Afropolitan
Afropolitan
Podcast Description
Welcome to the Afropolitan Podcast hosted by Eche Emole, co-founder of Afropolitan.Afropolitan is creating a digital nation to enable Africans and the diaspora to build abundant lives. The internet enables people to organize around shared values at scales that were previously unthinkable before the current century. If it were a country, Facebook would be the largest one globally. With the advent of cryptocurrency, the next Facebook will not be a social network with a passive online community but rather a full-blown digital nation coordinated by its native currency and a unifying mission.In Africa, our knowledge and history has been passed down through oral tradition. That oral tradition continues till this day, but today we call it podcasting. We seek to preserve our history, achievements and knowledge not just for today, but for the future.In each episode, our guests share their working formulas, the hard facts about leaving familiar terrain, embracing the unknown, and staying relevant afterwards. Listen to the Afropolitan podcast, where we extract the blueprints of fearlessness, innovation, and progress from Afropolitan citizens who are building the future of a bold and progressive nation. Join the network of abundance → https://linktr.ee/afropolitangroupAfropolitan Website → https://www.afropolitan.io/Read our Manifesto https://afropolitan.mirror.xyz/qkBv4y7MidTpDZJVEIEBC4EZi70v30IrCXLCZ-F6eMs
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast emphasizes themes of entrepreneurship, personal growth, technology, and community empowerment. Specific topics include the impact of fintech on unbanked populations, the evolving landscape of NFTs, and stories of resilience from various founders. Episodes showcase guest experiences in areas like digital marketing strategies or navigating the crypto economy, aiming to inspire and educate listeners about contemporary trends and cultural narratives.
The Afropolitan Podcast
Hosted by Chika Uwazie & Eche Emole
This isn’t just a podcast. It’s a mirror to the soul of the African diaspora.
Each week, co-hosts Chika & Eche sit down with founders, culture-shapers, and bold thinkers to explore the truth behind the highlights, shedding light on grief, growth, legacy, power, identity, and everything in between.
You’ll hear the stories you won’t find on panels.
The questions most people are too afraid to ask.
The answers that stay with you long after the episode ends.
From billion-dollar builders to first-gen visionaries, we go there.
About Afropolitan:
Afropolitan is building a digital nation for Africans and the diaspora—powered by culture, capital, and code.
The podcast is one piece of a global movement to create infrastructure for Black and African ambition at scale.
This is the sound of a new era.
Raw. Soulful. Unapologetically Afropolitan.
Watch on Youtube as well
https://www.youtube.com/@Afropolitan?sub_confirmation=1
🎙️ Guest: Femi Kuti, Afrobeat Pioneer & Son of Fela Kuti
What does it mean to carry a legacy in a country that keeps failing its people? In this explosive conversation, Femi Kuti opens up on life in Nigeria, politics, betrayal, family, and the impossible task of keeping a band together for four decades.
From rejecting politicians who jailed his father to speaking about the decay in schools, health care, and infrastructure, Femi shares the painful reality of being an artist in Nigeria. He explains why you can’t wish for a government to fail, why colonialism still lives in our minds, and what it truly takes to fight for integrity, family, and music.
💡 In this episode:
→ Why Femi refuses to support failed Nigerian leaders
→ The painful reality of betrayal and band members running away
→ How colonialism destroyed Africa’s self-belief
→ The truth about education, health care, and leadership failure
→ Lessons from Fela Kuti’s legacy and why family unity matters
→ How social media distorts truth and history
→ The fight to carry Afrobeat and Nigeria’s voice to the world
→ Why Nigeria must rebuild from schools to infrastructure to survive
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YouTube link – https://www.youtube.com/@Afropolitan
Spotify Link – https://open.spotify.com/show/6YwRlkSOq8e35xU6bOp9pU?si=b3a132f9afb3459f&nd=1&dlsi=32c01e3224ac4c64
Apple Link – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/afropolitan/id1808954585
Hosted by
Eche — https://www.linkedin.com/in/eemole/
Chika — https://www.linkedin.com/in/chikauwazie/
Stay connected with Afropolitan
Twitter: https://x.com/afropolitan
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afropolitanpodcast
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/afropolitannation/
Frantz Fanon Book Title – The Wretched of the Earth.
📍 Timestamps
00:00 – Rejecting false friends and betrayal in music
01:30 – Why Afrobeat is more than just music
15:36 – Breaking away from Fela and building my own legacy
25:42 – Nigeria’s leaders and the decay of schools and hospitals
36:18 – The impossible challenge of keeping a band together
47:25 – How betrayal broke me on tour and why trust is fragile
53:27 – What Afrobeat really means and the message behind it
01:04:10 – Fame, money and the broken Nigerian music industry
01:09:52 – Nigeria then and now – hospitals, football and leadership
01:26:04 – Violence, fear and deciding to work on myself
01:35:01 – Why I will never support failed Nigerian politicians
01:42:10 – What real laws should look like in Nigeria
01:50:39 – Band betrayals, runaway musicians and survival costs
02:00:15 – Colonialism and how it still controls Africa’s mind
02:06:27 – Why education and music schools can save Nigeria
02:15:26 – The colonial mindset and why thinkers must be in government
02:20:39 – Slavery, Pan-African unity and the lost dream
02:26:21 – TikTok, young people and the danger of forgetting history
02:33:02 – Listening to the next generation and taking their advice
02:40:14 – How my family kept Fela’s legacy alive
02:45:46 – Culture, tradition and the fight for family unity
02:47:00 – Closing reflections on legacy, faith and the future of Nigeria
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