African Books & Beats

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. My Twitter handle - @dangurangu Sipho's Twitter handle - @Sipho_Mudau #AfricanLiterature #Politics #Dictators #Interview

Immersive storytelling. Excerpt from Chapter 3 of "Green Shadows in the Kiya Kiya Republic by Farai Mudzingwa. #african #literature #fiction