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It’s a Continent Podcast

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Making African history accessible • 3x 🏆winners • in @podbible @bbcmundo + more • It’s a Continent 📚@coronetbooks • rep'd by kay/at/colwillandpeddle.com

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We’re back with our 1st episode of 2025! We uncover Asantehene Prempeh I, king of the Asante Empire who stood firm against British colonial demands. From his rise to power to 28 years of exile, we explore his resilience, leadership, & legacy 🎧: pod.fo/e/2a1b27

We’re back with our 1st episode of 2025!

We uncover Asantehene Prempeh I, king of the Asante Empire who stood firm against British colonial demands. From his rise to power to 28 years of exile, we explore his resilience, leadership, & legacy

🎧: pod.fo/e/2a1b27
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Under Belgian colonial rule, mixed-heritage children were taken from their families and placed in religious institutions, losing their identities. Now, some are fighting for justice in court. What led to this policy, and what does justice look like? 🎧: pod.fo/e/2a83a4

Under Belgian colonial rule, mixed-heritage children were taken from their families and placed in religious institutions, losing their identities. Now, some are fighting for justice in court.

What led to this policy, and what does justice look like?

🎧: pod.fo/e/2a83a4
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Happy Friday podcast fans. Edition no. 300 🤯 of Find That Pod is out. 5 great podcasts to discover: 🎙️ It's A Continent It’s a Continent Podcast 🎙️ UnReality 🎙️ Do You Copy? Do You Copy? Podcast 🎙️ Blood Vines Wondery 🎙️ Based on a True Story Dan LeFebvre Have a great weekend!

Happy Friday podcast fans. Edition no. 300 🤯 of Find That Pod is out. 

5 great podcasts to discover:

🎙️ It's A Continent <a href="/itsacontinent/">It’s a Continent Podcast</a> 
🎙️ UnReality
🎙️ Do You Copy? <a href="/DoYouCopyPod/">Do You Copy? Podcast</a> 
🎙️ Blood Vines <a href="/WonderyMedia/">Wondery</a> 
🎙️ Based on a True Story <a href="/danlefeb/">Dan LeFebvre</a> 

Have a great weekend!
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In 1999, the death of beloved Creole seggae singer Kaya in police custody ignited riots that shook the nation. How did a musician’s death spark such widespread violence? And what does it reveal about the deep divisions within Mauritius? 🎧: pod.fo/e/2ae35e

In 1999, the death of beloved Creole seggae singer Kaya in police custody ignited riots that shook the nation. How did a musician’s death spark such widespread violence? And what does it reveal about the deep divisions within Mauritius?  
🎧: pod.fo/e/2ae35e
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5 years of It’s a Continent! 🎉 In that time, we’ve: 🏆 Won 3 awards 📚 Published a book in multiple formats & languages 🎤 Spoken at Hay Festival Arequipa, schools & top podcasts 🤝 Collaborated with brilliant voices Thank you for being part of the journey! 🥰🥰

5 years of It’s a Continent! 🎉

In that time, we’ve:
🏆 Won 3 awards
📚 Published a book in multiple formats &amp; languages
🎤 Spoken at Hay Festival Arequipa, schools &amp; top podcasts
🤝 Collaborated with brilliant voices

Thank you for being part of the journey! 🥰🥰
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Our March newsletter is out, celebrating 5 years of It’s a Continent 🎉🎉 and our usual culture roundup open.substack.com/pub/itsacontin…

Our March newsletter is out, celebrating 5 years of It’s a Continent 🎉🎉 and our usual culture roundup 

open.substack.com/pub/itsacontin…
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Join us for an exclusive podcast recording at Hay Festival with the brilliant, award-winning Historian and Digital Heritage Specialist Headstrong Historian   Chao is leading efforts to preserve African histories digitally, ensuring these reach future generations. hayfestival.com/p-23367-astrid…

Join us for an exclusive podcast recording at <a href="/hayfestival/">Hay Festival</a> with the brilliant, award-winning Historian and Digital Heritage Specialist <a href="/ChaoTayiana/">Headstrong Historian</a> 
 
Chao is leading efforts to preserve African histories digitally, ensuring these reach future generations.
hayfestival.com/p-23367-astrid…
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I’m so proud to introduce Biléyi by MsJoyceK — opening at BoxHall City (Kitchen No.8) on 10th April 2025. (Liverpool Street) A love letter to Congolese flavours, culture and ingredients elevated, reimagined, and served with soul. Can’t wait to welcome you.

I’m so proud to introduce Biléyi by MsJoyceK — opening at BoxHall City (Kitchen No.8) on 10th April 2025. (Liverpool Street)

A love letter to Congolese flavours, culture and ingredients elevated, reimagined, and served with soul.
Can’t wait to welcome you.
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Today is Togo’s Independence Day. While doing research there, I met women who proudly showed me the “Ablodé/freedom”cloth that was designed to celebrate the country’s independence in 1960. Women held onto this cloth for decades b/c it embodied their hopes for the nation’s future

Today is Togo’s Independence Day. While doing research there, I met women who proudly showed me the “Ablodé/freedom”cloth that was designed to celebrate the country’s independence in 1960. Women held onto this cloth for decades b/c it embodied their hopes for the nation’s future
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Research shows Britons largely unaware of Black and Asian contribution to WW2 effort - "Most people do not know soldiers from countries like Jamaica and Kenya, and Muslims, fought alongside British troops" theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

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We’re back ✨ A fearless force in South Africa’s liberation struggle, endured imprisonment, and became a global symbol of resistance — but her legacy is not without controversy. This week’s episode unpacks the life of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela 🇿🇦 🎧: pod.fo/e/2d1a6f

We’re back ✨ 

A fearless force in South Africa’s liberation struggle, endured imprisonment, and became a global symbol of resistance — but her legacy is not without controversy. 

This week’s episode unpacks the life of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela 🇿🇦 

🎧: pod.fo/e/2d1a6f
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"There would be something deeply perverse about celebrating the defeat of the extreme right on the battlefield on VE Day while ignoring the fact that much of the West is currently voting for its ideological descendants at the ballot box." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…