I went looking for a complete history of any African nation, from prehistory to today, and couldn’t find one. So I started writing it myself, beginning with The True History of Africa: Nigeria Edition, and released the first chapter free as an ebook and audiobook. Then the numbers came in. That same week, I learned that Kwame Nkrumah’s rescued footage, carried out of Ghana decades ago to keep it from being destroyed, is finally becoming a film, produced by Barack and Michelle Obama and backed by iShowSpeed.

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With Erica and TaiPolitik, I talk through Ghana, Nigeria, Libya, the ALKEBULAN Academy and what it really costs to preserve our own story. If Africans won’t fund African history, who will?

Alkebulanians,

I break down Burkina Faso’s rollout of digital ID, Captain Traoré’s role in the process, the World Bank’s involvement, Chinese hardware, biometric data, and what digital identity could mean for sovereignty across the Sahel.

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I look at the promise of stronger identification, elections, security and access to services, alongside the risks facing millions of people in rural areas who could be left outside the system. The bigger question is who controls the infrastructure, and what happens when digital identity becomes essential?

Alkebulanians,

I break down the hidden history behind South Africa’s migrant labour crisis, Operation Dudula and the anger now directed at Zimbabweans, Mozambicans, Malawians, Nigerians, Somalis and other African migrants.

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I follow the gold that built Johannesburg, the Chamber of Mines, WENELA, apartheid’s homelands and the system that turned millions of Black South Africans into foreigners in their own country. The history raises a deeper question about unemployment, land, migration and who designed the conditions South Africans are living with today, so who should the anger really be directed at?