In this episode, I sat down with Astrid and Chinny, they are the authors of the book It's a Continent: Unravelling Africa's History One Country at a Time Some of topics in the episode we discussed includes:What influenced their decisions regarding the topics they wanted to write about for each countryWhether their views on countries such as the UK, France and Belgium has changed since starting their podcast as well as writing the bookThe impact the Berlin Conference in 1884 had on the African Continent with its disregard of existing ethnic groups.Since the independence of most of the countries in the continent following World War II, can any of them truly say they are independent?The Book and Audiobook:  It's a Continent: Unravelling Africa's History One Country at a Time is out now.For more details such as a link their website, to buy the book and to listen to their podcast:  https://linktr.ee/itsacontinent Its a Continent Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsacontinentpodAs of now, my podcast is biweekly and prior to an episode I’ll let you know what book/audiobook I’ll be listening to before the next show so we can delve into it together!Please don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast so you’re in the loop whenever a new episode comes out… and also connect with me on Instagram or email so we can keep the conversation going and share with each other fascinating content. www.instagram.com/SoundsAboutPodI am now on goodreads!www.goodreads.com/SoundsAboutPod Are you an author that will like to be  on the next episode of the podcast?Listeners: Did I cover a book you read or listened to? Did I discuss the things which also stuck out to you? Or did I miss it out?..... get in touch, and let me know what your experience was or to give me audiobook recommendations: [email protected]

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