# The Journal of African History Podcast

A podcast by The Journal of African History. The Journal of African History Podcast highlights interviews with historians whose work has appeared in The Journal of African History, a leading source of peer-reviewed scholarship on Africa’s past since its creation in 1960. Hosted by journal editors and occasional guest hosts, episodes include discussions on how scholars find and interpret sources for African history, how authors’ research contributes to debates among historians, and how Africanist scholarship can add much-needed context to broader social and political debates.

Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/journalofafricanhistory/feed.xml

## Latest episodes

- [Siyabonga Njica on Bloke Modisane's research in East Africa](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1572350849/22da9a1e16b4) (2026-08-14, 30 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rdthj35pydppxkdv/Njica_Modisane_Price26.mp3
- [A Year in African Historical Scholarship](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1572350849/0bf51831b9ca) (2026-02-04, 59 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qtwq3absx7treqav/Vol66roundup.mp3
- [Mark Deets on alternative futures of the Casamance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1572350849/d010cfbfd632) (2025-11-19, 24 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/zc58mmz3u4fcav3d/mark_deets_MIXED_EDITED6jim8.mp3
- [David Wilson on fisheries management in Lake Malawi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1572350849/0a6c7305a0a1) (2025-07-25, 22 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ij3am4xc59v5pem9/David_Wilson_on_fisheries_management_in_Lake_Malawiafy7o.mp3
- [Muoki Mbunga on the moral logics of Mau Mau fighters](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1572350849/e03852e1dab5) (2025-02-13, 26 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2bkavtp2542zuzvz/Muoki_Who_Deserves.mp3
- [John Aerni-Flessner on border violence amd diplomacy in Southern Africa](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1572350849/39540f0242d2) (2024-11-18, 27 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fiipddfbiypev5tu/JAF_w_MO.mp3
- [Peter Vale on the pre/history of DRC’s neoliberal moment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1572350849/705daa1e16ef) (2024-09-12, 19 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/w7xj5f63gfbyd2cf/Vale_MIXED_and_EDITED.mp3
- [Sarah Van Beurden on the work of historians in public debates](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1572350849/10d50d44f700) (2023-12-29, 27 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tbzdjj/v64i3_vb_w_mm_mixed_edited.mp3
- [Sean Hanretta and Ousman Kobo on William A. Brown’s legacy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1572350849/4dd441a0f639) (2023-08-21, 31 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wb5nju/Kobo_and_Hanretta_MIXED_EDITED6hzvq.mp3
- [Rebecca Grollemund and David Schoenbrun on interpreting Bantu language expansions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1572350849/658a4b61b2b9) (2023-02-17, 37 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/kh77mi/RG_DS_25123.mp3
- [Elizabeth Jacob on public motherhood and anticolonial politics in Côte d’Ivoire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1572350849/23e449addfda) (2022-11-06, 24 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/red47z/Jacob_on_Militant_Mothers_MIXED_and_EDITED6bxmh.mp3
- [Etana Dinka on state-society relations within the Ethiopian empire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1572350849/44203ee62563) (2022-09-23, 19 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/6uvsv8/Dinka_FINAL.mp3
- [Laura Phillips on the making of mineral property and political authority in South Africa](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1572350849/ccf10be53eec) (2022-06-17, 20 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2a6z4d/Phillips_Moorman_final.mp3
- [Khaled Esseissah on Enslaved Muslim Sufi Saints in the 19th Century Sahara](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1572350849/962c6c3e5258) (2022-01-28, 31 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2mj7hq/Esseissah_-_092121afa78.mp3
- [Daniel Domingues da Silva and Edward Alpers on Abolition in 19th Century Mozambique](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1572350849/520abd74a408) (2022-01-28, 35 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/phgq28/Domingues_da_Silva_Alpers_-_0916219c0f6.mp3
- [Sarah Walters on African Historical Demography](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1572350849/12e7b093592f) (2021-09-03, 17 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/dudzsh/JAH_Podcast__Walters9k8s8.mp3
- [Aïssatou Mbodj-Pouye on rural radio and infrastructure in Mali](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1572350849/ba9e43743a78) (2021-04-29, 10 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ie9har/JAH_Podcast_Mbodj_Pouye.mp3

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