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Africa's Muckrakers

Africa's Muckrakers

FromInto Africa


Africa's Muckrakers

FromInto Africa

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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Apr 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Investigative journalism in Africa is entering a golden age. What trends underpin new access to and the dissemination of hidden information? Judd Devermont is joined by journalists Micah Reddy (amaBhungane), Peter Murimi (BBC Africa Eye), and Khadija Sharife (OCCRP) to discuss the realities facing media houses today. Other topics include the recent explosions in Equatorial Guinea and attacks on the LGBTQ+ community in Ghana. 

Background Materials:


I am Samuel Film - Directed by Peter Murimi  


Congo-Brazzaville Strongman Buys Secret Weapons Haul from Azerbaijan - Khadija Sharife and Mark Anderson 


BBC Africa Eye: The Baby Stealers - Peter Murimi, Joel Gunter and Tom Watson
Released:
Apr 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Fearless music activists. Savvy tech entrepreneurs. Social disrupters. Into Africa shatters the narratives that dominate U.S. perceptions of Africa. Host Judd Devermont, Africa program director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C., sits down with policymakers, journalists, academics and other trailblazers in African affairs to shine a spotlight on the faces spearheading cultural, political, and economic change on the continent.