The Bad Natives Podcast.

About The Bad Natives Podcast.

Where Africa meets the world.

Publisher

The Bad Natives

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Mar 2025

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

87 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026

   Why Is Ethiopia Ablaze, as Uganda’s Shilling Tanks and Zim U-turns on White Farmers?

   Send us Fan Mail Uganda’s sinking shilling and soaring fuel prices fuel mounting political anxiety. Meanwhile, Ethiopia’s rapid recapture of Mekelle could embolden Addis Ababa and intensifies regional conflict, while Zimbabwe backtracks on its controversial Robert Mugabe-era land reforms by re-engaging displaced white commercial farmers to rescue its struggling agricultural economy.

2. 

   9 Oct 2026

   SA’s War Against Women, Niger’s Anti-Terror Failure, Ethiopia’s New War Push States to Brink

   Send us Fan Mail South Africa faces institutional failure as rampant violent crime and gender-based violence force citizens into self-defence. Meanwhile, Niger struggles against surging Sahel insurgencies after expelling foreign military partners, and Ethiopia plunges into full-scale civil war as a newly unified rebel coalition threatens regional stability.

3. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Africa's Mineral Ultimatum, Deadly Prisons, and the Yemeni Refugee Paradox

   Send us Fan Mail At UNGA 2026, African leaders demanded raw material export bans, asserting resource leverage in the global green transition. Meanwhile, deadly overcrowding in Nigerian prisons highlights systemic justice failures across Africa, where pre-trial detentions surge. Across the Red Sea, escalating conflict forces Yemenis to flee to Djibouti, reversing historical migration routes.

Who has been a guest on The Bad Natives Podcast.

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

• Raila Amolo Odinga
• Dr Nanjala Nyabola
• Dr Nnamdi Okwu

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

29,149

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100

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

Quality

36

Social presence

91

YouTube

76

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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