History of Africa

By: The History of Africa Podcast
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  • Take a deep dive deep into African history with this in-depth podcast. From Casablanca to Cape Town, tune in to this podcast to learn about the magnificent and oft-forgotten history of Africa. To access more free resources about African history, provide feedback, or support the show, check out our associated website at https://historyofafricapodcast.blogspot.com
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  • Season 6 Episode 14: The Unstable 15th Century Part 1: Age of the Viziers Arrives

    Season 6 Episode 14: The Unstable 15th Century Part 1: Age of the Viziers Arrives
    Apr 28 2025

    Today, we enter into an age of transformation. For a prominent period in Kilwa's history, the city and its many satellites will no longer be under the reign of the centuries-old monarchy. Instead, a new apparatus of bureaucratic elites will begin to exert control over the state, and eventual make the monarchy little more than a shadow of its former self.
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    19 mins
  • Season 6 Episode 13: The Stone City of Songo Mnara

    Season 6 Episode 13: The Stone City of Songo Mnara
    Apr 7 2025

    Urban sprawl and social instability leads Kilwa to develop a sister city on a nearby peninsula. Songo Mnara grows rapidly to become a major urban center on the Eastern Coast of Africa.
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    20 mins
  • Season 6 Episode 12: Ibn Battuta’s Kilwa Vacation

    Season 6 Episode 12: Ibn Battuta’s Kilwa Vacation
    Mar 17 2025

    The great traveler Ibn Battuta arrives in Kilwa, and paints a tale of a country at the peak of its power, wealth, and prestige...but with a potentially bleaker future awaiting.
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    23 mins
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Rare podcast

great! love it. Learned a lot and did a lot of research and reading bc of some of these episodes.

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Loved it, please continue as long as possible. This history is needed to be told

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Great information and really likable creator. I really hope this continues for as long as possible!

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Well-researched and informative

This podcast is a thorough, informative, and entertaining dive into a variety of topics in Afican history. While there are periodic instances of post-production errors, this is quite understandable (and forgivable!) with the minimal staffing this podcast runs on. I applaud Andy, the podcast host, for his dedication to bringing an under-served branch of history to Western audiences, and his editor(s) for the behind-the-scenes, largely thankless work they put in on this podcast.

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