Africa’s first fully developed and modern state? Well, that is what the great state of Ghana hopes to become in the very near future, and the Professor explores the modern history and current state of affairs here in Ghana to talk about what this country has done so differently from other Sub-Saharan Kwame Nkrumah, African states in order to achieve that goal. Their path to modernity has a lesson or two for other African states that are also rapidly developing here in the 21st century. Is the African century upon us? We shall see! Go, go, go Ghana pride!
Live from a cluster of cannons at the Coast Cape Coast Castle & Dungeons, on the Gold Coast of Ghana, the Professor podcasts about the historic relevance of this particular place as the original center of European expansionism, colonialism, and globalization….an epicenter of extracting stuff and relocating slaves that was to affect 3 continents and shape cultures the world over!
From the northwestern fringe of the great Sahara Desert: the Professor podcasts about this physical geographic force as a divider of Africa, as a birthplace of the Berbers, and as the king of the hot deserts From the Magreb to the Sahel, this gigantic dry entity has been the home to classic civilizations, trade routes, Islamic religion, and more deviant devils. Learn more about the largest hot desert on the planet in this particular podcast! (And do note: whenever I start radically waving my arms around, it’s not because I am a spazo (which I am) but more because a ate about 10 Saharan sand flies during this rant. Nasty little buggers were dive-bombing my head!)
Greetings from the heart of Morocco, way up high in the High Atlas Mountains! A podcast on mountains, rain, and Berbers, from the roadside of the most perilous Tizi n’ Tchika Pass! Although you can’t tell from the vid, I am standing behind the 1-foot high “guard rail,” on the edge of a 3000 foot drop off…which is standard operating procedure on this incredible high altitude road of risk!
Whoa! This place is wicked cool! A podcast from high atop a classic casbah, in a medieval hill town in the High Atlas Mountains, halfway between Marrakech, Morocco and the edge of the Sahara Desert! This is Ait Benhaddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a Berber trade town from back in the day, and a current backdrop for a variety of Hollywood films…like Time Bandits (my fav!), Gladiator, and even even Game of Thrones!
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