If a prince falls into the belly of a ship, and the on to an American plantation, is he still a prince? We tell the incredible story of  “the two Princes of Calabar”, Little Ephraim Robin John and Ancona Robin Robin John, who were members of a powerful slave trading family in Old Calabar until a series of unfortunate events alters the course of their lives. We follow the Robin Johns, as they navigate life as enslaved people in West Africa, the British colonies of the Americas, and in England. We ask a question that remains relevant today: What does it mean to be wealthy and black in a world with powerful dynamics of systemic racism?  Money No Get Enemy is produced by Odoba Media. Audio and sound production is led by Folarin Odunayo of YAWA Magazine. 

By the 18th centuries manillas were one of the key currencies used for local and international trade in South eastern Nigeria. They were horseshoe shaped bracelets with large oval ends, made from copper, brass or red gold. Where did the copper bracelets come from? How was the currency produced and regulated? In this episode, we will explore the origins of the use of copper and brass bracelets as currency in West Africa - and how a decentralized monetary system works. Money No Get Enemy is produced by Odoba Media. Audio and sound production is led by Folarin Odunayo of YAWA Magazine.

We follow the story of slave owner Nyaho Tamakloe during the 1874 abolition of slavery in the region of Anlo (now southeastern Ghana).  Money No Get Enemy is produced by Odoba Media. Audio and sound production is led by Folarin Odunayo of YAWA Magazine.

Welcome to Season 1 of Money No Get Enemy. Love it or hate it, everybody has to have it. We tell stories of the history of money in Africa and how we got to a world where African countries are defined by their express lack of this thing called 'money'. Money No Get Enemy is created and produced by Odoba Media. Audio and sound production is led by Folarin Odunayo of YAWA Magazine.