SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICA

An in-depth look at an important story affecting the African continent today

 https://www.rfi.fr/en/podcasts/spotlight-africa/ 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spotlight-on-africa/id1241972991 

 SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICA

This second edition of Spotlight on Africa looks at the vast and diverse West Africa region, from Senegal to Benin, via Niger and Mali.

Link to listen: https://www.rfi.fr/en/podcasts/spotlight-on-africa/20240419-after-senegal-can-mali-and-niger-also-hope-for-elections-soon 

Find us also on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spotlight-on-africa/id1241972991 

 SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICA

The long path to Senegal's troubled presidential elections

This is a big election year for Africa, with 16 countries heading to the polls. Close attention is being paid to the delayed presidential vote in Senegal – a West African beacon of democracy that is facing increasing instability. RFI spoke to author and economist Ndongo Samba Sylla in the capital Dakar. Listen here: https://www.rfi.fr/en/podcasts/spotlight-on-africa/20240322-the-long-path-to-senegal-s-troubled-presidential-elections 

 Music, interviews, quirky listener essays ... you never know what you'll be served up on the Sound Kitchen where Susan Owensby is cooking.

I was a guest on 20/04/2024: https://www.rfi.fr/en/podcasts/the-sound-kitchen/20240420-sailing-on-the-seine-the-sound-kitchen-podcast-20240420  

On 30/09/2023 - Ghana gets innovative to meet its renewables target: https://www.rfi.fr/en/podcasts/the-sound-kitchen/20230930-ghana-gets-innovative-to-meet-its-renewables-target-the-sound-kitchen-podcast-30-september-2023 

And on 23/09/2023:  https://www.rfi.fr/en/podcasts/the-sound-kitchen/20230923-france-s-innovative-2024-olympics-opening-ceremony-the-sound-kitchen-podcast-saturday-23-september-2023-grassroots-level-ecological-solutions-introducing-melissa-chemam-how-you-remember-things-youssou-n-dour-n%C3%AEmes 

Through the winter, I worked on a new project about pop culture. The first series came out from 20 March 2023 - listen from here: 

-Ep. 1 https://podcasts.lefigaro.fr/en/madame-figaro-scandales/202303200118-les-beckham-posh-et-becks-coup-de-foudre-manchester 

Here are the two episodes I recorded with the brilliant team behind Discriminology Podcast - on the Algerian Struggle for Equality and colonialism / post-colonialism in the US vs France (Nov. 2021). 

Thanks for having me on this sensitive subject. 

Ep1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paris-massacre-and-the-algerian-struggle-for/id1521770510?i=1000564508544 

Ep2: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paris-massacre-and-the-algerian-struggle-for/id1521770510?i=1000566266038 

A podcast created to bring positive response to the current crisis, producer and presented by Pommy Harmar and myself - link: https://the-quarantini.captivate.fm/

'12 Communities 1 Bristol’ is a local oral history podcast from Marcus Smith, in partnership with Bristol 24/7, Bristol Museums, Bristol Archives, UWE Bristol and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Each of the 12 episodes will focus on a particular Bristol neighbourhood – Barton Hill, Knowle West, Lawrence Weston, Easton, Fishponds, Hartcliffe, St George, Hillfields, Southmead, Eastville, Stockwood and Avonmouth.

Knowle West: In this episode, DJ Flynn from the legendary hip-hop group Fresh 4, who grew up in Knowle West, explains how the area help to define the Bristol Sound... Listen here: https://onebristol.podbean.com/e/12-communities-1bristol-knowle-west/ 

Presented by Ros Taylor with Nina Schick, Melissa Chemam and Ian Dunt. Audio production is by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production

Link to some episodes here:

Remainiacs - The Brexit Podcast THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM: We look at Brexit bribery, Ladies For Leave and the elephants in the room https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/96-welcome-to-fantasy-island-plus-our-first-leaver/id1245265763?i=1000428823250  

And here:

As Parliament delivers “a masterclass in cowardice” on the Withdrawal Bill and the May Government escapes into a world of pure imagination, Ros Taylor, Ian Dunt and new panelist Melissa Chemam convene to sift the wreckage of Amendment Day. 

https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/96-welcome-to-fantasy-island-plus-our-first-leaver/id1245265763?i=1000428823250 

Bristol History Podcast // ‘Out of the Comfort Zone: From Bristol to Massive Attack.’ Hosted by Tom Brothwell on 18th February 2019 

This week I met with author and journalist Melissa Chemam to discuss her book ‘Out of the Comfort Zone: From Bristol to Massive Attack.‘ Melissa looks to Bristol’s social and political history as a way of understanding its artistic output. We talked about the culture that spawned the music of Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky, as well as the street art of Banksy.

link: https://thebristolcable.org/2019/02/bristol-history-podcast-melissa-chemam-in-conversation/ 

On Culture, art & ownership: Making the links' at Bristol Transformed 2019 - With Annie McGann from Savebristolnightlife, Dave Randall, Viki Browne, Soweto Kinch and Melissa Chemam. 

Listen here:  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/culture-art-ownership-making-the-links/id1459113089?i=1000434423509&fbclid=IwAR3OLfzd6LTQlqZpHoZBAerah06YkvBQaNT2HHlIFDo2FK1qYduHsm7WLKI 

Upload on BBC Radio Bristol - Melissa Chemam talks about Massive Attack and how Bristol influenced them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p072ngzv 

Researcher and co-producer for the 12 episode 2019 World Service podcast on child-rearing. 

Sample:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07302wj 

Researcher and co-producer for the 12 episode 2019 World Service podcast on child-rearing. 

Sample:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0787vc3