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Matembezi, Swahili for "short journey", is our collection of updates from the HiA Network, our guests on Sema Live, some Global African highlights, all wrapped up in a few African minutes!   In this episode we recap on the humanizing stories from our previous guests, look into the emergence of Google's "sentient" AI, the gains of Afro-Colombian female Vice President Franci...

Joy Alliy, our Sema Live guest for episode 3, is a brilliant lawyer and a highly respected person, who is professionally based in the East Africa region.  At the tender age of 42, and in her professional prime, Joy suffered a major stroke causing her serious physical, mental and spiritual  trauma.  Two years on since this tragic event, Joy has a remarkable story to share with us about her journey...

Joy Alliy, our Sema Live guest for episode 3, is a brilliant lawyer and a highly respected person, who is professionally based in the East Africa region.  At the tender age of 42, and in her professional prime, Joy suffered a major stroke causing her serious physical, mental and spiritual  trauma.  Two years on since this tragic event, Joy has a remarkable story to share with us about her journey...

Episode 2 introduces our Global African audience to the multitalented multi-disciplinary artist Anatola Araba and her award winning film: Afro Algorithms. Support the show To learn more about Hosted in Africa - check us out in the HiA Network we are because you are!

Episode 2 introduces our Global African audience to the multitalented multi-disciplinary artist Anatola Araba . The Sema Live team was granted exclusive access to her award winning film Afro Algorithms - an Afro Futurist adventure exploring a future led by the worlds first AI Ruler, Aero.  However,  Aero realizes important worldviews are missing from the AI databank, including the stories of the h...

Meet the HiA Team and a glimpse of what we shall be bringing to our Global African audience. Listen in to: Femi Omere , Sankara Caroline , Alexander Otuka , Melissa Mungai and Mungai Kiarie . Support the show To learn more about Hosted in Africa - check us out in the HiA Network we are because you are!

Episode 1 gets things started with an introduction to the HiA Team and a glimpse of what we shall be bringing to our Global African audience. Meet the team: Femi Omere , Sankara Caroline , Alexander Otuka , Melissa Mungai and Mungai Kiarie . ________________________________________________________________________________ Sema! Swahili word meaning: “speak” or “say it” Sema Live – a weekly podcast,...

On the 23rd of November 2021, the HiA Network was thrilled to host two heavy weight African Scholars, Professor Mĩcere Mũgo and the Kenyan author and academic, Professor Peter Kimani, as they reflect on the praxis of indigenising knowledge in Africa.  Support the show To learn more about Hosted in Africa - check us out in the HiA Network we are because you are!

Tune in here to the full event discussion with no breaks for your listening convenience! On the 23 November 2021, the HiA Network proudly played host to the launch event for the 5th Volume of the Strathmore Law Journal. The podcast recording of the session reveals that this is no everyday type of law journal.   The session was blessed to have eminent Walimu (Teachers), Professor  Mĩcere Mũgo and P...

Part 4 of the series delves into the challenges faced in the production of indigenous knowledge as well as producing knowledge in indigenous forms. Professor Mĩcere Mũgo reflects on the difficulty of publishing her work in traditional African orature form, with Western editors who fail to understand it as an effective mode of communication to her audience. Professor Peter Kimani on the other hand,...

In Part 5 of the series our seasoned Professors offer advice to the next generation of academics. Professor Mĩcere Mũgo advises the next generation of academics to remain mindful of the past struggles that paved way for the works they are able to accomplish today. Moreover, she encourages authors to assert themselves against systems in academic institutions that have marginalized groups such as th...

Part 2 of the series lays out the roadmap for the event discussion. What are indigenous sites of knowledge?  What do they mean for us on various levels: academic, cultural, or in our daily lives? Brief opening remarks by Hosted in Africa Founder Femi Omere set the stage for the discussion between the two chief guests Professor Mĩcere Mũgo and Professor Peter Kimani. Support the show To learn more...

Part 3 of the series focuses on growing modern questions:  How does the world view Africa - its people, cultures and approaches to knowledge?  What historical narratives have carried on this view into the current day? How can we build and assert knowledge in Africa to challenge these undignified colonial views? Tune in for thoughtful insights from seasoned academics Professor Mĩcere Mũgo and Profe...

An exquisitely powerful " Sema " New Year's message from Dr Edward Kwakwa - Assistant Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Recited by Nadine Hakizimana - WIPO Be inspired - the time is now! Support the show To learn more about Hosted in Africa - check us out in the HiA Network we are because you are!

On the 23 November 2021, the HiA Network proudly played host to the launch event for the 5th Volume of the Strathmore Law Journal.  The podcast recordings of the session, which we shall  be releasing in bite sized episodes, reveal that this is no everyday type of law journal.  And this was reinforced from the moment  that our guest speakers and journal contributors, Professor  Mĩcere Mũgo and Prof...

" Sema " is the Swahili word meaning " Say it " and is one of The Host's headline series. This Sema Session  is a pre-event discussion, by 4 deep thinking post graduate  African students and a wonderful teaser for the forthcoming Indigenising Sites of Knowledge in Africa virtual event coming up on 23 November 2021.  The HiA Network is thrilled to be hosting two heavy weigh...

A short intro / welcome message from the founder of Hosted in Africa (HiA pronounced higher) where he sets out the Ubuntuist inspiration behind HiA and its intention to become a leading  Global African online ecosystem, espousing Afrocentric narratives that are universal in outlook. The message is ultimately about humanity with Global Africa rooted at the centre. The HiA Journey is on its way!  Ka...