EP 4 Prof.Jason Arday and The U.K. Media | UAE in Africa | Waste Colonialism and US Deportations | ANR

Africa is being treated like the world’s dumping ground, and this conversation exposes exactly how and why. From Liberia's agreement to take in U.S. deportees to the toxic waste legacy in Côte d’Ivoire.
 
Adesoji Iginla, Aya Fubara Eneli, and Milton Allimadi connect the dots among environmental abuse, political weakness, and the same old colonial logic.

The panel also takes on the explosive fallout around the late Cambridge professor Jason Arde, where questions of plagiarism, media frenzy, and racial double standards collide. 

Was this really about academic standards, or was it another example of how Black excellence is scrutinised, isolated, and used as a warning to others? 

Milton breaks down the journalistic and structural hypocrisy, while Aya and Adesoji push the conversation toward the deeper issue of how institutions weaponise suspicion against African people. 

You'll hear sharp analysis on:

*The rise of Islamophobia in U.S. and UK politics
*Texas book bans, gerrymandering, and the war on public education
*The Jason Arday controversy and what it reveals about media bias
*Liberia’s decision to accept deportees from the U.S.

Chapters

00:00 — Introduction and guest welcome
01:49 — News roundtable begins
02:11 — Islamophobia and U.S. politics
03:36 — Texas politics, book bans, and gerrymandering
07:51 — Hypocrisy in Texas school politics
09:44 — Jason Arday and media hounding
11:46 — Milton on racial double standards in academia
18:06 — Aya on Black genius and fear of education
23:58 — Plagiarism, Cambridge, and inconsistency
25:19 — Re-examining the allegations
29:08 — Plagiarism allegations and university findings
30:15 — Milton on collective treatment of Black people
32:23 — Aya asks how to respond
33:01 — Journalism, investigation, and hidden corruption
39:26 — Transition to Liberia and Africa as a dumping ground
41:22 — Probo Koala and waste colonialism
43:18 — Africa as the global dumping ground
47:29 — Aya on environmental injustice and African leadership
48:38 — The recurring pattern of Black expendability
51:47 — Liberian leadership and the deportee deal
54:21 — Brief mention of UAE and Sudan
56:20 — Closing reflections
57:06 — Final warning about systemic attack
58:08 — Fundraising and closing remarks
59:46 — Final send-off

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