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The Bad Natives Podcast
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The Bad Natives Podcast
@Bad_Natives_Pod
Where Africa meets the world.
🎙️Hosts: @RKabushenga | @Adesuwa_G | @CObbo3 | @FerialHaffajee
New episodes weekly!
Joined February 2025
- In Africa, the dead are saints, no matter the sins they carried alive. Now that Buhari (@MBuhari) is gone, the air is thick with tributes that overlook the tear gas, the silence during EndSARS, and the promises unmet. To mourn or not to mourn? Watch: youtu.be/QDvda78pYts
00:00 - King Mwanga swung at his shadow, Emperor Menelik faced drunk Italian soldiers—now rebels build banks and roads while leaders mumble in suits. Who’s really in charge? Watch: youtu.be/gSbZGk6mh1Y #IbrahimTraore #Africa #PoliticsLive #BadNativesPodcast
00:00 - What happens when the state fails at its most basic duties? Things slowly turn into a dangerous game of violence or buyouts. Catch our latest episode for this and more conversations here youtu.be/mWqXGTfnUjg?si… #badnativespodcast #politics #africa #government #podcast
00:00 - As BRICS stumbles under the weight of rivalries and Egypt and Ethiopia clash over South Africa’s UN ambitions, Africa’s “familiocracies” tighten their grip—can the continent’s looted billions be transformed into a force for development? Find out:
- A propaganda we are not falling for is you not subscribing to our Youtube channel 👀:
- Cameroon’s @PaulBiya , at 92, seeks re-election while most of his people have known no other ruler. From @KagutaMuseveni to @GabrielObiang , Africa’s strongmen cling to power as generations are born under their rule. Meanwhile, Africans abroad send nearly $100 billion home
- Greetings to the #BadNatives and them only. Are we still quarrelling over beans while our Chinese and United States counterparts are quarreling over AI? This week, we deep dive on how we may be our own barriers to trade and development. Meanwhile, catch up on the rest of the
00:00 - Nigeria and South Africa are eyeing DRC’s rare earth minerals like it’s oil in the ‘70s. So, is this Africa’s petrol moment, or just another extraction era, repackaged? In this episode, we’re joined by political analyst @fakudet to unpack the Gulf States’ $53B mining push, the
00:00 - Nelson Mandela left at his peak, Robert Mugabe stayed & fell. John Rawlings, Meles Zenawi and even young guns of the ’80s proved that age isn’t leadership, conviction is. Maybe Africa’s real victory is its leaders knowing when to serve & when to step aside. Catch this hot topic
00:00 - South Africa’s legendary Comrades honours Black pioneers, while jihadists ravage West Africa. As Musk-Trump chaos shakes America, will Africa find its backbone—or surrender its future to China’s charm and Russia’s guns? Full episode is out now: youtu.be/ezZktWnAH38
- Are we witnessing a historical shift? Why is Trump careful with who he punishes over Palestine? Catch this conversation and more in the new episode out now! Watch : youtu.be/m3glmufwr_s?si… #badnativespodcast #southafrica #palestine #trump #trumpvssouthafrica
00:00 - The poet Maya Angelou said, When someone shows you who they are, believe them; and Kenyans have finally seen who @WilliamsRuto is and who @RailaOdinga -and other small Rao's- have become. But the big question is, what next? Watch: youtu.be/ur2Pm-ZKhfg @rkabushenga
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