In this episode of the Our Long Walk podcast, my co-host Jonathan Schoots and I speak with historian Karin Pallaver about the long history of money in Africa. Karin works at the intersection of economic history, anthropology and archaeology, tracing how shells, beads, metal and paper – and now pixels – have carried value and power across the continent. …
What do Africa’s old currencies say about our modern world?
SEASON 2, EPISODE 6: Karin Pallaver on cowries, coins, mobile money, and how Africa keeps reinventing currency
Nov 18, 2025
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