Post-Colonial Governance: Mamdani, Nkrumah & Zambia

In this episode on The BreakDown, we connect the dots between Mahmood Mamdani, Kwame Nkrumah, and Zambia—three names rarely mentioned in the same breath, yet bound by a powerful and timely thread. This episode explores how ideas about post-colonial governance, pan-African vision, and state power continue to shape Africa’s present. From Nkrumah’s revolutionary blueprint, to Mamdani’s critique of the colonial state, to Zambia’s lived experiments with democracy and development, we ask: what lessons endure and which mistakes keep repeating?