Africa Straight Talk

We offer unique perspectives on matters of the African immigrant experience through candid conversations, personal narratives and expert perspectives.

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Listening to "S01E09: In this episode, we chat with Roy Wanguhu, founder of @elewamedia , a creative hub where ideas flow, connections thrive, and creatives grow together. #Entrepreneurship #AfricanDiaspora #Creativity https://t.co/nFAwAqrUB7

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Listening to "S01E07: Smart money moves for the African Diaspora " at https://t.co/zPwA4ll8Sf

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Listening to "S01E06: Fatherhood in three cultures: Ghana, Panama and the United States" at https://t.co/xiXIXRwJ6f

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Here it is!!! our latest full episode on navigating grief. Listening to "S01E03: Navigating Grief in the African Diaspora" at https://t.co/VPWY7rdVfN

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New episode coming out this week!!!!! Listening to "Episode 3: Teaser - Understanding Grief Teaser" at https://t.co/QRJiOkNaTt

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S01E02 is out!! We had a spirited discussion with Exec. Dir. of African Advocacy Network, Adoubou Traore on what the African diaspora can do to elevate themselves in these unprecedented times. https://t.co/IaF7WUNYCP

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Our first episode of many this year! Share, like, subscribe! "New Year New Us" at https://t.co/aaJ9E1sikZ

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Episode 116 — Kenya: Starving in the name of Jesus https://t.co/vIOcqfUjJp

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Episode 115: Scapegoating Homosexuality in Uganda https://t.co/loFuTQffkj

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Episode 114: African women rewriting our history, and we love it! https://t.co/T4aw9lc9Rm

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Episode 113: Peeing on the messenger in South Sudan https://t.co/YH04WsHtT5

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Episode 112: Do our relatives suffer from dependency syndrome, or have we stopped being African? https://t.co/rAJRV5FpN3

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A New Year! https://t.co/IIyWRZ8rZ1

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Episode 111: World Cup, weddings, and African dictators https://t.co/0uPtHOVWCm

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For true fans of #TheBeautifulGame, there are values we just have to set aside every four years to enjoy ​the #2022WorldCup. This is a candid discussion about how we become bigoted, vile, and even openly racist for those few weeks. https://t.co/VlDcY6GMcJ

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A take you won’t hear from mainstream pundits. We begin the #2022WorldCup with a unique analysis of the tournament organized by #FIFA, the only corrupt institution the world loves. https://t.co/MSKylQP8V3

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He is no #Obama, but when it emerged that #RishiSunak, the first non-white Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, traces part of his ancestry to East Africa, some people in the region became very excited. Why? https://t.co/OQpsNC5ANA

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Uganda has passed a law banning dissent on social media. We think Ugandans should just send their seditious thoughts to their allies outside the countries an we'll share them on social media. https://t.co/Eh8JurGnUq

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From prayer breakfasts to government bans of anything that even remotely resembles homosexuality in the media, religious myths have taken precedence over common sense. https://t.co/3FfnVUe8Yi

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Hana Njau-Okolo, a Kenyan-Tanzanian writer and poet based in Atlanta, Georgia, talks about how a simple conversation with a friend converted her from being an admirer of #QueenElizabethII, to asking tough questions about the departed monarch's #egacy. https://t.co/Tq2BeRj1wq