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About this episode

The episode discusses major African stories covered by Western media, including Pope Leo XIV's visit to Angola and its implications.

This week on African News Review, Adesoji Iginla is joined by Comrade Milton Allimadi and Aya Fubara Eneli Esq. as they reframe four major stories on Africa in the Western Media. Where we go beyond the headlines 🔴 Pope Leo XIV in Angola — Why is the first American pope's historic African tour being covered primarily as a Trump PR crisis? We unpack what the Muxima shrine really represents, the colonial history of Catholicism in Angola, and Leo's unspoken ancestral connection to slavery...

People in this episode

Host: Adesoji Iginla

Guests: Milton Allimadi, Aya Fubara Eneli Esq.

Topics covered

• African news
• Western media
• colonial history
• Catholicism in Africa
• Pope Leo XIV
• Malema jailed
• Afghans in Congo

Keywords

• Malema
• Afghans
• Congo
• UK Army
• Pope Leo XIV
• Angola
• colonialism
• Catholicism
• Trump
• media coverage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pope Leo XIV

Places: Angola, Congo, UK

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