Exploring African Anarchism and Ujamaa with Stephanie Wanga

i wouldn't normally listen to this podcast - it's irritating on multiple levels (including--on the purely logistical level-- that the links on their page don't link to their guests, only back to their own podcast page).

but wanga is charming and informative, and i listened all the way through. i was shocked.

Took a spin through her article "Rereading Ujamaa, Rethinking Freedom." I feel like I've read a few anarchist authors who deplore connecting anarchist theory (born as it was out of a specific time, place and culture) to cultures and people outside of its original milieu, but Wanga straight up mantles Paulin Hountondji to basically say, "Well, too bad. I'm doing that with Ujamaa." She posed a few initial questions I liked: "Additionally, to what extent do African experiences help make sense of anarchism? Even further, in what ways have anarchist ideas always been at work in Africa?" She seems interested in the idea that there are universally beneficial philosophies that can cross cultural boundaries and breathe life into each other.