Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur
Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur sheds light on individual and collective actions across Europe, Africa and the Americas to defend racial equality and justice. Our guests - scholars, activists, artists - share their practice with us, highlighting both the forms that historical and contemporary racial violence takes in these different contexts, and examples of possible reforms and mobilizations. Through their experiences fighting against racism, we draw the contours of racial justice efforts today. Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur is hosted by Liliane Umubyeyi and Amah Edoh, co-founders and co-directors of the African Futures Lab (AfaLab). A new episode is published every two weeks, and episodes alternate between French and English. Production credits: Production: Amah Edoh; Liliane Umubyeyi; Matt Dann; Recording and editing: Matt Dann; Music: “African Dreams,” written and composed by Seun Anikulapo Kuti; Artwork: Amélie Umuhererezi
Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur
Latest Episodes
S5E1: Understanding historical foundations of systemic extraction
How did centuries of colonial exploitation directly shape Africa’s modern sovereign debt crisis?In this premiere episode, we lay the groundwork for our joint miniseries by unpacking the deep historical links between colonial extr...
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S5E0: Decolonizing Africa’s debt and reclaiming her future
As the African Union inaugurates the 2026–2036 Decade of Reparations, this collaborative podcast series from the African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) and
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S4E6: Para além das fronteiras – Força e solidariedade do feminismo negro (PT)
Em todos os continentes, as mulheres negras nunca resistiram isoladamente. Das lutas anticoloniais aos movimentos contemporâneos pela justiça racial, de gênero e climática, as solidariedades transnacionais têm sido fundamentais para desafiar os...
S4E5: Between war and peace (EN)
Sexual violence was not incidental, but central to colonial rule. Soldiers, administrators, and settlers systematically exerted power through coercion, assault, and absolute impunity—including the taking of women hostage to force labor producti...
S4E4: The price of Black women's labour (EN)
The exploitation of Black women’s labor—whether domestic, agricultural, care-based, or within the cultural and fashion industries—sits at the sharp intersection of race, gender, and class. Historically, colonial systems relied on cheap, feminiz...
