Togo: The First Assassination of an African President

Ghana: Kwame Nkrumah & the 1948 Accra Riots

A peaceful protest turns deadly when a British officer fires into a crowd of Ghanaians. Days of chaos, damage and death have one surprising consequence: the rise of Independence legend, Kwame Nkrumah. --- Bar Afrique Podcast Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/6SheGl9Lyf1tZhg1hB7m64?si=b6c31fbb49f149d6] Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bar-afrique-podcast/id1846045084] YouTube: @BarAfriquePod (like, comment, and subscribe!) Instagram: @barafriquepod Contact us: bar.afriquepod@gmail.com [bar.afriquepod@gmail.com]

Togo: The First Assassination of an African President

Togo's Sylvanus Olympio holds two very unfortunate records: first post-independence leader felled in a coup, and first to be killed while in office. Yikes. --- Bar Afrique Podcast Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/6SheGl9Lyf1tZhg1hB7m64?si=b6c31fbb49f149d6] Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bar-afrique-podcast/id1846045084] YouTube: @BarAfriquePod (like, comment, and subscribe!) Instagram: @barafriquepod Contact us: bar.afriquepod@gmail.com [bar.afriquepod@gmail.com]

Revisiting: A Couple of Coups in Comoros

Comoros said bon voyage to their French colonisers in 1975. But did they really? This is the tale of Bob Denard, the French mercenary who stepped into the power vacuum on Comoros in the decades after the country's independence. --- Bar Afrique Podcast Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/6SheGl9Lyf1tZhg1hB7m64?si=b6c31fbb49f149d6] Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bar-afrique-season-2/id1846045084] YouTube: @BarAfriquePod (like, comment, and subscribe!) Instagram: @barafriquepod Contact us: bar.afriquepod@gmail.com

Kenya: Britain on Trial

Everyone has secrets, but none are as messy as the OG colonial daddy, Great Britain. But to truly understand GB's colonial sins, you need to understand Kenya's Mau Mau Uprising, and how far GB went to cover it's bloody tracks.

Burkina Faso: Thomas Sankara, Betrayed by his BFF

What happens when your best friend is actually your biggest hater? Thomas Sankara learnt the hard way: his BFF, Blaise Compaoré, was complicit in his murder. Yikes!