
The African Dawn Podcast
Exclusive interviews with guests sharing unique and untold stories that evoke riveting conversations. Stories that recall history as well as what's happening now in culture, the arts and social media.
Episodes
12 episodes
Ama ft Naana Blu
Naana Blu's voice dances beautifully on feet-stomping beats by Akablay, the legendary Highlife guitarist and band leader. Ghana's leading singer and Tik Tok star opens Ama's new soundtrack with a Kool rendition of the legenda...
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3:58

Ama Movie Trailer
One of Cinema's most intriguing works of Magic RealismA twelve-year-old girl, Ama, comes across a computer disc in a deserted African encampment in the English countryside which tells her who she is, an ancestral messenger selected to s...
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3:44

Winston James on Claude McKay’s Red Summer
In the first part of this mini-series, Winston James, the eminent scholar of Pan-African history talks to Kwesi Owusu about the life of Claude Mckay, the Jamaican-born, American writer and poet and the events that inspired his most famous poem,...
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15:35

Tribute to the legendary DJ Wala. One more night at Limpopo Club!
For 25 years, Wala Dangarembizi’s legendary Limpopo Club at Africa Centre in London hosted and introduced stars like Baaba Maal, Angelique Kidzo, The Bundu Boys, Kanda Bongo Man and numerous others from across Africa to the international music ...
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29:56

Kwame Yeboah makes music with Cat Stevens, Craig David, Stevie Wonder, Kojo Antwi, Osibisa, Shaggy, Ms Dynamite, Pat Thomas, Kwabena Kwabena, Kwesi Owusu, Amandzeba and Ken Boothe.
Ghana's ace producer and gifted musician chats to Kwesi Owusu about hit songs and highlights of his career.
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Episode 8
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Prof Louise Owusu explores the impact of Ghana's Highlife music on her British upbringing.
It's a roller coaster of musical bites and engaging convo! Prof Louise Owusu explores the true meaning of Highlife music and her passion for Rave music, Jungle and Happy Hardcore!
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26:34

Eugene Skeef meets The African Dawn in London
Eugene Skeef recollects the heady days of the 1980s when he arrived in London as an exile from South Africa. He meets The African Dawn, the legendary group of Pan-African poets and musicians and highlights the campaigns for African and C...
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25:19

Deep spirituality inspired the extraordinary music of Bheki Mseleku
Eugene Skeef explores the memory of water in the work of Bheki Mseleku. He identifies this as Mseleku's strongest inspiration in a short-lived career that saw many ecstatic days of artistic triumph, as well as very difficult times. The mu...
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24:44

Bheki Mseleku the musical genius
Eugene Skeef's close friendship with Bheki Msuleku was critical in the latter's highly creative but short-lived career. He highlights what made Bheki Mseleku a creative genius
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24:51

Eugene Skeef's mother burns all his creative works in a bonfire
In his absence, Eugene Skeef's mother burns all his creative works to destroy all possible traces of his involvement with the South African freedom movement. Eugene Skeef was a close friend and getaway driver for Steve Biko, the leader of the B...
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