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Eddie speaks to Johny Pitts, photographer and author of Afropean: Notes from Black Europe. They dive into the Afropean diasporic experience as captured through the medium of the image, the growing exclusion of the working class from contemporary arts and media, and the technological heyday of photography in Japan from Johny and Eddie's experiences of working with the iconic Konica film.Support Zer0 Books and Repeater Media on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zer0repeaterSubscribe: https://www.patreon.com/zer0repeaterFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books, https://twitter.com/RepeaterBooks
Interview avec le danseur et chorégraphe Roméo Bron Bi pour parler de la 4ème édition du festival Afropean Culture.
Cameroonian writer Léonora Miano joins guest host Greg Pierrot for the 10th episode of our Trailblazing African Feminists series. Miano was born in Doula, Cameroon and lived in France from 1991. She studied American literature at Nanterre university and this led her to African American and Caribbean writers that considerably influenced her work. She is the author of 16 books and the winner of prestigious awards such as as the Goncourt des Lycéens, Grand Prix Littéraire d'Afrique Noire, Femina Prize, Grand Prix du Roman Métis, the latter both for Season of the Shadow, translated into English by Seagull Books (India). Miano is an important literary and media figure in Cameroon and France, and is known for her provocative feminist and anticolonial ideas and for her exploration and embrace of the concept of the Afropean identity. In this podcast, Miano tells the story of how she became a writer and speaks of her interest in the question of African origins for black communities in the Americas and Europe. She also touches upon the issue of belonging for Africans abroad, all of which are recurrent topics in her fiction and essays. Pierrot and Miano discuss the freedoms and limits of terms such as Afropean, Francophonie and contending with a glossary of Black identities. Greg Pierrot is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Connecticut (Stamford) and the author of The Black Avenger in Atlantic Culture and Decolonize Hipsters.
Writer and photographer Johny Pitts captures everyday experiences from Black communities around the British coast, bringing together the sights, sounds, and sofas shared from Liverpool to London, in his touring installation, Home is Not a Place. In 2021, Johny Pitts and the poet Roger Robinson set off on a journey clockwise around the British coast, to answer the question: 'What is Black Britain?' Their collaboration, Home is Not is Place, captures contemporary, everyday experiences of Blackness between Edinburgh and Belfast, Liverpool and Tilbury, where the Empire Windrush docked in 1948. Setting out from London, the multidisciplinary artist challenges the ‘Brixtonisation' of Black experiences, and binary media representations of Black excellence, or criminality. Johny shares stories of migration, how Brexit and COVID changed his perceptions of local environments, and archive albums from his own childhood in multicultural, working-class Sheffield. Flicking through shots of Yorkshire puddings and Mount Fuji, we find his travels-past in 1980s bubble-era Japan. And in his Living Room, we sit down to discuss Afropean, inspirations like James Baldwin, Paul Gilroy, and Caryl Phillips, plus his sister Chantal's pirate radio playlists, and the role of family and community in his practice. Johny Pitts: Home is Not a Place runs at The Photographers' Gallery in London until 24 September 2023. Join the Gallery this Thursday (7 September), and next, for special exhibition tours and artist talks. For more, you can read my article in gowithYamo. For more about Autograph, hear artist Ingrid Pollard's EMPIRE LINES on Carbon Slowly Turning (2022): https://pod.link/1533637675/episode/e00996c8caff991ad6da78b4d73da7e4 WITH: Johny Pitts, photographer, writer, and broadcaster from Sheffield, England. He is the curator of the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) award-winning Afropean.com, and the author of Afropean: Notes from Black Europe (2021). ART: ‘Home is Not a Place, Johny Pitts and Roger Robinson (2021-Now)'. PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic. Follow EMPIRE LINES on Twitter: twitter.com/jelsofron/status/1306563558063271936 And Instagram: instagram.com/empirelinespodcast Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: patreon.com/empirelines
In this week's episode of Militantly Mixed, your Sir Auntie Sharmane Fury is joined by Nina, an Afropean currently living in Slovakia. Having lived in multiple countries, Nina shares her quest to establish a supportive community for fellow Mixed people, countering the sense that outsiders put on Mixed people of not belonging. Discover her inspiring journey as she endeavors to create safe, inclusive spaces for individuals of Mixed heritage, particularly those of African and European descent, challenging the false notion of "not being European enough." Tune in as Sharmane and Nina explore the importance of working with affinity groups on a path towards healing Mixed race trauma and gain insights into the complexities of race and identity in this eye-opening conversation that paves the way for understanding, acceptance, and empowerment. * * * You can continue the conversation on our private Facebook group after you listen to this episode at http://facebook.com/groups/militantlymixed * * * Produced and Edited by Sharmane Fury Music by: David Bogan, the One - https://www.dbtheone.com/ * * * Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or send me an email at Sharmane@militantlymixed.com. * * * Militantly Mixed is a fan-sponsored podcast, if you are enjoying the show please consider sponsoring us on Patreon and Paypal today! Thank you. This is a ManeHustle Media Podcast. Turn your side hustle into your ManeHustle. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/militantlymixed/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/militantlymixed/support --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/militantlymixed/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/militantlymixed/support
W szóstym odcinku rozmawiamy o pierwszej w naszym podkaście książce non-fiction. „Afropejczycy. Zapiski z czarnej Europy” ("Afropean. Notes from Black Europe", przeł. Zofia Szachnowska-Olesiejuk) to reportaż Johny'ego Pittsa, który miał polską premierę 22.02.2023 r. w Wydawnictwie Szczeliny. Jeśli chcecie się dowiedzieć: • Czy Zamorski ma już swój upragniony jingiel? • Co to takiego Afropea? • Co łączy Davida Byrne'a, zespół Zap Mama i Audre Lorde z „Afropejczykami”? • Jaka książka jest do pewnego stopnia poprzedniczką reportażu Johny'ego Pittsa? • Jakie doświadczenia wojenne Frantza Fanona są opisane w "Afropejczykach"? • Jakie mity Johny Pitts burzy w swoim reportażu? • Co Pitts zobaczył w Królewskim Muzeum Afryki Środkowej? • Jak prawdziwi (sic!) dżentelmeni witają się w Afryce? • Co mają „Przygody Tintina" do kolonializmu? ... słuchajcie Zamorskiego! Teraz nowy odcinek w środę co dwa tygodnie. Pamiętajcie, żeby wystawić nam ocenę i zasubskrybować podkast :) Wspomniane w podkaście: „Afropejczycy. Zapiski z czarnej Europy” (2023): https://www.szczeliny.pl/afropejczycy-zapiski-z-czarnej-europy Projekt Afropean: https://afropean.com/ Johny Pitts: https://www.johnypitts.com/info Zap Mama: https://www.zapmama.com/ Królewskie Muzeum Afryki Środkowej: https://www.africamuseum.be/ Henry Morton Stanley i David Livingstone (koloryzowane): https://tinyurl.com/4r5ydn7a --- Rozmawiają Olga Godlewska i Bartosz Wójcik. Podkast powstał przy Karaibskim Klubie Książkowym. Zapraszamy do naszej grupy dyskusyjnej: https://www.facebook.com/groups/karaibskiklubksiazkowy/ Znajdziesz nas na Instagramie:https://www.instagram.com/olga_godlewska/https://www.instagram.com/bartosz__wojcik/
Q&A on the film Bantú Mama with director & co-writer Ivan Herrera and co-writer & actor Clarisse Albrecht. Moderated by Mara Webster, In Creative Company. After being arrested in the Dominican Republic, an Afropean woman escapes and is sheltered by three minors in a dangerous district of Santo Domingo. By becoming their protégée and maternal figure, she will see her destiny change inexorably.
Lʹexposition de Johny Pitts a traversé lʹEurope allant à la rencontre des communautés Africaines et Afropéennes des plus grandes capitales. Il en a tiré un livre et une série de photo qui sont exposées à la galerie 81 de Morges jusquʹau 24 septembre sous le nom Afropean Express. Michel Ndeze sʹy est rendu afin dʹy interviewer lʹartiste
This series of podcast episodes will focus on Decolonising Research, and feature talks from the Decolonising Research Festival held at the University of Exeter in June and July 2022. The ninth epsiode of the series will feature Olabisi Obamakin from the University of Exeter and her talk 'Afropean theology: Utilising Nigerian/British novels as autoethnography in New Testament Studies.' Music credit: Happy Boy Theme Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Transcription 00:09 Hello, and welcome to rd in the in betweens. I'm your host Kelly Preece. And every fortnight I talk to a different guest about researchers development and everything in between. Hello, and welcome to the latest episode of rd in the in betweens. This will be the ninth now in our series on decolonizing research and for this episode we're going to hear from University of Exeter PGR Olabisi abama kin, and her presentation Afro pIan theology, utilizing Nigerian British novels and auto ethnography in New Testament studies. I am to 00:55 be the first scholar to construct and apply a feminist Nigerian British hermeneutical framework. This hybrid location is referred to as living with liminality. And it was coined African by David Byron, who first used the word with regard to the afro pop band zap mama in 1993. Afro paganism is unique in that it moves beyond the parochial West and the West thinking that has dominated Biblical Studies for centuries. And it moves towards an unfixed heterogeneous concept of identity that finally recognizes the long standing complex and heterogeneous relationship between Africa and Europe. Next slide please. My rationale for choosing to locate myself specifically within the subset of Nigerian Britishness within Afro pianism. It originates from my criticism of Johnny Pitts seminal book entitled Afro peon notes from a black Europe, in which he traveled across Europe in order to catch up black Europe from the streets up. He has been criticized for creating a uniform template in which all black people in Europe should fix. His methodology, which was an abstract travel narrative across Europe can also be accused of uncontrollably mimicking Neo colonial dynamic dynamics. Plus, demonstrating how ingrained colonial thought patterns aren't within scholarship. I argue that pits could be seen to have constructed another a morphism label in which to place black Europeans that takes insufficient amount of the nuances within hybrid ethnic cultural identities. My thesis therefore contends that one must particularize Afro paganism within an individual's lived experience, specific locations and relevant traditions. As a black Nigerian woman, black British Nigerian women of Nigerian descent. This formed my rationale for locating my project within the specific context of being a Nigerian British feminist. Rooting my thesis when the specific location allows me to nest my own specific identity and experience under the umbrella term of Afro pianism. Donna Haraway refers to this as situated knowledge. I will therefore henceforth be referring to this lens as a feminist Nigerian British lens. This new lens aims to address the gaps in current feminist womanist and post colonial feminist interpretation, which completely leaves out the experiences of Nigerian British women and your Parker's new book. If God stories why can't I highlights the cutting edge voice of women scholars in America within the field of Biblical studies, but notable by their absence is a specific black British, or here, Nigerian British feminists biblical interpretation. Next slide, please. Within Oh, sorry. Next slide, please. How's my project decolonial. Within biblical research in history, Europe and North America have been situated as the center of knowledge production, in order to maintain the ideology or superiority and the suppression of the other. These anchor centric and Euro American interpretive traditions have presented cerebral historical critical methods of interpreting scripture as the only founded an academic method of studying scripture when this is not the case, with regards to Africa, Adrian Hastings dates that African songs, musical instruments, languages and dance light at the very heart of its communal and artistic inheritance. I aim to therefore show this creative aspects of African epistemology by using novels as an important source of anthropology within my thesis, and also by incorporating autobiographical criticism. 05:37 This therefore, introduces a much needed rich diversity of global north and global south epistemologies within scholarship. Next slide, please. So my research has three main questions. The first question, please, Laura, is how can New Testament characters be read and interpreted in new ways through a feminist Nigerian British lens? The second question is, what are the unique questions that a feminist Nigerian British Africans will have been approaching the biblical text? And finally, what challenge does this approach pose to a discipline of Biblical Studies? Next slide please. In my thesis, I aim to look at six female New Testament biblical characters. The first is the Canaanite woman in Matthew chapter 15, verses 21 to 28. Then the woman who washed his feet with her hair, in Luke chapter seven, verse 36, to 50, the Samaritan woman at the well, in John chapter four, verses seven to 42, the Pythian slave girl, in Acts chapter 16, verses 16 to 34 and finally commodious, his daughter, in Mark chapter six verses 1721. And Nigerian British hermeneutical lens aims to provide a new way in which to ask questions of this biblical characters. That that, for the first time reflects the specific concerns, values, and interpretive interests of the female Nigerian British experience. My lens does not provide historically grounded solutions to these questions. Rather, it aims to present the new possibilities and maybe the biblical text that have not been explored before and biblical interpretation. It is to be noted that this new feminist Nigerian British lens is not primarily intended to offer constructive theology, or to resource pastors with material with which to preach the church context. It is specifically intended to be disruptive be not destructive sorry, disruptive to the euro North American biblical interpretation daven domination within the academy. Next slide, please. Do too much complexity of the Nigerian British context. This study lends itself to a multidisciplinary methodology, method method methodological approach that incorporates methods from both the global north and Global South. Now therefore, it's five main elements within my African feminist Nigerian British lens. First, it includes Nigerian participants. Secondly, it includes feminist critical readings. Third, includes creative actualization. Fourth, is includes secular novels. And finally, it draws upon critical autobiography. In this way, it draws upon methods rooted in both global north and global south epistemology. It takes a multidisciplinary approach, drawing upon literary criticism, feminist studies, gender studies, postcolonial studies and anthropology. Next slide, please. To ensure that my feminist Nigerian British lens truly addresses the specific concerns and interpretive interests of female Nigerian British people, it is crucial that the key themes within this unique context are identified. In order to do this, I first studied several novels, written by Chimamanda Adichie Ngozi, who originates from a similar hybrid context to to meet so she is an American Nigerian novelist. So I use her work in order to create a scaffold of the potential scenes that might that may be present in Nigerian British identity. Next slide please. 10:11 Then read novels, specifically by female Nigerian British authors, such as Bernadine Evaristo inhabit gold and other and Emma theory and habit, don't touch my hair. I also drew upon my own experiences of being in Nigeria and British women, in order to help choose the themes that I felt most reflected the specific concerns, values and interpreted interests of Nigeria of British women. From my research, I found that there were there were four main themes that emerged from these novels. The first mother and daughter is generally intergenerational relationships. Second, Afro hair, third, marital relationships, and fourth, retrieving a last Nigerian epistemology. In order to stimulate and inform a fresh engagement with the biblical characters, I will be using the themes within these novels. The rationale for using novels secular novels, to illuminate themes within the biblical text originates from the 1870s, in which fictional novels began to acquire the respect once only accorded exclusively the biblical narrative. Previous scholars, such as Northrop, have since used sector novels alongside the biblical text, in order to illuminate mythological structures within the Scripture. scholars such as Alison Longfellow have also reached reimagined scriptural themes using secular novels. In her book, Bible and Bedlam, Louise Lawrence also use novels written by the author, Betsy head to elucidate new lines of inquiry than the Pythian slave girl in Acts chapter two. Oh, next slide, please. So on the next slide, okay, sorry, previous slide. My thesis uses novels in a similar way to Lawrence, by using secular novels written by Nigerian feminist offers, in order to illuminate the theme within Afro paganism. Although these authors did not have an explicit interest in biblical interpretation, and do not identify themselves explicitly as Afro pIan. My rationale for choosing them to embody the afro pIan theme is because they're written by Nigerian British women. As such, their work offers a new way into New Testament biblical study that moves beyond the binary ethnic categories within feminist postcolonial scholarship, and develops a more hybrid intersectional approach. These novels will be used to stimulate creative imagination about the possibilities within the story by using the characters but then, as analogies for the biblical biblical characters. I will not explore each thing and outline how you use it to illuminate new questions of the biblical character. Next slide, please. So the social location of Afro paganism brings a unique complexity to intergenerational family relationships, specifically with regards to mothers and daughters. The implications of occupying a hybrid racial identity, a multi generational as each generation moves beyond a national identity towards the unfixed heterogeneous concept of identity. This thing, and specifically explore the theme of mother and daughter relationships. And in order to do that I use Ben Dean every stone is gone women either. As an author ever Risto strives to explore the hidden narratives of the African diaspora diaspora, to play with ideas, conjure up original and innovative fiction and forms and to subvert expectations and assumptions. Her novel go woman either, especially able to disrupt flats, and parochial assumptions regarding black female characters in the UK, in order to convey the diverse ways that characters respond to their context. The incident and the intergenerational relationship between mothers and daughters is a central theme then, then this novel is amplified by generational element within the novel girl woman other 15:01 This theme is going to help me re reimagine the Canaanite woman. And it does so by making me aware of issues such as race and ethnicity and in intergenerational patterns. Next slide, please. Don't touch my hair, written by Mr. Barbieri. It's an iconic piece of literature, which is half autobiography and half black cultural history, and it has captured the attention of scholars. within it. The theory presents her own autobiographical experience of having Afro hair of having her hair policed and denigrated as a child brought up in in Ireland. It also explores the cultural and colonial history behind the decimation of Afro hair that stands right from the afro from ancient times, right up until social media in modern times. In this book, to bury aim to uncover the racist underpinnings of the categorization of Afro hair in the UK. Hair is the central theme within Afro paganism. This theme of Han will be used to explore the assumptions that previous scholarship has made with regards to the woman who was Jesus's feet with her hair in Luke chapter seven. The aim is to bring out new questions and new possibilities that no one has ever thought before. Did this woman have normative hair in her context? Does she have Straight European hair? Was she perceived as other because of her? What pretty what prejudice prejudices? Could she have faced on account of her hair? How did these insights offer a new reading also women who washed his feet with her hair in the chapter seven perspectives, the 15th. We will be revisiting this at the end and you'll be using it as an example of how to apply my new framework. Next slide please. In QA, Where is your husband, written by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn opens with his mother praying for her to be delivered from singledom and completely humiliated her in front of her friends and her family. This incident highlights two unique and significant themes within black bands. But that could open a whole new door for new interpretation of the women as as in John chapter four. Nigerian British women are especially subjected to parental and wider kinship obligations to marry. Ideally, a Nigerian or a member of Nigerian diaspora and they are pressured to reproduce. This phenomenon is endemic within the UK and is known to result in psychological pressure and most Nigerian British young women. This insight regarding Blackburn's book creates a whole new and exciting line of inquiry with regards to the Samaritan woman. Was she pressured potentially into getting married? Was she a victim of her parents pressure? These are questions that this book illuminates when biblical text net five years historic epistemic injustice has deemed all non western cultures to be inferior, and enforced the marginalization of elements of indigenous epistemic frameworks. Over time, due to a colonial mentality rooted in the erasure of Britain the arrival of British missionaries to Nigeria in 1842. Europe a diaspora like myself have become increasingly distant from their culture and language. The novel butterflyfish Britain by relevant ecology allies with nascent movement scholarship that have sought to objectively contextualize indigenous social relations and culture, which in the past has been described as primitive, crude, backward and they have Koji, who is a female black British author, born in Benin, uses her novel to successfully tilt the worlds of Western reasons, and introduce them to new ways of looking at the world based on an African epistemology. 19:49 Within her narrative, a koji intentionally shifts between the real and the unreal and explores multiple temporalities in concurrent It tracks in order to radically disrupt Western epistemic readings, and to affirm that Africa symbology is valid. This book seeks to retrieve and affirm a lost Europe epistemology that has inspired me to look at the Pythian slave girl in Acts chapter 16 in a different light, it has inspired me actually to think about questions that hasn't been asked before of the text. How is money viewed in an African context? These questions haven't been illuminated by the text by the by the nozzle, and open a new line of inquiry from political text. Next slide, please. So this is my supervisor. Her name is Professor with Lawrence and I'm talking about her earlier about the rationale behind us novels as as tools in which to really illuminate things from the biblical text. So in her book by William Bedlam, she used a book by Betsy head of question of power, which is kind of like a magnet narrative. And she's an African author Bessie head. So Louise retinues, used her work in order to illuminate new question of the Pythian safeguard, and her work really inspired me to do the same. Next slide. Lost my place. Yes, in my work, I also incorporate my own personal experiences of being a Nigerian British women. In the last 20 years, the genre of memoir has gone undergone a complete shift. This shift has led to the creation of a sub genre called critical autobiography that reflects the craft of classic. What's great that critical autobiography is a sub genre of memoir, and does not conform to the traditional definition of nonfiction. This allows room for this ever evolving stop genre of memoir that contains attributes that is not normally attributes nonfiction, is a trickster methodology that is particularly relevant to liberation are in orientated African Bible reading. In a call critical autobiography, is successful and liberated reading of biblical characters, as it provides context specific language that can enrich and complicate older biblical images that have become timeworn, one dimensional and dualistic. Due to the effects of of the global north colonizing Africa, black people, like myself, have only encountered representations of themselves as the object of the surveyors gaze, the exotic native other of anthropology. In southern theory, Raewyn. Connell highlights that historically, westward expansion for the Global North, including silencing the voice of the Global South, leading to the global north domination, but as currently seen in literature, autobiography, or auto ethnography is therefore a powerful method of methodological tool, especially with an African feminism, as it avidly contest essentialism and recognises the plurality of women's lives, rather than privilege for a theory. One notion of a woman black women's voices have been doubly oppressed with regards to race and gender. Due to the intersection of both racial and gender discrimination or spa graphic cuisine therefore, is a powerful means for previous colonized women to take back control of their voice and assert cultural agency and uncover their original native views. As interesting a quote, my personal experience is a valid source of research. 24:34 Autobiography enables female researchers from ethnic minority like myself, to specifically locate themselves and in their research, and gift their readers with a privileged insight into their worldviews and ontology, which otherwise would be completely unacceptable. It gives an invaluable opportunity for minority researchers to feel empowered to share their story. arrays were before they had been silenced. Next slide, please. And return this book chapter, liberating African theology. He states that if now if there is no responsibility for post colonial scholars to expose the dehumanization of Africans, colonial Imperial dispossession, robbery and oppression, all of which have 14 African peoples, and to ensure that African culture and custom ologies are revived and resented. In his article, what is African biblical hermeneutics, a Darmowe desire scholars of African descent to be liberated from internalized colonized consciousness in which they adopt the colonizers epistemology in conducting Biblical Studies. He empowers them to instead use their genius to redefine their own particular hermeneutics. Contrary to global North epistemology, the African worldview can be described as mythopoetic, placing a heavy emphasis on symbols, myths, and stories. Global South epistemology places a heavy emphasis on orality and memoirs. This is shown in the many works of memoirs by black female authors such as a woman alone, by Betty head, or unbowed. 26:42 Women have been told in the past, that their experiences cannot be considered universal, but only particular and trivial. By using autobiography. It gives women like myself a voice within scholarship, where previously we have been silenced. Next slide, please. Finally, I use creative actualization to create a new interpretation. Creative actualization allows women to enter the biblical story with the help of historical imagination, artists that were creation and creativity. It gives the biblical interpreter creative license with which to create new possibilities to the assumptions that have been made about female New Testament biblical characters in western paradigms. Although this methodology originated in the Global North, women in Africa have always invented creative ways of retelling biblical events in a way that African women specifically can relate to. My feminist Nigerian British reading of biblical characters, aims to combine both global north and global south mythologies by using logos written by Nigerian British women in order to stimulate new creative possibilities. Okay, that's five G's. We can quickly do it really quick quickly. So the steps needed to apply my feminist hermeneutical framework because of biblical text, I wanted to make it as simple as quick as possible, quick and easy as possible. So the first step is to pick an afro peon theme. So like the ones that I picked that I said at the beginning, so you would pick one, and then you would pick a New Testament character that you would like to explore. Second step is to pick a novel. So any Nigerian British novel that you feel could illuminate new questions of the biblical text of the of the biblical character? Step three. So then you would think about your own autobiographical experience of being in that context with with regards to the thing, whether it be about hair or about marriage. So we're gonna see an example of that at the end. Step four. So you will apply a feminist critical lens to the biblical text. This means applying what Firenza calls a hermeneutics of suspicion with with regards to the biblical text, which means that you'd be suspicious of how it's been interpreted and interrogate the text. Basically, it will recognize that actually, the Bible was written by men, and therefore men will privilege men, and therefore, as a woman, now, looking at the biblical text, my work aims to put women at the center and look at their stories. Finally, you will use creative actualization in order to think about the possibilities that have been ignored or or that could have occurred that had been ignored by Western paradigms. And next slide, please. Okay, so today we're gonna just do a really brief example of applying this hermeneutical framework to the woman who was Jesus's feet with her hair in Luke chapter 35 to 50. So throughout the centuries, oh, click please. Thank you. Dominant Western interpretations of this woman have hyper sexualized her hair in order to portray her as a prostitute who erotically massage the feet of Jesus. Next slide, please. However, in the West, or sorry, the No, back east, so long hair in the West, has for centuries, been both a gender side and a sex symbol in our society. Doorman exegesis has therefore ignored alternative possibilities to explain this woman's on bound hair. And for those who don't know the story of this woman in the Bible, so this woman, 31:10 Jesus is sitting down, and she comes completely uninvited, and lets down her hair, and washes her feet, what's it what is His feet with her hair, and I noticed it with oil. For scholars have always interpreted this woman as being some sort of prostitute or of being some sort of erotic woman, because in that context, apparently, having long hair was indicative of being a prostitute. But when you interrogate the text further, you realize that actually this assumption is based on Western epistemologies. It's based on Western context, where bear in in the West, long hair has been used as a sex symbol. It may not be that concept in African concept. So next slide, please. By using me to Barry's book, don't touch my hair. She introduces the key concepts that will be Afro pain, epistemology, hair has power in different ways. Click please. She goes on to say to this day, oh, back is, to this day, an African and Afro diasporic cultures, people remain hesitant about their cell falling into a stranger's hands. If someone had access to your hair from a comb. For example, they could do witchcraft or a bear on you. Clip please. My ultimate biographical experience of othered hair in a western context also highlights the fact that hair can be a symbol of displacement and rejection, not just sexuality. This is reflected in the fact that I am often asked, When am I going to do my hair, alluding to the fact that my hair is bad and needs to be tamed. By juxtaposing Don't touch my hair, and my own autobiographical experience along kind of give a context, it allows me to ask new and exciting questions. What was the potential power of this woman's hair at that time? If we desexualize her hair? What could she have been doing? If not erotically inside in the feet of Jesus? My feminist Nigerian participants exposes the male dominated Eurocentric assumptions regarding hat that has informed this dominant interpretation of this woman being a prostitute. And it has highlighted the fact that hair is considered completely differently within a Nigerian British context. Therefore, within Nigerian British interpretation, this woman's hat could be a symbol of colonization, otherness, and displacement within a context for women's hair, had a cultural and religious barriers. How taken out her hair therefore, may not be an indication that she was a prostitute, but could be an act of liberation, as she can refuse to conform to the expectations placed upon her this allies with my experience of having an afro within a Eurocentric context. Next slide. And then next slide please. Next, please, skip this because of time. Oh, no backpack back please. So Oh, back please. On one. Thank you. In this light, and a feminist Nigerian British Oh, no, forward please. Sorry. In light of this, a feminist Nigerian interpretation of this character. Ultimately, two picks her as the positive, heroic female prophet s, who vocalized her resistance to the claim realism and patriarchal control of her day through the haptic of her hair. This woman, on doing her hair in public, in order to dry Jesus's feet, was not a sexual thing at all, as Western Western Think Western interpretation has said, Instead, it could be a prophetic act. She could have been using her her to symbolically. Yeah, you could have been using a hat to embody Christ's function within the end the end times to wipe every tear from people's eyes. She could have also been touching, touching his hair, talking Jesus's feet in order to prophetically prepare Jesus's body for burial. So next slide. So yeah, how? How could an African interpretation, challenge Biblical Studies? Firstly, 36:13 it disrupts your North American domination within Biblical studies. So it interrogate interpretations that have just been taken as normal and taken as normative. Secondly, it exposes the assumptions that have been made about identity and where it lies. So a lot of these interpretations haven't been questioned. And so my interpretation exposes these assumptions that have been made. And finally, it challenges the academy about what constitutes realistic knowledge. So by using autobiography, and using novels within biblical texts, that hasn't been done before, that kind of challenges Western epistemology by saying, Actually, no, you can use novel as a source of data, you can use my own experience as a source of research is valid. And actually, the fact that it hasn't been valid up to this point is actually a indication of colonialism. That needs to be decolonized. And we need to make sure that other people have a voice at the table. 37:22 And that's it for this episode. Don't forget to like, rate and subscribe. And join me next time where I'll be talking to somebody else about researchers development and everything in between.
El periodista y locutor de la BBC Johny Pitts decidió recorrer el continente en 5 meses para localizar la Europa Negra. Consiguió desmontar prejuicios pero sobretodo ofrecer un relato de lo que la historia no ha contado, porque ha sido escrita por blancos, lo cuenta un su libro "Afropean" ( CApitán Swing edit.) Ser persona negra en Europa o afrodescendiente, te hace más sensible a las ideas de identidad y pertenencia. De todo ello hablamos con la traductora y experta en black cultures europeas Maya García de Vinuesa. Y Irene Desumbila en La Ola nos presenta el proyecto de escultura "Volverás a casa" que en estos momentos navega por el mar para descubrir la suerte de las personas que toman lanchas de caucho para viajar hacia una vida más digna. Escuchamos la música de: Marie Daulne-Je t'aime tu sais; Zap Mama- Comment ça va; Neneh Cherry- Woman; Joah Slee+ Joy Denalane-Golden; Stephen Simmonds-For Father; Anthus- Mare Mortum-Noudia-Acrobatic Heart-Soma Na Kor Escuchar audio
AWARD WINNER 'BEST ARTS & CULTURE' PODCAST - BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2021Shade Podcast is back with ‘Shade Shorts' the new series of conversations with the founders of some our most radical, Black led art & culture journals. These episodes will keep us connected and inspired between the main seasons of the podcast. We will explore the power that we all have when we focus on considered communication and building community. In this episode I'm in conversation with author of Afropean and Guest Editor of The Eyes Journal, Johny Pitts.️The Eyes is an independent and bilingual journal (published in French and English) that explores cultural and societal issues through the prism of photographic creativity.For each issue The Eyes gives an artist "carte blanche" to curate a subjective and personal panorama on the special focus.Johny & I discuss his guest curation for Issue 12 titled B-side, a visual exploration of what it means to be Afropean.If you'd like to support this independent, award winning podcast through Patreon or Ko-fi I would be delighted! Thank you!Johny Pitts InstagramAfropean InstagramThe Eyes InstagramShade Podcast is produced and hosted by Lou MensahMixing CA DavisMusic by Brian Jackson Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/shadepodcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Johny Pitts is a multiple-award-winning writer, photographer, and broadcast journalist, originally from Sheffield, England. His first book, Afropean (2020), combines travel writing, photography, history, and slices of memoir into a nonfiction work that seeks to sketch the many lives lived by Black people in contemporary Europe. In this fascinating interview, he tells the story of how he moved from wandering the streets and record stores of his hometown, lost, to becoming the head of continent-wide network of Black writers committed to capturing their experiences in Europe – in all their beauty and challenge. 'Who are the members of the Black community living in a place like Frankfurt?' Craft is brought to you by Wasafiri, the magazine of international contemporary writing. Check out our website, www.wasafiri.org, for outtakes and a full transcript of this interview, and much more from writers all over the world.Craft is sponsored by Arts Council England, and Queen Mary University of London. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Diyora Shadijanova (https://twitter.com/thediyora) talks with Jhalak Prize winning author, Johny Pitts (https://twitter.com/johnypitts). They discuss his approach to journeying through Afropea via photography and writing, the books that shaped him as an adult and how hip hop influenced his love for words. In next month's book club we'll be discussing In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, and speaking to author of ‘Acts of Desperation' and one of the most exciting Irish writers of now - Megan Nolan. Get reading now and send in your thoughts and comments via voice-note to voicenotes@broccolicontent.com. Don't forget to share the podcast and join the conversation using the #BroccoliBookClub. And if you liked what you heard, why not leave a review on your favourite podcast app?
Afropean sets out to explore “Black Europe from the street up.” The book is compiled of on-the ground reports detailing Jhalak Prize Winner and author Johny Pitts (https://twitter.com/johnypitts) incredible journey as he backpacks through Europe and meets people from different backgrounds and communities. Also a photographer, Johny also captures photographs to accompany the stories. Buy the book here (https://shorturl.at/rCVZ5). Politics editor at Gal Dem Magazine, Moya Lothian-Mclean (https://twitter.com/mlothianmclean) and Former CCO Tony Phillips (https://twitter.com/tonyphillips40) discuss how Afropean inspired them. Tony also reveals that he has personal connection to the author. In next month's book club we'll be discussing In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, so get reading now and send in your thoughts and comments via voice-note to voicenotes@broccolicontent.com Don't forget to share the podcast and join the conversation using the #BroccoliBookClub. And if you liked what you heard why not leave a review on your favourite podcast app.
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Humankind: A Hopeful History pushes the revolutionary theory that “most people, deep down, are pretty decent”. Written by Dutch historian Rutger Bregman (@rcbregman), he takes us through centuries of historical events and challenges the beliefs of Machiavelli, Freud and Dawkins, using plenty of research to prove his point – that humans aren't inherently selfish. Humankind gives an alternative understanding of history, and made me think that maybe, we need a new optimistic lens when looking at humanity... to give us hope for the future. Buy the book here (shorturl.at/jyFQW). Co-host of Literary Friction Octavia Bright (https://twitter.com/octaviabright_) and Producer at Broccoli Productions Bea Duncan (https://twitter.com/beaduncan_) join the host of Broccoli Book Club Diyora Shadijanova (https://twitter.com/thediyora) to discuss. In next month's book club we'll be discussing Afropean by Johny Pitts, so get reading now and send in your thoughts and comments via voice-note to voicenotes@broccolicontent.com Don't forget to share the podcast and join the conversation using the #BroccoliBookClub. And if you liked what you heard why not leave a review on your favourite podcast app.
Johny Pitts travelled through Europe, exploring their black communities, looking for a place where he felt at home, where he felt Afropean. Originally broadcast June 9th, 2020.
Talking Afropean: Johny Pitts in conversation with Elleke Boehmer and Simukai Chigudu about his award-winning book. TORCH Goes Digital! presents a series of weekly live events Big Tent - Live Events!. Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. This Writers Make Worlds and TORCH panel discussion features the author Johny Pitts in conversation about his ground-breaking travelogue Afropean, his 2019 notes on a journey around contemporary Black Europe. Johny Pitts will explore together with Oxford academics Simukai Chigudu and Elleke Boehmer questions of black history, hidden archives, decolonization and community, and what it is to be black in Europe today. Hailed as a work that reframes Europe, Afropean was the 2020 winner of the Jhalak Prize. Biographies: Johny Pitts is a writer, photographer and broadcast journalist, and the author of Afropean (2019). His work exploring African-European identity has received numerous awards, including a Decibel Penguin Prize and the Jhalak Prize. He has contributed words and images to the Guardian, the New Statesman and the New York Times. Elleke Boehmer is a writer, historian, and critic. She is Professor of World Literature at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Her most recent books are Postcolonial Poetics (2018) and To the Volcano (2019). She is currently on a British Academy Senior Research Fellowship working on a project called ‘Southern Imagining’. Simukai Chigudu is Associate Professor of African Politics and Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford. Simukai is interested in the social politics of inequality in Africa and his first book The Political Life of an Epidemic: Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship in Zimbabwe came out in 2020. Prior to joining the academy, Simukai was a medical doctor in the UK’s National Health Service.
Talking Afropean: Johny Pitts in conversation with Elleke Boehmer and Simukai Chigudu about his award-winning book. TORCH Goes Digital! presents a series of weekly live events Big Tent - Live Events!. Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. This Writers Make Worlds and TORCH panel discussion features the author Johny Pitts in conversation about his ground-breaking travelogue Afropean, his 2019 notes on a journey around contemporary Black Europe. Johny Pitts will explore together with Oxford academics Simukai Chigudu and Elleke Boehmer questions of black history, hidden archives, decolonization and community, and what it is to be black in Europe today. Hailed as a work that reframes Europe, Afropean was the 2020 winner of the Jhalak Prize. Biographies: Johny Pitts is a writer, photographer and broadcast journalist, and the author of Afropean (2019). His work exploring African-European identity has received numerous awards, including a Decibel Penguin Prize and the Jhalak Prize. He has contributed words and images to the Guardian, the New Statesman and the New York Times. Elleke Boehmer is a writer, historian, and critic. She is Professor of World Literature at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Her most recent books are Postcolonial Poetics (2018) and To the Volcano (2019). She is currently on a British Academy Senior Research Fellowship working on a project called ‘Southern Imagining’. Simukai Chigudu is Associate Professor of African Politics and Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford. Simukai is interested in the social politics of inequality in Africa and his first book The Political Life of an Epidemic: Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship in Zimbabwe came out in 2020. Prior to joining the academy, Simukai was a medical doctor in the UK’s National Health Service.
Talking Afropean: Johny Pitts in conversation with Elleke Boehmer and Simukai Chigudu about his award-winning book. TORCH Goes Digital! presents a series of weekly live events Big Tent - Live Events!. Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. This Writers Make Worlds and TORCH panel discussion features the author Johny Pitts in conversation about his ground-breaking travelogue Afropean, his 2019 notes on a journey around contemporary Black Europe. Johny Pitts will explore together with Oxford academics Simukai Chigudu and Elleke Boehmer questions of black history, hidden archives, decolonization and community, and what it is to be black in Europe today. Hailed as a work that reframes Europe, Afropean was the 2020 winner of the Jhalak Prize. Biographies: Johny Pitts is a writer, photographer and broadcast journalist, and the author of Afropean (2019). His work exploring African-European identity has received numerous awards, including a Decibel Penguin Prize and the Jhalak Prize. He has contributed words and images to the Guardian, the New Statesman and the New York Times. Elleke Boehmer is a writer, historian, and critic. She is Professor of World Literature at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Her most recent books are Postcolonial Poetics (2018) and To the Volcano (2019). She is currently on a British Academy Senior Research Fellowship working on a project called ‘Southern Imagining’. Simukai Chigudu is Associate Professor of African Politics and Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford. Simukai is interested in the social politics of inequality in Africa and his first book The Political Life of an Epidemic: Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship in Zimbabwe came out in 2020. Prior to joining the academy, Simukai was a medical doctor in the UK’s National Health Service.
Talking Afropean: Johny Pitts in conversation with Elleke Boehmer and Simukai Chigudu about his award-winning book. TORCH Goes Digital! presents a series of weekly live events Big Tent - Live Events!. Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. This Writers Make Worlds and TORCH panel discussion features the author Johny Pitts in conversation about his ground-breaking travelogue Afropean, his 2019 notes on a journey around contemporary Black Europe. Johny Pitts will explore together with Oxford academics Simukai Chigudu and Elleke Boehmer questions of black history, hidden archives, decolonization and community, and what it is to be black in Europe today. Hailed as a work that reframes Europe, Afropean was the 2020 winner of the Jhalak Prize. Biographies: Johny Pitts is a writer, photographer and broadcast journalist, and the author of Afropean (2019). His work exploring African-European identity has received numerous awards, including a Decibel Penguin Prize and the Jhalak Prize. He has contributed words and images to the Guardian, the New Statesman and the New York Times. Elleke Boehmer is a writer, historian, and critic. She is Professor of World Literature at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Her most recent books are Postcolonial Poetics (2018) and To the Volcano (2019). She is currently on a British Academy Senior Research Fellowship working on a project called ‘Southern Imagining’. Simukai Chigudu is Associate Professor of African Politics and Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford. Simukai is interested in the social politics of inequality in Africa and his first book The Political Life of an Epidemic: Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship in Zimbabwe came out in 2020. Prior to joining the academy, Simukai was a medical doctor in the UK’s National Health Service.
From Roman emperor Septimius Severus to Senegal's Signares to the ten days in Harlem that Fidel Castro used to link up with African leaders at the UN, through to the missed opportunity to enshrine racial equality in post war negotiations following World War I; Olivette Otele, Simon Hall and Jake Hodder share their research findings with New Generation Thinker Christienna Fryar. Olivette Otele is Professor of the History of Slavery at the University of Bristol and Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society. Her book African Europeans: An Untold History is published on 29 October 2020. Simon Hall is Professor of Modern History at the University of Leeds. His book Ten Days in Harlem: Fidel Castro and the Making of the 1960s is out now. Jake Hodder is Assistant Professor in the School of Geography at Nottingham University and has published articles on Black Internationalism and the global dynamics of race. New Generation Thinker Christienna Fryar runs the MA in Black British History at Goldsmiths, University of London You can find Catherine Fletcher talking about Alessandro de Medici in this Essay for Radio 3 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06nrv7k Robin Mitchell discusses her researches into Ourika, Sarah Baartman and Jeanne Duval in a Free Thinking episode called How we talk about sex and women's bodies https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000f5n6 The Early Music Show on Radio 3 looks at the life of Joseph Boulogne de Saint Georges https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0801l4g The Shadow of Slavery discussed by Christienna Fryar, Katie Donington, Juliet Gilkes Romero and Rosanna Amaka https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000f7d5 Slavery Stories in the fiction of Esi Edugyan and William Melvin Kelley https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001bch What Does a Black History Curriculum Look Like ? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000kpl5 Johny Pitts looks at Afropean identities with Caryl Phillips https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005sjw This episode of Free Thinking is put together in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, part of UKRI as one of a series of discussions focusing on new academic research also available to download as New Thinking episodes on the BBC Arts & Ideas podcast feed. You can find the whole collection here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03zws90 Producer: Karl Bos
Il arrive parfois dans la vie que le hasard favorise de belles rencontres et de grandes discussions. Ce nouvel épisode est le fruit de cette synchronicité. Parce que c'est finalement Marseille où je vis actuellement, qui a été le lieu de rendez-vous de cet épisode. Johny Pitts que vous allez entendre, auteur du livre Afropean - Notes from Black Europe, originaire du Nord de l'Angleterre, est tombé amoureux de cette ville et a décidé de s'y installer. Coup de chance ou joli coup de pouce du destin, sûrement un peu des deux. Parce que l'actualité m'a rattrapée. L'Afropéanité n'est pas un sujet très médiatique et pourtant ces dernières semaines, on a beaucoup parlé dans la presse de la place des personnes racisées dans notre société. Pour tout vous avouer, j'avais prévu de sortir cet épisode un peu plus tard dans l'été mais il m'a semblé qu'il faisait écho aux manifestations contre les violences policières, et surtout au débat entre mémoire et histoire. Parce qu'en allant interroger Johny, Noro et Deborah sur la question de l'Afropéanité, c'est bien la mémoire de notre histoire européenne dont il est question : le colonialisme, l'esclavage, la lutte des droits civiques aux Etats-Unis et son impact en Europe, nos liens avec l'Afrique d'aujourd'hui. "Que tes parents, tes grands-parents, les parents de tes grands parents soient d'ici, ça ne compte pas. J'ai un enfant et son père est comme moi métisse. Je ne peux m'empêcher de me dire que quand il sera plus grand, on lui posera cette question “D'où tu viens” et il répondra “d'ici” et quand on lui demandera “Ok mes tes parents, d'où ils viennent ? d'ici.” Il va devoir expliquer tout son arbre généalogique pour justifier le fait d'être noir ici en Espagne." Deborah Ekoka, Fondatrice de la librairie United Minds Comment construit-on son identité européenne dans une Europe blanche quand on ne l'est pas ? Comment crée-t-on un sentiment d'appartenance lorsqu'on ne cesse de le remettre en question ? de vous renvoyer à de prétendues origines ? Cet épisode interroge la notion d'afropéanité ou qu'est-ce que cela veut dire aujourd'hui d'être afro et européen. J'ai eu la chance de rencontrer et de discuter de ce sujet avec trois afropéens, chacun avec leurs histoires, leurs parcours et un rapport à l'Europe particulier. Dans ce 2ème épisode, vous allez entendre les témoignages et parcours de : Noro Issan Hamady, Cofondatrice du Collectif des Rosas et Membre du conseil d'administration de la Maison de l'Europe en Provence Deborah Ekoka, Fondatrice de la première librairie afro-centré à Valence (Espagne) United Minds, cofondatrice des festivals Black Barcelona et Conciencia Afro (Madrid). Johny Pitts, écrivain et photographe, Cofondateur du média Afropean et Auteur d'Afropean, Notes from black Europe. Extraits : L'assignation : les noirs n'existent pas, Tania de Montaigne, Grasset (2018) Mupepe de l'album Adventures in Afropea, Zap Mama (1993) Pour aller plus loin : Afropean, Notes from Black Europe de Johny Pitts, Penguin (2019) The European Tribe de Caryl Phillips, Vintage (1987), récit de voyage écrit à la fin des années 80 et qui a inspiré Johny dans son voyage à travers l'Europe noire. Blues pour Elise de Léonora Miano, Plon (2010), roman qui raconte les parcours de quatre jeunes afropéennes. Je vous invite à écouter l'album Adventures in Afropea de Zap Mama, dont vous entendez un extrait et qui a inspiré le terme d'afropéen et de regarder le documentaire passionnant d'Amandine Gay, Ouvrir la voix, sur les femmes noires issues de l'histoire coloniale européenne en Afrique et aux Antilles. Vous pouvez aussi suivre la sortie des prochains épisodes en suivant la page Facebook et Linkedin du podcast. Crédits : Ce podcast a été écrit, réalisé et monté par Laetitia Chabannes. Lectures : Adélaide Cazali, Doublage : Lou Lefèvre et André Zollinger, Identité graphique : Aristote Truffaut (Oiseaux rares), Musique : Arnaud Paszkiewicz.
“Perceptioning is the ability of going through a process ensuring that a particular perspective is maintained without lying.” - Dr Gyles Morrison Guest Episode with Dr Gyles Morrison, who is a Clinical User Experience Specialist and Digital Health Consultant, improving the usability, accessibility and fun people have with healthcare technology. He uses knowledge and experience of behaviour change to improve the way technology is successfully used in healthcare. He has worked with the NHS and a variety of healthcare companies in the UK, South Africa and America on digital healthcare products including Electronic Patient Record systems, remote monitoring tools and digital therapeutics. Dr Gyles Morrison is passionate and shares many insights from his health experiences globally – Tune in and enjoy. Follow Dr Gyles Podcast That Morrison Life is a showcase of black life, the Morrison way. Led by married couple and hosts of the Antiracism Book Club, Gyles and Vanetta Morrison, they are combating the negative portrayal of black people, through sharing their own lives as Afropeans (Black Europeans). Through That Morrison Life, Gyles and Vanetta intend to inspire, encourage and support people to live their best personal and professional lives. They provide a uniquely Afropean perspective on life focusing on: - Identity & Growth - Family & Relationships - Health & Fitness - Travel & Recreation - Career & Wealth https://open.spotify.com/show/1y9hQVYC96T51fdw6KVdBJ
Bruce Shapiro on the positives of the protests, Barton Gellman on meeting Edward Snowden and Johny Pitts on his search for Afropea
Johny Pitts travelled through Europe, exploring their black communities, looking for a place where he felt at home, where he felt Afropean.
Anna and Amanda discuss the Jhalak Prize winner, Afropean by Johny Pitts. Our recommendations for anti-racist books: Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Edo-Lodge The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko (ep 85). Our book of the week is The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak, Booker-shortlisted author of 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in This Strange World (ep 87). This explores Turkish history through rebellious Asya and her family. Layered with textures, food and strong women, we loved this novel. Coming up: our Pride Month recommendations. Follow us! Facebook: Books On The Go Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @abailliekaras and @amandalhayes99 Litsy: @abailliekaras Twitter: @abailliekaras Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz
Writer, performer and musician Roger Robinson and writer and photographer Johny Pitts share their experiences of fatherhood. Johny Pitts talks about the commodification of northern-ness and what it means to have a liminal identity. Roger shares his passion for storytelling and reads from ‘A Portable Paradise’. Show host - Naomi Woddis Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive
Nana Oforiatta Ayim is creating an encyclopedia of online images of Africa to challenge the way it is seen, has curated Ghana's first art pavilion at the Venice Biennale, toured a mobile museum round the country to gather a grass roots history and published her first novel. The God Child by Nana Oforiatta Ayim is out now. Cultural Encyclopaedia is an online resource that includes an A-to-Z index and vertices of clickable images for entries about Africa https://www.culturalencyclopaedia.org/ She has been named as one of the Apollo magazine "40 under 40" and Africa Report's 50 Trailblazers. Poet and playwright Inua Ellams has re-interpreted Chekhov's Three Sisters. The play is set in Biafra in the 1960s at the time of the civil war in Nigeria and raises questions of class, race, religion and education in the context of independence and the colonial legacy. Three Sisters is running at the National Theatre until 19 February 2020 The Mauritanian/French film director and actor Med Hondo died earlier in 2019. Considered by many to be the first pan-African réalisateur his films like Soleil Ô, Sarraounia an African Queen and West Indies explore the nature of being African, both within the continent and abroad. Kunle Olulode of the organisation Voice4Change talks about Med Hondo and his legacy. Med Hondo: Africa from the Seine is part of the BFI African Odysseys programme and continues until 15 December. Marika Sherwood has written extensively on Africa including The Origins of Pan-Africanism, and Kwame Nkrumah and the Dawn of the Cold War. Louisa Egbunike is a writer and lecturer on African literature. With the other guests they discuss whether pan-Africanism implies homogeneity to the detriment of the diversity of African culture. You can find Free Thinking discussions Celebrating Buchi Emecheta https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09r89gt Caine Prize 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006mtb Caine Prize 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b89ssp Caine Prize 2017 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08xcx1f Louisa Ebunike on Afrofuturism https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09bx5l1 Afropean identities https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005sjw Presenter: Shahidha Bari Producer: Harry Parker
"Man Up". "He's Safe" "No Homo" How do men talk and write about masculinity? Laurence Scott talks to authors Ben Lerner, Derek Owusu and JJ Bola about crying, competitiveness, anger - and the pressure to perform. Ben Lerner is the author of Leaving the Atocha Station, 10:04 and his latest novel is called The Topeka School. He holds a prize commonly called the "genius grant" as a MacArthur Fellow. Derek Owusu's latest novel is called That Reminds Me. He has also presented the podcast Mostly Lit and edited Safe: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space a collection of Essays which includes an Essay by JJ Bola. JJ Bola has also written a novel No Place to Call Home, a poetry collection Refuge, and non-fiction book on masculinity, Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined. You can find more Identity Discussions in a playlist on the Free Thinking website including Caryl Philips and Johny Pitts on Afropean identities https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005sjw Emma Frankland, June Sarpong on a panel asking Can There Be Multiple Versions of Me? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p061zr74 Producer: Robyn Read
Johny Pitts is the founder of Afropean.com, an online user-generated journal which is part of the Guardian’s ‘Africa Network’. In October 2018, Pitts organised the Looking B(l)ack Symposium at the Bozar cultural centre in Brussels, which was a weekend of talks and performances dedicated to the notion of Black Travel. Pitts has received various awards for his work exploring African-European identity, including a Decibel Penguin Prize and an ENAR (European Network Against Racism) award. In 2012, Pitts collaborated with Caryl Phillips on a photographic essay about London’s immigrant communities for the BBC and Arts Council. His new book is Afropean: Notes on Black Europe. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: www.5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories
Johny Pitts is a writer, photographer and TV presenter who you may have seen on CD:UK, Blue Peter or MTV. He’s now written a book called Afropean which, among other things, has helped him understand his heritage as a boy from Sheffield with a white-English mother and an African-American father. In the book Johny also sets out to explore the state of black culture and identity in Europe today as he travels from Sheffield to France and onwards to Russia. He came into the Beyond Today studio to tell us why, now more than ever, it's important to establish a pan-European black identity. Producers: Philly Beaumont and Jaja Muhammad Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: John Shields Music credits: Audio Network
Johny Pitts, Caryl Phillips and Nat Illumine discuss the idea of Afropean identity with Matthew Sweet. Plus New Generation Thinker Dina Rezk on Jehane Noujaim's Oscar nominated documentary The Square and Egyptian politics. Georgia Parris discusses her first film Mari - a family drama of birth, death and contemporary dance. Johny Pitts is one of the team behind https://afropean.com/ an online multimedia, multidisciplinary journal exploring the social, cultural and aesthetic interplay of black and European cultures. He runs this with Nat Illumine. Johny Pitts has just published a book Afropean: Notes from Black Europe Caryl Phillips' most recent novel A View of the Empire at Sunset is inspired by the travels of the writer Jean Rhys who moved from Dominica to Edwardian England and 1920s Paris and his first play Strange Fruit (1980) is being re-staged at the Bush Theatre in London until July 27th 2019. Mari by Georgia Parris is at selected cinemas from June 21st 2019. New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by the BBC and the AHRC to select ten academics each year who can turn their research into radio. You can hear more from the 2019 Thinkers in this launch programme https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004dsv Dina Rezk teaches at the University of Reading. You can find extended conversations with Claudia Rankine, Teju Cole, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Spike Lee and Paul Gilroy included in our playlist on the Free Thinking website and available as BBC Arts&Ideas podcasts https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04ly0c8 Producer: Fiona McLean
Gael Faye is a musician and best-selling author, born in Burundi and living in France. In this podcast, Elodie Maillot introduces Faye’s music and breakthrough book Petit Pays (Small Country). Faye speaks about his precarious life as an exile, and about the growing community of Afropean artists in France. Faye now spends a lot of time in Rwanda, and reports on the growing impact of diaspora artists like himself, Congolese rapper Baloji and the Belgian-Rwandan singer Stromae and others are having in Africa, where they now mount major tours. Maillot updates the story of Africa’s artistic European diaspora with surprising and moving developments. Produced by Elodie Maillot and Nina Pareja
Sparks (David Montoya Remi) by Marlon D Day By Day (Main) by Lou Gorbea, Amma Whatt Live It Up (Dj Pope Full Vocal Mix) by DJ Pope, Marc Evans Smile (Honeycomb Club Mix) by Tracy Brathwaite Twang (Original Mix) by Dazzle Drums Mind Ur Step (Andre Hommen Remix) by Dennis Ferrer, Janelle Kroll Holdin On (Lovebirds 808ies Matrix) by Lovebirds, Lisa Shaw Welcome to My Club (Original) by Adam Rios, Koffee Let Me See You (Clap Your Hands) by Michele Chiavarini Father (Frankie Feliciano Classic NYC Mix) by Deep Boyz, Byron Stingily We Can Heal (Harlum Remix) by House for The Homeless Hallelujah (Supernova Jackin' Mix) by Kerri Chandler The Tribute (Main Mix) by Reelsoul, Mr. V Love Don't Take Over (Frankie Knuckles & Eric Kupper Director's Cut Signature Mix) by MG Select, Cece Peniston Excursions (Main Mix) by Jihad Muhammad Warning (Rhemi's Deep Into Soul Mix) by Rhemi, Lynn Lockamy We Fall Down (Tome Main Mix) by Maurice Joshua, Joyce Hurley Sights (Dennis Ferrer Remix) by London Grammar Harriett Jones (Reelsoul Main Remix) by Eric Benet (Feat. The Afropean’s Revisit) Get My Life Back (Galactic Soul Mix) by Tyrone Lee
EPISODE 4 PT 1 "Jazzreloaded is a space dedicated to AfroPean jazz in all its forms; Nu Jazz, Soul, Swing, Spoken word, Blues, Bebop, Hip Hop, Leftfield, Broken Beat, Fusion, Post Bop…and styles yet to be imagined! Celebrating jazz legends in their lifetime; from the roots to the fruits". All music and content retains the copyright of the respective artist, unless indicated. Produced @ Merlin Studios, London. This episode is a warm-up to London's carnival season. Mr Taylor meets Alexander D Great (calypsonian) and Roxanne Clinch (performer/educator) for a chat. Conversation covers many issues related to music, culture, creativity and the universe. As usual, the Unknown Quantity provides a selection of tunes from the unheard scene, with this episode having a distinct Trini' flavour. Enjoy. 1. LENNOX ‘ BOOGSIE’ SHARPE – 79 Is Mine Album: Boogsie-Phase 2 (LP) Sharc Productions (1979) 2. ALEXANDER D GREAT – Remember Slavery Album: Finest Cuts (CD) Lion Valley Records 3. ETIENNE CHARLES – Folklore Album: Folklore (MP3) Etienne Charles (2009) 4. OLATUJA PROJECT – The Promise (Neo Rhizome Remix) Album: The Promise (MP3) World Tune Records (2011) 5. ALEXANDER D GREAT – Finest Cuts Album: Finest Cuts (CD) Lion Valley Records 6. ANDRE TANKER – Ya Ya Monde Album: Greatest Hits Vol1 (CD) Andre Tanker Music Limited (2008)
The Unknown Quantity Radio Show...Pt 2. "Jazzreloaded is a space dedicated to AfroPean jazz in all its forms; Nu Jazz, Soul, Swing, Spoken word, Blues, Bebop, Hip Hop, Leftfield, Broken Beat, Fusion, Post Bop…and styles yet to be imagined! Celebrating jazz legends in their lifetime; from the roots to the fruits. All music and content retains the copyright of the respective artist, unless indicated. Produced @ Merlin Studios, London" 14. SCIENTIST – Dance of The Vampire Album: Scientist Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires (CD) Greensleeves Records (1990) 15. SMILEY CULTURE – Cockney Translator Album: A Fashion Statement (MP3) Fashion Records (1984) 16. JOHNNY OSBOURNE – Truth & Rights Album: Truth & Rights (CD) Heartbeat (1999) 17. LIONS DENS – Revelation Time Album: On Line (CD) Roots Records (1994) 18. ASWAD – Warrior Charge Album: Showcase (CD) Island Masters (1989) 19. BOB MARLEY - Revolution Album: Natty Dread (CD) Tuff Gong / Island (1974) 20. JULIE DEXTER - Melanin Album: New Again (MP3) Ketch A Vibe Records/MMP Records (2011) 21. BIG CAKES – My Soul Album: Money Talks…So Listen (CD) Unsigned/The Peoples Army (2011) 22. HKB FINN – Sanctuary of Joy Album: Spoken Herbs (CD) Alter Native (2006) 23. THE AUTOMATIC – The Coolout Album: Transistor (MP3) Unnkown (2010) 24. B. LEWIS - Love Latency Soundcloud Download (MP3) 25. STALLEY – The sound of Silence Album: Lincoln Way Nights (MP3) Unknown (2010/11) 26. ZUMI - Ininite Album: Unknown (MP3) Unsigned (2010/11) 27. CHE FU – Mysterious Vibe Album: Beneath The Radar (CD) Sony/BMG (NZ 2005) 28. OMAR – Outside Album: For Pleasure (CD) RCA/BMG (1994) 29. RENELL SHAW / DESCENDANTS OF A QUEST– What’s My Name Album: Music Pictures Words (MP3) Unknown. 30. SIMONE – Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser Album: Simone (CD) Odeon (1973) 31. MATATA – You’ve Gotta Find Me Album: Wild River (CD) President Records (1972)
The Unknown Quantity Radio Show...Pt 1. "Jazzreloaded is a space dedicated to AfroPean jazz in all its forms; Nu Jazz, Soul, Swing, Spoken word, Blues, Bebop, Hip Hop, Leftfield, Broken Beat, Fusion, Post Bop…and styles yet to be imagined! Celebrating jazz legends in their lifetime; from the roots to the fruits. All music and content retains the copyright of the respective artist, unless indicated. Produced @ Merlin Studios, London" 1. RICO - This Day Album: Man From Wareika (CD) Island Records / Mango (1977) 2. JAZZRELOADED - Unresolved [ZE3 Mix] Album: Get Out. (CD) Jazzreloaded (2006) 3. THE E.J.M PROJECT/ DANELLE HARVEY - Coming on strong Album: Unknown. (MP3) Break Loose Records 4. JOSEPH MALIK - Silent Fools Album: Aquarius Songs (CD) Compost Records (2004) 5. COURTNEY PINE – Deuteronomy Album: Europa (CD) Creative People (2011) 6. FANIA ALL-STARS – Smoke Album: Latin Jazz Fusion (CD) Charly (1988) 7. ROBERT MITCHELL & OMAR PUENTE - Mambo Influenciada Album: Bridges (CD) F-ire (2006) 8. ARCHIE SHEPP - Attica Blues Album: Attica Blues (CD) Impulse (1972) 9. BEN SIDRAN – About Love Album: Capitol Rare, Funky Notes From The West Coast V/A (CD) Capitol (1994) 10. BOBBI HUMPHREY – Black and Blues Album: Black and Blues . Blue Note label (1973) 11. BREAK REFORM – Waiting EP: Maida Vale Session (CD) Abstract Blue Recordings 12. ANDREW MCCORMACK & JASON YARDE – Something’s Coming Album: My Duo (MP3) JoY aNd EaRs (2009) 13. LARRY BARTLEY – Along This Way. Album: Along this way. (MP3) Bartley (2003)
Tygahoney Show hosted by Danelle Harvey (Episode 1) In her first show, Danelle brings us a selection of music from various ladies in the jazz spectrum. "Jazzreloaded is a space dedicated to AfroPean jazz in all its forms; Nu Jazz, Soul, Swing, Spoken word, Blues, Bebop, Hip Hop, Leftfield, Broken Beat, Fusion, Post Bop…and styles yet to be imagined! Celebrating jazz legends in their lifetime; from the roots to the fruits. All music and content retains the copyright of the respective artist, unless indicated. 1. THE E.J.M PROJECT/ DANELLE HARVEY - Coming on strong Album: Unknown. (MP3) (Break Loose Records) 2. ESKA – Without You (MP3) (Live… Soundcloud.com Download) 3. JULIE DEXTER – Love To Love Album: New Again (MP3) (Ketch A Vibe Records/MMP Records 2011) 4. JULIET KELLY – Here Comes The Rain Album: Licorice Kiss (Purple Stiletto 2009) 5. TIA FULLER – Ebb and Flow Album: Decisive Steps (Mack Avenue Records 2010) 6. ZARA MCFARLANE – Until Tomorrow Until Tomorrow [The EP] (Mama Done Music 2010) 7. ZOE RAHMAN - Briddho Ashrom (Sanctuary) Album: Where Rivers Meet (Manushi Records 2008) 8. MISS BEE – S.O.S.
The Unknown Quantity Radio Show...pt 1. "Jazzreloaded is a space dedicated to AfroPean jazz in all its forms; Nu Jazz, Soul, Swing, Spoken word, Blues, Bebop, Hip Hop, Leftfield, Broken Beat, Fusion, Post Bop…and styles yet to be imagined! Celebrating jazz legends in their lifetime; from the roots to the fruits. All music and content retains the copyright of the respective artist, unless indicated. Produced @ Merlin Studios, London" 1: ART BLAKEY - 'The Egyptian' Album: Indestructible (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (MP3) (The Blue Note Label 2007) 2: COURTNEY PINE - 'Darwin's Dream Deferred' Album: Europa (CD) (Creative People 2011) 3: CAMERON PIERRE - 'In Your Own Sweet Way' Album: Pad Up (Get Ready) (MP3) (Destin-E Records 2007) 4: OMAR PUENTE - 'Talking Bata' Album: From There to Here (MP3) (Destin-E Records 2009) 5: NOVALIMA - 'Coba Guarango' Album: Coba Coba (CD) (Cumbancha 2009) 6: DAVID JEAN-BAPTISTE - 'Dark East' Album: East To South (MP3) (David Jean-Baptiste 2010) 7: BYRON WALLEN - 'Sailor Of The Sands' Album: Meeting Ground (MP3) (Twilight Jaguar 2007) 8: ALEX WILSON - 'Donkan' Album: Mali Latino (MP3) (Alex Wilson Records 2010) 9: BOBBY LYLE - 'Mother Nile' Album: Best of Bobby Lyle (CD) (Blue Note Records 1979) 10: DENNIS ROLLINS BADBONE & CO - 'Ujamma' Album: Make Your Move (MP3) (Raestar Ventures 2006) 11: POVO - 'Good & Bad' / Featuring Ed Thingpen Album: We Are Povo (MP3) (Raw Fusion Scandinavia 2005)
The Unknown Quantity Radio Show...pt 2. "Jazzreloaded is a space dedicated to AfroPean jazz in all its forms; Nu Jazz, Soul, Swing, Spoken word, Blues, Bebop, Hip Hop, Leftfield, Broken Beat, Fusion, Post Bop…and styles yet to be imagined! Celebrating jazz legends in their lifetime; from the roots to the fruits. All music and content retains the copyright of the respective artist, unless indicated. Produced @ Merlin Studios, London" 12: AKALA - 'Yours and My Children' Album: Doublethink (MP3) (illa State Records 2010) 13: SOWETO KINCH - 'Raise Your Spirit' Album: The New Emancipation (MP3) (Soweto Kinch Recordings 2010) 14: KHETI - 'Warrior (Label/Year unknown) (MP3) 15: MELLOW BAKU - 'We've Been Here Before' Album: Patchwork Prophecies (CD) (Self Released 2009) 16: SABA TEWELDE - 'Alemuye' (Label/Year unknown) (MP3) 17: ROLAND SUTHERLAND - 'Tribal Warrior' (Label/Year unknown) (MP3) 18: OLATUJA PROJECT - 'Soki (A Little While)' Album: The Promise (MP3) (World Tune Records 2011) 19: JAZZRELOADED - 'More Than You' Album: Get Out! Reloaded (CD) (Jazzreloaded.com) (Self Released 2006) 20: ORPHY ROBINSON - 'Say Please' (Label/Year unknown) (MP3) 21: ONAJE ALLAN GUMBS - 'All I Hear' (Quiet Passion) Album: Remember Their Innocence (CD) (ItsAboutMusic.com 2005) 22: PHAROAH SANDERS - 'You've got to have Freedom' Album: Anthology (CD) (Decca/UMO 2005)
The Unknown Quantity Radio Show...pt 1. "Jazzreloaded is a space dedicated to AfroPean jazz in all its forms; Nu Jazz, Soul, Swing, Spoken word, Blues, Bebop, Hip Hop, Leftfield, Broken Beat, Fusion, Post Bop…and styles yet to be imagined! Celebrating jazz legends in their lifetime; from the roots to the fruits. All music and content retains the copyright of the respective artist, unless indicated. Produced @ Merlin Studios, London" 1: COURTNEY PINE – ‘Toussaint L’ouverture’ Album: Transition in Tradition (En hommage à Sidney Bechet) (CD) (2009 Creative People) 2: LENNOX “BOOGSIE” SHARPE – ‘Can’t You See Me’ Album: Phase II (Vinyl LP) (1979 Sharc Productions) 3: ANDRE TANKER – ‘River Come Down’ Album: Greatest Hits Vol 1 (CD) (2008 Andre Tanker Music Limited) 4: CHRIS JEROME – ‘Confluence’ Album: Long Distance (CD) (2006 Self Released) 5: BATTI MAMZELLE - ‘San Juan’ Album: I See The Light. (Vinyl LP) (1974 Cube Records) 6: ALEX WILSON – ‘Antonio’ Album: Salsa Con Soul (CD) (Alex Wilson Records 2008) 7: GILBERTO GIL – ‘Toda Menina Baiana’ Album: The Beat of Brazil, Vol. 2 (CD) (Warner Music 2004) 8: CECILIA STALIN – ‘Everything Must Change’ (Bernhard Inger) Album: Straight Up (CD) (Firefly Productions 2005) 9: TIGER – ‘Gold in Africa’ Album: Calypso – Best of Trinidad (MP3) (Caribbean Music Group) 10: MULATU ASTATQE – ‘Yekatit’ Album: The Very Best Of Ethiopiques (CD) (2007 Manteca)
The Unknown Quantity Radio Show...pt 2. "Jazzreloaded is a space dedicated to AfroPean jazz in all its forms; Nu Jazz, Soul, Swing, Spoken word, Blues, Bebop, Hip Hop, Leftfield, Broken Beat, Fusion, Post Bop…and styles yet to be imagined! Celebrating jazz legends in their lifetime; from the roots to the fruits. All music and content retains the copyright of the respective artist, unless indicated. Produced @ Merlin Studios, London" 11: FUTURE POSITIVE – ‘The Mission’ Album: Remedies (CD) (2006 Red Hat Label) 12: EMPIRICAL – ‘The Deep’ Album: Empirical (CD) (2007 Destin-E) 13: MATATA – ‘Mayo Mayo’ Album: Wild River (Vinyl LP) (1972 President Records) Also available on CD: (CD 1994) 14: AZUMAH – ‘Africa Unite’ Album: Long Time Ago ) (CD) (1991 Kaz Records) 15: AZTEC PRODUCTIONS – ‘Organism’ Album: Nocturnal Flavours (CD) (1998 Funky Zen) Also featured on: Abstractions V/A (CD) (2004 Abstract Blue Recordings) 16: BIG CAKES ft. BLEMISH – ‘Brother in Africa’ (MP3) (2010 Big Cakes) 17: TY ft. D-CROSS – ‘I Get Up’ Album: Special Kind of Fool (CD) (2010 BBE) 18: NABA NAPALM ft. VAL – ‘The Squeeze’ Willie Pete E.P (CD) (2006 Cardio Pulmonary Records) 19: DESCENDENT OF A QUEST ft. ORPHY ROBINSON – ‘Love Her Secretly’ Album: Music.Pictures.Words (MP3) (2010 Independent Till Proven Guilty) 20: J-LIFE – ‘Afro Blue’ Album: Tomorrow's Warriors Presents… J-Life (CD) (1998 Dune Records) 21: STEVE ROCK – The Voyager (JW Remix) (CDR) 22: SANDBOY feat NANA– ‘Written in the Leaves’ Album: Wanderlust (CD) (2004 Hinterland) 23: RICHIE HAVENS – ‘What About Me’ Album: Resume: Best Of Richie Havens (CD) (1993 Rhino / Wea)
Belgium's Soul:ID offer viewers a glimpse behind the scenes at the making of their debut album, Sex, Love & Philosophy. Here the band describes how they met, their inspirations for making music and the meaning behind Afropean Soul.
Hear sample of tracks from Soul:ID's debut Album, Sex, Love & Philosophy.
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