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Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter XXI: The Battle of Dodowa1824-1826.
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2024-04-2847 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter XX: Continuation of the War1824.
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2024-04-2746 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter XIX: The Outbreak of the Fourth Ashanti WarChapter 19: The Outbreak of the Fourth Ashanti War
1822-1824.
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2024-01-0355 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter XVIII: Consul Dupuis’ TreatyChapter 18: Consul Dupuis’ Treaty
1820-1821.
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2024-01-0334 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter XVII: The Treaty Broken by the English.Chapter 17: The Treaty Broken by the English.
1819 to 1820.
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2024-01-0140 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter XVI: Treaty With AshantiChapter 16: Treaty With Ashanti.
1816 to 1818.
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2024-01-0143 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter XV: The Third Ashanti WarChapter 15: The Third Ashanti War
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2024-01-0133 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter XIV: The Second Ashanti WarChapter 14: The Second Ashanti War. 1808 to 1813.
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2023-12-3138 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter XIII: The First Ashanti WarChapter 13: The First Ashanti War
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2023-12-3051 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter XII: The Second Anglo-Dutch WarChapter 12: The Second Anglo-Dutch War
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2023-12-301h 08
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter XI: The Early History of AshantiChapter 11: The Early History of Ashanti
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2023-12-2842 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter X: The AshantisChapter 10: The Ashantis.
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2023-12-2826 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter IX: Gold Coast at the close of the 17th CenturyChapter 9: The Gold Coast at the close of the 17th Century.
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2023-12-2729 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter VIII: The Dutch-Komenda WarChapter 8: The Dutch-Komenda War. 1694-1699.
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2023-12-2535 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter VII: Tribal Wars and Attacks on the FortsChapter 7: Tribal Wars and Attacks on the Forts. 1672 to 1694.
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2023-12-2455 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter VI: The First Anglo-Dutch WarChapter 6: The First Anglo-Dutch War. 1642-1672.
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2023-12-2147 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter V: The Arrival of the Dutch/Expulsion of PortugalChapter 5: The Arrival of the Dutch and the Expulsion of the Portuguese
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2023-12-1848 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter IV: Early English Voyages to the Gold CoastChapter 4: Early English Voyages to the Gold Coast. 1482-1592
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).2023-12-151h 12
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter III: The Discovery of the Gold Coast by EuropeansChapter 3: The Discovery of the Gold Coast by Europeans
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).2023-12-1554 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter II: The Gold Coast and the AncientsChapter 2: The Gold Coast and the Ancients
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2023-12-1349 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - Chapter I: The Origin of the Gold Coast TribesChapter 1: The Origin of the Gold Coast Tribes.
A chapter-by-chapter reading of Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1915).
2023-12-1118 min
Book ReadingsA History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti - IntroductionThe Introduction by Sir Hugh Clifford KCMG (Governor of the Gold Coast between 1912-1919) to Dr W. Walton Claridge's A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti.
This series will encompass the entire two-volume historical text.
2023-12-1136 min
Book ReadingsConversations - Oscar and AmiraTune in for an informative yet loose and relaxed conversation with Oscar and Amira. In this fourth* (mistakenly said 5th in the video!) iteration of the 'Conversations' series, we will be discussing the recent explosion of direct action campaigns coordinated in the UK by environmental activists. #juststopoil #extinctionrebellion #vangogh2022-10-171h 09
Book ReadingsConversations - Ovais MalikTune in for an informative yet loose and relaxed conversation with Ovais Malik, a History Teacher with an interest in anti-imperialist education. In this third iteration of the 'Conversations' series, we will be discussing the need to decolonise the British education system, debunking imperial narratives and colonial falsehoods in order to better educate our youth. We also discuss the extension of the imperial superstructure to education systems in the Global South, in a warm and endearing conversation that may prove useful to those interested in postcoloniality and the decolonial project. #decolonize #education #imperialism2022-10-161h 01
Book ReadingsConversations - Paul HarwoodTune in for an informative yet loose and relaxed conversation with Paul Harwood, an activist and political commentator from the UK. In this third iteration of the 'Conversations' series, we will be discussing the presence of the US military in Great Britain, as well as covering the wider US military-industrial complex, the 'Five Eyes' security agreement and the climate-jeopardised future of our planet!
Paul Harwood's Social Media: https://twitter.com/BarrenPlanet #usarmy #fiveeyes #climatechange2022-10-1440 min
Book ReadingsConversations - Oscar WolfTune in for an informative yet loose and relaxed conversation with Oscar Wolf, former Deputy Leader of a left-wing political party in the UK, and current activist/social campaigner.
In this second iteration of the 'Conversations' series, we will be exploring the cost of living crisis, as well as the many ways we can tackle political issues through party politics, trade union activism, protests and other avenues.
Our conversation moves on to discuss anti-imperialist and masses-focused education reform in the United Kingdom.
Oscar Wolf's Social Media:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/__wolf...2022-10-0946 min
Book ReadingsConversations - Malcolm X MovementTune in for an informative yet loose and relaxed conversation with a coordinator from the Malcolm X Movement. In this first iteration of the 'Conversations' series, we will be exploring the anti(-neo)colonial grounded praxis and methods of organization employed by MXM among the hardest hit and most racially exploited areas of the United Kingdom. Our conversation covers a range of interlinked topics such as the Police killing of #ChrisKaba, weak foreign policy among the leadership of African states, the dangers and pitfalls of activism limited to social media, and the importance of international solidarity; we additionally explore h...2022-10-061h 15
Book ReadingsAfrica, Africa! Episode 15: South Africa"Africa, Africa!" is a series looking into African history, politics and contemporary issues. Today's episode visits South Africa, looking at the development of the republic from the Bantu expansions to the Mfecane, the Great Trek, and Apartheid.
Sources:
Mackenzie, W. Douglas; Stead, Alfred (1899). South Africa: Its History, Heroes, and Wars. Chicago: The Co-Operative Publishing Company.
Wilmot, Alexander & John Centlivres Chase (2010). History of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope: From Its Discovery to the Year 1819. Claremont: David Philip (Pty) Ltd. pp. 1–548. ISBN 978-1-144-83015-9.
https://www.sahi...2022-10-0230 min
Book ReadingsAfrica, Africa! Episode 14: Liberation"Africa, Africa!" is a series looking into African history, politics and contemporary issues. Today's episode explores the topic of liberation, with a rant on my views of what constitutes liberation and the challenges to be considered by those engaged in liberation-oriented praxis.2022-09-0510 min
Book ReadingsAfrica, Africa! Episode 13: Mozambique"Africa, Africa!" is a series looking into African history, politics and contemporary issues. Today's episode visits Mozambique in Southeast Africa, looking at its precolonial history and the imperial path it took under Portuguese rule.
Truth & Reconciliation Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRFH1...
Sources:
Shillington, K. (2012). History of Africa: Third Edition. London, UK: Palgrave MacMillan http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/p...
https://education.stateuniversity.com...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...2022-08-2031 min
Book ReadingsPaulo Freire: Pedagogy Of The OppressedThrough the "Beyond Africana" series, the Ministry of African Propaganda hopes to touch upon various ideas and concepts beyond Africa, that still find a degree of relevance in the continent's problems, politics, and philosophy. This second episode draws on the life of Paulo Freire, the father of the field of critical pedagogy. This video looks into the experiences and struggles that shaped his life as well his thought-praxis and his most influential work, Pedagogy of the Oppressed.2022-07-2229 min
Book ReadingsMinistry of African Propaganda - TRAILERMinistry of African Propaganda trailer episode.2022-07-0901 min
Book ReadingsAfrica, Africa! Episode 12: Western SaharaAfrica, Africa!" is a series looking into African history, politics and contemporary issues. Today's episode focuses on the history of Western Sahara, taking a broad look at its overlapping history with the Kingdom of Morocco, before going on to examine its colonial divergence under Spanish rule as the imperial root of its present-day conflict with its northern neighbour.2022-07-0835 min
Book ReadingsAfrica, Africa! Episode 11: Senegal"Africa, Africa!" is a series looking into African history, politics and contemporary issues. Today's episode focuses on the history of Senegal, investigating its formation as a modern nation-state by examining its roots going back all the way to the 9th Century Kingdom of Tekrur.2022-06-091h 26
Book ReadingsBeyond Africana - Antonio Gramsci: Organic Intellectuals, Traditional Intellectuals, & Cultural HegemonyStill an unnamed series (maybe "Beyond Africana?") but I hope to touch upon various ideas and concepts beyond Africa that still find a degree of relevance in the continent's problems, politics, and philosophy. This first episode draws on the life of Antonio Gramsci, a Marxist cultural theorist and revolutionary who was active in Italian socialist politics. Noted for his most reputable work, The Prison Notebooks, Gramsci's perhaps most popular contribution is his conception of cultural hegemony, as well as his distinction between organic versus traditional intellectuals. Source: Antonio Gramsci: The Prison Notebooks, Volumes I-III. Joseph A. Buttigieg, Columbia University Press...2022-06-0626 min
Book ReadingsAfrica, Africa! Episode 10: Tanzania"Africa, Africa!" is a series looking into African history, politics and contemporary issues. Today's episode focuses on the history of Tanzania, mapping its journey from its Great Swahili Coast origins, through to Deutsch Ostafrika, Tanganyika, and then finally Tanzania.2022-05-2342 min
Book ReadingsAfrica, Africa! Episode 9: Somalia"Africa, Africa!" is a series looking into African history, politics and contemporary issues. Today's episode focuses on the history of Somalia, creating a timeline from its 1884 colonisation by imperial powers, to the present-day continuation of its decades-long civil war.2022-05-2243 min
Book ReadingsAfrica, Africa! Episode 8: Cameroon"Africa, Africa!" is a series looking into African history, politics and contemporary issues. Today's episode focuses on the history of Cameroon and the events that led to the onset of the Cameroonian Civil War, also known as the #anglophonecrisis, a conflict in South Western Cameroon. It has claimed thousands of lives and displaced over 700,000 people; one of Africa's lesser-known conflicts, this video will endeavour to explore its roots, examining the colonial legacies of British, French, and German colonisation in the region.
*apologies for the beep in the background - I was not aware my fire alarm was...2022-05-2235 min
Book ReadingsAfrica, Africa! Episode 7: Walter Rodney and the Guerrilla Intellectual"Africa, Africa!" is a series looking into African history, politics and contemporary issues. Today's episode focuses on the life and works of Dr Walter Anthony Rodney, providing a brief overview of some of his many contributions to the black radical tradition and critical theorising on the intellectual.2022-05-2215 min
Book ReadingsAfrica, Africa! Episode 6: Africana Critical Theory"Africa, Africa!" is a series looking into African history, politics and contemporary issues. Today's episode takes a quick stop at African Critical Theory, a critical and analytical framework for diagnosing and interpreting the contemporary issues of continental and diasporan Africans, with a particular interest in liberation for the Wretched of the Earth.2022-05-2214 min
Book ReadingsAfrica, Africa! Episode 5: The Diaspora"Africa, Africa!" is a series looking into African history, politics and contemporary issues. Today's episode takes a detour into the African Diaspora, providing a brief overview of some of their many contributions to uplifting life on the African continent.2022-05-2207 min
Book ReadingsAfrica, Africa! Episode 4: Negritude"Africa, Africa!" is a series looking into African history, politics and contemporary issues. Today's episode discusses Negritude, a movement coined and championed by members of the African Diaspora including the first president of Sénégal, Léopold Sédar Senghor.2022-05-2210 min
Book ReadingsAfrica, Africa! Episode 3: Western Anti-Racism"Africa, Africa!" is a series looking into African history, politics and contemporary issues. Today's episode discusses Western Anti-Racism and its need to address Neo-colonialism in Burkina Faso, Apartheid in S.A. and wider implications of global capitalism.2022-05-2210 min
Book ReadingsAfrica, Africa! Episode 2: The Transatlantic Slave Trade"Africa, Africa!" is a series looking into African history, politics and contemporary issues. Today's episode discusses the Transatlantic Slave Trade, drawing upon Walter Rodney in examining the raw brutality of slavery as well as its consequences for African development.2022-05-2211 min
Book ReadingsAfrica, Africa! Episode 1: Coloniality and Modernity"Africa, Africa!" is a series looking into African history, politics and contemporary issues. Today's episode discusses Coloniality & Modernity, building on and borrowing from the contributions of Anibal Quijano, Walter Mignolo, Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and many more scholars and decolonial theory.2022-05-2215 min
The Gentle Rambler Presents: Beneath The SurfaceEpisode 26: Malick Doucoure Interview: Colonization, Institutional Racism, Effects of Social Media and moreIncredibly insightful Chat with Malick Doucoure!
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