Not Your African Cliché

On this episode, the Ladies of NYAC and special guest Lebo from Lesotho discuss our educational backgrounds and examine the good (boarding school adventures), the bad (crowded classrooms and impatient teachers) and the ugly (corporal punishment). Resources: • http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/africa-learning-barometer • https://efareport.wordpress.com/2015/03/06/no-girl-left-behind-education-in-africa/ • http://www.aaionline.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/AAI-SOE-report-2015-final.pdf What we are reading/watching/listening to: • Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things • Courtney Milan’s Brother Sinister Series • Generations (South African Soap) • Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mocking Bird OkayAfrica shoutout written by Ifeanyi Awachie: http://www.okayafrica.com/news/african-podcasts-you-should-be-listening-to/ Show was mixed by Ifeoluwa Olokode, and theme music is "Ayo" by the über talented Femi Leye