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Simukai Chigudu, African politics professor: I support reparations

Simukai Chigudu, African politics professor: I support reparations

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Amol Rajan speaks to Simukai Chigudu about the legacy of empire

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Amol Rajan speaks to Simukai Chigudu, associate professor of
African Politics at Oxford University about the legacy of empire
and how to reckon with the past.

A member of the first generation born after the end of colonial
rule in Zimbabwe, Simukai Chigudu came to the UK as a teenager
and later became one of the founding members of a campaign to try
to get the statue of imperialist Cecil Rhodes moved from Oriel
College in Oxford.

Now an associate professor of African politics at the University
of Oxford, he has written a memoir called Chasing Freedom: Coming
of Age at the End of Empire.

He discusses the legacy of the Rhodes Must Fall campaign, why he
thinks we should be decolonising the curriculum and whether
countries like Britain should pay reparations for slavery.

Thank you to the Radical with Amol Rajan team for its help in
making this programme. The Interview brings you conversations
with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best
interviews from the BBC, including episodes with Helen Thompson,
professor of political economy at Cambridge University, and
acclaimed author Sir Salman Rushdie. You can listen on the BBC
World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or
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week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.

Presenter: Amol Rajan Producer: Cordelia Hemming Editor: Damon
Rose

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(Image: Simukai Chigudu)