Not Your African Cliché

Welcome to the premiere of Not Your African Cliché! A bi-weekly(ish) podcast where 4 African women talk about their experiences living at home and abroad. This week we talk about: • Stereotypes about Africa we’ve encountered • KONY 2012 • White Saviors - http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/03/the-white-savior-industrial-complex/254843/ • Our disgust of Adam Sandler’s movies • Taylor Swift’s Wildest Dreams video - http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/09/01/436653602/taylor-swift-is-dreaming-of-a-very-white-africa • Colonization Things we are currently reading/watching/listening to o Adele’s "Hello" o New Nigerian Music (especially Femi Leye and Kaliné) o Gimlet Media’s "Startup" and "ReplyAll" o Showtime’s "Dexter" o Chimamanda Adichie’s "The Thing Around Your Neck" o Nnedi Okarafor’s "Lagoon" Show was mixed by Ifeoluwa Olokode, and theme music is "Ayo" by the über talented Femi Leye