Ben Radley
Political Economist
Researching energy, mining, and labour in the context of green transitions, with a regional focus on Africa.
An edited collection of 38 interviews bringing to life older voices of liberation and lost radical histories alongside newer initiatives, projects, and activists engaged in contemporary struggles to reshape Africa. Voices include Samir Amin, Issa Shivji, Hakim Adi, Guy Marius Sagna, Marjorie Mbilinyi, and Trevor Ngwane.
The Why Africa Podcast
In 2022, Cynthia Kamwengo and I co-hosted the Why Africa Podcast mini-series, produced and edited by Holly Jewell. Over five episodes, we spoke to students and academics engaged in the work of deconstructing and reconstructing how Africa and its people are taught and researched in the UK education system today.
We Will Win Peace
The Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) was established in 1974 by a group of scholars and activists in the UK and Africa. The journal and its website are committed to understanding projects of radical transformation on the continent. As a member of the journal's Editorial Working Group, I interview and commission contributions from radical scholars, scholar-activists, and activists researching and/or contributing to these projects for publication on ROAPE's website. Occasionally, I write there myself. Below is a selection of some of these pieces.
Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja Congolese historian and scholar-activist
Esther Stanford-Xosei Reparations activist and historian
Bienvenu Matumo Congolese activist & co-founder of La LUCHA
Amilcar Cabral
Isaac Samuel