The AIAC Podcast

About The AIAC Podcast

Hosted by Will Shoki, the Africa Is a Country Podcast is a weekly destination for analysis of current events, culture, and sports on the African continent and its diaspora, from the left.

Publisher

Africa Is a Country

Category

news · society & culture · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Jun 2020

Latest episode

21 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 102 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   21 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The music is not yours

   Host [Host Name] interviews Nigerian poet, psychiatrist, and music critic Dami Ajayi about Afrobeats' evolution, global rise, and current creative uncertainties.

2. 

   21 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   We must learn to sit in the dark together

   Joe Kobuthi of The Elephant and Africa Is a Country's editorial team discuss Kenya's evolving political landscape and the role of critical media in challenging times.

3. 

   26 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Nepal's Gen Z reckoning

   In September 2025, Nepal experienced one of the most significant waves of political unrest in its recent history. Led largely by Gen Z protesters, the movement brought down the governing coalition and forced a national reckoning with the failures of a political class that had long promised transformation but delivered little. Coming nearly two decades after the end of the Maoist civil war and the abolition of the monarchy, the uprising was not just about corruption or unemployment—it was about a deeper sense of betrayal. What had happened to the revolution? In this episode, editor William Shoki speaks to Feyzi Ismail, a political scientist and longtime observer of Nepalese politics, about what the uprising revealed—and what might come next. Together, they trace the longue durée of struggle in Nepal, from the armed insurgency and the resulting fragile peace, to the rise and demobilization of the Maoists, to today’s fractured political landscape. What does the Gen Z rebellion tell us about the future of left politics in Nepal? What kind of economic or geopolitical program could emerge from this moment? And is it possible to imagine a new political formation rising from the ashes of disillusionment?

Inside a recent episode

The music is not yours

Published 21 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And usually when the music then catches the attention of the West, it gets a name foisted on it, so to speak. Something because you need a name to mark a thing. So I think that was where the name Afrobeats came from. Of course, the music emerged after Fela passed away. or began to emerge around that. No one is really clear on when you can see the sound began particularly, but we knew when the sound became something that could no longer be ignored. Because when it started, no one really took it that seriously. I used to tell people that for me as a person, the time I began to realize... It clipped on me, actually. […]

Who has been a guest on The AIAC Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dami Ajayi
• Joe Kobuthi
• Dr Jing Jing Liu

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

391,681

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

20 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 50 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

32

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

85

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