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This episode explores the intersection of migration policies, colonial history, and human rights in the North African borderlands. Guests Dr. Ahlam Chemlali and Dr. Younous Arbaoui discuss how European Union (EU) externalization policies impact daily life in Tunisia and the broader Mediterranean. The conversation centers on the lived experiences of those affected, from migrants forced into dangero...

We delve into the complex intersection of revolt and nostalgia in postcolonial Moroccan literature with author and scholar Khaled Lyamlahy who offers specific, evidence-based insights into the diverse trajectories of three influential writers, Abdellatif Laâbi, Abdelkebir Khatibi, and Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine, and discusses how their unique experiences with activism, imprisonment, and exile shaped th...

Kawkaw est un projet initié par Younes Baba-Ali, sur invitation du centre culturel LE 18 à Marrakech en 2016. Pensé comme une résidence ayant donné lieu à une exposition collective et à une série de rencontres, il a réuni cinq artistes du Grand Maghreb et ouvert un espace de dialogue et de recherche par la pratique artistique, dont ce podcast prolonge aujourd’hui les réflexions. Face à une scène a...

  يتحدث معنا الباحث الأكاديمي محمد أوبنعل عن الهوية الثقافية الغنية للشعب الأمازيغي في المغرب، وروابطه التاريخية والمعاصرة مع القضية الفلسطينية. ويناقش أيضاً تأثير الإستعمار على الهوية الأمازيغية، وأساليب التضامن مع الهوية الفلسطينية. كما تُسلط الضوء على شخصيات مؤثرة في حركات المقاومة وأهمية التعاون الثقافي والأكاديمي للأجيال القادمة، مع التركيز على الروابط العميقة بين الثقافة، التاريخ والهوية   0...

We spoke with Harlem legend and national treasure, Herb Boyd—a journalist, jazz historian, activist, and organizer who has been writing and publishing for nearly 70 years. He discusses his expansive life's work, his political evolution, and his early encounters with Malcolm X. Boyd first met Malcolm X in Detroit in 1958 and later followed him to Morocco in 1964. His life journey has followed in Ma...

We spoke with Harlem legend and national treasure, Herb Boyd—a journalist, jazz historian, activist, and organizer who has been writing and publishing for nearly 70 years. He discusses his expansive life's work, his political evolution, and his early encounters with Malcolm X. Boyd first met Malcolm X in Detroit in 1958 and later followed him to Morocco in 1964. His life journey has followed in Ma...

We explore the recent African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament and its impact on the Moroccan diaspora, particularly in Brussels, which hosts one of Europe's largest Moroccan-origin communities. A youth worker, educator, and football fan, Youssef Faraj joins the discussion to dissect how the tournament was experienced, its effect on community relations, Pan-Africanism, colonial memory, and integr...

Professor Aomar Boum talks about his latest book, The Last Rekkas, which offers an indigenous, counter-visual approach to the work of colonial artist-ethnographers. A collaboration with his daughter, Majdouline Boum Mendoza, that combines her visual work with the life stories of his father Faraji that's thought to be Morocco’s last known rekkas, a mail courier who walked thousands of miles deliver...

Dans cet épisode, nous avons l'honneur d'accueillir Jocelyne Laabi, née à Lyon en 1943 et fascinée par le Maroc depuis son enfance. Elle nous partage son parcours depuis son arrivée à Meknès à l'âge de sept ans, sa prise de conscience du racisme et du colonialisme, et son implication dans la revue 'Souffles'. Nous explorons également son appréhension de la langue arabe, la scène théâtrale universi...

Welcome to the very first edition of Radio Ifriqia, a new podcast powered by afikra. In the first episode, we delve into the history and relaunch of the influential Moroccan magazine, Souffles (Anfās in Arabic, meaning "breath" or "spirit"), with founding editors Hisham Aidi (Columbia) and Zakia Salime (Rutgers). Souffles was originally launched in 1966 by a group of Moroccan writers and artists w...