Lumumba’s Africa

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.
Jan 8, 2026 13:33
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.
Jan 8, 2026 13:33
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.
Jan 8, 2026 13:32
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...
Jan 4, 2026 17:07
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...
Jan 4, 2026 16:59
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.
Dec 26, 2025 16:29
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...
Dec 26, 2025 16:27
Africa and Artificial Intelligence
This week on Lumumba’s Africa, Professor PLO Lumumba analysis the digital frontier sweeping the continent: Artificial Intelligence. AI is not merely a neutral tool of progress, but a profound force that carries both the seed of Africa’s...
Dec 18, 2025 16:39
The Invisible War
In today’s episode of Lumumba’s Africa, Professor PLO Lumumba turns his gaze to the silent, pervasive battlefield of the 21st century: cyberspace. He powerfully contends that true independence in the digital age cannot be achieved while...
Dec 18, 2025 16:36
African gold - what happened to it?
This week Professor PLO Lumumba takes viewers on a fiery journey tracing the glittering trail of African gold – from the empires that created it to the foreign nations that hold it today. It’s a millennia-long story of extraction,...
Dec 11, 2025 17:28