This Episode of Harambe Podcast features a discourse on Democracy through the lenses of history: past experiences, present challenges and future threats. Harambee Co-host, Cucu Twagbe Wesseh, a member of Think Africa Democratic Action Team (TADAT) , sat down with Dr. Aminkeng A Alemanji, Head of Masters Program on Social Exclusion at Åbo Akademi (University of Turku), and Mr. Martins Kwazema, a Phd Candidate at Åbo Akademi (University of Turku). 

The effects of elitism on democracy and recent political events and socio-political developments in Guinea, Sudan and Zimbabwe are some of the highlights of their conversation.

Dr Aminkeng is a researcher on race and racism, antiracism discourse and antiracism education. 

Mr. Martins Kwazema is a research scholar on recurrences of social exclusion and the conditions that perpetuates and permeates social exclusion in society through the theoretical prism of Past and Futures Framework (PPF).