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Conraad de Rosner is a pioneering game ranger, working with dogs to protect wildlife against poachers – both ‘bushmeat’ poachers, who use cruel snares to trap animals, and criminal syndicates killing for rhinoceros horn and capturing critically endangered pangolins, the most trafficked animal in the world. Con’s life – constantly at risk from poachers, wildlife and even his own fellow rangers – has been saved on numerous occasions by his devoted canine companions.

From 1754 to 1755, the slave ship Hare completed a journey from Newport, Rhode Island, to Sierra Leone and back to the United States - a journey that transformed more than 70 Africans into commodities, condemning some to death and the rest to a life of bondage in North America. In this engaging narrative, Sean Kelley painstakingly reconstructs this tumultuous voyage, detailing everything from the identities of the captain and crew to their wild encounters with inclement weather, slave traders, and near-mutiny.

In the mid-1990s, residents of Anniston, Alabama, began a legal fight against the agrochemical company Monsanto over the dumping of PCBs in the city's historically African American and white working-class west side. Simultaneously, Anniston environmentalists sought to safely eliminate chemical weaponry that had been secretly stockpiled near the city during the Cold War. In this probing work, Ellen Griffith Spears offers a compelling narrative of Anniston's battles for environmental justice.

In May 1967, internationally renowned activist Fannie Lou Hamer purchased 40 acres of land in the Mississippi Delta, launching the Freedom Farms Cooperative (FFC). Life on the cooperative farm presented an alternative to the second wave of northern migration by African Americans - an opportunity to stay in the South, live off the land, and create a healthy community. Freedom Farmers expands the historical narrative of the Black freedom struggle to embrace the work, roles, and contributions of Southern Black farmers and the organizations they formed.

Gretchen Sorin recovers a forgotten history of black motorists, and recounts their creation of a parallel, unseen world of travel guides, black only hotels, and informal communications networks that kept black drivers safe. At the heart of this story is Victor and Alma Green's famous Green Book, begun in 1936, which made possible that most basic American right, the family vacation, and encouraged a new method of resisting oppression.

Join us as we delve into the remarkable story of Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson, the aunt of Winston Spencer Churchill and the first female war correspondent. In 1899, during the tumultuous Boer War, she was tasked with covering the Siege of Mafeking for the Daily Mail. Alongside her husband, who served as aide-de-camp to Colonel Robert Baden-Powell, Lady Sarah faced the threat of the Boer forces as they approached the British garrison. For her safety, she was advised to leave, setting off on a thrilling journey through the South African landscape with her maid. Their adventure took a ...

African Pharmaceutical Review Podcast provides news, insights, developments and interviews aimed at enriching our listeners with knowledge about the pharmaceutical sector.

Sharing the day to day experiences of being on a wildlife photography safari with African Photography Safaris hosts, photographers Alan Hewitt and Kaleel Zibe. We look back at our memorable experiences in the African wilderness, discuss some of the important issues you need to know when travelling on a photographic safari, questions and answers, book reviews and more…

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Hustling The African Dream is a podcast about innovative young Africans and their hustles, produced in collaboration with The Human Sciences Research Council in partnership with The Mastercard Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AHADI Collab, an organisation formed by a group of energy professionals in the broad spectrum, from trade unions to business entities and NGOs. AHADI Collab (Collaboration) is a source of information and a platform that fosters collaboration within its ranks. It is our belief that there is an opportunity to reach consensus on how to take forward previously identified collective activities. This includes research into the impact of changing energy procurement policies on municipalities and approaches to resolving Eskom’s debt. ＞ This podcast focuses on the issues of energy poverty in South ...

This podcast series marks the 20th anniversary of the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), which traces its humble beginnings from when the organisation was first named the African Centre for Biosafety, to reflect the principle focus in the early years on genetic modification (GM) and biosafety in food and agriculture. Over time, this evolved into working on interconnected issues affecting food sovereignty and biodiversity in Africa, including industrial agriculture, seed and plant variety protection policies laws, farmer seed systems, farmers’ rights, agricultural biodiversity, ...

AgSpirations by AWARD is a regular podcast series that features immersive conversations with leading global agricultural research and development experts on shaping and advancing inclusive, agricultural-driven development in Africa.