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Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur

Hosted by African Futures Lab (AfaLab) · society · EN-US · 32 episodes

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Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur sheds light on individual and collective actions across Europe, Africa and the Americas to defend racial equality and justice. Our guests - scholars, activists, artists - share their practice with us, highlighting both the forms that historical and contemporary racial violence takes in these different contexts, and examples of possible reforms and mobilizations. Through their experiences fighting against racism, we draw the contours of racial justice efforts today. Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur is hosted by Liliane Umubyeyi and Amah Edoh, co-founders and co-directors of the African Futures Lab (AfaLab). A new episode is published every two weeks, and episodes alternate between French and English. Production credits: Production: Amah Edoh; Liliane Umubyeyi; Matt Dann; Recording and editing: Matt Dann; Music: “African Dreams,” written and composed by Seun Anikulapo Kuti; Artwork: Amélie Umuhererezi

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What is Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur about?

Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur sheds light on individual and collective actions across Europe, Africa and the Americas to defend racial equality and justice. Our guests - scholars, activists, artists - share their practice with us, highlighting both the forms that historical and contemporary racial violence takes in these different contexts, and examples of possible reforms and mobilizations.

Who hosts Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur?

Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur is hosted by African Futures Lab (AfaLab). The show has published 32 episodes to date.

What has Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur covered recently?

Recent episodes include "S5 E4: The Legal Case for Debt Justice Reclaiming Economic Sovereignty" (13 October 2026, 62 minutes), "S5 E3: Who Should Pay for Africa’s Climate Losses?" (24 September 2026, 42 minutes), and "S5 E2: Debt Cancellation is Not Enough!" (10 September 2026, 49 minutes).

How often does Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur publish?

Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 50 minutes across 32 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur?

Booking probability for Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur's contact route on record: public web form.

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African Futures Lab (AfaLab) hosts Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur, a society show with 32 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Episode #4

    S5 E4: The Legal Case for Debt Justice Reclaiming Economic Sovereignty

    Oct 13, 20261h 2mS5

    Send us Fan Mail Can international law be mobilized to challenge and overturn Africa’s illegitimate debt burdens? In this second episode, we shift the focus from historical critique to immediate legal accountability. We...

  • Episode #3

    S5 E3: Who Should Pay for Africa’s Climate Losses?

    Sep 24, 202642 minS5

    Send us Fan Mail Who should pay for Africa’s climate losses, and how can that financial and moral responsibility be legally enforced? In this third episode, we unpack the concept of climate debt and examine Africa’s...

  • Episode #2

    S5 E2: Debt Cancellation is Not Enough!

    Sep 10, 202649 minS5

    Send us Fan Mail Why is debt cancellation alone insufficient to solve Africa's economic crises, and what deeper structural transformations are required? Debt Cancellation is Not Enough explores why debt cancellation...

  • Episode #1

    S5E1: Understanding historical foundations of systemic extraction

    Aug 25, 202653 minS5

    Send us Fan Mail How did centuries of colonial exploitation directly shape Africa’s modern sovereign debt crisis? In this premiere episode, we lay the groundwork for our joint miniseries by unpacking the deep historical...

  • Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur

    S5E0: Decolonizing Africa’s debt and reclaiming her future

    Aug 23, 20264 minS5

    Send us Fan Mail As the African Union inaugurates the 2026–2036 Decade of Reparations, this collaborative podcast series from the African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) and African Futures Lab...

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  • Episode #6

    Season IV Episode 6: Para Além das Fronteiras – Força e Solidariedade do Feminismo Negro (PT)

    Aug 18, 202653 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Em todos os continentes, as mulheres negras nunca resistiram isoladamente. Das lutas anticoloniais aos movimentos contemporâneos pela justiça racial, de gênero e climática, as solidariedades...

  • Episode #5

    Season IV Epsiode 5: Between war and peace (EN)

    Aug 11, 202653 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Sexual violence was not incidental, but central to colonial rule. Soldiers, administrators, and settlers systematically exerted power through coercion, assault, and absolute impunity—including the...

  • Episode #4

    Season IV Episode 4: The price of Black women's labour (EN)

    Aug 4, 202652 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail The exploitation of Black women’s labor—whether domestic, agricultural, care-based, or within the cultural and fashion industries—sits at the sharp intersection of race, gender, and class. Historically...

  • Episode #3

    Season IV Episode 3: Beauté, peau et pouvoir (FR)

    Jul 28, 20261h 10mS4

    Send us Fan Mail Les normes de beauté eurocentriques — notamment l’éclaircissement de la peau, la politique capillaire, la stigmatisation du corps et les hiérarchies esthétiques — trouvent leurs racines profondes dans...

  • Episode #2

    Season IV Episode 2 : Santé, race et résistance (FR)

    Jul 21, 202652 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Ce deuxième épisode inaugure notre série de podcasts dans le cadre du projet « Unfinished Freedom », une initiative qui explore les histoires de violences subies par les femmes noires et met en lumière...

  • Episode #1

    Season IV Episode 1: Colonial shadows (EN)

    Jul 14, 20261h 8mS4

    Send us Fan Mail Colonial narratives about Black women did not disappear with colonial rule; they continue to shape how Black women are perceived, treated, and represented today. In this debut episode of Disrupting the...

  • Episode #6

    Season III Episode 6 (Part 2) - Reparations for climate and biodiversity loss: Resistance and alternatives to market-based approaches

    May 7, 202546 minS3

    <p>Send a text</p><p>In this episode of Future Perfect | Futures Antérieur, hosts Liliane Umubyeyi and Meghna Abraham welcome Ruth Nyambura, a Kenyan ecofeminist and organiser, to discuss the biodiversity crisis in...

  • Episode #6

    Season III Episode 6 (Part 1) - Reparations for climate and biodiversity loss: Deep dive into challenges and solutions

    Mar 24, 202556 minS3

    <p>Send a text</p><p>In this episode of Future Perfect | Futures Antérieur, hosts Liliane Umubyeyi and Hélène Himmer welcome Meghna Abraham, an international human rights lawyer and expert on economic, social and...

  • Episode #5

    Season III Episode 5- Fadhel Kaboub: International Financial Institutions Rooted in the Intrinsic Link between Colonialism and Capitalism: How to End a System of Domination Through Climate Reparations?

    Nov 27, 202456 minS3

    <p>Send a text</p><p>This episode of Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur features Professor Fadhel Kaboub, who highlights the urgent need for decolonizing climate frameworks alongside a radical global economic...

  • Episode #4

    Season III Episode 4- Chenai Mukumba: How to Finance Climate Reparations: Does the Framework of International Financial Institutions Facilitate Healing from the Past for a Better Future?

    Nov 6, 202443 minS3

    <p>Send a text</p><p>This episode of Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur, co-hosted by African Futures Lab Director Liliane Umubyeyi and Program Assistant Helene Himmer, features a compelling discussion with Chenai...

  • Episode #3

    Season III Episode 3- Adrián Martinez Blanco: International Law, Regulations & Negotiations: Addressing the Inefficiency of Loss & Damages Fund and the Role of Litigation in Climate Reparations

    Oct 24, 202446 minS3

    <p>Send a text</p><p>This episode of Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur is co-hosted by Patrick Toussaint, an international environmental lawyer, and Helene Himmer, Program Assistant at African Futures Lab. Both welcomed...

  • Episode #2

    Season III Episode 2- Ineza Umuhoza Grace: Activism, Narratives & Media Representation: What is the climate reparations movement missing to emerge and be a priority at the international agenda?

    Oct 9, 202443 minS3

    <p>Send a text</p><p>In this podcast episode, Hélène Himmer and Brigette Perenyi, storytelling manager at Reform Initiative host a discussion with Ineza Umuhoza Grace, CEO of the Green Protector and Co. and founder of...

  • Episode #1

    Season III Episode 1: From responsibility to reparations of the climate crisis: why the biggest polluters must pay up for climate damages?

    Sep 25, 202445 minS3

    <p>Send a text</p><p>In the first episode of the third season of the Future Perfect-Futur Antérieur podcast, Professor Joshua Castellino, the Co-Executive Director of Minority Rights Group International and Professor of...

  • Episode #6

    S2 Episode 6: Juliette Nijimbere : “La montagne qui a accouché d’une souris” : espoirs et échec de la commission parlementaire belge sur le passé colonial

    Jul 5, 202334 minS2

    <p>Send a text</p><p>Dans cet épisode de Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur, <b>Juliette Nijimbere</b>, militante de longue date pour les droits humains, les droits de la femme et la lutte contre le racisme en Belgique...

  • Episode #5

    S2 Episode 5: Jean Casimir & Michel DeGraff : Onè ak jistis: Avenues for reparations in Haiti

    Jun 15, 20231h 7mS2

    <p>Send a text</p><p>In this episode of <b>Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur</b>, we have the honor of welcoming two eminent scholars of Haiti, Professors <b>Jean Casimir</b> and <b>Michel DeGraff</b>, who speak with us...

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