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🗓️ 3 December 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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This week Grace Blakeley is joined by Sa’eed Husaini, socialist activist and contributor to Africa is a Country and Jacobin.
Sa’eed recently completed a PhD at the University of Oxford and is now living and working in Lagos, Nigeria. He discusses the recent #EndSARS protests, the economic and health impact of COVID 19 in Nigeria, and the history and future of the Nigerian left.
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0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to a world to win a podcast from Tribune magazine. |
0:16.4 | I'm Grace Blakely bringing you your weekly dose of socialist news, theory and action from |
0:21.2 | around the world. |
0:22.8 | This week I'm joined by Saeed Husseini, socialist activist and contributor to Africa as a country |
0:27.8 | and Jackbim magazine, who recently completed a PhD at the University of Oxford and is now living |
0:32.4 | and working in Lagos, Nigeria. |
0:35.0 | We discussed the recent En SARS protests, the economic and health impact of COVID-19 in Nigeria, |
0:40.6 | and the history and future of the Nigerian left. |
0:43.0 | I met Saeed while we were both doing our masters in African studies at Oxford |
0:47.0 | so it's a real pleasure to have him on the show. |
0:49.0 | As always a shout out to our amazing patrons. |
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