New Podcast: Africa Past and Present

The Africa Past & Present podcast is hosted by Michigan State University historians Peter Alegi and Peter Limb and is produced by MATRIX - The Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online at MSU. Listen and subscribe to the fortnightly "Africa Past and Present" podcast at: http://afripod.aodl.org/

A new episode of Africa Past & Present - the podcast about history, culture, and politics in Africa - is now available at: http://afripod.aodl.org/ In this episodes first segment, Peter Alegi reports on the exciting conclusion of the 2008 African Nations Cup in Ghana.

In the second segment, South African media scholar Sean Jacobs (University of Michigan) discusses his blog Leo Africanus (http://theleoafricanus.com), and shares his insights on the relationship between media and democracy in Africa.

(Hat tip: H-Africa @ H-Net.org)