Afrocentric Africa Policy with Jean Claude Abeck

Jean Claude Abeck<br/><br/>Welcome to the Policy People Podcast. In this conversation, I explore the transformation that is placing Africans at the heart of Africa policy with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-claude-abeck-b6159292/">Jean Claude Abeck</a>. We discuss African identity and the victim narrative, accountability as a means of achieving self-determination, the African diaspora as the continent&#8217;s &#8216;Fifth Region&#8217;, pan-Africanism and the vision of the Africa Union, the challenges in promoting Afrocentrism in Washington DC, renewed great power competition on the continent, Africa&#8217;s pandemic response and the danger foreign COVID aid poses to sovereignty, conflicts in Cameroon and Ethiopia, how African think tanks interface with their Western counterparts, the scholar-practitioner divide in policy and many more topics. <br/><br/>You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player embedded above, or right below it you can click &#8220;Listen in podcast app&#8221; &#8212; which will connect you to the show&#8217;s feed.&#160;Alternatively, you can click the icons below to listen to it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.&#160;<br/><br/>Short Link:&#160;<a href="https://apple.co/3r4MwDR">https://apple.co/3h2zFOS</a><br/><br/>Short Link:&#160;<a href="http://spoti.fi/3c0XTIC">http://spoti.fi/3c0XTIC</a><br/><br/>If you enjoy this conversation and would like to help the show, leaving us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts is the easiest way to do so.<br/><br/>Thank you to&#160;Grok the Greeks for leaving a review this week.<br/><br/>To give us a review, just go to&#160;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/tw/podcast/policy-people/id1525978880?uo=4&#38;itscg=30200&#38;itsct=podcast_box">Policy People</a>&#160;on Apple Podcasts and hit &#8216;Write a Review&#8217;.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-claude-abeck-b6159292/">Jean Claude Abeck</a>&#160;is the President and CEO of the Africa Center for Strategic Progress. Jean Claude previously was a researcher a