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The African Trumpet
The African Trumpet is a podcast run by The Elephant, a platform for engaging citizens to reflect, re-member and re-envision their society by interrogating the past, the present, to fashion a future.
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339 episodis
John Githongo - Kenya Kwanza: The War on Graft Is Dead - Corruption’s Seductive Comeback?
Kenya Kwanza: The war on graft is dead — in this bruising account, John Githongo traces how anti-corruption institutions were hollowed out, and explor...
Malong Awan – East Africa’s Need For Cross-Cutting Solidarity
From aid and youth labor issues to democracy and cross-border trade, East Africa’s fate is deeply intertwined, and that may be the spark needed to bri...
The Latent Fissures Dividing Our Worlds
From Kenya to Brazil, South Africa to the US, there seems to exist a multiplicity of issues driving a wedge across race, gender, and national identiti...
Mark Antony: May the New Native Rise Up
So what does it mean to be young, aspirational, driven, yet caught up in a country with so much potential yet so few results? Who benefits from the st...
Kwame Owino: Fuel Hikes and False Promises: An Economy That Refuses to Grow for the People
Kenya’s economy stands at a crossroads: outwardly resilient, with projected growth hovering around 4.5–5.0 percent and a relatively stable macro‑envir...
Trevor Munga: Consequence of Elite Failure in Kenya
What happens to younger folks when society fails to account for and plan long-term? How does the consequence compound over time, and who pays the pric...
Andréas Otieno: The Generational Vote Takes Shapes
There is a generational conversation to be had that points to a generational split in the potential youth vote; millennials versus Gen Z. How is it li...
Dr Willy Mutunga - Kenya's Baronial Class: Architects of Perpetual Backwardness
Kenya's baronial class—a tight-knit elite of political dynasties, business moguls, and landed gentry—has entrenched itself since independence, perpetu...
Prof. Wandia Njoya: Kenya's Crisis: Our Elites Are Not Organic to Society
Kenya's crisis stems from elites disconnected from our societal roots. Imported from global neoliberal templates, they prioritize foreign debt traps,...
Dr. Abraham Rugo - Debt, Elections, and Budgets: A Public Finance Heist
The economy continues to reflect a complex and ambiguous dynamic with a very vivid lived reality for the citizens. What will it take for Kenya to buil...
Mary Gichuki: Citizens in Survival Mode
Despite the numbers quoted by leaders, Mwanachi's life across health, education, agriculture, and daily sustenance continues to be tough with little e...
Gen Z Baddie: What Becomes of The Youth Vote?
Kenya has 40 million adults but only 22 million registered voters, with 8 million abstaining. Voter apathy is evident as few register. The typical vot...
Young Men in Kenyan Politics
Young men are active participants in our politics as citizens, aspirants, voters, goons, and facilitators. In this chat, Alfred Abuka joins Yusuf Wanj...
7 Years Later: Millennial Reflections on Africa's Lost Decade of Promise
Joe Kobuthi chats with Darius Okolla about millennials’ dashed dreams. From the 2010s optimism—youth innovation, democratic hopes—to today’s authorita...
Muthoni Drummer Queen: "We the People Shall" - Echoes of Revolution in the Streets
Muthoni Drummer Queen, Kenya's genre-bending rapper and Blankets & Wine founder, channels the Gen Z uprising in her latest reflections. "We the people...
Agneta Asitwa: Redefining the Millennial Conundrum
They were born into a nascent democracy, weaned on the rhetoric of liberalisation, Structural Adjustment Programs, and globalisation. Theirs was to be...
Hezbon Bahati: Whither the African Millennial?
African millennials, born roughly 1981-1996, navigate a continent of rapid urbanization, digital connectivity, and economic volatility, facing high un...
2025 on the Spotlight
As we come to the close of the year 2025, we have had an interesting year full of notable events, major wins, and big losses, especially the elders we...
Shakira Wafula: The Evolving Path of the Active Citizen
What happens after the protests? How do you translate protests into policy? In this episode, Shakira Wafula walks us through the various strands that...
Edwin Shamir: We Are the Now..and the Future
Edwin Shamir joins Yusuf Wanjala to discuss why Gen Z must move from street protests to shaping policy, exploring how their energy, frustrations, and...
Sophie Mugure: Building the Future Gen Z Wants
As Gen Z looks ahead, the focus is shifting toward consolidating the gains of the revolution and translating momentum into lasting political power. In...
Joshua Okayo: The Gen Z Advocate
At the height of the Gen Z protests, a network of dedicated professionals came together to meet the movement’s diverse and evolving needs. In this epi...
Keith Ang'ana: Keeping the Gen Z Dream Alive
Two years on from the Gen Z revolution that reshaped the country’s political landscape, much has been said and written about its impact. While many ha...
Okiya Omtatah: Your Rights, Use Them or Lose Them
On September 17-18 2025, the Civic Freedom Forum held a two-day Civic Space Protection Summit in Nakuru, a gathering focused on the challenges faced b...
The Youth Need Both Formal and Informal Platforms - Prof. Maria Nzomo
In this episode, we converse with Prof. Maria Nzomo about what Gen Z misses by bypassing formal institutions, and that achieving policy leverage is no...
The Levers of Power Are Reckoning – Prof. Karuti Kanyinga
The current political moment is forcing many spaces where power is exercised and visualized to reckon with the Gen Z revolution. And as Prof. Karuti K...
Activism Is a Relay, Not a Sprint - Martha Karua
In this episode of our Intergenerational Solidarity series, we sit down with Martha Karua, a trailblazer, advocate, and political icon, for a candid a...
Gen Zs Forced a Reckoning for All the Levers of Power - L. Muthoni Wanyeki
The online and offline agitation by the Gen Z cluster has forced the centres of power and political negotiations to grapple with their relevance, func...
The Gen Z Moment Has Redefined Power and Politics - Atsango Chesoni
The Gen Z protests created a critical political moment whose impact has unravelled many political assumptions. In the midst of it, the constitution st...
Governments Thrive on Good Ideas - John Khaminwa
Since independence, successive Kenyan governments have—even in the worst of times—relied on a few honourable men and women to sustain the civic public...
Reflecting on Protest and Power Among Kenyan Gen Zs – Gitobu Imanyara
Kenya’s third liberation is laden with all kinds of tentative solidarities between the Gen Zs and their elders, with lessons drawn from the past findi...
History as Society’s Warning System – Pheroze Nowrojee
In light of the recent political events since June 2024 in Kenya, a dearth of voices have tried to situate and tie these sets of events to immediate p...
The Generation Question in Kenya’s Evolving Protest
The Kenyan society is yet to decide what the 2024 protests meant for the country, and its citizens, and where to situate it in a long history of agita...
Reclaiming Black Girl Magic Through African Spiritual Traditions
As more black folks, particularly black women, in Africa are becoming more interested in exploring non-Christian faith systems, the need for more spac...
Street Worship: The Pulse of Nairobi City
In this conversation, we delve into the vibrant phenomenon of street worship in Nairobi City. Righa explains how spontaneous praise and worship events...
The Gathering Storm: Europe Readies Itself for Another War
After an eight-decade hiatus, Europe is again at war, and as with all European conflicts past, the invasion of Ukraine is about business; when capital...
A Review of Kenya’s Governance Landscape
The recent protests have brought Kenya’s governance trajectory into sharp focus. As the dust settles, many questions are begging for answers. In this...
Rights of Persons with Disabilities are Human Rights Too
The 2010 constitution turns 14 years today and has been observed in breach more than in observance. Key among these is the implementation of the right...
Gen X Vs Gen Z Protests: A Fireside Chat
This podcast features psychologist and wellness coach Salima Macharia as we explore the unique characteristics of each generation’s protest movements....
The Nuts and Bolts of Constitutional Oversight
To mark the 14th anniversary of the promulgation of Kenya’s new constitution, we speak to Dr John Mutakha Kangu, a constitutional law expert. As a key...