Makela Space: Freedom Sounds from Africa and its Diaspora

Alle vier Wochen freitags zwischen 20 Uhr und 21 Uhr

WELCOME TO MAKELA SPACE— a radio research platform, organising sound, music and words into new forms of knowledge to evoke the future-facing spirit of liberation and resistance music coming from Africa and its diaspora.

 MAKELA SPACE is curated as a tapestry of love, unity, resilience, collaboration—alive, powerful and spreading. Here we trace the pulses between melody and democracy to include experimental, sound art, noise and alternative electronic expressions.Crossover segments, DJ sets and Conversations with amazing Guests/Contributors and Sound Activists…Tune in to the Free Future frequencies of the African Diaspora!

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Freitag 03.04.26

Makela Space 7- Curating Across Time w/ Yvette Mutumba

In this episode of Makela Space, we are honoured to enter the presence of Yvette Mutumba — curator, writer, and artistic director of Contemporary And (C&). We also hold the space for the ancestors: Koyo Kouoh(1967-2025) and Melvin...

Freitag 06.03.26

Makela Space 6

Welcome to Makela Space 6. A trip worth taking across time, space and genre as we explore in-between spaces. A Supermarket soundscape with Fufu, Gari and Okra in Freiburg. The pioneering sounds of early West African electronic music to a...

Makela Space 6. Via Kyoto w/ Tmnit Ghide

Welcome to Makela Space 6. A trip worth taking across time, space and genre as we explore in-between spaces. A Supermarket soundscape with Fufu, Gari and Okra in Freiburg. The pioneering sounds of early West African electronic music to a...

Freitag 06.02.26

Freitag 09.01.26

Makela Space 4. The Frequency Never dies

 

Welcome to Makela Space 4. Crossing time, space and genre, even as we explore the in-between spaces to include a special Zombie Jamboree! 

We’ll be hosting Thomas Sankara and Fela Kuti; sound artist/poet, Moor Mother and Berlin-based Kenyan...

Freitag 12.12.25

Makela Space 3. What Comes Back w/ Lee Watkins

20:00-21:00

Step into Makela Space 3 — Polyphonic Interlocking Greetings taking us deep into archival space and the African diaspora. Spinning a kaleidoscope of inputs from Burundi, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Jamaica and the U.S. Here...

Makela Space 3

20:00-21:00

Step into Makela Space 3 — Polyphonic Interlocking Greetings taking us deep into archival space and the African diaspora. Spinning a kaleidoscope of inputs from Burundi, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Jamaica and the U.S. Here...

Freitag 14.11.25

Freitag 17.10.25

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