dictatorships in Burundi, Sierra Leone, Gabon, The Gambia, Libya, Kenya and the US. The opening and closing song is "Regai Tione/Jealousy" by Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited with Leo Wadada Smith.

Know Your Dictators - Author Interview with Sipho Mudau (Part 2)

Part 2 of the author interview with Sipho Mudau on his ebook "Know Your Dictators: A Little Book of Big Tyrants". This interview is a podcast adaptation of the Twitter Spaces broadcast on Thursday, 28 October 2021 and includes brilliant contributions by speakers from Kenya, The Gambia, Britain, Djibouti, Zimbabwe, America and South Africa.