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Hosted by CLEON SOGBIE · history · EN-US
History of Africa
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Signup to Generate a PitchAfrican History is hosted by CLEON SOGBIE. The show has published 30 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Sub-Saharan African Oil Discoveries and Imperial Politics" (23 October 2026, 48 minutes), "Julius Nyerere's Ujamaa: The Tanzanian Socialist Experiment" (14 October 2026, 41 minutes), and "The Coming of Tyrants" (7 October 2026, 73 minutes).
African History publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 46 minutes across 30 episodes.
Booking probability for African History is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. African History requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. African History's contact route on record: public web form.
CLEON SOGBIE hosts African History, a history podcast with 30 episodes published.
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Send us Fan Mail The provided text chronicles the historical race for oil in Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa , detailing how major nations and pioneering explorers hunted for petroleum amid shifting geopolitical...
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Send us Fan Mail Julius Nyerere sought to transform Tanzania into a self-reliant socialist society through the Arusha Declaration , which nationalized key industries and prohibited government officials from engaging in...
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Send us Fan Mail These excerpts from The Fate of Africa examine the rise of authoritarianism and military coups across the continent following independence. The text details how various leaders, including Idi Amin...
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Send us Fan Mail The provided text outlines the historical development and cultural evolution of the Hausa people and their centralized states from roughly 1200 to 1600. It examines various competing theories regarding...
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Send us Fan Mail During the nineteenth century, the Sokoto Caliphate emerged as the dominant political and economic power in its region, following a transformative holy war led by Muslim reformers. Between 1820 and...
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Send us Fan Mail The provided text details the heyday and decline of Swahili civilization on the East African coast between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries. This historical period was defined by the emergence of a...
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Send us Fan Mail This analysis explores the historiographical impact of Basil Davidson’s 1969 work, The African Genius , which challenged colonial myths of a primitive and ahistorical Africa. By synthesizing social...
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Send us Fan Mail This historical text chronicles the evolution of the Buganda Kingdom and other Great Lakes nations in central Africa as they transitioned from isolation to intense engagement with foreign powers. Under...
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Send us Fan Mail The provided text examines the intellectual history and institutional critique found in Basil Davidson’s seminal work regarding post-colonial Africa. It tracks how the phrase "the black man's burden"...
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Send us Fan Mail This historical account explores the brutal reality of British colonialism in Kenya , detailing how land displacement and systemic oppression birthed the radical Mau Mau Uprising . While the movement...
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Send us Fan Mail The Anglo-Ashanti wars were five military struggles between 1824 and 1900 involving the Ashanti Empire and the British Empire in present-day Ghana. These conflicts originated from Ashanti efforts to...
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Send us Fan Mail This text details the brutal history of German colonial rule in South-West Africa, focusing on the genocidal campaign against the Herero and Nama peoples. Initially skeptical of the colony's economic...
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Send us Fan Mail Scholars like Eric James Montgomery re-examine West African and Caribbean spiritual traditions through the lens of "spirit service," framing them as sophisticated systems of reciprocal obligation rather...
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Send us Fan Mail This text examines the immense systemic barriers that African citizens face when attempting to travel both within their own continent and to Western nations. Through the personal struggles of...
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Send us Fan Mail The book Great Kingdoms of Africa , edited by John Parker, provides a comprehensive re-examination of five millennia of indigenous African statecraft . By utilizing an interdisciplinary approach that...
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