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Neil Munshi - West Africa - Bloomberg
Manage episode 339671644 series 2508992
Turns out Russian mercenaries stand ready to troll journalists and produce big-budget action movies in war-torn African countries. Neil Munshi, West Africa Editor now for Bloomberg, went to the Central African Republic to report on that mercenary group, while writing an award-winning series of stories seeking to explain the conflicts raging in most of the countries in the region.
Countries featured: Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Mali, India, USA, Nepal
Publications featured: GQ, Times of India, GQ India, Financial Times, Bloomberg
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Neil’s award winning series on West Africa (free to read) - https://bit.ly/3pdXsAx
His story about a film glorifying mercenaries - https://on.ft.com/3phIfOJ
F1 Drive to Survive doc series trailer - https://bit.ly/3Poug4q
Zikoko’s NairaLife - https://bit.ly/3Qjq07s
The Journalist and the Murderer - https://bit.ly/3QuHIVS
What It’s Like to Fight a Megafire in New Yorker - https://bit.ly/3dsN84S
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo - https://bit.ly/3QrOiwi
Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod
Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats
From: freemusicarchive.org
89 episodes
Manage episode 339671644 series 2508992
Turns out Russian mercenaries stand ready to troll journalists and produce big-budget action movies in war-torn African countries. Neil Munshi, West Africa Editor now for Bloomberg, went to the Central African Republic to report on that mercenary group, while writing an award-winning series of stories seeking to explain the conflicts raging in most of the countries in the region.
Countries featured: Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Mali, India, USA, Nepal
Publications featured: GQ, Times of India, GQ India, Financial Times, Bloomberg
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Neil’s award winning series on West Africa (free to read) - https://bit.ly/3pdXsAx
His story about a film glorifying mercenaries - https://on.ft.com/3phIfOJ
F1 Drive to Survive doc series trailer - https://bit.ly/3Poug4q
Zikoko’s NairaLife - https://bit.ly/3Qjq07s
The Journalist and the Murderer - https://bit.ly/3QuHIVS
What It’s Like to Fight a Megafire in New Yorker - https://bit.ly/3dsN84S
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo - https://bit.ly/3QrOiwi
Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod
Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats
From: freemusicarchive.org
89 episodes
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