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December 12, 2018 00:31:42

Guests: Ibhawoh, Bonny
Williams, Christian

Host: Alegi, Peter

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Episode 121

Refugees in African History

Bonny Ibhawoh (McMaster Univ.) and Christian Williams (U. Free State) on historicizing refugees in Africa. Looking at children evacuated from the Biafran War to Gabon and Ivory Coast, Ibhawoh discusses the politics of "refugee" labeling. Williams's biography of a woman born in a SWAPO camp in exile in Tanzania shows how displaced people are agents of history, not just faceless victims. The interview ends with lessons for refugee crises today.

00:00:00 - 00:02:30 Introduction
00:02:31 - 00:06:57 How they came to their topics
00:06:58 - 00:10:25 Refugees in African history forum
00:10:26 - 00:13:59 Biafran war refugees
00:14:00 - 00:20:43 Namibian refugees and SWAPO camps
00:20:44 - 00:24:24 Biafran Children
00:24:25 - 00:30:37 Lessons for refuge crises today
00:30:38 - 00:31:42 Outro

Cite this Episode

Alegi, Peter, Christian Williams, and Bonny Ibhawoh. "Refugees in African History". Africa Past and Present, December 12, 2018. https://afripod.aodl.org/fullPodcast/episode=121/.