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At TROUBLEMAKERS, we explore how to rebel in an age when a few elite have so much control. We speak with inspiring people from all walks of life across the planet on the tools they use to subvert and seize power for the transformation of our world. TROUBLEMAKERS is a place to learn from each other about how to make change. This podcast is a transcontinental operation brought to you by Beautiful Trouble, MOVE the Global Social Movement Centre, MS TCDC, and Global Platforms.
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- 4 days ago8 min
Ep 60: A Labour of Love with Anne Maua & Ancel
A candid conversation on what activism really means, the risk it carries, and why the “troublemaker” label needs rethinking. Ancel and Anne Maua of Africans Rising reflect on care, cost, and the long game of change. Guest: Anne Maua, who leads campaign and advocacy at Africans Rising. Three takeaways Activism is a labour of love nobody pays you for. It carries real risk and can be long and lonely. The change you fight for may outlive you. You labour for a win the next generation sees. Activism isn’t only the streets, and “troublemaker” is the wrong frame. Naming the gap to fix it is the work. License of use © Troublemakers Podcast. Free to share with full credit. Not for reuse or resale without permission.
- 2 weeks ago38 min
Ep 59: Voice of Resistance with Maiko Zulu
Reggae artist and human rights defender Maiko Zulu, known as Comrade Father, on five presidents, Pan-Africanism, and why he refuses to let a funder own his conscience. A sharp, hopeful conversation about resistance, music, and the next generation. Guest: Maiko Zulu (Comrade Father), Zambian reggae artist and human rights defender with 35 years in music and a Pan-African agenda. Three takeaways Politics has moved from service to commerce. Democracy is now for sale, and young people get reduced to tools of political expedience instead of real decision-makers. There’s a difference between activists and career activists. Much of what passes for activism is a job, which is exactly why the state can buy it off, as happened after Zambia’s last election. Hope lies in the younger generation. Young people need peers in positions of authority to inspire them, and Pan-African solidarity means one African’s struggle is every African’s. If you don’t stand for anything, you’ll fall for anything. License of use © Troublemakers Podcast. Free to share with full credit. Not for reuse or resale without permission.
- 3 weeks ago5 min
TM Feminist Utopia with Qate Mongi
On The Feminist Utopia, feminist Qate Mongi shares what the word really means to her and what a more balanced world could look like. A conversation about equality, leadership, and why feminism isn’t about replacing one energy with another. Guest: Qate Mongi, feminist. Three takeaways Feminism isn’t anti-men. It’s a vision of a peaceful world for both, where masculine and feminine energies complement each other. Her utopia is simple: all men, not just a few, seeing women as equals with the same capacity to think, lead, and create. Women already lead well at the family level. In real decision-making seats, where women and children are too often left out, that leadership could bring real balance. License of use © Troublemakers Podcast. Free to share with full credit. Not for reuse or resale without permission.
- Oct 9, 202635 min
Ep 58: Messaging That Moves People with Brian Roberts
Strategic communications expert Brian Roberts on how activists can get their message right: verify before you share, match the message to the audience, and break dense policy into language people actually understand. Hosted by Monicah Kamandau, they talk about misinformation, AI, and knowing your rights before you demand them. Guest: Brian Roberts, strategic communications expert. EU Youth Sounding Board member and a 2026 Danida Fellowship member working across youth advocacy and the SDGs. Three takeaways Verify before you spread. Every message needs a credible source, and the source beats asking an AI that can invent references. Match the message to the audience. Dense policy and hard Swahili lock people out, so simplify it into podcasts, audio, radio, or TikTok. Know your rights fully before demanding them. Half-known rights get exploited, and understanding the law lets you demand it rightfully, or push to change it. License of use © Troublemakers Podcast. Free to share with full credit. Not for reuse or resale without permission.
- Oct 2, 202622 min
Ep 57: Seek Safety in Support Networks with Paul Musyimi
Paul Musyimi on what social movements really are, why peaceful organizing wins, and how activists keep each other safe when the work gets dangerous. With Malemi, Paul talks about the principle "Seek Safety in Support Networks": when activists are threatened, national and international networks can provide support and deter violence. Guest: Paul Musyimi, who works with social movements through Global Platforms P4C program (ActionAid). Passionate about young people strategically organizing and mobilizing for social change, and about keeping activists safe and alive to do that work. Three takeaways Social movements aren't automatically troublemakers. They use many tactics, and peaceful ones win better, longer-lasting results. Safety is collective, not solo. Activists stay safer through support networks that watch over each other. Good governance needs an active citizenry. Opposing power carries real risk, from surveillance to threats to detention, but staying vigilant is the price of accountability. License of use © Troublemakers Podcast. Free to share with full credit. Not for reuse or resale without permission.
- Sep 25, 202637 min
Ep 56: Claim that Seat! With Nancy Siatwiko
Youth activist Nancy Siatwiko on why young Zambians are done waiting for permission to lead. Host Malemi talks with her about locked-out candidates, young women in politics, and using social media to organize. Guest: Nancy Siatwiko, Movement Manager for Youth for Parliament and the first female student president of Cavendish University Zambia. Twice locked out of party adoption for being young and female, she now helps other young people contest. Takeaways Youth for Parliament exists because young people kept getting locked out. It pushes the youth agenda across party lines, and with youth at 53% of Zambia's voters, representation is just math. If you're not given the seat, take one. The demand is inclusion at every level, based on merit, not age. Young women face an extra wall of patriarchy and smears. But the shift is real, and social media now lets young people back each other across any distance. License of use © Troublemakers Podcast. Free to share with full credit. Not for reuse or resale without permission. #Youth4Parliament
- Sep 18, 202627 min
Ep 55: Youth, Power & Political Spaces with Tilvas Ngosa
Ep 55: Youth, Power & Political Spaces with Tilvas Ngosa Recorded at the Global Platform studio in Zambia, this episode asks why youth political participation across Africa stays so low, and what it takes to change that. Host Malemi talks with activist Tilvas Ngosa about systemic barriers, youth leadership, and the real cost of getting into African politics. Guest: Tilvas Ngosa, Program Officer at ActionAid Denmark, based in Zambia. Activist and campaigner with roots in social movements. Host: Malemi Three takeaways The barrier isn't a lack of political education, it's the field itself: expensive, often violent, and gate-kept by leaders who won't step aside. Youth inclusion looks good on paper and thin in practice. Quotas exist, but representation stays low and mentorship means nothing without a real seat. The moment is still worth seizing. Civil society is building a new generation, and young leaders prove it's doable. The time to claim space is now. License of use © Troublemakers Podcast. Free to share with full credit. Not for reuse or resale without permission.
- Sep 11, 202622 min
The Battle of Ideas, with Sefu Sanni
Politicians pass laws, but culture shapes belief, and belief shapes everything else. In this episode, Thompson Luzendi sits with Sefu Sanni to unpack the battle of ideas: how culture becomes the real terrain of power, and how the creative arts can move people where speeches and laws cannot. About the guest Sefu Sanni is a Kenyan musician, poet, and self-described communication strategist and propagandist. She leads the Pan-African Women's Network, helps coordinate the Kenya Left Alliance in Nairobi, and organizes from an openly leftist, feminist, Pan-African position. Three lessons from the episode Culture is the real battleground. Whoever shapes what feels normal, in dress, music, politics, and taste, quietly shapes what people believe is possible. Sefu names Hollywood and cultural imperialism as the force holding Africa in chains. Art is not entertainment; it is strategy. From Mekatilili wa Menza using the Kifudu dance to mobilise the Mijikenda against British invasion, to today's artivism and youth uprisings from Kenya to Nepal to Nigeria, creativity has always been a tool to organise and disrupt. Political education is how you win. Reclaiming African identity at the grassroots matters, but lasting change needs awakened consciousness: to unlearn, relearn, and build new knowledge, then take back the narrative from the ruling class. Follow Troublemakers wherever you get your podcasts, and share this one with someone who needs to hear it. License of use: © Troublemakers Podcast. Free to share with credit to Troublemakers Podcast. Not for commercial reuse or editing without permission.
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