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The African Imaginary is a platform of contemporary culture spotlighting creativity born and raised on the continent. This is the home of our podcast.
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- Aug 26, 2026
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Wanuri Kahiu: The filmmaker redefining what African stories are allowed to be (opens the original)
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In this episode of The African Imaginary Podcast, host Khangi Khoza and filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu dive into Kikuyu naming and giving birth to your ancestors, the management degree her parents demanded before film school, Afrobubblegum and the right to make fun, fierce and frivolous African art, banning Rafiki and taking the state to court, directing Washington Black across three continents, hope as a discipline, and more. Read the companion essay on Substack Follow us on Instagram Follow Wanuri Kah
Bongeziwe Mabandla: The voice that took isiXhosa folk global (opens the original)
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In this episode of The African Imaginary Podcast, host Khangi Khoza and musician Bongeziwe Mabandla dive into a childhood in rural Tsolo with trees for an audience, the mother who quietly bought the crayons and the guitar, sensitivity and depression and getting paid to feel, the health scare that reframed everything, his long partnership with producer Tiago Correia-Paulo, singing in isiXhosa to rooms in France, and more. Read the companion essay on Substack Follow us on Instagram Follow Bongeziw
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