Welcome to Verana, where we empower our listeners and viewers with profound insights into the heart and soul of our continent — its politics, its economics, and its socio-cultural life.
Verana exists to ignite the flames of African consciousness — to empower our listeners and viewers with profound insight into the political, economic and socio-cultural forces shaping the continent.
Through the podcast, essays and reporting, we interrogate the systems and attitudes that hold Africa back, champion self-reliance, and keep our eyes fixed on the changes and challenges of “The Africa We Want.”
We are independent, Pan-African in outlook, and rooted in the belief that the continent's future will be authored by the continent itself.
Reclaiming the narrative — telling Africa's story on Africa's own terms, free of borrowed frames.
Dismantling the systems and attitudes that hold the continent back, and fostering genuine independence.
Closely observing the changes and challenges on the road to a sovereign, self-determining continent.
An Afriphile deeply interested in Africa's political, economic, and socio-cultural development goals. Passionate about dismantling systems and attitudes that are holding Africa back, and fostering self-reliance, while closely observing the changes and challenges of “The Africa We Want.”
New episodes and essays every week. Follow along, or bring the discussion to your own community.
