ECONOMIC HUNGER GAMES IN AFRICA –With Pan-African feminist Crystal Simeoni

What doesn’t mainstream economics “get” about Africa? What is the
future of the state itself in Africa? And how much should we
really be focusing on corruption within Africa?


 


Max and Nabil have a riveting conversation with Pan-African
feminist Crystal Simeoni – who is Director at Nawi: Afrifem
Macroeconomics Collective (which is well worth checking out
here!). Previously, she was head of the economic justice
department at FEMNET, one of the largest African women's rights
networks. She is an Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic
Justice at the London School of Economics.


 


This is the second of a two-part special deep dive into African
economics. The last episode, with Zambian economist Grieve
Chelwa, took us back recalling history and how it’s shaped
economics in Africa today. This episode looks forward.


 


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platforms.


 


If you’re joining us on EQUALS for the first time, tune in to our
earlier interviews – from talking with award-winning journalist
Gary Younge on what we can learn from MLK Jr on how to fight
inequality, to best-selling author Anand Giridharadas on whether
we need billionaires, and from Turkish author Ece Temelkuran on
beating fascism, and climate activist Hindou Ibrahim on nature,
to IMF Chief Kristalina Georgieva on what comes after the
pandemic, and Zambian music artist PilAto on the power of music.


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