The Bad Natives Podcast.
Where Africa meets the world.
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77 episodes
Uganda Glorifies Israelis, Erases Tanzanians, As President Museveni Makes Last Rebrand
Uganda’s unveiling of a Yoni Netanyahu statue exposes a nation playing a dangerous game with memory. By honoring an Israeli combatant over murdered hostage Dora Bloch and Tanzania’s liberators, could an aging NRM regime be using selective histo...
Who’s Next UN Chief, as Netflix’s The Polygamist Dominates Africa’s Global Spotlight?
The race for the next UN Secretary-General intensifies as Olara Otunnu joins top contenders like Michelle Bachelet and Macky Sall amid global political shifts. Meanwhile, Netflix’s hit Zulu drama The Polygamist has captivated millions worldwide...
Red Sea Crossfire, Al-Shabaab’s Somalia Surge: What Next for the Horn?
From the spillover of the US-Israel conflict with Iran to shifting alliances in the Horn of Africa, we unpack a region at a pivotal crossroads. We explore Sudan’s existential threat; Djibouti’s strategic gamble; Eritrea’s fate; and Kenya’s sudd...
UPDF Guns Buy No Visas as Dangote’s $17B Refinery Threatens Uganda’s Lunch
Uganda finds itself at a geopolitical crossroads. Despite historic military and diplomatic sacrifices, from aiding South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement to securing Salva Kiir’s regime in South Sudan-Kampala receives little diplomatic reciproc...
No Raila, More Problems? Kenya, Rigy G, Africa’s Goons, and Congo Ebola Puzzle
Exploring a post-Raila Kenya, Africa’s elite-sponsored shadow goons, and DRC's broken Ebola intervention model, The Continent’s Christine Mungai joins Bad Natives to dismantle the myth of apolitical sport at the 2026 World Cup and expose fractu...
Ramaphosa Gets Xenophobia Slap, as Africa Battles World Cup Corruption and Disrespect
We tackle Ghana halting South Africa's presidential visit amid deadly anti-African migrant xenophobic riots. We dissect big corporate silence over the attacks, but also the political theatre of the “victim” countries. We look at FIF...
Africa, Blood Ties & Borderlines: How the World Cup is Rewriting the Rules of Citizenship
This unpacks how the massive shift in World Cup football, where nations like Morocco, Ghana, and Algeria see record numbers of dual-nationals players choose ancestral blood ties over European birth countries.We confront the friction of t...
Coffee, Chaos, and Rise of Uganda’s Crown Prince: Muhoozi’s Ruthless Power Play
While Uganda takes center stage at the 2026 World of Coffee in Brussels, a darker political storm brews at home. This episode deconstructs General Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s anti-corruption populism; the fragile, high-stakes gamble of the Patriotic ...
Mogadishu Will Be Fine: Modern Somalis Have Too Many Options to Die
Mogadishu’s unilateral constitutional overhauls and extended mandates have triggered armed domestic clashes and invited dangerous foreign proxy interference. However, a hyper-mobile, safety-hedged global diaspora with Western passports and regi...
Crabs in the Bucket? Memes, Migrants, Misery And Africa’s World Cup Civil War
When African fans celebrated South Africa’s World Cup defeat to Mexico with mariachi memes, viral pettiness masked a biting protest against South African Afrophobia. However, this "crabs in a bucket" mentality exposed a fractured continent. Com...
Visa Barriers and Broken Grids: Morocco Snatches Africa's World Cup Crown from Mzansi
The 2026 World Cup has exposed a geopolitical nightmare for the Global South. From the deportation of historic Somali referee Omar Artan to the tarmac humiliation of the Senegal national team, U.S. border policies are overshadowing the pitch. B...
Clowns, Corruption & Coups: Nigeria's 2027 Circus, Uganda’s Political Purge & Senegal’s Power Fight!
We expose Nigeria’s unfolding chaotic 2027 election race, the dramatic downfall of Uganda’s STRONGWOMAN Speaker Anita Among, and Senegal’s shocking power shake-up. Plus, we challenge global health narratives surrounding regional Ebola outbreaks...
BNP Express: Cash for Laws: Uganda’s Corrupt Parliament as a POLITICAL STOCK EXCHANGE!!!
As the dust settles on former Uganda Speaker Anita Among’s fall, the hollow nature of this anti-corruption campaign emerges, exposing systemic greed. Parliament operates like a political stock exchange, where laws and budgets are traded f...
A Tale of Two Africas: Arsenal's Diaspora Joy vs. South Africa's Afrophobia Shame
Africa presents a stark paradox. Millions are celebrating Arsenal’s historic Premier League title, a victory deeply anchored in African-descended talent that offers fans a visceral platform of identity, roots, and belonging. Conversely, a dark ...
BNP Express: Sofa Cash & South Africa’s Stubborn Democracy: Can Ramaphosa Survive the Scandals?
As South Africa marks 32 years of democracy, a landmark Constitutional Court ruling has revived President Ramaphosa's Phala Phala impeachment probe. By striking down parliamentary gatekeeping over the $580,000 "couch cash" scandal, the decision...
Inside Senegal’s Rocky Bromance & The Macron-Ruto Nairobi Bonanza
Senegal’s revolutionary "bromance" hits a $7 billion debt wall as President Faye asserts authority over PM Sonko—is this a collapse or democratic maturity? Meanwhile, we dissect the Macron-Ruto Nairobi Summit, exposing the "Africa-Plus-One" par...
Africa’s Internal War: Rising Xenophobia and Organised Attacks Killing Continental Unity?
The Pan-African ideal is fracturing under organised economic populism. Xenophobia has evolved from sporadic "flare-ups" into state-sanctioned vigilantism and diplomatic hostilities. From South African "shutdowns" to Tunisian desert evictions, a...
Africa’s First Jihadist State Soon as the Sahel Bleeds, And Russian Shield Shatters in Mali?
The Sahel faces total state collapse following the fall of the strategic town of Kidal and the assassination of Mali’s Defence Minister by jihadist militants. As Russia’s $109 million-a-month protection fails to secure capitals, the Alliance of...
Surprise, Surprise, African Cities Succeed Exactly Where They Are Broken!
African cities are often dismissed as chaotic, but new insights from "Atlas of Uncertainty: Journeys Transforming African Cityscapes" suggests they are masterclasses in fluidity. By navigating physical, digital, and aspirational realities simul...
97% Victories, Succession Plots, Africa’s Gerontocrats Steal Future From Youth & KE’s Ruto Slams AU
The "Forever Presidency" is evolving. From Cameroon’s dynastic succession to Zimbabwe’s legal engineering and Djibouti’s electoral erasures, the "Gerontocrat" playbook treats nations as private property. Meanwhile as leaders prioritise failing ...
From the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda to Kampala’s Kindergarten Killings: Tracking Africa’s Violent Cycles
As Rwanda commemorates the 32nd anniversary of 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi amidst Trump’s modern-day threats to wipe Iranian civilisation, a horrific nursery massacre in Kampala signals a new era of "lone-wolf" violence. We interrogate the ...
USA Says No, Europe Silent: UN SLAVERY Vote Ignites Anger, Africa Faces Data COLONIALISM
A UN vote declaring slavery the gravest crime lays bare global fault lines, as the US, Israel, and Argentina reject it and Europe abstains. Is this denial, or rare honesty about power? Meanwhile, new US–Africa health deals spark fears of “biopi...
65 Years Late: The Lumumba Trial & Sudan’s Unending War Horror
Justice finally calls as a Brussels court orders 93-year-old Étienne Davignon to stand trial for the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba. We connect this historic break in colonial silence to the current nightmare in Sudan—where hospitals are...
CAF’s Corrupt Coup: From Senegal’s Stolen Trophy to a Mouse Sharing a Blanket with Nigerian Elephant
We tear into the corrupt CAF Appeals Board decision that stripped Senegal of their AFCON title two months after the final whistle, handing a "default" victory to Morocco in a move that has set African football ablaze. We pivot to the high-stake...
As the GULF Burns, is AFRICA Merely COLLECTING Cheques and INHERITING Chaos?
In 2026, the global order is fracturing. As the US-Israel-Iran war cripples the Gulf and closes the Strait of Hormuz, African "oil giants" like Nigeria and Mozambique are seeing their reserves soar. But beneath the surface-level profits, a dark...