Profile: Haki Nawiri Africa’s Leonida Odongo
On today’s show, a profile of Kenyan climate activist, feminist and educator Leonida Odongo and her organization Haki Nawiri Afrika.
Kenya
On today’s show, we’ll get an update from Oakland Institute executive director Anuradha Mittal on their recent reports regarding the conservancies in Northern Kenya, the ongoing forced eviction of the Maasai in Ngorongoro region (please sign the petition) and the victory against the World Bank’s DBR (doing business rating). We’ll end the show with some … Continued
Music of the World with Stephen Kent – July 30, 2015
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Today’s show loosely followed Barack Obama’s East African visit with a collection of music both traditional and contemporary and in the main from Kenya, Burundi, Uganda and other countries in the region. Kamatana – Gusii tribesmen from SW Kenya with their Obokanos
Sandra Bland Laid to Rest; First Black Judge in Waller County Demands Sheriff Resign over Her Death
Sandra Bland Laid to Rest; First Black Judge in Waller County Demands Sheriff Resign over Her Death; StoryCorps Remembers Horrific “Traffic Stop” and Police Beating That Nearly Killed Alex Landau; “Collective Healing” at Nat’l Black Lives Matter Convergence Ends with Police Pepper-Spraying Teen; Obama Visits Ethiopia and Kenya, Land of His Father, to Discuss Counterterrorism, … Continued
Sandra Bland Laid to Rest; First Black Judge in Waller County Demands Sheriff Resign over Her Death; StoryCorps Remembers Horrific “Traffic Stop” and Police Beating That Nearly Killed Alex Landau; “Collective Healing” at Nat’l Black Lives Matter Convergence Ends with Police Pepper-Spraying Teen; Obama Visits Ethiopia and Kenya, Land of His Father, to Discuss Counterterrorism, … Continued
A conversation with Abdi Samatar, Professor of Geography at the University of Minnesota, about Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab. And Tom Burgis, author of the new book The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa’s Wealth.