943: Saturday Matinee: It’s A Continent
History Daily
History Daily
4.4 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
On today’s Saturday Matinee, we feature a podcast that addresses the misconception that Africa is a country. This particular episode highlights the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Patrice Lumumba.
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| 0:29.9 | If your If you're a very loyal listener, you may have noticed that last week we didn't air a Saturday matinee. |
| 0:38.6 | Why? Because I was sick, and I still don't sound normal a week later. So I hope you'll forgive me if I keep this introduction short, though I by no means want to short change the podcasts we're spotlighting today, recently named Podcast of the |
| 0:44.2 | Year at the Independent Podcast Awards in London. They also won Best Educational, World Business |
| 0:49.6 | and Financial Podcasts, and Best History Podcast with a judges raving instantly interesting. The hosts are |
| 0:56.1 | charming and fun, and each episode was fascinating and well researched. Well, who are these |
| 1:01.3 | podcast Wunderkins? Chinnie and Astrid from the podcast It's a Continent, which reminds us that |
| 1:07.1 | Africa is not a country, not a monolith, and not to be overlooked. I hope you |
| 1:12.0 | enjoy. While you're listening, be sure to search for and follow It's a Continent. We put a, |
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