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Bear in Mind a podcast from The University of Northern Colorado

Robert Brunswig is an anthropologist and retired professor at UNC. Despite being retired he is dedicated to studying Dearfield and the people who resided there. He's worked with Professor George Junne and the Africana studies program for years and after a while Dearfield will be a National Historic Landmark. Dearfield is such a big piece of history that is only thirty minutes away from Greeley.

Bear in Mind a podcast from The University of Northern Colorado

Robert Brunswig is an anthropologist and retired professor at UNC. Despite being retired he is dedicated to studying Dearfield and the people who resided there. He's worked with Professor George Junne and the Africana studies program for years and after a while Dearfield will be a National Historic Landmark. Dearfield is such a big piece of history that is only thirty minutes away from Greeley.

The Splendid Table
780: Spring Cookbook Roundup

The Splendid Table

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2023 50:02


This week, we are celebrating the spring cookbooks of 2023! First, we talk with Chef Lara Lee about her approach to flavorful meals using iconic Asian ingredients from her pantry, including recipes for her stellar Tom Yum Bloody Mary and Sambal Patatas Bravas - crispy potatoes topped with a sambal spiced tomato mixture and a bit of mayo! Addictive! Her latest book is A Splash of Soy. Then, we get deep into flavor combinations with Niki Segnit, author of The Flavor Thesaurus. She talks us through surprising flavor combinations that will inspire and expand your home cooking adventures. Then, we talk African home cooking with Lerato Umah-Shaylor, author of Africana, and her delicious recipes filled with traditional and modern flavors of African cuisine. From yassa butter to bejeweled aromatic fried rice and her delicious Akàrà; deep fried bean fritters with ginger & spring onions. Broadcast dates for this episode: May 12, 2023 (originally aired)

DW em Português para África | Deutsche Welle
4 de Maio de 2023 – Jornal da Noite

DW em Português para África | Deutsche Welle

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2023 20:00


Angola: PGR promete divulgar na internet resultados de combate à corrupção.Na província moçambicana de Nampula, destruição do Mercado dos Bombeiros deixa vendedores indignados. Realizador Flora Gomes não acredita na realização das eleições legislativas a 4 de junho próximo na Guiné-Bissau. Chanceler da Alemanha quer que a União Africana seja membro do G20, tal como a União Europeia.

Democracy Works
Is America in a third reconstruction?

Democracy Works

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2023 47:11


Peniel E. Joseph, author of The Third Reconstruction: America's Struggle for Racial Justice in the 21st Century, joins us this week to discuss how the era from Barack Obama's election to George Floyd's murder compare to the post-Civil War Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Movement. Joseph argues that racial reckoning that unfolded in 2020 marked the climax of a Third Reconstruction: a new struggle for citizenship and dignity for Black Americans, just as momentous as the movements that arose after the Civil War and during the civil rights era. However, Chris Beem and Candis Watts Smith are not so sure he's right about that conclusion. We hope you'll listen to the arguments and think critically about where you land on the question of whether America has experienced or is in the midst of a Third Reconstruction.Joseph is based at the University of Texas at Austin, where he holds the following titles:Associate Dean for Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Barbara Jordan Chair in Ethics and Political Values, Professor of History and Public Affairs, and Founding  Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy. His career focus has been on "Black Power Studies," which encompasses interdisciplinary fields such as Africana studies, law and society, women's and ethnic studies and political science. He is a frequent commentator on issues of race, democracy and civil rights.

History of Indian and Africana Philosophy
HAP 123 - History Teaches Us - Walter Rodney

History of Indian and Africana Philosophy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2023 32:59


Another Caribbean thinker, Walter Rodney of Guyana, explores Africana history from a Marxist perspective. 

The Carl Nelson Show
Dr. Maulana Karenga & Black Political Blogger Brandon l The Carl Nelson Show

The Carl Nelson Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 152:39


Activist, Author, and Professor of Africana studies, Dr. Maulana Karenga will discuss The Ethics and Challenges of Reparations, The Cleopatra Controversy, Wrong House Shootings, Earth Day and Other Issues of Black Life and Struggle. Before we hear from Dr. Karenga, Black Political Blogger Brandon checks into our classroom to examine the Biden-Trump rematch. Text "DCnews" to 52140 For Local & Exclusive News Sent Directly To You! The Big Show starts on WOL 95.9 FM & 1450 AM, 1010 AM WOLB and woldcnews.com at 6 am ET., 5 am CT., 3 am PT., and 11 am BST. Call in # 800 450 7876 to participate & listen liveSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karen Hunter Show
Lerato Umah-Shaylor - Food Writer, Cook, and Author of "Africana: More than 100 Recipes and Flavors Inspired by a Rich Continent"

Karen Hunter Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 16:38


DIAS EXTRAÑOS con Santiago Camacho
Bola Extra: La Gran Muralla Verde

DIAS EXTRAÑOS con Santiago Camacho

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 5:16


El proyecto de la Gran Muralla Verde es una iniciativa pionera en África que tiene como objetivo restaurar y proteger la tierra a través de la plantación de millones de árboles. Este ambicioso proyecto abarca una franja de tierra de 8,000 kilómetros de largo y 15 kilómetros de ancho, que se extiende desde Senegal en el oeste hasta Etiopía en el este. La Gran Muralla Verde no solo ayudará a combatir la desertificación, la erosión del suelo y la sequía, sino que también creará empleos verdes y mejorará la seguridad alimentaria en la región. Este proyecto, impulsado por la Unión Africana, es un ejemplo de cómo la acción climática puede ser una herramienta para el desarrollo sostenible. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

History of Indian and Africana Philosophy
HAP 120 - Redemption Songs - Reggae and Rastafari

History of Indian and Africana Philosophy

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2023 25:16


How the Rastafari movement grew from trends within Africana philosophy, and then passed into global popular culture in the music of Bob Marley and other reggae artists.

Creative Habits Podcast
Afiya Jannah John, writer, photographer and filmmaker from Brooklyn, New York.

Creative Habits Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2023 49:40


Afiya Jannah John is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker from Brooklyn, New York. Afiya majored in Journalism at SUNY Buffalo State and later transferred to the University at Albany, SUNY where she earned her Bachelor's degree with a minor in English. Afiya's production experience/credits include Bravo's Project Runway, a commercial for Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, and more recently, a short documentary film called In Loving Color: Black Queer Love on Film, where she served as Creative Director and Executive Producer.  Afiya is a graduate student at the University of Delaware, majoring in Africana studies. Her research focuses on applying Black feminist theory to visual media, examining how images and art can be a powerful tool for healing and liberation in the Black community. https://www.afiyaj.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creative-habits/message

Con los Pies en la Tierra
Tribus y Rituales | Kitimbwa Lukangakye | #059

Con los Pies en la Tierra

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 113:00


Héctor y Kiwi (logoterapeuta) charlan sobre, la cosmovisión Africana, el sentido de la vida, la importancia de los rituales, la logoterapia, el amor, las parejas y muchas otras cosas interesantes.

DW em Português para África | Deutsche Welle
20 de Fevereiro de 2023 - Jornal da Manhã

DW em Português para África | Deutsche Welle

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2023 19:56


União Africana quer apoio para tropas que combatem terrorismo. Moçambique: Termina hoje a fase piloto do recenseamento eleitoral. CEDEAO mantém sanções contra Burkina Faso, Mali e Guiné-Conacri. Learning by Ear - Aprender de Ouvido. Bundesliga ao rubro: Bayern, Dortmund e Union Berlim lideram com 43 pontos cada.

Speaking of ... College of Charleston
Embarking on a Spiritual and Professional Journey of the Yoruba Religion

Speaking of ... College of Charleston

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2023 24:03


Over the last 10 years Kameelah Martin, dean of the Graduate School and professor of African American Studies and English, has been researching the ancient Yoruba religion of West Africa, a religious practice that came to the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade. The practice has flourished in places with large Catholic communities like Cuba, a country that is known for having the most pristine practice outside of Nigeria.On this episode of Speaking Of … College of Charleston, Martin discusses her personal evolution from researcher and scholar to initiate of the Yoruba religion. The experience was a spiritual and professional journey for Martin who wanted to evolve as a scholar and learn about African spirituality in real time.In the summer of 2022, after extensive preparation, she traveled to Cuba to participate in the initiation ceremony and undergo the 375-day process as an initiate.Featured on this EpisodeKameelah L. Martin is dean of the Graduate School and professor of African American Studies and English at the College of Charleston. She joined the College in 2017 and assumed the role of dean of the Graduate School in 2021. Martin holds a doctorate in African American literature and folklore from Florida State University, a master's in Afro-American studies from the University of California Los Angeles and a bachelor's in English with an Africana studies minor from Georgia Southern University. Prior to joining the College, Martin held faculty positions at Georgia State University, the University of Houston and Savannah State University.Martin's research explores the lore cycle of the conjure woman, or Black priestess, as an archetype in literature and visual texts. Other areas of interest include the evolution of 20th century Black folk heroes, the fiction of Tina McElroy Ansa, Gullah Geechee heritage and culture, African American genealogical research and the writing of family histories.Resources for this EpisodeBrooks, Kinitra, Kameelah L. Martin, and LaKisha Simmons. “Conjure Feminism: Toward a Genealogy.” Hypatia 36, no. 3 (2021): 452–61. Gleason, Judith, Elisa Mereghetti, Teresita Martinez, Miriam Cruz, Francisco Rivela, and Judith Gleason. The King Does Not Lie. New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1993.Martin, Kameelah. “Envisioning Black Feminist Voodoo Aesthetics: African Spirituality in American Cinema” (2016)Martin, Kameelah. “Conjuring Moments in African American Literature: Women, Spiritwork, and Other Such Hoodoo” (2012) “The Lemonade Reader,” an academic look at the work of pop icon Beyoncé.

The Brian Lehrer Show
A Scholar's Take on the Changes to the New AP African American Studies Course

The Brian Lehrer Show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 41:31


After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis banned the new AP African American studies course from the state, the College Board released a revised version of the course that many are saying is missing key elements of history. Noliwe Rooks, department chair and professor of Africana studies at Brown University, reflects on what's in, and what students will be missing from the course as it now is.

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
Tell Ron DeSantis: It's AP African-American Studies, Not Just African-America History. Why The Distinction Matters

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 20:45


After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis banned the new AP African American studies course from the state, the College Board released a revised version of the course that many are saying is missing key elements of history. On Today's Show:Noliwe Rooks, department chair and professor of Africana studies at Brown University, reflects on what's in, and what students will be missing from the course as it now is.

Rightnowish
What Bay Hip-Hop's Past Says About Its Future

Rightnowish

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2023 23:09


This story is part of That's My Word, KQED's year-long exploration of Bay Area hip-hop history, with new content dropping all throughout 2023. Dave “Davey D” Cook is a cornerstone of hip-hop culture. He currently co-hosts KPFA's Hard Knock Radio and serves as a processor of Africana studies at San Francisco State University, where he teaches popular courses on hip-hop and African American music. Davey D is a practitioner of the culture as well as a critic. Over the span of five decades, he's been an MC, DJ, journalist, activist — the list goes on. Originally from The Bronx, New York, Davey D was there when this thing we call hip-hop was in its nascent form, before it even had a name. When he arrived in the Bay Area in the early '80s, one of his missions as a UC Berkeley student was to lend some insight to this burgeoning culture. So he put on a few events, one of which was The Day in Hip-Hop on Oct. 24, 1984. With the 50th anniversary of hip-hop at the front of mind, I spoke to Davey D about what the culture was like back then and how far it has come.

This Is Hell!
Fear of Black Consciousness / Lewis Gordon

This Is Hell!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2023 78:59


Dr. Lewis Gordon, department head and professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut, discusses his most recent book titled, Fear of Black Consciousness. This episode also features this week in Rotten History and new responses to the Question from Hell! Lewis Gordon is a philosopher at the University of Connecticut who works in the areas of Africana philosophy, existentialism, phenomenology, social and political theory, postcolonial thought, theories of race and racism, philosophies of liberation, aesthetics, philosophy of education, and philosophy of religion. He has written particularly extensively on Africana and black existentialism, postcolonial phenomenology, race and racism, and on the works and thought of W. E. B. Du Bois and Frantz Fanon. Find Fear of Black Consciousness at: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374159023/fearofblackconsciousness Manufacturing dissent since 1996: https://thisishell.com/pages/support

This Is Karen Hunter
S E1147: In Class with Carr, Ep. 151: Tyre Nichols and the SYSTEM of Brutality

This Is Karen Hunter

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 118:35


Dr. Greg Carr and Karen discuss the brutal beating that led to the death of #TyreNichols in Memphis, TN and how race (THE SYSTEM OF ANTI-BLACKNESS) was central in his treatment. Dr. Carr walks us through the #Africana framework to draw context. There is also a brief discussion of #Camden's disbanding its police force to great success. #inclasswithcarrSUBSCRIBE, LIKE and SHAREJOIN KNARRATIVE: https://www.knarrative.comit's the only way to get into #Knubia, where these classes are held live with a live chat.To shop:TheGlobalMajoritySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

KPFA - APEX Express
APEX Express – 12.26.23 – Khamsa Project

KPFA - APEX Express

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 59:58


A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. This episode on APEX EXPRESS highlights Khamsa, the Arabic word for “five,” is a multimedia art project showcasing Black, Muslim, Immigrant, and Refugee visual artists and musicians traversing the five stages of grief. In September 2022, Khamsa launched with an art exhibition at Aggregate Space Gallery in Oakland with a line-up of community events featuring musical performances from the project's hip hop artists and guest artists such as dancer Linkk and harpist Destiny Muhammad. Khamsa continues with an ongoing podcast series and a hip hop album released on October 23, 2022 through Simmons Music Group. Khamsa aims to address the different forms and contexts of grief, weaving both personal and universal experiences of loss. From the personal pain of losing a loved one, to the toll of Islamophobia and prejudice, Khamsa will draw in each and every one of us while bringing the stories and experiences of Black, Muslim, Immigrant, and Refugee artists to the forefront. Khamsa is a project to find harmony in our shared stories, bridging differences in cultures, beliefs, and history. Check out more about their work here: https://www.artogether.org/khamsa/ This episode was interviewed, produced, and edited by @Swati Rayasam.     Muslim, Black, Refugee rappers and artists launch healing project in West Oakland: Khamsa Project OAKLAND, CA – Khamsa, the Arabic word for “five,” is a multimedia art exhibition showcasing twenty Muslim, Black, Immigrant, and/or Refugee visual artists and musicians traversing the five stages of grief. Oakland-based organizations ARTogether and Gathering All Muslim Artists (GAMA) encourage the audience to explore different aspects of trauma's universality, striving to spark new narratives around grief and trauma, by using varied media and disciplines to present new perspectives on mental health. “The 5 stages of grief are not a linear process, we may spend some time in anger and then move to acceptance, spend some time there and move to depression,” says Abbas Mohamed, Executive Director of GAMA. “Our goal is not to remove grief from the community, because grief never goes away, but rather to equip the community with the perspectives needed to process and heal through the grief.” Weaving both personal and universal experiences of loss—from the personal pain of losing a loved one, to the toll of Islamophobia and prejudice—Khamsa is a project to find harmony in our shared stories, bridge differences in cultures, beliefs, and history, and heal through the grief. “Art plays an important role in healing our communities, especially for people of color.” Guled Muse, Executive Producer and Lead Artist, states. “I am truly excited that I was able to work with ARTogether and GAMA to collectively bring artists from different mediums, nationalities, and beliefs to explore their minds in how they process emotions and grief through music and visual arts.” Khamsa ran from September 2 – October 15, 2022 at Aggregate Space Gallery in Oakland. This program is made possible with support from the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art's Building Bridges Program. Featured visual artists include Keyvan Shovir, Meriam Salem, Nabi Haider Ali, and Zara. Featured musical artists include Bryan C. Simmons, Cheflee, Mani Draper, Spote Breeze, and Sukina Noor. Khamsa Project Transcript Attachment    Khamsa Project Transcript: [00:00:00] Swati:  [00:00:33] Swati: Good evening everyone. And welcome to apex express. This is Swati Rayasam your very special guest host. Tonight I got the chance to sit down with Leva Zand and Guled Muse to talk about their recent project Khamsa which launched at the aggregate space gallery in west Oakland. Khamsa the Arabic word for five is a multimedia art project, showcasing Black, Muslim immigrant, and refugee visual [00:01:00] artists and musicians transversing the five stages of grief.  [00:01:03] Swati: I was so glad I was able to learn about not only Humsa but more about Leva and Glad's backgrounds and how in the process of putting together this show. They navigated their own grief and the multifaceted nature of grief, from the personal, such as the loss of a loved one to the societal toll of the COVID 19 pandemic, Islamophobia, or other forms of prejudice and violence.  [00:01:26] Swati: Stay locked in.  [00:01:28] Swati: Leva and Guled I'm so excited to have you. Welcome to APEX Express. I'm really thrilled to talk about your show, Khamsa, to talk about the music Guled that you've been working on, and Leva to talk a lot more about Art Together and kind of your, vision for using art as part of social change.  [00:01:45] Guled: Absolutely. For sure. And thank you so much for bringing us to the show. Truly appreciate it. My name is Guled Muse. Vallejo, Bay Area. I'm a music producer, curator, event, and content creator[00:02:00] had a lot of years, community organizing in San Francisco.  [00:02:04] Leva: My name is Leva Zand I was born and raised in Iran and I came to the US with my family in 2003 as refugees. My professional background was an international development. And I founded and I started Art Together in 2017 and I'm currently the executive director of the organization. [00:02:25] Swati: Awesome. And can you tell me a little bit more about what Art Together is? [00:02:29] Leva: Absolutely. The promise of Art Together is that we can do community building through art. Our original story is that during 2016 we were all very mad and sad and angry of election of Trump. To me, it was actually a shock because I didn't expect, and I realized that after, like being here for 15 years, I don't really know people enough. And also I experienced a sort of anger and rage in me that was very unique and new. [00:02:56] Leva: And that feeling stayed for a couple of months and I was like, I have to do [00:03:00] something about this. And it's very interesting because it seems like that election of Donald Trump was the moment that I felt American in a way that I felt like I have some skills. This is my community, this is my place, this is my people. I wanna bring those skills home. My goal was like, what is missing in the services that refugees and immigrants are receiving? [00:03:23] Leva: If you remember, we had lots of anti-refugee, anti-immigrant rhetoric back then. Muslim Ban and all of those. So I start researching what services available, what has changed since my family came here. And I realize not that much. There are amazing organizations who are providing services when refugees arrived, or social services, like mental health food or logistical support, like helping them finding housing or employment, but I couldn't find any community building program. I remember when we came here, me and my siblings speak English, but that was not the [00:04:00] case for my parents. And it took them many years to basically found their community. And knowing that, and also be familiar, that, language, is a barrier for new arrivals here for many of them. I was thinking like, what can be a medium that bring people together that they don't necessarily needs language or enter a room, a space that don't immediately feel like, oh, they don't know English, and the shame or isolation that ca comes with it. And that's why art came to mind basically. [00:04:28] Leva: It is something that everybody can enjoy, everybody can practice that you don't have to be artists to go enjoy music or theater or arts. So I started talking with a few friends of mine. And, we put together some concept of this Art Together, like how can art be used as community building? And then I started reaching out to, some service agencies, some resettlement agencies that, Hey, what do you think about this idea? Many of them welcome this idea of like how to use art to bring community together, so [00:05:00] that was the origin of story basically the first year. [00:05:02] Swati: Awesome. Yeah. Guled, if you could just give our listeners like a background, How did you become a musician? What was your inspiration? What's your vibe?  [00:05:12] Guled: As far as my music, it really just started with Rap City, back when I was like 10 years old when I first immigrated to this country and we got cable in the apartment. I remember, the channels we were just flipping through and BET was one of them. And more specifically Rap City. I remember it vividly because I remember like just that small television in the living room. We didn't have too much furniture. And, I remember seeing Black Star, Definition, the music video. And just seeing these brothers just spitting the way that they were was like, was absolutely fascinating. I've always had an experience with hip hop, but then it was much more like the commercial, like bad boy puffy, big willy style, men in black soundtrack. And from a global perspective you only get like what is being pushed to you, but [00:06:00] then really starting to understand regional hip hop, whether it was Outkast, whether it was, listening to hieroglyphics. It was something that fascinated me to the point where I started to participate in the culture as an mc, I was known as that little rapper in school. And, went on and just, things evolved. Being in college, doing a lot of events hip hop related in SF State. Shout outs to Professor Fisher, Donna, Lisa, the whole Africana studies department over there. Major love to them and the experience that they had provided me in being able to also participate in the educational aspects of teaching hip hop. [00:06:36] Guled: I remember moving to Oakland. I think that was the city that really provided the spirit inside of me. I was once outer shell of myself, just didn't know who I was and like really Oakland around that time just like really embraced me. And just being around a lot of creators, a lot of artists inspired me, but then there's so much politics within the rap game. There's a lot. [00:07:00] To the point where artists had to compromise the way that they would rap. The music that they would create. And I was seeing, an underground movement happening at the same time in Oakland, shout outs to Smart Bomb. They're doing phenomenal work. And they really inspired me to the point where, my colleagues and I, we created a website, a music project called Speak With Beats, where we were highlighting, beat makers and musicians from the Bay Area because in the Bay, we are very unique, due to the fact that we're siloed from a lot of other regions where we're not really inspired by what is hot at the moment. It's always been a thing, but now with the internet, everything sounds the same, right? Because you're being inspired by so many different artists from a click of a button. [00:07:44] Guled: But still, there's this unique aspect of people making original music and I wanted to reward them and to highlight these artists that I was just fans of before I was friends, like fans of, just to give them a platform was very important. [00:07:58] Guled: And that's where I [00:08:00] saw where my skillset was. It's transmuted from, like participating more as an mc now, just being much more behind the scenes and utilizing the organizing experience that I've had to empower my people, my colleagues, my friends who are just extremely talented and just to know that I see them.  [00:08:19] Swati: I love that. I love, that's such like a beautiful local Bay Area story. How did you two get into contact? How'd you find each other?  [00:08:27] Guled: It's funny that Leva mentioned like the 20 16, 20 17, moments of our politics. Around that time I was dealing with personal issues, to the point where I just wanted to just step away from a lot of things, including music, art, activism. I was just personally more or less burnt out. And all of this stuff started happening. During 20 15, 20 16, I was wanting to think about ways of like really pushing, the culture that I was witnessing and experiencing and supporting at that [00:09:00] time to like new heights, right? Because when it comes to beat making music, like the instrumental hip hop scene, folks are now getting the taste of it with the lo-fi Cafe Girl, but I wanted to take it, one step further because I seen like the process of how people were creating the music, the way that they were sampling the music, the way that they would just come up with the production out of thin air. And I wanted to merge it in a, in such a way where it was like classical music, like jazz music, right? Because people were just putting out beat tapes consistently. Didn't have no theme, no nothing whatsoever. So I was like, let me try to curate something that was going to affect people in a way that words cannot describe. [00:09:44] Guled: So that's where like the origins of the Khamsa project started coming to be, just bubbling. So around that time I stepped away from a lot, but that project always lingered. It always was there. And I would have not [00:10:00] brought this project into manifestation if it wasn't for my co-creator, my brother, Abaas Muhammad from the GAMA collective Gathering All Muslim Artists. [00:10:10] Guled: Major love to him. He was someone who really just inspired me to push this further because as somebody who was providing support, sometimes you need support, right? I remember, some of my peoples telling me, a therapist also needs a therapist, right? At that moment, he was a person who really helped me out, who just didn't want me to stop my artistry. he recognized it and he really supported me to the point where he brought me into the attention of art together. [00:10:40] Guled: And then just from there, that's where it really started and it's been a long time coming, it's been a long time coming. This project has been years in the making, but it's just started having a mind of its own and I can't thank art together enough. [00:10:54] Leva: Thank you. Thank you for saying that you came from your mind. Let me also share my side of a story. First of all, part [00:11:00] of our mission was supporting refugees and immigrants. Very soon we realized that the disparity in art community and also the exclusivity of art community here, especially for immigrants or refugees it's very hard to get into the art world here. So, I think it was 2018, that we start thinking about how can we support, art together and support artists, refugee and immigrants artists. [00:11:21] Leva: And by then there were a team of like few interns who were working volunteers so we decided to partner with, GAMA, gathering all Muslim artists and Oakland Art, Asian Cultural Center to put a group show together to celebrate refugee immigrants artists in Auckland. [00:11:38] Leva: So we put the show together, I think we showcased at the work of more than 30 of such artists at O A C C, March 16th, 2020. Four days before everything goes down . And, Basically Guled came to one of our meeting. We didn't have office gallery or any of those things back then. And he said, well, I need a [00:12:00] couple thousand dollars for this. And we were looking at the project and we were like, this can be a major project. [00:12:05] Leva: This can be a lot bigger than this. Just the music. So we told him that yes, we are in. Let's see if we can find resources for that. First we didn't get them, and then we applied for a major grant through Doris Duke Foundation, building varied bridges, which is about, bringing more Muslim artists and our Islamic arts to the community here. And back then Angira Huka was our program director and the project developed a lot through talking through meetings and gatherings. we were really trying that not let funding or that the direction of fund shaped the project. And that's always a challenge because funders are interested in specific things. So we took some liberty on that. We took some liberty to making sure Guled's Ideas is actually coming out and GAMA shout out to them. Great partner. and that's how this came together.  [00:12:56] Guled: Yeah. I wanted add as well too, I told Abbas, if I [00:13:00] wanted to pursue this project, like I had to provide compensation for the artists. I feel like it was really important, especially like in the hip hop community over here, there's a lot of pro bono work that goes on. I just wanted to break that culture of pro bono work because people are just working so many jobs while doing music and some of them, they just basically making music for free. [00:13:25] Guled: But just to have that component, to say once again that I see you, like I wasn't going to do this project with without that. So to be able to partner up with Art together, partner up with GAMA, partner up with the Doris Duke Foundation, it was really humbling. It was really one of those moments in my life that kind of reinvigorated my admiration and my aspirations in the arts. And since then, it was just like, it was history.  [00:13:56] Swati: Yeah. I think that it is so critical, for [00:14:00] both of you having worked in community spaces and actively involved in community spaces in different ways, it's so important that like when you create projects or when you pursue things, that you do it with that code of ethics, right? I know that what I am doing is building up folks who are behind me, who are with me, that We seek to create a world in art and in any other aspect that is less exploitative than the one we inherited, the forever pursuit of liberation through that. So, tell me a little bit about what the Khamsa project is and then what was it that inspired you or that kept, you kind of stuck on it.  [00:14:37] Guled: Yeah. It's grief, like there's multiple levels to it. Everybody has their own relation to it. But at that moment, once again, it was just like me losing myself, I was grieving my hopes or whatever that I was personally dealing with at that time. I wanted to create this music project but then have people step inside the music project, [00:15:00] inside the mind of it. [00:15:01] Leva: I got interested in the project because it was about shared human experience. It was a thing that you don't need to be from Somalia, Iran, America, Texas, I don't know. You name it. You don't have to be from any of those to experience grief. [00:15:15] Leva: So it's a shared human experience and that's basically what we are doing at art together to emphasize on things that we can share rather than things that dividing us. And also it is not just grief. It's not grief for life. It can be loss of land, loss of people lots, loss of home. All of those things are lost. [00:15:33] Leva: So it's not necessarily just life that we are losing and we are grieving for. So for me, that aspect was very interesting that this is a shared human experience. And of course the timing of it you know, COVID was happening and before that, the experience of gun violence in this country and what's happening for the Black community specifically here. [00:15:51] Leva: So all of this came together for me at least, it was like this is a shared human experience and this is something that everybody can come and enjoy and [00:16:00] understand and also process. Guled is talking a lot about the music aspect of that, but we also put lots of emphasize and work on the visual, part of it for your listeners who may not know, Khamsa project, we partnered with aggregated Gallery space, which is a gallery in West Oakland, and we basically turned the space, like people could walk and they could, there were stations that they could listen to music, but they were also seeing different form of art forms. We had abstract art. We had video art, digital art. We had fabric art. So all of them were in the one place that walking people through this stages of grief, we all experienced it in a different way and different stages. It's not a linear thing. But Khamsa itself was a project walking through grief while music is with you. And while you are looking at some of these visual arts, this is how I describe it. and also I like it that it's hard to describe because it was very intersectional. It was very different from like other exhibitions or other albums [00:17:00] that you go through because it was just very intertwined with each other.  [00:17:03] Guled: Yeah. the aspect of bridging the gap between different communities was an important aspect, as someone who identifies as Muslim, and I've been in a lot of Islamic art shows and it was always something that relates to politics. They're always, something relates to Islamic history. I really wanted something that was more human. So to be able to have my homies who created the music project at the same time, the visual artists, they were also doing their own thing, creating art for the gallery. The funniest aspect is that none of them riffed ideas off of each other. They were all working independently away from each other. So it was a way to look at this concept from different vantage points, from different identities, but we're all looking at the same thing. [00:17:51] Guled: And that's like kind of the commonality of us just being humans in general. Somebody who now sees the world different. Like what I saw is [00:18:00] like a lot of different groups, they would always share their culture. [00:18:04] Guled: So just like the music project was one component, it was gonna be an instrumental music project, but then, I needed that element of the mc and needed the element of just raw MCs that were in our local area who were just phenomenal to speak on grief, to speak on the state of the community. [00:18:22] Guled: And in the meantime, like just being able to have these visual artists express themselves in such a way was the idea. But things just started . As Leva said, it just started becoming this, when the exhibit got launched, it just became a safe space for people to go through that journey and heal each other. [00:18:42] Guled: Because there was a question in the exhibit where it says, how do you heal and grieve? And the last piece of the puzzle was the people. And they all shared some phenomenal answers and I feel like it's just in the end, became such a community project, like what makes the Bay Area so great, makes the Bay Area so unique.[00:19:00]  [00:19:00] Swati: Yeah. I think that's so beautiful. I am so intrigued by the fact that you had all of these visual, auditory, otherwise artists grappling independently with what is grief to them. Being at the exhibit, you know there were a lot of different examples of grief, right? [00:19:17] Swati: Grief around lost girlhood, grief around home, grief around relationships within family, within community, and all these different aspects. How did you stitch the visual, the auditory, and even the live performance? I'd love for one of you to talk about the live performance.  [00:19:36] Leva: I feel like we were working with immensely talented people. We had two amazing project manager, Abbas and Michelle Lin from Art Together. Shout out to her. I think they did a phenomenal job in coordination because it was not easy to coordinate between that many artists. [00:19:53] Leva: And so part of it was coordination and also, be intentional about every connection. This [00:20:00] project as Guled said was very intertwined with people who were there. Like it was a different experience if you would go there and people were there, and then if you go just watch or look at the arts or listen, it became a safest space for grief because people immediately felt connected to the message. And what I loved, loved about the project was that it brought people to, to see the exhibition and listen to music that we don't necessarily consider them gallery goers or exhibition goers. Right, aunties and uncles came and they were part of creating this space.  [00:20:34] Guled: Yeah, absolutely. I would to say strategically for this project, once again, special shout outs to Angira and, and Michelle for really holding us down, my brother Abbas was such an important part and Art together was such an important part to this project. Their wheelhouse was understanding the visual arts realm and the exhibits and galleries and what it takes for the artists to come up with their pieces. [00:21:00] Myself was on the music. What I really enjoyed about it so much about the music project was just like, once again, I'm just a fan of everybody. I'm a fan of everybody. It was just like, if you had a basketball team, who would you pick? It was my version of Oceans 11 , just like picking the best artists that I knew at that time, you know?  [00:21:21] Guled: When it came to the music production side, I wouldn't have, done this project also with one of my good brothers, Pat Mesiti Miller, phenomenal audio engineer, beat producer and also a curator as well. He would take things sonically to another level. So, once that was done, it was like two worlds coming together and I really feel like the Aggregate Space Gallery really brought these two worlds to merge. [00:21:50] Swati: Guled you know can you tell me a little bit about, Khamsa the music album component of your project and how you originated it. [00:21:58] Guled: Yeah. Right now the, yeah, the Khamsa Music [00:22:00] Project is a five track ep. Each one of the tracks represent the different five stages of grief. I initially wanted to create this more as an instrumental music project. Same way you can kind of feel jazz music, classical music, if you were thinking about, or processing an emotion, creating music that words can't describe, right? [00:22:21] Guled: Like such, like these types of experiences that you go through with grief. But however, as, as years went on, I just felt that the importance of having an mc was crucial. I felt like we needed a voice. We were losing too many hip hop artists, to gun violence. COVID affected us. George Floyd affected us, whenever experiences, critical moments in history happened like the way that hiphop responded was always powerful to me. Whether it was the death of Amadou Diallo and how a lot of the hiphop artists at that time spoke up against his death to Tupac, to Biggie, like they [00:23:00] were reflections of their time. And I just felt it was important the MCs, speak on the state of their consciousness, but also in return, being able to let the community know that they're with them. [00:23:11] Guled: Initially also, we were going to have interludes within each of these tracks, with a phenomenal artist, by the name of Sekina Noor, based out in London, with these MCs talking and rapping with each stage of grief, it was going to be her spoken word pieces during the interludes this divine feminine consciousness of what was going on in the way that we were processing this journey altogether. But yeah, just really touched base with all my homies from the Bay Area who are born and raised in Oakland Richmond, or who have had many years being in the bay, gotten in a lot of game from the Bay Area and these are all like my favorite artists I'm a fan of all of them. [00:24:00] And I guarantee three, four or five years from now you're gonna hear a lot more noise from these people.  [00:24:05] Swati: So in the process of reaching out to all of these artists that you respect all your friends, right? How did you go about curating each of these tracks did you pair the track or the theme to the artist? was that collaborative? [00:24:20] Guled: And what's funny is, cuz all these other MCs, I spoke with them, a long time ago, I told them, straight up like, Hey, listen, I'm not going to ask of this from you if I don't have a budget and as soon as Allah blessed me with the grant money from the Doris Duke Foundation, it was on.  [00:24:36] Guled: These were people that I've known for years, so I've kind of recognized their strengths except for D. Lee, D. Lee is just like one of those people who I met on the fly, and he's such a natural, he's just a phenomenal artist.  Denial [00:24:49] Guled: I was wanting to work with another artist for the track denial, but that didn't work out. But in the meantime, out of the blue, I remember I was just like listening to Water, [00:25:00] water for the Town Project, a project that's a compilation project of the Smart Bomb Collective. And it was a track with D.Lee, with his cousin, spoke Breeze and when I heard him, I was just blown back. I had to just like, you know, press it on repeat again. And I was just like, this is, he's great. You know? And so I had to reach out to my boy, spoke and spoke, reached out to D. Lee and we politiced. And what's funny is that he was the first person to deliver the track to me. And then the dope thing about it too was on the production side, you got pASDOO, who's a phenomenal producer who understands the science of sound.  [00:25:37] Guled: [00:26:00] As far as with the track anger with Mani Draper, you know, shoutouts to Grand National, Mani to me he's such a great artist. I feel like he was able to bring anger home, like if you listen to the track, it sounds like Grand Master Flash is the message. You know, like, just don't push me. And he, I feel like can represent that. And then the energy that he brought with the track, I just knew he would be the right fit. We have Brian Simmons, a phenomenal composer. He tours with fantastic Negrito and this music project that's on his label, he brought it home .   [00:27:00]  Bargaining [00:27:03] Guled: When I was thinking about who will be the right mc for bargaining, Spote Breeze just popped in my mind because of his albums, because of his music. He's a very, very layered, very complex lyricist, and I feel like the stage of bargaining was perfect for him. Cheflee is a genius, and Spote Breeze and Cheflee works together so well. And he brought it home not only providing the instrumental, but also he included the hook and the instrumental, so it was like a song that was writing itself and it just paired so well [00:28:00]  Depression [00:28:14] Guled: When it came to the track of depression, I reached out to my boy Nu Nasa, and Nu Nasa to me is one of the most positive, positive MCs. If you listen to the rest of his catalog of music, it's very uplifting. It's highly spiritual, and I've only known him artistically on that side. I wanted to see his shadow self something that was different. shout outs to aboveclouds from Virginia, he really brought that Boom Bap the style of Boom B ap was perfect.  Acceptance [00:28:46] Guled: [00:29:00] As far as with acceptance, my man, Gavin Anthony. He was somebody who I knew in my years being an mc. He was like, one of my OGs, one of my big brothers in the hip hop community. And he is not only a phenomenal lyricist, he's a phenomenal freestyler and his reflections and is just being like, older than me. [00:30:00] You know, I feel like he's been through the cycles of grief himself, so for him to talk about acceptance, it's kind of like this brotherly advice and just wisdom of somebody who's went through all of this and was able to accept. And I felt like it was a great piece to the puzzle. And then Sydequest really bringing the project home.  [00:30:18] Guled: [00:31:00] Each one of these tracks were challenging for the artists to process. So once again, all of these people I am a fan of, and I just thought like, what would happen if these folks were paired up together. and, The first time I heard it was two months after it got mixed. My boy pASDOO. He was also the audio engineer of this project. He was like, Hey, listen, you're not gonna listen to this project until the listening session. So we had a listening session at the Reef Studios on Oakland, OG Jaren and Brian C. Simmons spot. And when I first heard the project, I was just blown back, I didn't expect, the magic. [00:31:38] Guled: It was hair raising to be in the studio, listening to the songs blare out, the speakers to be around my people. It was definitely a dream come true. Like just sitting there and listening to it all. It felt like I was at a brief moment living my aspiring self. Just being there, [00:32:00] just seeing, just witnessing everything and just knowing that the art was coming from a very deep place. It just came out to being something that I thoroughly enjoy just as a fan and I felt like I put all my chips in one basket and got double in return.  [00:32:16] Swati: Yeah. No, it's a really seamless album. As you said, it had been years between when you talked about this project and when it finally got funded you were like, it's go time. And I think it speaks to the strength of the Oakland hip hop community to your music community that like, everybody was like, absolutely, let's go.  [00:32:38] Swati: You're tuned in to apex express at 94.1 KPFA and 89.3 KPFB in Berkeley and online@kpfa.org. Coming up we have two songs from Khamsa the album. The first Anger by Mani Draper. Co-produced by Mani Draper and Brian C. Simmons followed by [00:33:00] Something by spote Breeze produced by Cheflee    [00:33:03] Swati: [00:34:00] [00:35:00] [00:36:00] [00:37:00] [00:38:00] you just heard Something by Spote breeze produced by Cheflee and before that [00:39:00] was Anger by Mani Draper. Co-produced by Mani Draper and Brian C. Simmons from Khamsa at the album. Now, back to the interview.  [00:39:09] Swati: Going back to kind of what I think both of you said at different points that like this exhibition was really about breaking barriers in terms of who is considered somebody that goes to a gallery, goes to an art show, and also what art is appropriate and then even then, what belongs together. And I think particularly in the space of Islamic art, it's so important both that you married the visual of having, artists of color having, Islamic art, but then also really having this huge hip hop auditory component to explicitly have that conversation of blackness and muslimness and creation together.  [00:39:51] Guled: The thing is that this project was challenging for everybody. Like, for everybody. And when I've approached my homies about it, they're like, [00:40:00] you know, I have to really dig deep because there's trauma involved. We don't normally talk about it as much so for people to muster that up, even with the visual artists as well too, for them to really go into these spaces, that is hard, but they understood that the purpose of it was to really let people know that they're not alone, you know? To bring these world together cuz there was so much, these years, like from the moment this project was thought of to like, when the exhibit was happening, so much was going on in the world. And for people to be that vulnerable it takes a toll. [00:40:38] Guled: But some of the best art, I've ever seen came from those spaces and for them to become the mirror for people to reflect on their own sense of grief gives all this work a lot of meaning. Just the way that the people was also able to participate, in these events. I know you mentioned something about the event [00:41:00] program inside, some were planned and others weren't, one of them in particular, cuz there was just so much gun violence going on in Oakland, we had a shooting that occurred around that time in the mosque, that took the lives of, Asam Al-Awjri and Belal Esa, two people from the community, were lost to gun violence, and also the school shootings that were happening as well. Like even during that moment, while the exhibit was going, we had to curate spaces for that as well. And, just to kind of reflect back, even after the exhibit was done, some of that emotion, some of that energy, it still lingers with me to this day. [00:41:42] Guled: Yeah. Thank you for sharing that also I attended the closing ceremony and you know, Leva you gave this really beautiful speech around the crisis in Iran and what grief was bringing up for you in this space. I was wondering if you'd be open to speaking about that. [00:42:00]  [00:42:01] Leva: Yeah, it takes a lot to be comfortable with vulnerability and that is something that Khamsa and the space that it created, for it to be safe for me as the director of an organization, feel comfortable enough and feel safe enough to come and talking about what's going on in my community. [00:42:20] Leva: Right. And feel safe enough to just cry and talk.  [00:42:23] Swati: just to interject, could you give a very brief overview of what the crisis in Iran is from your perspective? [00:42:29] Leva: So what's happening in Iran is that people are tired of 40 years, four decades of autocracy and dictatorship, and a version of Islam, a version of religion that has been dictated to them no matter what they want or how they want to practice religion. [00:42:46] Leva: Unfortunately, what happened is that under this Islamic regime, I'm not calling it Islamic country because the regime itself is a dictatorship, and this is different from people. So like any fascism, they are harassing [00:43:00] people. They're killing people.  [00:43:01] Leva: I came to the US as refugee because as religious minority back in Iran, my family around their persecution, my uncle is in right now, a couple of my friends are in prison. My uncle is in prison just because he was teaching in a university to people like us, right? So the current uprising started after a young woman got killed under custody of police, morality, police, if you don't know, in Iran, there is morality police who is basically telling women in the streets how to wear hijab, how to practice their religion. [00:43:29] Leva: And people basically got tired of that so the uprising started with that, and very soon people got united that everyone wanted this regime to go. Unfortunately, what's happening is massive execution that has been regime's strategy in the last 40 years. Because again, they're killing and executing young people, young folks, without having any reason for that or any. Fair trial. So that is also grief. And it feels like for my community, we've been grieving for 40 years and that's [00:44:00] why I feel like sharing this stuff and sharing about this emotion is important. But yeah, Basically that's what's going in Iran, protests are still going, the mass execution, basically every day we're waking up to some execution news and we really hope that again we are so desperate and helpless from here. [00:44:17] Leva: That was a day that a big fire was happening in a prison that most of the political prisoners are there. And I had no idea how to process that but still be a professional person, go to work, go to the speech, do the speech, because again, that's my job. So having that space and feeling so comfortable for that many people to just see me crying.  [00:44:38] Leva: Again, the beauty of Khamsa I don't know if I would be able to be the same or talk the same way or tell the same story if it was in another exhibition or another art opening. The space itself I feel like gave me and of course people who were around and I will see them I feel comfortable enough with them. And this is not common in our communities, especially men Muslim men, because [00:45:00] I know many of them and they're friends of mine, it's not common to talk about this emotions, what's going on. And again, Shout out to Guled and the whole team who created that space. during that time, one of our staff member was going through a shooting. And again, as a whole, we felt like, my God, this is space Khamsa, was the right time, right place for all of us to be able to be vulnerable and still feel safe and connected.  [00:45:26] Swati: I really empathize with that feeling of desperation and hopelessness being in diaspora currently. But I think, you know, maintaining conversations around what is going on currently in Iran keeping tabs on what is going on, talking about it, talking about injustice and lending complexity to a narrative and not giving it to the regime, not giving it to the United States government, but really giving it to the people who have deserved it for all this time. [00:45:50] Leva: Absolutely. Absolutely. And again, this is also important for me personally, having many Muslim friends that I want them to also understand that this is not an uprising [00:46:00] against religion and the way that hijab was dictating on us we never had a choice. For me to be able to go to a school, I had to wear hijab, right? We never had a choice to practice what we wanted to do. So this is not an uprising against Islam, it's not about being Islamophobic. or don't want that. It's just people tired of fascism that govern them under the name of this religion. And that's why I feel like solidarity of Muslim community outside of Iran is crucial for them because the government in Iran can't say that, oh this anti-Islam, this is anti-religion movement. But thank you for bringing that up. Absolutely correct that we also have duty to keep this conversation going. [00:46:40] Swati: Yeah, definitely. And I think back to just really what the whole purpose of Khamsa is, right? In terms of humanizing people and bringing to light and bringing to immersive experience. [00:46:53] Swati: This really, scary emotion that all of us are feeling constantly and trying [00:47:00] to avoid. I mean, Guled, how has grief modified and changed over the lifetime of that project and what does it mean to you right now? [00:47:09] Guled: I feel like grief is like one of those, like eternal human tragedies, just when we are very well versed in what it is theoretically, like when it happens to you, you feel the effects, whether you far away, whether you're close to someone. It's like one of those truths, right? For me, just living with it, I remember seeing something really cool about Japanese art where they glue pieces together of like pottery with gold. Because even through all of that, amidst of all of the suffering and the trauma. You gain wisdom, you gain light, you gain hope. You gained this understanding of what it is to be human because day by day we're still like running around. You're just going from one place to another and not really sitting down with the experience, like what it is to live this life, in the third dimension . And I felt that art has always been a [00:48:00] way to bring something from the ether or from a different dimension, from a different place these things that really affect us to the core. [00:48:07] Guled: As far as with, my Muslim identity like Islam. You know, there's a really important fact that people have to understand is that, the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) there was a period of his time called the Year of Sorrow, where he lost his beloved uncle who protected him from his persecutors and his first wife who was holding him down, who supported him since day one. This is somebody who we revere as extremely holy, somebody who had divine revelations from the most high in a very personal way. But yet somebody of this stature still dealt with grief, he still dealt with that. So, the beautiful part about the Muslim artists is the fact that, there's people who identify with Islam you know, and from a different perspective. You could [00:49:00] be Shia, you can, speak on like the history of what happened to the grandson of the prophet Muhammad and his family, and the anger that community still feels to this day during Karbala, you can, speak on behalf of Leva's experience where , you have this regime that is pushing Islam in such a way where it's suppressing people when it's supposed to liberate us. [00:49:22] Guled: And I myself, even though I identify as Sunni, for Somali people in general, when I did the knowledge, you know, we have Sufism we have that spiritual component in our faith. And just knowing the spiritual wisdom behind the experiences that we deal with, in our day-to-day, is kind of way of God still communicating with us. Even outside of a book is God still communicating with us. So this project really, you know, after going through it, it really brought me closer to a higher power. But in the meantime, made me [00:50:00] realize like there's still so much that we have to do. Not even on the activism way, but to just even call somebody. Just tell them that you love them. Like how many of us are really doing that? Because we're chasing money. We, are putting our lives or putting our value towards things that are material, you know? It gave me such a deep reflection and for others to share their art this way and for the community to show up and provide their wisdom. It helped me a lot. It helped me a lot emotionally. It helped me a lot spiritually. It still has a mind of its own, it's still lingering. But I'm grateful and I'm blessed  [00:50:40] Leva: Thank you Guled for sharing. People processing grief very differently. I believe that, I think when I was a child, somebody told me that everybody who's living your life is taking a little piece of your heart with him. And there is a hole there that you have to learn to live with that hole and still survive. There are lots of holes in our hearts, and as we are [00:51:00] growing up, there are more and more of them. So it is actually, how are you gonna manage that? To me, over time, it became the celebration of life. It became the celebration of what we lost. [00:51:10] Leva: If it was a relationship, if it was land, if it was home, how can I cherish the moments because I cannot have them back. Coming to the realization of that, and also give it time, it's like we cannot say that, oh, I'm gonna give a five months timeline to this grief, and then I'm gonna be fine. No, every grief is different.  [00:51:28] Leva: For now I'm at the stage of my life that for me, it became more about celebration of life. Then go back and thinking about that piece of the hole that I have in my heart. It may change in a few years, but I am there. Right now . [00:51:44] Swati: That's such a beautiful sentiment. So for both of you, as we're closing, what projects are currently in the works or up next for either of you, or are you taking a very well deserved nap? [00:51:59] Guled: [00:52:00] As a matter of fact, right now I got the Khamsa Music project on all streaming platforms I have a Spotify playlist right now drop a Gem on them. It's a, It's a song from Mob Deep, one of my favorite hip hop groups. And it's a lot of just powerful hip hop music from different artists, from my own personal listening collection that got me by cuz hip hop taught me a lot. And I just feel like in this moment, I wanted to share that so people could, can get educated and learn and to also feel, and the same way that I really love hip hop. But in the meantime, you know, working with different artists and their music projects, Got some stuff under wraps, I'm still pushing. No matter how much, I'm, I'm trying to , I try I feel like this always still calls me and this still inspires me.  [00:52:50] Leva: We just opened Art Together's center in downtown Oakland. We started with a gallery. We really hope to make it a[00:53:00] new cultural hub for artists who may otherwise not have the opportunity.  [00:53:03] Leva: right now, Unfortunately, artists needs to be artists, they're social media manager, marketing person, project manager. So they have to be all of those things while also their brain is working on the art. I feel like organization like Art Together and specifically artist support program is coming handy because we are trying to take care of the logistic of the board and let the artist brain work the way that it's working. [00:53:27] Leva: Right? And that's why we are trying to have one or two major artistic project every year, the end result is going to be a public display of art, but we are here to support the logistical part of it and make it happen. This is unfortunately part of being an artist that you need to do everything and everything is harder for artists of colors and refugee immigrants, Black artists, everything is harder for them, so this is a mission for this space. I invite everyone to please come 1200 Harrison, downtown Oakland, close to Bart, make a visit. You wouldn't regret that. In terms of like major [00:54:00] projects, we are currently working with Toro Hatari, Japanese American artists for a participatory project that contains some installation coming out of workshops that spark conversation between refugees and non-refugee and locals, sharing experience and sharing a story. So we are excited about that one. That is our major art project for now. But our community art programs and many other stuff are going on. Look at our website, www art together.org. [00:54:28] Swati: Amazing. I am so glad, Leva, that you were all able to find a new home at 1200 Harrison, you said in downtown Oakland. And you know, Guled I think for the most part, all I can say is that we have to keep an eye on you. But, I really appreciate, both of you coming onto Apex Express. Is there anything else that you wanted to talk about before we closed out?  [00:54:50] Guled: So the Humsa album is on Bandcamp, on all streaming platforms this project was, an artist-led one. So all money is gonna go [00:55:00] towards, the folks that were involved. just [00:55:02] Guled: Shout out to Simmons Music Group or shout out to Brian Simmons. Shout out to Mani Draper,Nu Nasa, pASDOO. My brother D. Lee, definitely he's next up from East Oakland. Fire! Spote Breeze, Cheflee, my brothers Sydequest, Gavin Anthony, all my brothers. And the music project, major love town, major love to leva, major love to art together. Once again, it gives me reassurance to keep going. And in art and once again, . Major shoutouts to Abbas Muhammad GAMA Collective and shout out to all the listeners [00:55:40] Swati:  [00:55:40] Swati: Amazing. So that would be khamsaprojectartist.bandcamp.com/album/khamsathealbum. We'll drop that in the show notes for those of you who are curious.  [00:55:52] Leva: Everything that Guled says, plus I wanna name the visual artists who were part of this project Fahd Butt, Romina Zabihian, [00:56:00] Keyvan Shovir, Shaghayegh Cyrous, Gazelle Samizay, and Nabi Haider Ali, Meriam Salem, Fatima Zara. They were amazing visual artists. Shout out to Miles, Michelle, Angira, Velasani and everybody else who make this project possible. And thank you. Thank you for giving us this platform and opportunity to talk.  [00:56:21] Guled: See we have like a hundred people on this project. [00:56:24] Guled: Yeah. You say, I was like, this  [00:56:26] Swati: is, this is absolutely a community project.  [00:56:29] Guled: Yeah, definitely a community project.  [00:56:32] Swati: Awesome. Well, thank you both so much.  [00:56:35] Swati: To learn more about Khamsa a collaborative and very clearly community involved project by ArtTogether and Gathering All Muslim Artists Collective or GAMA visit www.art together.org/khamsa. That's KHAMSA. From there, you'll be able to find and purchase the album on Bandcamp, listen to the podcast and learn more about the project as a whole.  [00:56:58] Swati: Thank you [00:57:00] so much for joining us, please check out our website, kpfa.org/program/apex express to find out more about the show tonight and to find out how you can take direct action. We thank all of you listeners out there, keep resisting, keep organizing, keep creating and sharing your visions with the world. Your voices are important. Apex express is produced by Miko Lee, jalena Keane-Lee, Paige Chung, and today Swati Rayasam.  [00:57:30] Swati: Thank you so much to KPFA staff for their support and have a great night.   [00:58:00]  The post APEX Express – 12.26.23 – Khamsa Project appeared first on KPFA.

DW em Português para África | Deutsche Welle
26 de Janeiro de 2023 - Jornal da Manhã

DW em Português para África | Deutsche Welle

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 19:51


Investigador do Centro de Integridade Pública de Moçambique considera que o Estado pode ter algum receio de que o processo sobre as dívidas ocultas, que está a ser ouvido pelo Tribunal Supremo do Reino Unido, possa seguir para um tribunal arbitral. Analista angolano concorda com Índice Mo Ibrahim de Governação Africana, que aponta a luta contra a corrupção e melhorias na liberdade de expressão.

Es la Mañana de Federico
Belleza: Aoklabs, cosmética natural africana

Es la Mañana de Federico

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 5:40


Katia Simone, directora de Aoklabs, habla de su manteka de carité llamada ‘Oro líquido' que supera las 100.000 unidades vendidas.

Boston Public Radio Podcast
BPR Full Show: MLK Day

Boston Public Radio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 160:33


Today on Boston Public Radio: We opened the show by taking our listener's calls to ask how they felt about The Embrace sculpture installed on Boston Common last week. The statue highlights the connections Dr. Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King had to the city of Boston and honors their love and legacy of civil rights activism. Michael Curry, the CEO of the community health centers of Massachusetts, called in from the annual MLK Day memorial breakfast in Boston. He discussed the legacy of the Kings in Boston and what the monument means for the city going forward. Curry is also a member of the national NAACP board of directors, where he chairs the board's advocacy and policy committee Charlie Sennott of the Groundtruth Project came on to talk about the new equipment that the United States has sent to Ukraine, and how that reflects the shifting needs of the army there. He also discussed the ongoing threats to democracy in Brazil by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Shirley Leung came on to discuss the holes in the electric vehicle charging network in Massachusetts and across the country. She also discussed the optimism among business leaders regarding Gov. Maura Healey's administration. Leung is a Boston Globe business columnist. The Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett Price III joined us to discuss how Dr. King's message and beliefs have been misconstrued and sanitized for political convenience over the course of American history. Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist and the Boston voice for Detour's African American Heritage Trail and co-host of the All Rev'd Up podcast. Price is founding pastor of Community of Love Christian Fellowship in Allston, the inaugural dean of Africana studies at Berklee College of Music and co-host of the All Rev'd Up podcast. Then we aired a segment from our live broadcast of The Embrace unveiling from this past Friday. The segment included excerpts from our interviews with members of the King family, Diane and Deval Patrick, Mayor Michelle Wu, Healey and Attorney General-elect Andrea Campbell. We ended the show by asking listeners if they are participating in this national day of service on MLK Day.

¡Ya Párate!
#LaApocalíptica La peste porcina africana, se extiende

¡Ya Párate!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023 4:03


Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
Wayne State University to open Detroit Center for Black Studies

Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2023 52:15


Last month, Wayne State University announced its plan to create the Detroit Center for Black Studies as part of its efforts to prioritize faculty and research centered on the Black experience. The university will recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty, made possible by a $6 million grant from the Mellon Foundation. Wayne State University president M. Roy Wilson stops by to discuss the plan, including the goal of connecting scholars who work in African American, African and African Diaspora studies across southeast Michigan. Then, Johns Hopkins University political science and Africana studies professor Lester Spence joins the show to discuss his views on Black scholarship in Detroit.

Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith

This week, Gilly is off to find Christmas – and a whole lot more - in Africana, the debut cookbook from the new voice in pan African food, Lerato who whisks us off on a tour of the latest obsession in culinary cultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cinco continentes
Cinco Continentes - Etiopía se da una oportunidad para buscar la paz

Cinco continentes

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 42:59


El gobierno de Etiopía y el Frente Popular de Liberación de Tigray alcanzan un acuerdo de alto el fuego bajo el auspicio de la Unión Africana. Resultados casi definitivos de las elecciones en Israel. Las dos Coreas se enzarzan aún más y la tensión se dispara. Entrevista con Vicente Palacio, de la Fundación Alternativas, en torno al giro a la izquierda que está experimentando América Latina. Informe de la Organización Meteorológica Mundial sobre el clima en Europa. Y muchas cosas más. Escuchar audio

Radio Boston
The implications of affirmative action arguments heard in the Supreme Court

Radio Boston

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 47:56


Kelly Carter Jackson, associate professor of Africana studies at Wellesley College, joins to talk about a story she wrote about Ethel Phillips and Black patriotism.

Radio Boston
A Cognoscenti contributor on what her grandmother taught her about work and generational wealth

Radio Boston

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 14:08


We hear from Kellie Carter Jackson, an associate professor of Africana studies at Wellesley College. Three years ago, she wrote about her grandmother Ethel Phillips and her life as a domestic worker.

Parole di Storie - Fiabe
Il bambino d’oro e il bambino d’argento. Una fiaba africana

Parole di Storie - Fiabe

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2022 6:45


Niame, il più potente fra i maghi del cielo, viveva in una fattoria posata sopra un bellissimo tappeto di nuvole. Un giorno decise di prendere moglie e invitò a presentarsi le quattro fanciulle più belle della sua tribù. Poi domandò a ciascuna: - Che cosa faresti, per me, se io ti sposassi? [...] Continue reading

Africana Woman with Chulu
Inside Africana Woman with Carolyn

Africana Woman with Chulu

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 31:26


Africana Woman program discussed is: 1. Africana Woman Visionaries AWV To learn more or sign up contact us at africanawoman@gmail.com or visit www.africanawoman.com Connect with Carolyn at https://www.instagram.com/empoweredalignment/    AWV Retreat - Marrakech 2023 https://bit.ly/3x45qAj   AWV Retreat - Bubezi River Lodge 2023 https://bit.ly/3C7BMMm   KNOW your Roots, Grow your Purpose   LINKS: Message Africana Woman with Chulu on WhatsApp. https://wa.me/message/E3N7TH7RZSS4P1 +260978470395 Email: africanawoman@gmail.com    Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chulu_bydesign/                     https://www.instagram.com/africanawoman/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AfricanaWoman_    Join the Africana Woman Visionaries: https://africanawoman.gumroad.com/l/AWVNetwork   Africana Woman Blog: https://www.africanawoman.com/blog

Africana Woman with Chulu
Inside Africana Woman with Karette

Africana Woman with Chulu

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 37:20


Africana Woman programs discussed are: 1. Africana Woman Visionaries AWV 2. AWV Retreat To learn more or sign up contact us at africanawoman@gmail.com or visit www.africanawoman.com Connect with Karette with https://www.instagram.com/virtualkarette/    AWV Retreat - Marrakech 2023 https://bit.ly/3x45qAj   AWV Retreat - Bubezi River Lodge 2023 https://bit.ly/3C7BMMm   KNOW your Roots, Grow your Purpose   LINKS: Message Africana Woman with Chulu on WhatsApp. https://wa.me/message/E3N7TH7RZSS4P1 +260978470395 Email: africanawoman@gmail.com    Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chulu_bydesign/                     https://www.instagram.com/africanawoman/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AfricanaWoman_    Join the Africana Woman Visionaries: https://africanawoman.gumroad.com/l/AWVNetwork   Africana Woman Blog: https://www.africanawoman.com/blog

Africana Woman with Chulu
Inside Africana Woman with Lelo

Africana Woman with Chulu

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 39:19


Africana Woman service discussed is: 1. Start Your Own Podcast To learn more or sign up contact us at africanawoman@gmail.com or visit www.africanawoman.com Connect with Lelo with https://www.instagram.com/wisdomforwealth_/   AWV Retreat - Marrakech 2023 https://bit.ly/3x45qAj   AWV Retreat - Bubezi River Lodge 2023 https://bit.ly/3C7BMMm   KNOW your Roots, Grow your Purpose   LINKS: Message Africana Woman with Chulu on WhatsApp. https://wa.me/message/E3N7TH7RZSS4P1 +260978470395 Email: africanawoman@gmail.com    Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chulu_bydesign/                     https://www.instagram.com/africanawoman/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AfricanaWoman_    Join the Africana Woman Visionaries: https://africanawoman.gumroad.com/l/AWVNetwork   Africana Woman Blog: https://www.africanawoman.com/blog

Africana Woman with Chulu
Inside Africana Woman with Mapalo

Africana Woman with Chulu

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 24:49


Africana Woman programs discussed are: 1. AWV Book Club 2. AWV Course 3. Audit your Business Workshop To learn more or sign up contact us at africanawoman@gmail.com or visit www.africanawoman.com Connect with Mapalo here https://www.instagram.com/queen_manebeauty/    AWV Retreat - Marrakech 2023 https://bit.ly/3x45qAj   AWV Retreat - Bubezi River Lodge 2023 https://bit.ly/3C7BMMm   KNOW your Roots, Grow your Purpose   LINKS: Message Africana Woman with Chulu on WhatsApp. https://wa.me/message/E3N7TH7RZSS4P1 +260978470395 Email: africanawoman@gmail.com    Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chulu_bydesign/                     https://www.instagram.com/africanawoman/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AfricanaWoman_    Join the Africana Woman Visionaries: https://africanawoman.gumroad.com/l/AWVNetwork   Africana Woman Blog: https://www.africanawoman.com/blog

Africana Woman with Chulu
Inside Africana Woman with Arlene

Africana Woman with Chulu

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 30:31


Africana Woman program discussed is: 1. AWV Retreat 2. AWV Mixer 3. AWV Course To learn more or sign up contact us at africanawoman@gmail.com or visit www.africanawoman.com Connect with Arlene Adunni at https://www.instagram.com/ewekotea/    AWV Retreat - Marrakech 2023 https://bit.ly/3x45qAj   AWV Retreat - Bubezi River Lodge 2023 https://bit.ly/3C7BMMm   KNOW your Roots, Grow your Purpose   LINKS: Message Africana Woman with Chulu on WhatsApp. https://wa.me/message/E3N7TH7RZSS4P1 +260978470395 Email: africanawoman@gmail.com    Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chulu_bydesign/                     https://www.instagram.com/africanawoman/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AfricanaWoman_    Join the Africana Woman Visionaries: https://africanawoman.gumroad.com/l/AWVNetwork   Africana Woman Blog: https://www.africanawoman.com/blog

Africana Woman with Chulu
Inside Africana Woman with Kapwaya

Africana Woman with Chulu

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 23:27


Africana Woman program discussed is: 1. Africana Woman Visionaries AWV To learn more or sign up contact us at africanawoman@gmail.com or visit www.africanawoman.com Connect with Kapwaya at https://www.instagram.com/diicedesigns/   AWV Retreat - Marrakech 2023 https://bit.ly/3x45qAj   AWV Retreat - Bubezi River Lodge 2023 https://bit.ly/3C7BMMm   KNOW your Roots, Grow your Purpose   LINKS: Message Africana Woman with Chulu on WhatsApp. https://wa.me/message/E3N7TH7RZSS4P1 +260978470395 Email: africanawoman@gmail.com    Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chulu_bydesign/                     https://www.instagram.com/africanawoman/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AfricanaWoman_    Join the Africana Woman Visionaries: https://africanawoman.gumroad.com/l/AWVNetwork   Africana Woman Blog: https://www.africanawoman.com/blog

Africana Woman with Chulu
Inside Africana Woman with Yuna

Africana Woman with Chulu

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 28:15


Africana Woman programs discussed are: 1. Good Morning Beautiful 2. AWV Book Club 3. Masterclasses To learn more or sign up contact us at africanawoman@gmail.com or visit www.africanawoman.com   Connect with Yuna at https://www.instagram.com/em_justice/   AWV Retreat - Marrakech 2023 https://bit.ly/3x45qAj   AWV Retreat - Bubezi River Lodge 2023 https://bit.ly/3C7BMMm   KNOW your Roots, Grow your Purpose   LINKS: Message Africana Woman with Chulu on WhatsApp. https://wa.me/message/E3N7TH7RZSS4P1 +260978470395 Email: africanawoman@gmail.com    Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chulu_bydesign/                     https://www.instagram.com/africanawoman/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AfricanaWoman_    Join the Africana Woman Visionaries: https://africanawoman.gumroad.com/l/AWVNetwork   Africana Woman Blog: https://www.africanawoman.com/blog  

Euromaxx: Vida y cultura en Europa
El afro: ¿la moneda africana del futuro?

Euromaxx: Vida y cultura en Europa

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 3:28


Una moneda común para el continente africano: es la visión del senegalés Mansour Ciss. Afro es el nombre de su divisa artística. Simboliza su sueño de una África económicamente independiente.

Karen Hunter Show
Professor Angi Porter - Attorney & Professor at American University Washington College of Law, where she teaches Torts, Higher Education Law, and Africana Legal Studies

Karen Hunter Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 42:01


New Books in African American Studies
On Trafficking Hadassah and Book of Esther

New Books in African American Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 61:10


Ericka Shawndricka Dunbar (she/her/hers) is an adjunct professor at Spelman College (Atlanta, GA) in the Religious Studies Department. She received her Ph.D. in Biblical Studies (Old Testament) in May 2020 from Drew University. Her dissertation is interdisciplinary and focused on how the discipline of biblical studies is increasingly responsive to social issues, namely, sexual trafficking. Dunbar's dissertation, entitled “Trafficking Hadassah: An Africana Reading of Collective Trauma, Memory, and Identity in the Book of Esther and the African Diaspora,” is a dialogical cultural study of sexual trafficking in the book of Esther and during the Transatlantic Slave Trade. She assesses sexual trafficking in both contexts, evaluates the traumatic impact of trafficking on Africana collective identity, and examines and critiques ideologies and stereotypes that were espoused to justify sexual abuse against Africana girls and women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

Papa Phd Podcast
The Importance of HBCUs and Africana Heritage With Kweli Zukeri

Papa Phd Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 62:17


Welcome to Season 4 of Papa PhD! VIDEO https://youtu.be/1hemLxGgARM Kweli Zukeri was born and raised in Falls Church, Va. He has a BA in Journalism and Mass Communication and minor in social entrepreneurship from UNC at Chapel Hill, as well as an M.S. in Psychology (2018) and Ph.D. (2021) in Developmental Psychology from Howard University. Both his master thesis and dissertation focused on exploring the impact of African-centered school-based programming on American African student racial and cultural identity, as well as American African student learning. Prior to his recent graduate studies, he also studied ancient African/Kemetic language for 2 years in Howard's department of Africana studies, and has been a facilitator of the Egypt on the Potomac Field Trip of Washington, D.C., for the last decade. Thank you, Kweli Zukeri! If you enjoyed this conversation with Kweli, let him know by clicking the link below and leaving him a message on Twitter: Send Kweli Zukeri a thank you message! Click here to share your key take-away from this interview with David! This episode's resources: Kweli Zukeri | LinkedIn Kweli Zukeri | Twitter If you find value in Papa PhD and in the content I bring you every week, click on one of the buttons below and send some of that value back to me :) Now with the added perk of receiving the brand new Papa PhD and PhD Dojo stickers, if you become a monthly supporter on Patreon or BuyMeACoffee! Donate safely through PayPal Support the show on Patreon ! Or buy me a coffee :) Get the Papa PhD Career Readiness Tool kit ! You might also like the following episodes: Sarah Habibi - Becoming a Full-Time Science Communicator Federica Bressan – Do researchers have time for scicomm? Chris Emdin – Reimagining a More Inclusive STEM PhD Dojo – First Year PhD - Assembling the Expedition Team

The Brian Lehrer Show
Hurricane Fiona Update

The Brian Lehrer Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 28:23


Yarimar Bonilla, director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro) and professor of Africana & Puerto Rican/Latino Studies at Hunter College, discusses the latest on Hurricane Fiona, including severe flooding and power outages in Puerto Rico, how the deadly storm is traveling through the Caribbean, plus listeners with personal ties to affected areas call in.

História em Meia Hora
Escravidão Africana no Brasil

História em Meia Hora

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2022 35:43


O aspecto moral da escravidão está claro: não há justificativa para o crime contra a população africana e, depois, contra a população negra brasileira. Mas pra compreendermos bem esse fenômeno desumano, há de se entender também a escravidão a partir da perspectiva econômica. Separe trinta minutos do seu dia e aprenda com o professor Vítor Soares (@profvitorsoares) sobre como foi a Escravidão Africana no Brasil. - Se você quiser ter acesso a episódios exclusivos e quiser ajudar o História em Meia Hora a continuar de pé, clique no link: www.apoia.se/historiaemmeiahora - Compre nossas camisas, moletons e muito mais coisas com temática História na Lolja! www.lolja.com.br/creators/historia-em-meia-hora/ - PIX e contato: historiaemmeiahora@gmail.com Apresentação: Prof. Vítor Soares Roteiro: Prof. Vítor Soares e Prof. Victor Alexandre (@profvictoralexandre) Edição: Victor Portugal. REFERÊNCIA USADAS - Feitores do Corpo, missionários da mente. Rafael de Bivar Marquese. - A dinâmica da escravidão no Brasil. Rafael de Bivar Marquese - A escravidão africana: das origens à extinção do tráfico. Mauricio Goulart. - Negociação e conflito: a resistência negra no Brasil escravista. João José Reis e Eduardo Silva. - Formação do Brasil Contemporâneo. Caio Prado Jr. - The Curse of Ham: Race and slavery in early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - David M. Goldenberg - Vozes afro-atlânticas. Rafael Domingos Oliveira (@rafadoming) - Identidade e comunidade escrava: um ensaio. Sheila de Castro Gomes - Evolução da Sociedade e Economia Escravista em São Paulo (1750-1850). Francisco Vidal Luna e Herbert S. Klein - O crime de redução de pessoa livre à escravidão no Brasil oitocentista. Beatriz Gallotti Mamigonian e Keila Grinberg. - A origem da escravidão no Brasil | Canal Nerdologia (@filipefigueiredoxv)

High Theory
Finding Your Purpose

High Theory

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 44:42


This episode is the edited version of a live event held on June 17 2022 to celebrate the launch of Finding Your Purpose: a Higher Calling Workbook for Justice-Oriented Scholars in an Unjust World. Higher Calling is a project for everyone who decided to become a scholar because they believed in the mission of higher education, and specifically, for everyone who saw participating in and working for higher education as a way to turn the pursuit of justice into a career. It aims to help you understand how to better align a career in academia with your sense of purpose; how to recognize when your purposes are no longer served by academia; how to pursue scholarly purpose outside of an academic career; and when and how to fight back against the broken system which is higher education in the United States. At times, one may wonder if the compromises are too great, the labor conditions untenable, or the barriers to doing meaningful work too high. This project aims to help you navigate these moments alone and in community through essays, exercises, and rituals. You can download the workbook here. Speakers: Hannah Alpert-Abrams organizes the Visionary Futures Collective, and writes about labor, technology, and higher education. Matt Cohen is a professor of English and scholar of Early American literature at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Sonya Donaldson is a professor of English and scholar of Africana studies at New Jersey City University. Quinn Dombrowski is an academic technology specialist and digital humanist at Stanford University. Carter Hogan is a writer and new trans folk musician based in Austin, Texas. Image: © 2022 Saronik Bosu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Critical Theory
Finding Your Purpose

New Books in Critical Theory

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 44:42


This episode is the edited version of a live event held on June 17 2022 to celebrate the launch of Finding Your Purpose: a Higher Calling Workbook for Justice-Oriented Scholars in an Unjust World. Higher Calling is a project for everyone who decided to become a scholar because they believed in the mission of higher education, and specifically, for everyone who saw participating in and working for higher education as a way to turn the pursuit of justice into a career. It aims to help you understand how to better align a career in academia with your sense of purpose; how to recognize when your purposes are no longer served by academia; how to pursue scholarly purpose outside of an academic career; and when and how to fight back against the broken system which is higher education in the United States. At times, one may wonder if the compromises are too great, the labor conditions untenable, or the barriers to doing meaningful work too high. This project aims to help you navigate these moments alone and in community through essays, exercises, and rituals. You can download the workbook here. Speakers: Hannah Alpert-Abrams organizes the Visionary Futures Collective, and writes about labor, technology, and higher education. Matt Cohen is a professor of English and scholar of Early American literature at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Sonya Donaldson is a professor of English and scholar of Africana studies at New Jersey City University. Quinn Dombrowski is an academic technology specialist and digital humanist at Stanford University. Carter Hogan is a writer and new trans folk musician based in Austin, Texas. Image: © 2022 Saronik Bosu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

New Books Network
Finding Your Purpose

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 44:42


This episode is the edited version of a live event held on June 17 2022 to celebrate the launch of Finding Your Purpose: a Higher Calling Workbook for Justice-Oriented Scholars in an Unjust World. Higher Calling is a project for everyone who decided to become a scholar because they believed in the mission of higher education, and specifically, for everyone who saw participating in and working for higher education as a way to turn the pursuit of justice into a career. It aims to help you understand how to better align a career in academia with your sense of purpose; how to recognize when your purposes are no longer served by academia; how to pursue scholarly purpose outside of an academic career; and when and how to fight back against the broken system which is higher education in the United States. At times, one may wonder if the compromises are too great, the labor conditions untenable, or the barriers to doing meaningful work too high. This project aims to help you navigate these moments alone and in community through essays, exercises, and rituals. You can download the workbook here. Speakers: Hannah Alpert-Abrams organizes the Visionary Futures Collective, and writes about labor, technology, and higher education. Matt Cohen is a professor of English and scholar of Early American literature at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Sonya Donaldson is a professor of English and scholar of Africana studies at New Jersey City University. Quinn Dombrowski is an academic technology specialist and digital humanist at Stanford University. Carter Hogan is a writer and new trans folk musician based in Austin, Texas. Image: © 2022 Saronik Bosu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Boston Public Radio Podcast
BPR Full Show: Sept. 5, 2022 On-Tape

Boston Public Radio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 164:54


Today on Boston Public Radio we're on tape, bringing you some of our favorite conversations from recent years: Imani Perry talks about parenthood and how Black parents talk to their children about race. Perry is a professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Her latest book is "Breathe: A Letter To My Sons.” Neal Thompson tells stories from the Kennedy family, tracing the political family's lineage from Ireland to the United States. Thompson's new book is “The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty.” Roger Bennett shares his experience growing up in Liverpool, and why he relates more to the U.S. than his home country of England. Bennett is the co-host of The Men In Blazers podcast and NBC show. His memoir is “(Re)Born in the USA: An Englishman's Love Letter to His Chosen Home.” Fiona Hill previews her memoir, “There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century.” Hill served as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for European and Russian affairs in former President Donald Trump's administration from 2017 to 2019, and was a witness in Trump's first impeachment hearing. Howard Bryant discusses his book, "The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism." Bryant is a columnist and commentator for ESPN. First Lady of Iceland Eliza Reid previews her book, “Secrets Of The Sprakkar: Iceland's Extraordinary Women And How They Are Changing The World,” and explained why Iceland is leading the globe in gender equity. Reid is the First Lady of Iceland. Kellie Carter Jackson and Leah Wright Rigueur share insights on all things Oprah, from their podcast “Oprademics.” Jackson is an associate professor in the department of Africana studies at Wellesley College. Rigueur is an associate professor of history at Johns Hopkins. They host the “Oprahdemics” podcast from Radiotopia. Daniel Leader discusses his latest book, "Living Bread." Leader is a pioneer in the American baking world.

All Shows Feed | Horse Radio Network
Sidelines: Behavioral Neuroscience in Dressage and Twin Pony Riders Luca and Ella Endzweig for August 4, 2022

All Shows Feed | Horse Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2022 46:54


In this Sidelines magazine episode, get to know dressage rider Hope Cooper, who explains how modern dance, behavioral neurosicence and Africana studies all relate to dressage. Then, meet twin pony riders Luca and Ella Endzweig, who are on the cover of the August pony issue of Sidelines, and join us with their mom, Caroline. You don't want to miss these fun conversations!  Sidelines HORSES IN THE MORNING Episode 2989 – Show Notes and Links:Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired:  Click HereHosted by: Jan Westmark and Britney Grover of Sidelines MagazineSponsor: Marketmoor LLCPresenting Sponsor: Sidelines MagazineGuest: Hope Cooper, Instagram, Bear Spot FarmGuest: Luca & Ella Endzweig and their mom, CarolineCoupon:  Use Coupon Code HRN for 1/2 off a Sidelines Magazine subscription.There's an App for that!  Check out the new Horse Radio Network app for iPhone and AndroidFollow Horse Radio Network on Twitter or follow Horses In The Morning on FacebookSupport the show

Horses in the Morning
Sidelines: Behavioral Neuroscience in Dressage and Twin Pony Riders Luca and Ella Endzweig for August 4, 2022

Horses in the Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2022 46:54


In this Sidelines magazine episode, get to know dressage rider Hope Cooper, who explains how modern dance, behavioral neurosicence and Africana studies all relate to dressage. Then, meet twin pony riders Luca and Ella Endzweig, who are on the cover of the August pony issue of Sidelines, and join us with their mom, Caroline. You don't want to miss these fun conversations!  Sidelines HORSES IN THE MORNING Episode 2989 – Show Notes and Links:Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired:  Click HereHosted by: Jan Westmark and Britney Grover of Sidelines MagazineSponsor: Marketmoor LLCPresenting Sponsor: Sidelines MagazineGuest: Hope Cooper, Instagram, Bear Spot FarmGuest: Luca & Ella Endzweig and their mom, CarolineCoupon:  Use Coupon Code HRN for 1/2 off a Sidelines Magazine subscription.There's an App for that!  Check out the new Horse Radio Network app for iPhone and AndroidFollow Horse Radio Network on Twitter or follow Horses In The Morning on FacebookSupport the show

Petit Journal
BP 322 - Lavrov e a União Africana; as previsões do FMI

Petit Journal

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2022 38:00


Sergei Lavrov desembarcou no continente africano, como forma de mostrar que a Rússia não está isolada internacionalmente, como sugerem os aliados da Ucrânia. O ponto culminante de sua passagem pelo continente é a chegada a Adis Abeba, que vai coincidir com uma reunião da União Africana. Além do tour de Lavrov pela região, o episódio de hoje trata ainda das previsões do FMI, da saída russa da Estação Espacial Internacional (ISS), do novo arranjo europeu para o gás natural, da acusação de crimes de guerra contra bancos e do discurso revoltante de Viktor Orbán, além das pautas fixas da Polônia sem freio e da caça aos oligarcas russos Quer conhecer nossos cursos e aulas gratuitas? Acesse www.petitcursos.com.br Se você quiser contribuir com o nosso projeto em reais, acesse: https://escute.orelo.audio/petit/apoios Se você vive no exterior: https://www.patreon.com/petitjournal Prefere fazer o Pix? A chave é o e-mail: petitjournal.pj@gmail.com Que tal um PicPay? Link: picpay.me/daniel.henrique.sousa Quer apoiar pelo Youtube? Clique em “Valeu”, logo abaixo do vídeo e deixe seu apoio Aos nossos apoiadores, nosso muitíssimo obrigado!