Lumumba’s Africa focuses on the past and current issues affecting the African continent; Filmed amidst the beautiful landscapes of Kenya and hosted by Professor P.L.O. Lumumba, the show looks at the many dichotomies of Africa: why are some of the economies thriving while others stall; why conflicts emerge and refuse to die down, and why despite colonialism being ‘gone’, it still ruins the prosperity of nations.
African constitutions
In this episode of Lumumba’s Africa, the professor looks at the formation of various national constitutions in the post-colonial era of Africa. We look at how the process went through various iterations and how different nations approached the matter.
Conflict Mozambique
In this episode of Lumumba’s Africa, the professor looks at the tragic history of the conflict in Mozambique: the causes, the pretexts, and the consequences. A bloodshed scramble between ISIS and various political forces put the country on the brink of the catastrophe – and yet, as the professor explains – there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.
Trade wars
This week on Lumumba’s Africa, the professor unpacks how trade wars reshape global supply chains, commodity demands, and geopolitical alliances, forcing African nations into a precarious position.
The African Diaspora in North America
Today on Lumumba’s Africa, the professor turns his gaze across the Atlantic, tracing the profound and complex story of the African diaspora in North America.
Reparations
It is very difficult to estimate the damage that was caused by the slave trade that made the West so rich while destroying so many lives. Generations transferred, wiped out, dying out in slave ships – that is a wound to the Mother Continent that can’t be stitched with a wave of a hand. But in this episode of Lumumba’s Africa, the Professor looks into the matter of the reparations that the West may owe to the Africans – and if they’ll ever be paid.
A South Sudan
In this episode of Lumumba’s Africa, the Professor continues our discussion about the youngest and – as of now – most troubled nations on the planet. The story of how South Sudan came to be, of the wars that plague it, of the suffering that local population endures – and yet of hope that may glimmer for this nation in the future. All this with Professor P.L.O. Lumumba.