About Ufahamu Africa

The Ufahamu Africa podcast is cohosted by Kim Yi Dionne, associate professor of political science at UC Riverside, and Rachel Beatty Riedl, professor of government at Cornell University.

The Ufahamu Africa podcast is cohosted by Kim Yi Dionne, associate professor of political science at UC Riverside, and Rachel Beatty Riedl, professor of government at Cornell University.

NBN Episodes hosted by Ufahamu:

South Africa Goes to the Polls: A Discussion with Carolyn Holmes

May 31, 2024

South Africa Goes to the Polls

Carolyn Holmes
Hosted by Ufahamu Africa

On May 29, South Africans voted in the seventh election since the end of political apartheid in the early 1990s. This is the first election in which t…

Nisrin Elamin on the Conflict in Sudan

May 30, 2024

The Conflict in Sudan

Nisrin Elamin
Hosted by Ufahamu Africa

Nisrin Elamin is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto whose work investigates the connections between land, race, belon…

Democratic Crisis in Senegal

May 29, 2024

Democratic Crisis in Senegal

Bamba Ndiaye and Michelle D. Gavin
Hosted by Ufahamu Africa

Senegalese President Macky Sall has postponed the country’s presidential elections originally scheduled for February 25. It's part of a series of conc…

The Conflict in Sudan: A Discussion with Nisrin Elamin

February 1, 2024

The Conflict in Sudan

Nisrin Elamin
Hosted by Ufahamu Africa

Nisrin Elamin is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto whose work investigates the connections between land, race, belon…

Democracy in Malawai: A Talk by Kim Yi Dionne

January 31, 2024

Democracy in Malawai

Kim Yi Dionne
Hosted by Ufahamu Africa

In this episode of Ufahamu Africa, cohost Kim Yi Dionne presents on the state of democracy in Malawi as part of a panel at the 2023 African Studies As…