Explorers! Let's explore The Democratic Republic of The Congo together. Let's learn their long and storied past as a people who studied the cosmos! Let's learn more about the Scramble for Africa that led to them becoming a Belgian colony. Let's learn about their independence movement that included music and fashion as tools of resistance! Let's celebrate their triumph and support their continuing evolution as a nation.

And while I have your attention...I am announcing a little self-care break. I'm taking six weeks off to explore and rest. I love to travel and I need to do it in order to keep sharing and growing with you. While I'm away, re-listen to some episode that you didn't give your full attention because you were walking or driving. Maybe you're not caught up on all of the episodes, take this 6 weeks to listen to the ones you missed. It's summer here in The States, maybe listen while you're in one of the countries on vacation!

I'll be back on September 8, 2026-God Willing-with a new episode. Next up is the Republic of The Congo! I can't wait to explore it with you!

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Come on Explorers! Let's journey through Africa, one nation at a time!

Come with me and explore The Perfumed Islands! That's what they call Comoros — a tiny nation of an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. In this episode of Africa A to Z, we're sojourning through the volcanic islands that sit at the meeting point of African, Arab, Polynesian and Malagasy civilizations — where the world's largest bat flies overhead, a fossil fish thought extinct for millions of years still swims in the deep waters, and women inherit the land. Come explore The Comoros with me!

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Come and explore the nation of Chad or Tchad. Along the way, we'll explore Lake Chad that feeds 50 million people. Let's discuss how Tchad never stopped resisting colonization and what some of the consequences of that resistance looked like. Let's explore the country that was called "The dead heart of Africa".

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Come on Explorers! Let's journey through Africa, one nation at a time!

Come on Explorers! Let's journey through Africa, one nation at a time!

Join us as we decolonize our minds and explore the land of the Ubangi. Let's learn about the Congo River Basin country of Central African Republic! We'll discuss their origin as a nation, cover their independence from colonization, and talk about their recent developments. Lately, Central African Republic has been in the news as the destination for deported asylees and refugees. Let's explore the country that is literally at the center of Africa!

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Explore the Republic of Cameroon with us today! This is one of Africa's most bio-diverse countries with its ancient forests, Mandrills, waterways, Mount Cameroon, and The Big Five!

Let's explore what it means to be a multilingual African nation with two European official languages. We'll look at the politics and the culture and see how they may be connected.

Send your feedback to Sankofasojourns@gmail.com and if you'd like to be a podcast guest and represent your country-let me know. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and LinkedIN-@SankofaSojourns and check out @SankofaSojourns on YouTube!

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Resource link:

Link to documentary Cameroon Crossroads of Diversity | Africa From Above https://youtu.be/TNugLK3Ffgs?si=5l-NemCC5YTm2TOk

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In this episode we explore how 10 uninhabited islands became the nation of Cabo Verde. The Portuguese established it as a major hub of the transatlantic slave trade but in the process, the people created a unique and beautiful cultural melange!

References:

Link to Call me Neguinho by Selim Harbi: Call me Neguinho by Selim Harbi - YouTube

Come on Explorers! Let's journey through Africa, one nation at a time!

Okay Explorers let's journey to Burundi! The Heart of Africa nestled in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa. Let's explore the resilient people of Burundi and find out what makes them able to keep getting up and rebuilding after civil war and colonization.

Come on Explorers! Let's journey through Africa, one nation at a time!

Explorers let's visit Burkina Faso, one of Africa's most turbulent nations, built on a history of blending cultures to create a new people. The people of Burkina express themselves powerfully and creatively through dance, music, film, and revolution. Come and meet Les Burkinabés!

References:

· Ritual: Power, Healing and Community, Swan and Raven (1993). ISBN 0-14-01-9558-0

· Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman, Tarcher/Putnam (1994). ISBN 978-0-87477-762-8

· The Healing Wisdom of Africa, Tarcher/Putman (1999). ISBN 0-87477-991-X

Burkinabe Rising Documentary on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yE3W6Hq_SVs?si=d0_zw0eid6iy9u-h

· Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, edited by Kwane Anthony Appia and Henry Louis Gates, jr.

· https://policycommons.net/topics/protectorates/

Come on Explorers! Let's journey through Africa, one nation at a time!