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.
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.
To defeat a colonizer: aftermath
Today on Lumumba’s Africa, Professor Lumumba examines the invisible chains that remain long after a nation’s liberation. He argues that true victory lies not in toppling statues, but in decolonizing the mind. Stay tuned.
Haiti: A state abandoned
This week on Lumumba’s Africa: Professor PLO Lumumba delivers a searing lecture on Haiti. He traces the line from its revolutionary triumph – the first black republic – to its present crisis, framing it not as a failed state, but as a state strategically abandoned and punished for its audacity to be free.