This Africa Uncensored podcast episode, which debuted on 20 December 2024, is part of a series produced with support from the Arcus Foundation and the National Endowment for Democracy.

In this episode, Abigail Arunga talks to Neo Musangi, a scholar and researcher of African sexualities and genders.

“We know that Africans have been traditionally polygamous and polyamorous for many years – why don’t we talk about our relationship diversities, ever? What happened to our previous arrangements and sexualities – the use of rot among the Luo, marriages of women to other women among the Kamba, or the planting of the spear as sexual signage amongst the Maasai, for example? Why and how did these things change, and more importantly, where is the research?”

Listen to the full episode here on Spotify.