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  • Welcome to African History and its Discontents
    2025/12/09

    Welcome to African History and its Discontents. I am Dr Christopher Appiah-Thompson, and am thrilled to embark on this journey with you-a journey into the layered complexities of Africa’s history and its pivotal role in shaping our world today.

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    6 分
  • Echoes of Memory: Slave Trade Stories in Digital Spaces
    2025/11/17

    The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A Cruel History and its Lasting Impact. Ghana's central role with busy slave ports and the commemorative celebrations at slave castles. The significance of these castles as public emblems and tourist destinations.

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    11 分
  • Writing Africa’s Economic History: Beyond One Single Story
    2026/01/18

    When most people think about Africa’s economic history, they jump straight to colonialism, poverty, or “emerging markets.” But the story is far older, far more complex, and much harder to squeeze into a simple headline.​

    Today’s episode unpacks how historians actually write Africa’s economic history, and how ideas about Africa’s development have shifted over the last century—from serving European empires to today’s more nuanced, data‑driven perspectives.

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    8 分
  • From Bond to Colony: How the Gold Coast Became a Laboratory of Empire
    2026/01/11

    This episode aims to reveal how a patchwork of treaties and conquests turned the Gold Coast into a formal Crown Colony.

    Show why British officials saw the territory as a testing ground for new ideas about ruling African societies.

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    11 分
  • West African States, Responsibility and Political Agency
    2026/01/10

    This episode aims to assess John Dunn’s main arguments in the “Conclusion” to West African States.

    Explore how colonial legacies, patronage politics and leadership choices shape responsibility for post‑colonial outcomes.

    Introduce the idea of political agency and counterfactual thinking (“things could have been different”) as tools for analysing African politics today.

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    8 分
  • The European Tradition Exported: How Colonialism Shaped Universities and Culture in Africa and India
    2026/01/01

    This episode aims to examine how European colonial powers transplanted their educational and cultural traditions to colonized regions

    Explore the lasting impact on African and Indian universities and cultural institutions

    Discuss the tensions between indigenous traditions and imposed European systems

    Highlight examples of cultural adaptation and resistance in Ghana and India

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    7 分
  • Spirits, Scripts, and Crossroads: Rethinking the Religious History of West Africa
    2026/01/01

    This episode aims to explore why writing a single, unified history of religion in West Africa is historically and methodologically difficult.

    Highlight how African religious experience has been shaped by indigenous traditions, Islam, and Christianity across different regions and time periods.

    Encourage listeners to question simplistic narratives about “African religion” and to see West Africa as religiously diverse and dynamic

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    7 分
  • Harmonies of the Spirit: Church Music in Ghana and Black America
    2025/12/31

    This episode explores the evolution of Pentecostal and Black church music in Ghana and the US, highlighting US influences from the 1970s onward.​Examine how music fosters congregational participation, blending African traditions with gospel styles to address youth disengagement.​

    Compare music ministry concepts, choir organization, and worship dynamics between Ghanaian Pentecostal churches and US Black churches for a deeper appreciation of cross-cultural spiritual expression.

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    6 分