Leading Ladies (podcast)

Leading Ladies is a 2-3 minutes animated Zambian podcast released on March 27, 2019 on YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn, the podcast is about African women who have made who held significant positions of leadership between the 17th and 19th century. The main purpose of the podcast and content is to tell the obscured and often hidden stories of Zambian women held significant positions of leadership. The animated podcast is produced by the Women's History Museum in Zambia and Hivos Southern Africa Region.The first season stories wherefrom all the Zambia's 10 provinces, sourced from the National Archives of Zambia and written by Mulenga Kapwepwe and Samba Yonga. The first season which premiered on March 27, 2019, was about the pre-colonial era women who made important but largely untold contributions to Zambia’s history. The second season which premiered on September 16, 2020, presented a more contemporary accounts of Zambian Leading Ladies.
Seasons.
Season one.
The debut season featured women from the pre-colonial era who have made important but largely untold contributions to Zambia’s history.
Season two.
Season two is focus on the post-colonial narrative of women’s leadership that has not been fully explored. The second season of the series start airing on 16th September, 2020 on the museums online platforms. The web series will be free and available for everyone to access.