What Do You Value? Howard French Looks Through History and Africa for the Answers

About this episode

Howard French challenges our understanding of progress by exploring African contributions to the modern world.

Howard French challenges our fundamental understanding of progress by tracing how African innovation and labor built the modern world, forcing a radical re-evaluation of what—and who—we truly value in our global narrative.

People in this episode

Guest: Howard French

Topics covered

• African innovation
• global narrative
• progress
• labor
• history
• values

Keywords

• African innovation
• progress
• global narrative
• labor
• history
• values

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Africa

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