Did Your Country get (Union) Jacked, Too?

Did your country get (Union) jacked, too?

Chasing Freedom

We chat with Dr. Simukai Chigudu about the interplay of historical violence, racism, and colonial reverberations upon his experience of being a “born free.” Along the way, we gain insight into the workings of strong man dictatorships in two African former possessions of Great Britain..

Bridging the Bones
Bridging the Bones
Did Your Country get (Union) Jacked, Too?
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Timestamps
  • 01:16 – “Born free”
  • 03:58 – Stamp of the Crown
  • 07:45 – Early school influences
  • 09:42 – A most nervous child
  • 12: 04 – Laughter from tears
  • 17:49 – Parentage
  • 19:15 – Uganda
  • 21:08 – Something something Zohran Mamdani
  • 23:07 – Opportunists
  • 24:25 – Family background
  • 25:47 – Hope’s miscarriages
  • 28:17 – Educating for export
  • 31:49 – Mugabe’s big European break
  • 35:20 – Popular strong man
  • 37:19 – Long path of pathology
  • 39:40 – Broken pledge
  • 41:32 – Nationalist elan and erasure
  • 45:48 – Starving billionaires
  • 49:21 – Will the real Simukai please Stand up?