A personal journey through African memory, history, and identity. I reflect on life as an African before and after borders — exploring colonialism, racism, corruption, and what it means to reclaim our own story —with new episodes every week for 6 months.
In this final episode of Born Before Borders, I reflect on the journey that began with a simple desire to understand Africa more deeply and grew into a much bigger exploration of history, identity, resistance, unity and responsibility.
I also take time to express my gratitude to the people who supported this podcast from the beginning
8 Mar 2026
23 | What I Learned While Telling Africa’s Story
This is the penultimate episode of Born Before Borders.
Over the past episodes, we’ve explored Africa’s history, identity, colonisation, independence, migration, and the global systems that continue to shape the continent today. But somewhere along that journey, something unexpected happened.
The deeper I researched Africa’s past, the more I discovered a powerful truth: generations before us had already been asking the same questions.
In this episode, I reflect on some of the biggest things I’ve learned while creating this podcast: the depth of African intellectual tradition, the vision of early post-colonial leaders, and the quiet awakening happening among younger generations today as more people reconnect with language, culture, and identity.
15 Feb 2026
22 | African Borders
Africa is not naturally unstable.
It is structurally destabilised.
In this episode of Born Before Borders, we examine one of the most protected myths of modern politics: that African borders are neutral lines on a map. They are not.
Drawn in European conference rooms, these borders split ethnic groups, cut trade routes, fractured labour markets, and locked diverse societies into artificial states built for extraction
We explore:
Why migration from and within Africa is often economic logic
How colonial economies were designed to export raw materials, not build internal value chains
Why national unity campaigns struggle inside structurally fragmented states
How centralised power turns elections into existential battles
Who benefits from keeping Africa politically divided
And what it would mean to move beyond inherited borders
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