Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur

About Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur

Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur sheds light on individual and collective actions across Europe, Africa and the Americas to defend racial equality and justice. Our guests - scholars, activists, artists - share their practice with us, highlighting both the forms that historical and contemporary racial violence takes in these different contexts, and examples of possible reforms and mobilizations. Through their experiences fighting against racism, we draw the contours of racial justice efforts today. Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur is hosted by Liliane Umubyeyi and Amah Edoh, co-founders and co-directors of the African Futures Lab (AfaLab). A new episode is published every two weeks, and episodes alternate between French and English. Production credits: Production: Amah Edoh; Liliane Umubyeyi; Matt Dann; Recording and editing: Matt Dann; Music: “African Dreams,” written and composed by Seun Anikulapo Kuti; Artwork: Amélie Umuhererezi

Publisher

African Futures Lab (AfaLab)

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Sept 2022

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   S5 E4: The Legal Case for Debt Justice Reclaiming Economic Sovereignty

   Send us Fan Mail Can international law be mobilized to challenge and overturn Africa’s illegitimate debt burdens? In this second episode, we shift the focus from historical critique to immediate legal accountability. We unpack the international legal landscape to examine how legal definitions of odious and illegitimate debt can serve as strategic mechanisms for African nations to challenge extractive financial obligations. We also spotlight the growing diplomatic momentum across the continent...

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   24 Sept 2026

   S5 E3: Who Should Pay for Africa’s Climate Losses?

   Send us Fan Mail Who should pay for Africa’s climate losses, and how can that financial and moral responsibility be legally enforced? In this third episode, we unpack the concept of climate debt and examine Africa’s unequal experience of global climate disasters. Despite contributing minimally to global greenhouse gas emissions, African nations—particularly Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States—face the highest economic and human costs of climate adaptation, loss,...

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   10 Sept 2026

   S5 E2: Debt Cancellation is Not Enough!

   Send us Fan Mail Why is debt cancellation alone insufficient to solve Africa's economic crises, and what deeper structural transformations are required? Debt Cancellation is Not Enough explores why debt cancellation alone cannot deliver economic justice. Drawing on African Futures Lab's Debt Cancellation Is Not Enough! report, the episode examines how debt is rooted in a global financial architecture shaped by colonial power relations, unequal decision-making, and extractive economic mo...

Podcast Authority Score: 14 / 100

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