This is the website for the West African History Podcast (WAH-Pod). The podcast centers African voices, African archives, and African intellectual traditions while confronting colonial violence, gendered power, resistance, and historical memory. WAH-Pod brings academic scholarship into the public sphere through compelling storytelling grounded in primary sources, oral histories, and cutting-edge historical analysis.
Season One is releasing in the fall and winter of 2026-27.
You can listen to our episodes on your favorite podcast platform. Information on individual episodes is available on the page for each season. New seasons will have new pages as they are released. Season One will be released over the autumn and winter of 2026-27.
This podcast is written and hosted by Dr. Nwando Achebe. You can learn more about her work on her website, nwandoachebe.com.