SUMMARY about Episode 4 – Cold War Pawns – The Birth of Fear The USA and the USSR cross-paths. The relationship started from shaky ground from the very beginning. They were very different countries, with different outlooks. Maybe they would have...
On Part Two of our discussion on the sources of poverty in Africa, we cited a book by Martin Meredith. The book is called The State of Africa – A History of Fifty Years of Independence (2005); and we will use it for today’s instalment of our...
South Africa is celebrating Women’s Day today, on the 9th of August. We are aware that International Women’s Day is on the 8th of March. So we will talk briefly about both these days. Let us begin with International’s Women Day, in order to include...
On Part One we spoke about the colonial age; and Japan’s near brush with colonialism at the hands of US Navy Commodore Matthew Perry. What we left out from Part One is that Japan developed (at least development as the concept is understood in the...
SUMMARY of Episode 3 – Cold War Pawns – Africa and the Cold War In this episode of our Cold War Pawns series, we explain why we feel that a lot of background on the Cold War is required. We state that is it possible for the Cold War era...
Please note that the issue of African poverty cannot be covered in just one article. We therefore will not attempt to cover it in one article. This discussion will therefore have many parts. Also, on the African Camp Fire Stories podcast, as we...
This is the very first episode of the African Camp Fire Stories Podcast’s very first topic, called Cold War Pawns. We explain the Cold War. We explain what we mean by the title of the series. We provide a summary of the countries and the leaders we...
We would like to welcome you to this podcast. The podcast will focus on African history stories and African historical events. This episode is the very first ever episode of the African Camp Fire Stories Podcast. In this episode we introduce the...
Welcome to African Camp Fire Stories Podcast. We would like to welcome everyone to the African Camp Fire Stories (ACFS)Podcast. The ACFS Podcast is an audio-based online programme that will focus on delivering to you stories from African History...