Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHAP 106 - Combat Literature - Franz Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth
Episode 143
Fanon’s incendiary final work explores the violent process of decolonization.
3 years, 4 months ago
HAP 105 - Meeting the Gaze - Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin White Masks
Episode 142
Frantz Fanon combines existentialist philosophy and psychiatry to diagnose the condition of the colonialized target of racism.
3 years, 5 months ago
HAP 104 - In Unity Lies Strength - Kwame Nkrumah
Episode 141
The first leader of independent Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, writes against neocolonialism and in favor of socialism and Pan-Africanism.
3 years, 6 months ago
HAP 103 - A Federal Case - Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo
Episode 140
Two Nigerian activists lead the struggle for independence, and clash over the competing values of national unity and ethnic diversity.
3 years, 6 months ago
HAP 102 - From Cuba with Love - Juan Rene Betancourt
Episode 139
The Cuban activist and author Juan Rene Betancourt urges racial solidarity and reckons with the revolution under Castro and the island’s turn towards…
3 years, 6 months ago
HAP 101 - Crossing Paths - the Last Years of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr
Episode 138
After 1963, the views of Malcolm X and MLK came closer together, on topics including internationalism, political engagement, and economics.
3 years, 7 months ago
HAP 100 - Chike Jeffers on the Early Twentieth Century
Episode 137
Chike joins Peter to look back at our coverage of Africana philosophy in the first half of the 20th century.
3 years, 7 months ago
HAP 99 - American Nightmare - Malcolm X
Episode 136
The life and career of Malcolm X up to 1963, with a focus on his separatist black nationalism and his critique of non-violent protest.
3 years, 8 months ago
HAP 98 - Meena Krishnamurthy on Martin Luther King Jr
Episode 135
An interview about the role of the emotions, including anger and feelings of dignity, with MLK expert Meena Krishnamurthy.
3 years, 8 months ago
HAP 97 - American Dream - Martin Luther King Jr.
Episode 134
The story of Martin Luther King Jr. up to 1963, focusing on the development of his philosophy of nonviolence.
3 years, 9 months ago