Beste History Of Africa podcasts (2024)

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Episode 166 - Colonel Lindsay lashes a local lad, Fort Peddie attacked and the Battle of Gwangqa River 20:53

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The Seventh Frontier war has burst into flame, and across the Ceded Territory and down into the land around Port Elizabeth amaXhosa warriors are on the warpath, the British have been forced into the defensive. If you remember, Sir Peregrine Maitland declared war on the amaXhosa chief Mgolombane Sandile Ngqika on 1st April 1846 — but the eastern Xho…

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Season 5 Episode 2: Fossil Water Farming 22:40

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Brought to the Sahara following the Persian conquest of Egypt, the spread of a new irrigation technology allowed Garamantian civilization to expand dramatically The earliest evidence of a unique Garamantian culture comes from the settlement of Zinkekra, located at the top of a rocky plateau near the Wadi al Ajal. However, settlements gradually drif…

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HPC 03. Karyn Lai on Classical Chinese Philosophy 36:16

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Co-host Karyn introduces herself to the listeners and talks about the challenges of tackling classical Chinese philosophical texts.Door Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

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Episode 165 - Sandile ambushes a British column, Captain Bambrick’s skull and Somerset’s humiliation 19:17

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This is episode 165 — and the atmosphere in Xhosaland was ablaze with indignation. A Mr Holliday had complained in Fort Beaufort that an imaDange man called Tsili had stolen his axe, and if you recall last episode, Tsili had been arrested then freed while under military escort by Tola a headman who lived nearby. Tola had hacked off a prisoners hand…

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Episode 164 - British sappers cross Block Drift into Xhosaland setting off a chain of events on the eve of war 21:37

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This is episode 164. Remember when we left off we’d been hearing about the squad of Royal engineers who’d crossed into amaXhosa territory over the Tyhume River in January 1846. They were led by Lieutenant J Stokes — this small team of five were surveying land for the site of the new fort. Little did they know that their crossing of Block Drift into…

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Season 5 Episode 1: Paintings in the Libyan Sahara 22:14

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Today we begin our journey into the history of the Garamantes, a civilization from the Libyan Sahara. This fascinating civilization transformed the barren wasteland of the Idehan Ubari into an impressive metropolis of late antiquity. Our current episode examines the prehistory of Libya through close inspection of rock art.…

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Episode 163 - British engineers build forts and semaphores while disabled chief Mgolombane Sandile signs a treaty 23:05

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This is episode 163, the year, 1845. New Cape Governor Sir Peregrine Maitland had shown he was a man of action — as a veteran of the Peninsular Campaign against Napoleon you’d expect that, particularly as he fought at Waterloo. This new man of action governor had some doubts about a few things here in sunny South Africa. He doubted the effectivenes…

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HPC 02. The Only Constant: Change and the "Yi Jing" 26:29

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Early Chinese philosophers were deeply aware of a world that is constantly changing: we look at how Confucians, Legalists, and Daoists responded to this challenge.Door Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

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Episode 162 - The 1845 Battle of Swartkoppies, Divide and Rule and a Bloemfontein origin story 23:29

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This is episode 162. First, some housekeeping. A huge thank you to all my supporters, the podcast just passed 1.3 million listens, so there’s a large number of folks out there who’ve found this series useful. I’m so delighted that our crazy tale here on the southern tip of Africa has resonated with so many people. The response has utterly stunned m…

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Episode 161 - Moshoeshoe signs a Treaty then collects gunpowder and horses 21:44

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This is episode 161 — and what’s this I hear? The sound of wind whipping and howling through the mountain recesses, snow-capped mountains, where the rivers have torn deep ravines in the geography, terraphysics scraping rocks, rushing waters plunging from the escarpment into the eastern cape and free state, foaming and roiling. It must be the home o…

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HPC 01. Journey of a Thousand Li: Introduction to Chinese Philosophy 20:16

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Introducing Chinese philosophy through the concept of "dao," a fundamental word in classical Chinese philosophy, with a range of meanings across its different traditions.Door Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

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Episode 160 - A tour of Philippolis, an 1844 update, the Great Guano discovery and the Merino sheep miracle 23:19

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This is episode 160 and we’re breathing the spicy smells of the semi-desert, and taking in the exotic and wonderous scenary of the Richtersveld, Namaqualand, and the stunning area around south westn Free State in the 840s. Last episode we heard about the period 1840-1843 in the southern Caledon River valley, and how the Voortrekkers like Jan Mocke …

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What Does Bantu Mean: A Historiography of Bantu Linguistics and History (Part 2) 30:49

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The Bantu Migration is one of the most important and seminal events in the history of the African continent. But what if this theory of Bantu origins, concocted by a European colonial administrator trying to understand the history of the continent he was colonizing, was entirely off base? What are some of the holes in the theory of Bantu expansion?…

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Episode 159 - Boer women as handmaidens to history and the swirling social dust storms in TransOrangia circa 1843 22:35

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This is episode 159. If we take out a map of south Africa and reconsider the regions, it will become quite apparent that the main demarcation is geographical, geological, the main points of reference are the rivers and the mountains, the desert and semi-desert, the good soils and the bad. Take a look at a map of the region to the south west of the …

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HAP 142 - Final Chat with Chike Jeffers 51:12

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How Africana philosophy looked to a young Chike Jeffers, coming into the field in the early 21st century.Door Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

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Episode 158 - Venda kingdoms and the Lemba Yemeni enigma 19:43

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This is episode 158 and we’re taking an epic regional tour into the along the Limpopo River to meet with the Venda and other groups of folks who hail from the province we now call Limpopo. Thanks to listener Mushe for the suggestion. By the mid-fifteenth century Shona-speaking immigrants from Zimbabwe settled across the Limpopo River and interacted…

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What Does Bantu Mean: A Historiography of Bantu Linguistics and History 29:15

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Bantu is a term which has become one of the most contentious in the study of African history. The name of a language family stretching across much of the southern half of the African continent, the term has been used in many distinct ways. In anthropology, it has often extended beyond mere linguistics into an idea of a larger shared culture and his…

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HAP 141 - Job Openings - the Rise of Africana Professional Philosophy 38:24

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The key events and figures in philosophy as an academic discipline, in both Africa and the diaspora.Door Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

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Episode 157 - Dick King and Ndongeni Ka Xoki’s epic ride leads another d’Urban to Durban 23:12

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This is episode 157 - where Dick King and Ndongeni ka Xoki ride to out of Durban carrying a dispatch from besieged British commander, Captain Smith, surrounded by Boers, in real danger. On the 24th May 1842 King and ka Xoki snuck out of the Port Natal region heading to Grahamstown in the south. That was a thousand kilometre journey which was going …

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Episode 156 - The Battle of Congella leaves 34 British soldiers dead on a moonlit Durban beach 21:19

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When we left off last episode, Captain Thomas Smith and two companies of the 27th Inniskilling Regiment, an 18 pounder that had just arrived by ship, two six pounder field guns, a small section of the Royal Artillery, a hand full of Royal Engineers, Sappers and miners, along with a company of Cape Mountain Rifles had formed their laager at level ar…

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HAP 140 - Cornel West on Himself 46:28

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Cornel West joins us to look back on the development of his thought and the many authors who have inspired him.Door Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

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Episode 155 - The Eastern Cape economy surges and the Americans visit Port Natal as tension rises 21:50

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Welcome back to the History of South Africa podcast with me your host, Des Latham - it’s episode 155 and the Cape economy is growing in leaps and bounds. The years between 1840 and 1843 were a fascinating mix of economic development and military endeavour. We will be returning to the arrival in Port Natal aka Durban of Captain Smith and his 263 men…

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Episode 154 - The Swellekamp grifter and Captain Smith marches from the Umgazi River to Port Natal 24:35

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This is episode 154 and the amaBhaca people under chief Ncapayi have just raided the Boers along the upper Bushman’s river and near their new town of Weenen. Joining the Bhaca were the San raiders you heard about in episode 152. The area around the Umzimvubu River had been unstable ever since the amaBhaca fled to the region during Shaka’s time, and…

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HAP 139 - A Love Supreme - Cornel West 33:22

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An introduction to Cornel West, focusing on his early essay “Philosophy and the Afro-American Experience.”Door Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

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Season 4 Episode 29: The Fall of the Twelve Hills 28:35

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In a betrayal of previous commitments to Madagascar, Britain revoked its recognition of Malagasy sovereignty in a deal with France, in exchange for French recognition of a British protectorate over Zanzibar. Soon after this deal, the French invaded Madagascar, landing troops in Mahajanga and Toamasina. The final war to conquer Madagascar had begun.…

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Episode 153 - Dr Livingstone disembarks and Pretorius and Potgieter bury the hatchet 19:34

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1840 was a leap year, and in November David Livingstone had left Britain for Africa. His story of exploration and commitment is extraordinary. While he would go on to become better known for his attempts at finding the source of the Nile River in east Africa, it was his formative phase of life at mission stations in southern Africa that we’re inter…

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Episode 152 - The amaTola San raiders of the Drakensberg: Horses, plant meds and the Chacma Baboon 26:03

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This is episode 152, we’re going to dig into a story that is not often told — the amaTola San raiders of the Drakensberg. They emerged by the end of the third decade of the 19th Century as a result of a mish-mash of forces at play on the veld. And what a remarkable story this is so hold onto your horses! Literally as it would appear. What has been …

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Season 4 Episode 28: The Malagasy Gold Rush 16:42

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Rainilaiarivony makes a desperate bet to try and repair his nation's floundering economy following the end of the French blockade of Madagascar. His desperate solution: to open Madagascar's long dormant gold mines for business. Support the showDoor The History of Africa Podcast

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Episode 151 - The polymath Sir John Herschel, his free school system and other 1840 interconnections 22:08

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Episode 151 and we’re into the 1840s - and its time to analyse some issues. One is education, the other, roads. Given our crisis in education these days, its perhaps another of our historical ironies that state funded schooling was offered by 1839 and 1840 in the Cape, something that was unparalleled at the time except for Prussia and a handful of …

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HAP 138 - Taking it Out of Neutral - Critical Race Theory 27:38

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A movement of legal scholars diagnoses the limitations of merely “formal” measures against discrimination, a point they connect to issues like affirmative action, democratic process, and intersectionality.Door Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

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Episode 150 - Dingana assassinated near Ghost Mountain and the cultural appropriation tale of the toyi-toyi 22:56

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For those who’ve lasted the journey thus far, thank you for listening. The number of downloads is approaching 1 and a quarter million, which by itself is quite a shock. Adding to the selfserving histrionics, Episode one of this series has just made to Spotify’s fourth most listened to podcast in South Africa for 2023. More gasps of disbelief. When …

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Season 4 Episode 27 Madagascar’s Independence (Partially) Defended 24:37

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As the French begin their invasion of Madagascar's major ports in 1883, the queen of Madagascar falls deathly ill. In this atmosphere of chaos, the prime minister Rainilaiarivony must mount a desperate attempt to protect Merina sovereignty with the help of an unexpected ally. Support the showDoor The History of Africa Podcast

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HAP 137 - Asante Sana - Molefi Asante’s Afrocentricity 37:00

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What inspired Asante's controversial philosophy of Afrocentricity, and its relationship to religion, nationalism, and feminism.Door Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

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Episode 149 - Mpande defeats Dingana at the Battle of amaQongqo and Bhibhi the beautiful is killed 24:04

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This is episode 149 and Mpande kaSenzangakhona and the Boers are going after Dingana. We’re entering the 1840s where momentous events would continue to shape South Africa’s future. After Shaka’s death in 1828 his half-brother and murderer, Dingana, was supposed to usher in stability. Instead, Dingana embroiled the AmaZulu in one war after another, …

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HAP 136 - Civilization Reclaimed - African-Centered Thought 34:26

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How writers like George G.M. James, John Henrik Clarke, Cheikh Anta Diop, Yosef ben-Jochannan, and Chancellor Williams prepared the way for the Afrocentricity of Molefi Asante and captured the imaginations of hip hop artists and intellectuals like Ta-Nehisi Coates.Door Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

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Episode 148 - The AmaZulu routed by amaSwazi Widow Bird warriors and Mpande’s exodus 24:35

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This is episode 148 and there’re negotiations afoot between Dingana and the Voortrekkers, at the behest of Captain Henry Jervis who led the small detachment of British troops based at Port Natal. Their role was to stabilise the Natal region after a year of extreme violence, the Voortrekkers and the AmaZulu king Dingana were fighting tooth and nail.…

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Season 4 Episode 26: The Malagasy Take Manhattan 31:52

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As Malagasy prime minister Rainilaiarivony tries to distance his kingdom from French commercial interests, the French strike back. Eager to avenge his country's recent defeat in Europe, the French head of state becomes increasingly invested in colonial conquest. In an effort to drum up international support, Malagasy diplomats make a trip to London…

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Episode 147 - Coloured enters the lexicon in 1838 as Captain Jervis reports his coal find 27:06

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Cape Town was burgeoning — and trade was starting to pick up. There was also a paradox, the real effects of the emancipation of slaves back in 1834 was only really felt in 1838 because it was in that year the 38 000 slaves were finally allowed to leave their masters. The abolition of slavery led to the creation of several private commercial banks, …

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Episode 146 - The Battle of oPathe where Bhongoza and Hans Dons earn oral history stripes 23:00

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Andries Pretorius had won a major encounter with the Zulu army, which was now in full retreat and the way to emGungungundlovu was wide open. A day after the Battle on the 17th December 1838, Commandant General Pretorius had two Zulu captives brought before him. According to Voortrekker records, he gave them a piece of white calico with his name wri…

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Season 4 Episode 25: Ranavalona II - Madagascar’s Christian Queen 28:35

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As Rainilaiarivony radically reforms the government, educational system, and economy of the Kingdom of Madagascar, queen Ranavalona II radically reforms its religion when she officially converts the Merina Kingdom to Christianity. Support the showDoor The History of Africa Podcast

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