Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nThis week our Writing as Activism @ Pa Gya! 2024 continues in conversation with Liberian novelist, journalist, film critic, curator, speaker and lecturer of African Literature and Arts at Leiden University in the Netherlands, Vamba Sherif. Vamba has written several novels, including The Emperor's Son (2024), a novel about emperor Samori Touré, The Witness (2011), Bound to Secrecy (2007), The Kingdom of Sebah (2003), Land of My Fathers (1999), and the memoire Unprecedented Love (2021). He has curated several anthologies, including the bestselling Black: Afro-European literature in the Netherlands and Belgium. His work, which has been translated in many languages, deals with themes such as migration, belonging, love, the history of slavery, colonialism and the African resistance to it, and the mysteries of existence. These are all themes that Vamba brings to vivid life in our discussion.
Click the and check out Vamba’s Pa Gya! session centering his latest book The Emperor's Son.
\n\nWhere to find Vamba?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn X
Vamba’s essential Pan-African activism reading list:
\n[The Radience of the King)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Radiance_of_the_King) by Camara Laye and excerpt to the introduction by Toni Morrison
Other topics of interest:
\nWho was Samori Touré?
\nKolahun, Liberia
\nLiberia’s First Civil War
\nAbout Edward Wilmot Blyden, father of Pan-Africanism
\nAbout the Gulf War
\nSenegalese filmmaker, Ousmane Sembène
\nAbout Groningen
\nWhy lekker is so sweet…
\nThe Comet by W.E.B Dubois
Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nNext up in our Writing as Activism series, this week’s episode, recorded at the 2024 Pa Gya! festival (in case you are wondering, this is the session taking place during our interview, features Nigerian poet and children’s book author, Aduke Gomez. Aduke embraced writing in the past decade after a career in law and finance. She now utilises her legal and advisory skills to assist in business and creative development. Commencing her career in legal practice with the law firm of Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie, she later worked for many years in various leadership roles within Ecobank Nigeria Ltd and Leadway Pensure PFA. She is regularly called to speak and moderate on topics related to her interest in history and culture and these have included sessions at Cornell University; The Institute of Africa and Diaspora Studies at the University of Lagos; the Lagos State Record and Archive Bureau; the annual conference of the Lagos Studies Association; the Ake Festival; and the Lagos Book and Art Festival (LABAF) amongst others.
\n\nHer published collection of poems have featured as festival books for both the LABAF and the Ake Festival. And her children's books have also featured at previous editions of LABAF and Akada Children's Book Festival.
\nShe is currently the Chair of the Steering Committee of Art4Life - an initiative of the Lagos State Ministry of Health established to introduce art and the practice of art into the entire healthcare process. She is a member of the Advisory Board of Open House Lagos as well as the Advisory Board of Lagos Biennial. She volunteers on the Board of Child Life Line - an NGO established for the welfare of street children.
In this conversation we not only get to know how Aduke pivoted into arts and public service, we also get to know more about her local in the context of her paternal ancestor's return from Brazil to Lagos. This speaks volume to the idea of activism as a way of being.
\n\nWhere to find Aduke?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOnX
Who is on Aduke’s essential Pan-African reading list?
\nMariama Bâ, in The Paris Review and more
\nAma Atta Aidoo
\nBuchi Emecheta
\nFlorence “Flora” Nwapa
Other topic of interest:
\nReturn migration: Brazilians in Nigeria
\nThe Nigerian Brazillian Project
\nAbout the Emanicapados of Brazil
\nWho are Tabom peoples?
\nBiola Alabi Media
Special Guest: Aduke Gomez.
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\n\nThe first Tuesday in November represents the official US election day. As polling evolves for higher participation and greater inclusion, most states offer early voting so millions have already cast thier votes. Throughout this year of elections across the globe, the build up to the two where I have a say, the United States and Ghana, has played a critical role in inspiring my most activist self to move the dial in different ways toward manifesting a new world. Coincidentally, this week on the podcast kicks off our Writing as Activism series in coordination with the Pa Gya! Literary Festival in Accra. Recorded live at the eighth installment of the festivaland in the days that followed, starting the panel, Writing as Activism: Ghanaian Voices and Pan-African Perspectives Across Genres, the conversation starts with a distinguished voices covering works of poetry, screenwriting, and nonfiction scholarship with:
\n\nNicole Amarteifio is an acclaimed Ghanaian-American TV/film writer, director, and producer. She successfully launched the hit web series 'An African City’ - dubbed by CNN and the BBC as Africa’s answer to ‘Sex and the City’.
\n\nReturning Glocal Citizen, Nydia A. Swaby is a Black feminist artist, researcher and curator. Her practice engages archives, autoethnography, photography, the moving image, and the imagination to explore the gendered, diasporic and affective dimensions of Black being and becoming. In addition to curating artistic programmes, she creates visual narratives, research and performance texts. Nydia's first book, Amy Ashwood Garvey and the Future of Black Feminist Archives, was published by Lawrence Wishart in October 2024 as part of LW's Radical Black Women book series. She is also developing an artist film, Amy and Me in the Archive, which will be screened at the forthcoming Singapore International Photography Festival 2024.
\n\nAnd Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Kwame Dawes, author of numerous books of poetry and other books of fiction, criticism, and essays. His most recent collection is Sturge Town (Peepal Tree Press, UK 2023). Dawes is Professor of Literary Arts at Brown University. He teaches in the Pacific MFA Program and is the Series Editor of the African Poetry Book Series, Director of the African Poetry Book Fund, and Artistic Director of the Calabash International Literary Festival. He is a Chancellor for the Academy of American Poets and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Kwame Dawes is the winner of the prestigious Windham/Campbell Award for Poetry and was a finalist for the 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In 2022 Dawes was awarded the Order of Distinction Commander class by the Government of Jamaica. He is the Poet Laureate of Jamaica (2024-2027).
\n\nClick through to find out more about the Pa Gya! Literary Festival and the Writer’s Project Ghana and watch this and other festival panels at WPGTV.
\n\nWhere to find Nicole?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
\nOn X
Where to find Kwame?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn X
\nOn Facebook
Where to find Nydia?
\nOn Glocal Citizens
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn X
Other topics of interest and the Essential Pan-African Activism reading list coming soon!
\n\n*This audio recording has been edited for clarity from the original video recording.
Special Guests: Kwame Dawes, Nicole Amarteifio, and Nydia Swaby.
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\n\nThis week is the final installment in our collaboration with Bisi Bright’s Livewell Initiative and the Women of Africa Post-Pandemic Empowerment and Advocacy Programme with support from Gilead Sciences USA. In a fitting conclusion, Aggrey Aluso, the Director, Africa Region and global policy lead for the Pandemic Action Network, driving strategic advocacy efforts in Africa and globally joins the conversation. Born, raised and currently based in Kenya, Aggrey also serves as the incoming Executive Director of Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA), PAN’s networked advocacy partner, where he is mobilizing advocates to champion an Africa-centric, globally-facing resilience agenda.
\n\nHe brings over 15 years of experience in advancing intersectional justice, using citizen-led, rights-based approaches in Africa. Previously, he served as an Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa’s (OSIEA) Health and Rights program senior manager. He also coordinated the Open Society Africa (Pan Africa) Vaccine Justice to advance Africa’s vaccine-related research, development, and manufacturing. He served as the University of Manitoba’s Global Institute for Public Health’s East African Policy and Advocacy Manager.
\n\nBeyond the COVID-19 Pandemic, Aggrey offers excellent insights into the current M-pox crisis as well as a thoughtful discussion on the global policy landscape around elevating health as a human right for all.
\nAll are invited to join this week’s program on Thursday, October 31st at 1PM WAT using this link
Where to find Aggrey?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn [Instragram](linnk https://www.instagram.com/aggreyaluso/)
\nOn Facebook
\nOn X
What’s Aggrey reading?
\nAs a Man Thinketh by James Allen
\n21 Lessons for the 21st Century and other books by Yuval Noah Harari
Whats Aggrey watching?
\nThe Lincoln Lawyer
\nNew Amsterdam
Other topics of interest:
\nNyanza, Kenya
\nMore on Mpox and zoonotic diseases
\nUN Summit of the Future
\nThe Global Fund
\nKenya Finance Bill Protests
\nAbout Wangari Maathai
\nAbout the [Mpox Joint Action Plan](https://www.afro.who.int/news/african-cdc-and-who-launch-joint-continental-plan-scale-mpox-outbreak-response#:~:text=Priority%20actions%20are%20outlined%20for,comprising%20members%20from%20key%20partners.&text=About%20Africa%20CDC-,The%20Africa%20Centres%20for%20Disease%20Control%20and%20Prevention%20(Africa%20CDC,prevention%20and%20control%20of%20diseases.)
\nThe Man Died Film
Special Guests: Adebisi Bright and Aggrey Aluso.
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\n\nI met this week’s guest in Accra at a Women Wellness Africa breakfast early this year and was happy to be able sync our travel schedules to reconnect in one of the places she calls home, London. Marielle Legair is a speaker, certified NLP and hypnotherapy Coach, LinkedIn Top Voice, and LinkedIn Learning Instructor. She's leading career empowerment through cutting-edge neurological research and behavioural science. Her expertise goes beyond coaching, focusing on arming audiences with the tools to break barriers, overcome limiting beliefs, and thrive in their careers. With a background in corporate storytelling, executive visibility, and entrepreneurship, Marielle offers unmatched guidance to individuals and companies seeking to excel and leave a lasting impact. Global giants like Amazon, BP, Diageo, EY, LinkedIn, Macquarie, Microsoft, and Yale University have sought her for inspiring talks and workshops that drive transformative change.
\n\nBefore founding her company, Marielle honed her skills on both sides of the Atlantic, spearheading impactful C-suite publicity campaigns in London and New York for corporate giants such as Deloitte Global, Grant Thornton, Experian, and Golin. Her strategic acumen in elevating CEOs and senior leaders has earned acclaim in top-tier media outlets like the BBC, CNBC, Forbes, Financial Times, and Glamour.
\n\nAs you’ll hear, Marielle’s roots are in St. Vincent and the Grenadines which was hard hit by Hurricane Beryl last summer. Follow the links below to connect with Marielle about continuing efforts to support those impacted.
\n\nWhere to fine Marielle?
\nmarielelegair.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn YouTube
What’s Marielle reading?
\nBreaking The Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One by Dr. Joe Dispenza
\nSteal the Show: From Speeches to Job Interviews to Deal-Closing Pitches, How to Guarantee a Standing Ovation for All the Performances in Your Life by Micheal Port
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
\nAbout Nottingham, home of Robin Hood
\nHistoric Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
\n30 Rock aka 30 Rockerfeller Plaza
\nToastmasters
\nAbout Neuro-Linguistic Programming
\nCreatures of Passage by Morowa Yejidé
Special Guest: Marielle Legair.
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\n\nOver the past few weeks, we’ve been learning more and more about the Women of Africa Post-Pandemic Empowerment and Advocacy Programme with guests from Egypt to Scotland to Nigeria with a range of business, health and well-being perspectives. This week we’re back in Nigeria with the women that started it all, Glocal Citizen, Adebisi Bright. Dr. Bisi Bright is an international award-winning scientist, social entrepreneur, health systems researcher, adjunct lecturer, consultant clinical pharmacist, and public health manager. She is 1st Vice Chairman and CEO of LiveWell Initiative LWI, a self-sustaining nonprofit healthcare social enterprise, which has impacted over two million Nigerians and thousands of Ghanaians with health literacy, improved overall health, and wellness.
\n\nShe is the brain behind the Post-pandemic Womens' Empowerment Programme of Africa which is a Gilead-Sciences, Inc. USA-supported regional program empowering all women in Africa and visiting ten nations with a goal of empowering all the Women of Africa in the post-pandemic era and to equip them tools for mental health and resilience. When we last spoke with Bisi, it was during the pandemic and we got to know how LWI was doing it’s part to equip communities with necessary health supports. In this conversation you’ll learn about the impressive strides the Bisi and her colleagues have made in services and in innovation all while continuing to live well!
\n\nWhere to find Bisi and more information about the PPWA program?
\nwww.livewellng.org
\nOn LinkedIn
What’s Bisi cooking?
\nJollof rice
\nOgbono soup
Other topics of interest:
\nGlobal Public Health University
\nHealth Technology Assessment
\nAbout Value-based Healthcare
\nInternational Alliance of Patient’s Organizations
\nMore about Block Chain technology in healthcare
Special Guest: Adebisi Bright.
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\n\nNext up in our collaboration with LiveWell Initiative for the Women of Africa Post-Pandemic Empowerment and Advocacy Programme is a conversaton centering youth and partnerships with a leading management consultant in Africa, Dr. Adebowale Jeff Johnson. Born and raised in Nigeria, he is the first Youth Performance Consultant in the world. He has worked in six consulitng firms over the span of his nearly 25 years of working experience. Also working with several other organisations in capacities ranging from Human Resource Manager, GM Strategy and Innovation, Business Service Manager, Project Manager, Resource Consultant, Corporate Affairs Manager, and Training Consultant. He is a speaker on national reforms, a seasoned advisor and a human resources generalist. He is currently the Managing Director of Advisory Firm, Purple Prime Limited, with a focus on business advisory and public sector advisory practices. In this lively conversation we get to know about how his research across various sectors informs his work with youth and his public service endeavors.
\n\nVisit the LiveWell Initiative for complete event details on upcoming and events and learn more about event supports like Gilead Sciences USA.
\n\nWhere to find Adebowale?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn X
What’s Adebole watching?
\nSlingshot
\n300
\nThe Bourne Series
\n24 TV series
\nThe Bond Series
\nMission: Impossible
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout the Ìjẹ̀bú people of Lagos
\nAbout Ogun State, Nigeria
\nAn interesting attraction in Kano, Nigeria
\nAbout Free Education and in Nigeria and Chief Obafemi Awolowo
\nAbout Gbagada Estates, Lagos
\nPsychometric Testing Tools
\nOn the Benin Empire
\nOn the Oyo Empire
\nHouse of Ga’a film about Bashorun Ga’a
\nYoruba Dialects
\nWWE’s nWO
\nAdebowale’s last thoughts…
\n“Wisdom is the correct application of understood knowlegde.”
Special Guests: Adebisi Bright and Adebowale Jeff Johnson.
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\n\nI’m back on the road with this conversation which finds my guest and I in opposite sides of the United Kingdom--me in London, UK and my guest, Dr. Motolani Oyerinde, in Scotland.
\n\nDr. Tolani, joins us in the next installment of our colloboration with Bisi Bright’s Livewell Initiative and the Women of Africa Post-Pandemic Empowerment and Advocacy Programme with support from Gilead Sciences USA. She is currently Managing Partner at Crystal Mental Healthcare and Health Education Services as well as Senior Family Health Officer at Livewell Initiative. Over the course of her carreer she has worked assiduously in the areas of training, peer leadership, and corporate health. She has co-facilitated as Faculty Trainer in Hepatitis, at a continental Africa regional rraining program in Hepatitis targeting delegates from 15 African countries. Under the LiveWell Initiative’s Volunteer Membership scheme, she became an award-winning Young Doctor participating in several health outreaches, health fairs and corporate health mIssions. Since the advent of the pandemic, she has been particulalry focused on proviving mental health support via LWIs Telehealth services platform.
\n\nBe sure to visit the LiveWell Initiative for up to date information about upcoming events.
\n\nWhere to find Tolani?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What’s Tolani reading?
\nAtomic Habits by James Clear
\nPractical Optimism: The art, science, and practice of exceptional well-being by Dr. Sue Varma
\nWhy Am I Like This? How to Break Cycles, Heal From Trauma, and Restore Your Faith by Kobe Campbell
What’s Tolani watching?
\nAfrica Magic TV
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Ogun State, Nigeria
\nScotland, UK
\nThe Egocentric and Sociocentric Self
\nSuicide Prevention Month
Special Guests: Adebisi Bright and Motolani Oyerinde.
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\n\nIt’s a season of transformation from the vibrancy of summer sun to the rest, retreat and make ready energy of winter. Here on the podcast we’re taking this time to explore new collaborations in conjunction with events happening in the coming months. First up is a collaboration with the Women of Africa Post-Pandemic Empowerment and Advocacy Programme which is an intitaitve of Glocal Citizen Adebisi Bright’s LiveWell Initiative based in Lagos Nigeria. This series of conversations with the practitioners partcipating in the progamme is a sneak preview of the upcoming dialogues.
\nMy guest this week, Egyptian pharmacist and entrpreneur, Dr. Wael Ali is a distinguished leader in pharmacy and public health with nearly 25 years of experience spanning clinical research, healthcare management, and international collaboration. As the President of the PharmaHelp Foundation Inc. and the Egyptian Organization of Pharmacy, he drives pharmacy practice transformation and workforce development. His roles as Vice President of FIP’s EMROpharm Forum and Executive Committee Consultant at the University of Sharjah highlight his commitment to advancing pharmaceutical education and practice. He also has extensive pharmaceutical manufacturing experience as a CEO of American Pharmaceutical Industries based in Farifax, Virginia. His expertise spans community, hospital, military and emergency pharmacy practices as well as social and administrative pharmacy functions across Egypt, the Gulf Cooperation Council or GCC, and the USA.
If you ever wondered about what goes on behind the counter in your local pharmacy, this conversation will help shine a light on the many roles and responsibilities your neighborhood pharmacist often takes on. As an added bonus, Wael give us a crash course on the ins and outs of manufacturing and exporting made in the USA products.
\n\nWhere to find Wael?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
Other topics of interest:
\nHistoric Cairo, Egypt
\nGulf Cooperation Council
\nOn [Liposome Manufacturing](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169409X20300788#:~:text=Liposomes are manufactured either by,manipulated for size (Section 2.1.)
\nAbout Medwatch
\nCIF vs FOP Shipping
\nInternational Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
\nWHO facts on Hepatitis
Special Guests: Adebisi Bright and Wael Ali.
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\n\nThis week it’s Part 2 of a two-part conversation with serial entrepreneur and diversity activist, Cherron Perry-Thomas. She is founder and president of Green Dandelion Marketing and Sales which grew out of a desire to introduce retailers to innovative plant based products. Since its founding, 20 years ago, Green Dandelion has helped their clients launch more than 2,000 products in grocery and health stores in the mid-Atlantic United States. Clients include manufactures of biodynamic, organic, non-gmo, vegan and fair trade products, helping to solidify their commitment to leaving a positive impact on the planet and all lives. which she further nurtures as co-owner of Plant and People, a Black women's owned boutique offering house plants, supplies, plant wellness products, services, and gifts.
\n\nA certified Social Impact Strategist, she applies these skills as the Director of Social Impact for The Diasporic Alliance for Cannabis Opportunities (DACO), a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about educational, wellness, and economic opportunities in the cannabis industry and particularly through the Black Cannabis Week Initiative which takes place September 22-29, 2024. Whether you’re a “planty” person or not, there’s plenty of green gems to pick up in this conversation.
\n\nWhere to find Cherron?
\nOn LInkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn X
What’s Charron running in?
\nHoka running shoes
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Memphis, Tennessee
\nAbout Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
\nWest Philadelphia History
\nEver heard of Purple Hull Peas?
\nWalter Wallace Jr.
\nWho was Fred Hampton?
\nBlack August
\nAbout to the Roots Picnic
\n[The New Jim Crow](linkhttps://newjimcrow.com) by Michelle Alexander
\nAbout the US Farm Bill
\nUN Report on Drugs 2018
\nCannabis legalization around the world
Special Guest: Cherron Perry-Thomas.
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\n\nThis week it’s Part 1 of a two-part conversation with serial entrepreneur and diversity activist, Cherron Perry-Thomas. She is founder and president of Green Dandelion Marketing and Sales which grew out of a desire to introduce retailers to innovative plant based products. Since its founding, 20 years ago, Green Dandelion has helped their clients launch more than 2,000 products in grocery and health stores in the mid-Atlantic United States. Clients include manufactures of biodynamic, organic, non-gmo, vegan and fair trade products, helping to solidify their commitment to leaving a positive impact on the planet and all lives. which she further nurtures as co-owner of Plant and People, a Black women's owned boutique offering house plants, supplies, plant wellness products, services, and gifts.
\n\nA certified Social Impact Strategist, she applies these skills as the Director of Social Impact for The Diasporic Alliance for Cannabis Opportunities (DACO), a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about educational, wellness, and economic opportunities in the cannabis industry and particularly through the Black Cannabis Week Initiative which takes place September 22-29, 2024. Whether you’re a “planty” person or not, there’s plenty of green gems to pick up in this conversation.
\n\nWhere to find Cherron?
\nOn LInkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn X
What’s Charron running in?
\nHoka running shoes
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Memphis, Tennessee
\nAbout Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
\nWest Philadelphia History
\nEver heard of Purple Hull Peas?
\nWalter Wallace Jr.
\nWho was Fred Hampton?
\nBlack August
\nAbout to the Roots Picnic
\n[The New Jim Crow](linkhttps://newjimcrow.com) by Michelle Alexander
\nAbout the US Farm Bill
\nUN Report on Drugs 2018
\nCannabis legalization around the world
Special Guest: Cherron Perry-Thomas.
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\n\nThis week Haiti, the recent Democratic National Convention (DNC), living in the now and ideas that challenge mindset boundaries are hot topic with my guest, Haitian-American, Jodine Dorcé. Jodine has been discovering, branding and promoting arts, music and culture for over a decade. Behind the scenes, she had an impressive career as an award-winning event marketer in the arts, entertainment and consumer product industries. Her achievements include developing and promoting products for Disney Consumer Electronics; leading sponsorship integrations for CurlFest and ONE Musicfest; producing the 2015 ESSENCE Festival and being responsible for the branding of Red Bull as a staple in the Atlanta cultural scene. Currently she is the VP of Live Events at WaitWhat, a media invention company, recognized for the highest quality, most genre-defining content today.
\nIn front of an audience, Jodine has a fearless passion for hosting and being an on-air personality. From her former radio days at WBCX 89.1FM in Atlanta, GA, she was also the host of the world-renowned Apollo Theater’s Music Cafe in Harlem that spotlights emerging music artists. She now serves as a host for Capital Jazz TV while producing and assist in the programming for the Capital Jazz Fest & Supercruise. You can also find her guest hosting various events throughout the country that showcase music, empower women and bring awareness to her beloved home country, Haiti. Join us in the vibe!
Where to find Jodine?
\nhttps://www.jodinedorce.com/
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn X
\nOn YouTube
What’s Jodine listening to?
\nStout
\nKeyon Harrold on NPR’s Tiny Desk
Other topics of interest:
\nTabarre, Haiti
\nOn Haiti’s Revolution
\nPerspectives on Haiti in 2024
\nEast Flatbush and Little Haiti in Brooklyn
\nSome Bedford-Stuyvesant History
\nOn [Sapiens](lin https://www.ynharari.com/book/sapiens-2/)
\nMasters of Scale Podcast
\nReid Hoffman
\nAbout DNC (Democratic Nationional Convention) Producer, Ricky Kirshner
\nLFG!
\nList of Elections in 2024
\n[Kat Cole](lin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat_Cole) and the Hot Shot Rule
\n[Jason Orr on FunkJazz Kafe](lin https://funkatopia.com/funk-news/interview-with-funkjazz-kafe-jason-orr/)
Special Guest: Jodine Dorcé.
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\n\nIt’s that time of year in most of the northern hemisphere - Back to School! Students of all manner from first time learners to adult continuing educationers are migrating to a learning institution near you--Kindergartens, middle and high schools, trade colleges, university campuses and some are taking to phones, tablets or computers for online courses. ’Tis the season for getting the mind ready for a new round of training, building and expansion. So this week, in preparation for the start of classes its a review session with some glocal citizens firmly planted in the business of education. Taiye Ayoola-Adedeji, author of the innovative, educational and interactive Yoruba-English bilingual book—The Yoruba Sound Book for Children, Ayobisi Osuntusa, Executive Director of Sesame Square Nigeria Foundation, a mirror image and partner organization of Sesame Workshop; Nisha Ligon, Co-founder and Senior Advisor of Tanzania-based, UBONGO, Africa's leading kids' edutainment company and Videographer, Composer, and Musician, Farai Malianga a tenure track Professor at Florida State University with a focus on Music for dance and choreography all join us with insights on learning education, arts and people. Class is in session, let’s LEAP right in!
Special Guests: Ayobisi Osuntusa, Farai Malianga, Nisha Ligon, and Taiye Ayoola-Adedeji.
","summary":"","date_published":"2024-08-20T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/69f23d3d-3769-4737-97a2-0bac44f398f1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":74631417,"duration_in_seconds":3109}]},{"id":"1422ba8e-ec3c-49e3-82ee-016af4cd8548","title":"Episode 235: Centering the Human in Human Resources with Rita Kusi","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/235","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\nIt’s Leo season and birthday week for both my guest and me as well as fellow Glocal Citizen and birthday celebrant Muhammida El Muhajir, which is how I was introduced to my guest, Ghanaian-born, Rita Kusi. Rita is a highly respected, passionate, and result-oriented strategic human resource professional with 20 years of experience as a generalist in the field. Currently, she serves as the CEO and Senior Consultant at Keeping 'U' Simply Intact (KUSI) Consulting, a boutique Digital HR and Marketing consulting firm providing HR and Marketing services to clients across Africa and the United States. She is also the Team Lead of Execution and Strategy for the Global Conference on Human Resources in Africa (GCHRA), a gathering of visionary human resource, business, and technology leaders to empower Africa’s workforce. Keep watching this space for collaborations around their upcoming conference happening October 24-25, 2024 in Accra, Ghana.\nShe has distinguished herself as a mentor, coach, and fervent advocate for professional development. Rita is on a mission to revolutionize the role of HR within organizations.\n\nHer career highlights, including being the first black woman to hold a directorial position in a prominent U.S. condominium firm and recognition as one of the 50 most influential young Ghanaians in 2018, underscore her exceptional leadership. In 2023, she was voted and named “Ghana’s Most Respected CEO in HR Management” at the 6th Ghana Industry CEO Awards by The Business Executive.\n\nWhere to find Rita?\nVisit http://kusiconsulting.com for more on their services.\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Instagram\nOn Facebook\nOn X\nOn TikTok\nOn Youtube\n\nWhat’s Rita reading?\nUnbroken by Trishia Bailey\n\nOther topics of interest:\nWhere is Bolgatanga “Bolga”, Ghana\nKumasi, Capital of Ghana’s Ashanti Region\nAkan Proverbs\nGhana’s Labor Laws in Transition\nAbout the US Diversiy Visa Lottery Program\nImpact Hub Accra\niSpace Accra\nWho is Gary V?\nAbout Johnny C. TaylorSpecial Guest: Rita Kusi.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nIt’s Leo season and birthday week for both my guest and me as well as fellow Glocal Citizen and birthday celebrant Muhammida El Muhajir, which is how I was introduced to my guest, Ghanaian-born, Rita Kusi. Rita is a highly respected, passionate, and result-oriented strategic human resource professional with 20 years of experience as a generalist in the field. Currently, she serves as the CEO and Senior Consultant at Keeping 'U' Simply Intact (KUSI) Consulting, a boutique Digital HR and Marketing consulting firm providing HR and Marketing services to clients across Africa and the United States. She is also the Team Lead of Execution and Strategy for the Global Conference on Human Resources in Africa (GCHRA), a gathering of visionary human resource, business, and technology leaders to empower Africa’s workforce. Keep watching this space for collaborations around their upcoming conference happening October 24-25, 2024 in Accra, Ghana.
\nShe has distinguished herself as a mentor, coach, and fervent advocate for professional development. Rita is on a mission to revolutionize the role of HR within organizations.
Her career highlights, including being the first black woman to hold a directorial position in a prominent U.S. condominium firm and recognition as one of the 50 most influential young Ghanaians in 2018, underscore her exceptional leadership. In 2023, she was voted and named “Ghana’s Most Respected CEO in HR Management” at the 6th Ghana Industry CEO Awards by The Business Executive.
\n\nWhere to find Rita?
\nVisit http://kusiconsulting.com for more on their services.
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn X
\nOn TikTok
\nOn Youtube
What’s Rita reading?
\nUnbroken by Trishia Bailey
Other topics of interest:
\nWhere is Bolgatanga “Bolga”, Ghana
\nKumasi, Capital of Ghana’s Ashanti Region
\nAkan Proverbs
\nGhana’s Labor Laws in Transition
\nAbout the US Diversiy Visa Lottery Program
\nImpact Hub Accra
\niSpace Accra
\nWho is Gary V?
\nAbout Johnny C. Taylor
Special Guest: Rita Kusi.
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\n\nFor this week’s episode we’re back in West Africa with Nigerian-American journalist and author, Abi Ishola-Ayodeji. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, Patience is a Subtle Thief, was named one of BuzzFeed's best books of May 2022 and received a coveted Kirkus-starred review. As a journalist, she has showcased her talent across a diverse range of platforms, including http://ELLE.com, PBS, http://Ebony.com, CUNY TV, and more. Her career has seen her cover extraordinary people, communities, and events from New York City to Paris and from Nigeria to Ghana.
\n\nIn 2017, Essence Magazine named her among its Woke 100 Women for launching Beyond Classically Beautiful, an acclaimed photo story and media platform celebrating women of color who defy traditional beauty standards which you’ll learn much more about in our conversation.
\n\nAfter years of struggling to write a complete novel, she adopted a winning plan that helped her finish her manuscript seamlessly. She landed a deal with HarperCollins upon her first submission to a publisher. As she continues to work on her second novel, she is also coaching aspiring authors on how to write and finish the novel of their dreams.
\n\nWhere to find Abi?
\nwww.aishola.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn X
\nOn Youtube
What’s Abi watching?
\nThe Chi
\nSex Education
\nGame of Thrones
Other topics of interest:
\nRevisit EP 74 Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
\nAll about Miami Gardens, Florida
\nAbout Ibadan, Nigeria
\nWhy Ilesa? A visti with fellow Glocal Citizen, Funsho Ogundipe
\nAbout Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola and the stolen election
\nMore about the Center for Black Literature @ Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn and the Wild Seeds Writers Retreat
\nAbout #imageactivitst, Michaela Angela Davis
\nAbout the film The Devil Wears Prada
\nJames Baldwin, Toni Morrison and more about Abi’s Glocal Speak
\nAbout Supacel and sickle cell anemia
Special Guest: Abi Ishola-Ayodeji.
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\n\nIncreasingly, I am thinking thoughts about places of being that better reflect citizen-centered social, economic and built enviroments. In recent conversation with Paul Damalie and following the works of another fellow GC, Chinedu Echeruo (which happens to be how I came across this week’s guest), those thoughts are beginning to rise into a mental framework for manifesting that new world. Born and raised in Nigeria, Victor Ndukwe is an Architect that has evolved over the years straddle tech and design. He is currently a founding team member of Itana (formerly Talent City) and is positioned to change the environmental and economic landscape in Africa.
\n\nVictor developed a keen mind for technical things in his formative years and honed his creativity in architecture school. He is a T-shaped individual with strong skills in Architecture and environmental planning and secondary skills in programming - a hardcore java developer once upon a time. He has worked in architecture firms, software development firms, real estate development firms, and now city developers. He has his eyes set on developing the infrastructure in Africa by unlocking capital for development as well as solving the critical problem of energy in Africa. Victor’s optimism and committment are clear as you’ll come to understand in our conversation, and with this blueprint, his vision is looking like a present many on the Continent have been anticipating.
\n\nWhere to find Victor?
\nFind out more about the Donacare Foundation
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn X
What’s Victor listening to?
\n[Johann Sebastian Bach](lin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGA1v6gZj1s)
\nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
\nGeorge Frideric Handel
Other topics of interest:
\nUmahia or Ama Ahia in Abia State, Nigeria
\nAbout Governor Alex Otti
\nDiscovery Channel
\nCharter Cities Institute
\nComputer Village. Ikeja Lagos
\nThe Echelon Conspiracy Film
\nNIIT Nigeria
\nFree Trade Zones in Nigeria
\nWhat is Industry 3.0?
Special Guest: Victor Ndukwe.
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\n\nThis week we’re going full circle with Zimbabwean-American, Vimbo Watson. Born in Zimbabwe, Vimbo’s family relocated to the US before she spoke her first words. Nonethless, her mother tongue has remained in her heart and has been a foundational part of fullfilling a life-long passion to uplift people and especially those in need back home. After a career in education as a teacher and principal, she’s now applying her administrative talents as the Director of Development for Kuda Vana Partnership an American-Zimbabwean non-profit operating a children's home and school in Zimbabwe. A passionate speaker and professional development provider she often translates her enthusiasm for learning and education into teaching others how to make time for wellness and self-care in their daily lives.
\n\nWhere to find Vimbo?
\n[vimbowatson.com](link https://vimbowatson.com/)
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instragram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Youtube
What’s Vimbo reading?
\nPlatonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep--Friends by Marisa G. Franco PhD
\n[Atomic Habits](lin https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits ) by James Clear
\nDrowning and other books by T.J. Newman
\nBooks by Brené Brown
\nThe Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
\nThe Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi
Other topics of interest:
\nMutare, Zimbabwe
\nClans and Totems in Zimbabwean Culture
\nOn Trauma-focused Therapy
Special Guest: Vimbo Watson.
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\n\nThe beautiful thing about life is that with care and attention time refines and gives rise to the amazement that is our daily experience. I met this week's guest nearly a decade ago, in the country she currently calls home, as we were both starting our work in the African edutainment industry and as she was making her way back home to Tanzania to do what she prepared for when getting her MBA and BS in International Business and Economics from Overton School of Business in the US--making a difference for African children. Tanzanian born and raised, Doreen Kessy is a Co-founder at STEM Girls Education (SGE), a social enterprise with a mission to help more girls in Africa become innovators. An education and women's champion at heart, Doreen holds the belief that empowering women and girls to drive change is essential in fostering a more sustainable and kinder world for all. Previously Chief Business Officer at Ubongo Learning, she was instrumental in growing the organisation as she led its expansion to 41 countries in Africa reaching over 30 million kids. She was named “Entrepreneur of the Year in Education” by Women In Africa Initiative (WIA), Winner of Next Billion EdTech Prize 2019, is also an Acumen Fellow, Future Elect Fellow, Global Shaper, an initiative of the World Economic Forum and Tedx speaker. Not only is the future bright, our present is brighter with social entreperneurs like Doreen making their mark in markets across Africa!
\n\nWhere to find Doreen?
\nOn Wikipedia
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
What’s Doreen listening to?
\nBrook Castillo’s The LIfe Coach School Podcast
\nHow I Built This Podcast
\nHuberman Lab Podcast
\nThe Mel Robbins Podcast
\nThis American Life Podcast
\nThe Tim Ferriss Show
\nThe Dairy Of A CEO Podcast
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Njombe’s Iringa Region, Tanzania
\nThings to do in Rosebank, Gauteng
\nAbout Smile 4 Africa
\nYo! Haibo!, Sawubona - Sikhona and other South African Expressions
\nThe Life Coach School
\nWhat’s Doreen riding?
\nMicroschools in action in Africa
Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nThis week we're back in East Africa in conversation with Kenyan, Farhan Guled, coming to you in two parts. Farhan takes us with him from his native homeland to Europe and back to East Africa where he is currently Executive Director of Salaam Bank Limited in Kampala, Uganda; he has been instrumental is building the bank's start-up operation in the country. Born and raised in Kenya he began his entreprenuearship journey as founder of Maisha Fitness Center in Nairobi. Wearing many professional hats, Farhan is a "Multipotentialite Creative Thinker" offering an off the shelf business growth consultancy. As a visionary strategist, he helps businesses with the right intuitive and informative strategies that guarantee transformational growth. In his service endeavors, he is a board member of The Young Leaders of Finance (Le Club des Jeunes Dirigeants Financiers), which gathers young and mid-level professionals with various backgrounds who work with or within the financial sector taken in the broad sense. Some highlights of our conversation are Farhan's in depth tutorial on the links between Islamic finance and sustainable development goals as well as his delight with the sites and sounds of Uganda. Like me, I think you'll be ready to book your visit straight away!
\n\nWhere to find Farhan?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn X
What’s Farhan Reading?
\nBurn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential by Matt Higgins
Other topics of interest:
\nOn Islamic Banking and Finance
\nSalaam African Bank
\nJinja, Uganda
\nFort Portal, Uganda and traditions of the Tooro Kingdom
\nKabale, Uganda: City of Peace
\nAbout Merck HQ Germany
\nAfrika Kommt
Special Guest: Farhan Guled.
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\n\nThis week we're back in East Africa in conversation with Kenyan, Farhan Guled, coming to you in two parts. Farhan takes us with him from his native homeland to Europe and back to East Africa where he is currently Executive Director of Salaam Bank Limited in Kampala, Uganda; he has been instrumental is building the bank's start-up operation in the country. Born and raised in Kenya he began his entreprenuearship journey as founder of Maisha Fitness Center in Nairobi. Wearing many professional hats, Farhan is a "Multipotentialite Creative Thinker" offering an off the shelf business growth consultancy. As a visionary strategist, he helps businesses with the right intuitive and informative strategies that guarantee transformational growth. In his service endeavors, he is a board member of The Young Leaders of Finance (Le Club des Jeunes Dirigeants Financiers), which gathers young and mid-level professionals with various backgrounds who work with or within the financial sector taken in the broad sense. Some highlights of our conversation are Farhan's in depth tutorial on the links between Islamic finance and sustainable development goals as well as his delight with the sites and sounds of Uganda. Like me, I think you'll be ready to book your visit straight away!
\n\nWhere to find Farhan?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn X
What’s Farhan Reading?
\nBurn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential by Matt Higgins
Other topics of interest:
\nOn Islamic Banking and Finance
\nSalaam African Bank
\nJinja, Uganda
\nFort Portal, Uganda and traditions of the Tooro Kingdom
\nKabale, Uganda: City of Peace
\nAbout Merck HQ Germany
\nAfrika Kommt
Special Guest: Farhan Guled.
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\n\nMy guest this week, comes to us via fellow Glocal Citizen, Yana Fleming. Like Yana, Emilly Okello-Juma is a seasoned communications and program management professional. Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, Emilly’s work has taken her to points near and far across around the world. She has 13 years of experience working in communications roles including on-continent support across all regions in Africa on projects funded by international actors such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, Feed the Future and Prosper Africa. She has demonstrated experience in development communications, including report writing, branding, client and stakeholder relationships, visibility growth, policy engagement, and prodding action towards key outcomes for beneficiaries. Emilly has also served as board member in charge of Communications at SlumChild Foundation.
\nThis week’s conversation is a great compliment or prelude to upcoming episodes featuring conversations from our second The Future of Work Solutionscape and Stretch Salon that took place last weekend in London which centered on agriculture. Curious about what these sessions are about? Check out scenes from our May Day Salon in Brooklyn, New York and stay tuned for opportunities to engage with the Glocal Citizens community worldwide.
Where to find Emily?
\nOn LinkedIn
What’s Emilly listening to?
\nGinny Clarke’s Fifth Dimensional Leadership Podcast
\nThe Moth Podcast
\nThe LINK Cast
What’s Emilly reading?
\nWomen Who Run with the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Other topics of interest:
\nEconomic vs. Commercial Diplomacy
\nProsper Africa
\nVivo Fashion Group
\nThe Nation Media Group
\nThe Malabo Declaration
\nAfrican Union Agenda 2063
\nRwanda’s former Minister of Agriculture Gérardine Mukeshimana
Special Guest: Emilly Okello-Juma.
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\n\nI met Elike Kofi Nkansa, a multifaceted creative with a background in literature and art with a keen interest in fine detailng, one afternoon at a place called the Green Butterfly Market in Accra. He was seated in front of a beautiful portrait tapestry which I eventually purchased after visiting his flagship boutique and seeing a sampling of his portfolio. He trained as an architect and is the designer for his fashion brand, Elike Clothing which has become a household name, particularly in Ghana, and he has clothed many eminent personalites. He is currently costumier for three-time Grammy nominated artiste Rocky Dawuni.
\nElike was selected amongst 14 other garment manufacturers in Ghana to spearhead an effort in mass production under AGOA--African Growth and Opportunities Act, through which his enterprise gained the requisite training to engage in mass apparel and textile production. His brand is minimalist afrocentric and heavily inclined in technically and functionally artistic design.
\nHe mentors young artisans in the fashion industry helping to release fresh creativity into the fashion space. Through his art he hopes to forge closer bonds of peace and kinship between peoples wilst empowering women and youth.
Where to find Elike?
\nwww.elikeclothing.com
\nOn Facebook
\nWhat’s Elike reading?
\nWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
\nWorks by Robert Greene
What’s Elike watching?
\nGuest Who’s Coming to Dinner
\nKramer vs. Kramer
Other topics of interest:
\nLeklebi Dafor
\nCoffee and Togo
\nAbout the game Chaskele
\nRIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects
\nGhana Institute of Architects
\nAbout technical pens
\nAbout the Peugot 504
\nAbout Ricci Osei and son, Reggie Rockstone
\nAbout UT Bank’s Kofi Amoabeng
\nWilliam Blake’s The Chimney Sweeper
\nAbout Ambassador D.K Osei
Special Guest: Elike Nkansa.
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\n\nI met Elike Kofi Nkansa, a multifaceted creative with a background in literature and art with a keen interest in fine detailng, one afternoon at a place called the Green Butterfly Market in Accra. He was seated in front of a beautiful portrait tapestry which I eventually purchased after visiting his flagship boutique and seeing a sampling of his portfolio. He trained as an architect and is the designer for his fashion brand, Elike Clothing which has become a household name, particularly in Ghana, and he has clothed many eminent personalites. He is currently costumier for three-time Grammy nominated artiste Rocky Dawuni.
\nElike was selected amongst 14 other garment manufacturers in Ghana to spearhead an effort in mass production under AGOA--African Growth and Opportunities Act, through which his enterprise gained the requisite training to engage in mass apparel and textile production. His brand is minimalist afrocentric and heavily inclined in technically and functionally artistic design.
\nHe mentors young artisans in the fashion industry helping to release fresh creativity into the fashion space. Through his art he hopes to forge closer bonds of peace and kinship between peoples wilst empowering women and youth.
Where to find Elike?
\nwww.elikeclothing.com
\nOn Facebook
\nWhat’s Elike reading?
\nWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
\nWorks by Robert Greene
What’s Elike watching?
\nGuest Who’s Coming to Dinner
\nKramer vs. Kramer
Other topics of interest:
\nLeklebi Dafor
\nCoffee and Togo
\nAbout the game Chaskele
\nRIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects
\nGhana Institute of Architects
\nAbout technical pens
\nAbout the Peugot 504
\nAbout Ricci Osei and son, Reggie Rockstone
\nAbout UT Bank’s Kofi Amoabeng
\nWilliam Blake’s The Chimney Sweeper
\nAbout Ambassador D.K Osei
Special Guest: Elike Nkansa.
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\n\nThis week we have a Glocal Citizens first so keep reading!
\nI first met my guest, Robert “Bob” Bush, Jr., more than 15 years ago in a cute bistro in the Meat Packing District in New York City. At the time, he had been living in the Middle East for a couple of years as Managing Director and Senior Advisor for the Corporate Office of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoumis, Prime Minister of the UAE. As you’ll hear in the conversation this was in many ways a culminating role, that started to take shape while backpacking around the world after university.
He continues to “live” in the Middle East, but in true Glocal Citizens style, his work and life have taken him through Europe, back to the US, Africa and the far East. Bob is now President and CEO of Cajary Majlis, the exclusive distributor of Mutombo Coffee, co-founded by NBA Hall of Famer and Global Humanitarian Dikembe Mutombo. Cajary Majlis, an international trader of commodities and a distributor of food and feed products from around the world, uses its networks, talents, and resources to solve challenging problems related to building commodity businesses in emerging markets.
\n\nThroughout his 30+ year professional career, he’s established himself as a seasoned senior investment executive with experience across industries (advanced manufacturing, financial services, energy, ICT, e-health, life sciences, security, and retail), geographies (USA, Europe, China, Middle East and Africa), as well as asset classes (venture capital, private equity, Islamic finance). He also advises the European Commission on Public Private Partnerships and is an SME advisor for the EC’s Horizon 2020 Initiative. In the spring of 2020, he became an advisor to Ahmed bin Sulayem, the executive chairman of the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre in the UAE. He speaks frequently to governments, universities, and corporates and is a contributing writer to Forbes Middle East online edition.
\n\nSo now the treat! For all of you coffee lovers and lovers of coffee lovers, Mutombo Coffee is offering an exclusive perk for GC listeners. Use GLOCAL10 discount code at checkout and receive a 10 percent discout on your order. Buy now here!
\nAs an added perk, from now until June 15, 2024, Mutombo Coffee will donate 10 percent of sales for those using the Glocal10 code to the Glocal Citizens platform. This is great timing as our community is growing and we love any and all the support that helps to inspire action.
Where to find Bob?
\nMutomboCoffee.com
\nOn LinkedIn
What’s Bob reading?
\nGödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Other topics of interest:
\nEast St. Louis' Challening Past
\nGateway Arch
\nSee Dubai’s Transformation
\nAbout [Dikembe Mutombo](linkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo) and understanding his health challenge
\nDikembe Mutombo’s - We Are Family Foundation
\nCoffee Science
\nAbout Mohka Port in Yemen
\nAfrica and Coffee
\nRegenerative Agriculture 101
Special Guest: Robert Bush, Jr..
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\n\nBeach has been in heavy rotation in my mind lately so I decided to recreate the experience of being there through conversations with guests from a favorite beach destination - Jamaica. Our tour guides for this virtual experience are fellow Stanford alum and techpreneur, Stacy Kirk; logistics, supply chain and production systems expert, Andray McKenzie; ceramic sculptor and art therapist, Beverley Watson; intelligence advisor, author, and speaker, Suki Fuller; global lifestyle ambassador, Morris Sinclair; talent development visionary, Natasha Moore; and Black feminist researcher, writer, and curator, Nydia Swaby.
\n\nI drew some inspriation from learning that last week, on May 23rd, Jamaica observed May Day or Labour Day while this week, the US observes Memorial Day. In the spirit of meaningful work and service and reflection you’ll hear voices from Glocal Citizens throughout the years.
\n\nWhere to find our guests?
\nStacy Kirk
\nAndray McKenzie
\nBeverley Watson
\nSuki Fuller
\nMorris Sinclair
\nNatasha D. Moore
\nNydia A. Swaby
Other topics of interest:
\nMay Day in Jamaica
\nThe Origins of Memorial Day
Special Guests: Andray McKenzie, Beverley Watson, Morris Sinclair, Natasha Moore, Nydia Swaby, Stacy Kirk, and Suki Fuller.
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\nMy guest this week and I go way back to the days of carefree Saturdays and Brooklyn Street festivals, before adulting was the order of our days. Fast forward and today, Dr. Shartriya Collier is an Associate Dean and Full Professor at the School of Education at Nevada State College (NSC), where she leads and supports a diverse and dynamic faculty and student body. She has over 21 years of experience in education spanning from PK-20 to adult education, with a focus on curriculum and instruction, teacher and faculty development, and student success.
\nAs the Founding Director of NSC Sankofa and now as founder of Maximal Development Education, LLC, she designs and implements programs utilizing culturally responsive and social justice practices to equip Black students for academic and socioemotional success; as well as developing transformative curriculum and resources designed to provide culturally responsive, equity-focused learning tools that lead to optimal self-actualization for every person, child, and family unit. A prolific author and speaker, with five books and numerous academic articles that highlight the stories and experiences of marginalized communities in education, her mission is to foster a culture of inclusion, empowerment, and excellence in education for all. As you’ll hear in the conversation, I look forward to connecting with Shartriya on strategies for developing and implementing teaching and learning practices centering a Pan-African education system in the very near future!
Check out some of Shartriya’s works:
\nEnCouraged Women Leaders: A 30-Day Journal to Reclaim Your Peace and Life Purpose
\nLet's Go With Aya and Taj: Costa Rica
Where to find Shartriya?
\n[drtriya.com](About — Dr. Triya)
\n[DJ Lotuspetal on MixCloud](Live Free)
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn [instagram](Instagram (@drtriya))
\nOn Facebook
What’s Shartriya reading?
\nPurpose: Find Your Truth and Embrace Your Calling by Jessica Huie
Other topics of interest:
\n[Is it Nevada or Nevada?](Wait, Is It Nevada, or Nevada? (Published 2020))
\nNSC’s Sankofa Program
\nNational Association for Bilingual Education
\nOn Transcultural Multilingual Education
\nOn nurturing emergent bilingual learners
\nPositive Intelligence, take the test
\nAssociation of Black Women in Higher Education
\nOn Claudine Gay’s Resignation from Harvard University
\nWhat is an HSI?
\nWhat is a Microschool?
\nWhat is a DBA?
\nAbout Dr. Cynthia B. Dillard
Special Guest: Shartriya Collier.
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\n\nThe Glocal Citizens community has gifted us with another inspiring diasporan. Heneba Kwadwo Safo, a graduate of the University of Ghana in Civil Engineering is the founder and leader of the BuzStopBoys. The Buzstopboys is a volunteer group promoting a Clean, Green, Environment (CGEn) through patriotism. With brooms, dustpans and a strong sense of community spirit, the BuzstopBoys have become a driving force for positive change. Their initiative focuses on cleaning heavily trafficked areas, creating a cleaner and more welcoming environment for both residents and visitors. It is no surprise that fellow Glocal Citizen and environment advocate, Leslie Bentil of Gutta Soles/Gutta Soles Foundation seeded the connection. Kwadwo is the grandson of Apostle, Dr. Engineer Kwadwo Safo Kantanka, the founder and the chairman of the Kantanka Group, Ghana's largest local technology conglomerate, with innovations in automobile manufacturing, engineering, food production and more. Like his grandfather, a renowned Ghanaian-born technologist, philanthropist and Pan-African who believes in Black Emancipation and transformational change, Kwadwo is well on his way making impact one clean street at a time.
\n\nWhere to find the Buzstopboys?
\nOn Instagram
\non Facebook
\nOn TikTok
\nOn YouTube
What’s Kwadwo watching?
\nMaame Grace
Other topics of interest:
\nDodowa, Ghana
\nKwahu, Eastern Region, Ghana
\nWhere is Mallam Junction, Accra?
\nMcCarthy Hill, Accra
\nOdorkor, Accra
\nGa Dangbe People
\nShai Hills Reserve, Ghana
\nBolgatanga, Ghana
\nOn Mysticism
Special Guest: Kwadwo Safo.
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\n\nThis week’s conversation comes to you in two parts and is courtesy of a connection made by my guest from Episode 34, Stacey Enyame. Recognizing the intersection between tech and community/economic development and my background, Stacey suggested I join the Keta MakerSpace community on WhatsApp--a brainchild of #GlobalGhanaian, Paul Kwesi Damalie. We go into detail about the community and the vision for the platform and new city in the making in Part 2 of the conversation, both parts are not to be missed! Paul is founder of Damalie Innovation Holdings Group which invests in and builds companies in health tech, sports value chain, gaming and family entertainment, urban infrastructure & development and trade & embedded finance, climate resileince. Previously he was the co-founder of Inclusive Innovations Inc. which developed the Appruve API, product making it easy for financial services to verify individuals and businesses all over Africa. In 2023 Appruve was acquired by Smile ID.
\nAs a Fintech industry influencer, he is among Untapt's Top 23 fintech influencers to follow on X; he is a Chapter Lead of Next Money, the global thought leader community for stakeholders within the financial services and technology ecosystem. He organizes events (meetups & conferences) that create opportunities for stakeholders to discuss current trends, explore opportunities through networking and influence policy in the financial services ecosystem. He also has experience consulting for fintech startups and new market entrants into West Africa, working closely with fintech innovation programmes, accelerators and investors as well as financial inclusion research institutions.
Where to find Paul?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn X
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What’s Paul reading?
\nThe Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
\nEvery.to
What’s Paul listening to?
\nFunaná
\nKizomba
Other topics of interest:
\nKeta Coastal Analysis
\nAlbert and Comfort Ocran
\nDSF Lab
\nCaribou Digital
\nAfropolitan Network State
\nEthereum’s Vitalik Buterin talks Charter Cities an the Charter Cities Institute
\nNew City Concepts - Zuzalu, Próspera, Fumba Town, Itana
\nOn Digital Nomads
\nPlayground.ai
\nGoogle for Startups
\nY Combinator
\nSand Hill Road
\nTokeh Beach, Sierra Leone
Special Guest: Paul Damalie.
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\n\nThis week’s conversation comes to you in two parts and is courtesy of a connection made by my guest from Episode 34, Stacey Enyame. Recognizing the intersection between tech and community/economic development and my background, Stacey suggested I join the Keta MakerSpace community on WhatsApp--a brainchild of #GlobalGhanaian, Paul Kwesi Damalie. We go into detail about the community and the vision for the platform and new city in the making in Part 2 of the conversation, both parts are not to be missed! Paul is founder of Damalie Innovation Holdings Group which invests in and builds companies in health tech, sports value chain, gaming and family entertainment, urban infrastructure & development and trade & embedded finance, climate resileince. Previously he was the co-founder of Inclusive Innovations Inc. which developed the Appruve API, product making it easy for financial services to verify individuals and businesses all over Africa. In 2023 Appruve was acquired by Smile ID.
\nAs a Fintech industry influencer, he is among Untapt's Top 23 fintech influencers to follow on X; he is a Chapter Lead of Next Money, the global thought leader community for stakeholders within the financial services and technology ecosystem. He organizes events (meetups & conferences) that create opportunities for stakeholders to discuss current trends, explore opportunities through networking and influence policy in the financial services ecosystem. He also has experience consulting for fintech startups and new market entrants into West Africa, working closely with fintech innovation programmes, accelerators and investors as well as financial inclusion research institutions.
Where to find Paul?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn X
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What’s Paul reading?
\nThe Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
\nEvery.to
What’s Paul listening to?
\nFunaná
\nKizomba
Other topics of interest:
\nKeta Coastal Analysis
\nAlbert and Comfort Ocran
\nDSF Lab
\nCaribou Digital
\nAfropolitan Network State
\nEthereum’s Vitalik Buterin talks Charter Cities an the Charter Cities Institute
\nNew City Concepts - Zuzalu, Próspera, Fumba Town, Itana
\nOn Digital Nomads
\nPlayground.ai
\nGoogle for Startups
\nY Combinator
\nSand Hill Road
\nTokeh Beach, Sierra Leone
Special Guest: Paul Damalie.
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\nThis week on the podcast we have another fellow Stanford Alumni – #chocolatecardinal, with a mini masterclass as a great follow-up to my conversation with creative director, Francis Brown. Sasheen Artis, born a New Yorker in Harlem, currently based in Los Angeles, California, is bi-coastal in her lifespan to date, spending her entire adult life on the West Coast. She started her career in the entertainment industry as a temp and is now a two-time Emmy winning producer and the Founder & CEO of Plenty of Pie, a curriculum-based talent incubator and media production accelerator offering leadership development, practical producers skills training, mentorship, and access to production & distribution resources to emerging and mid-career creatives of color.
Sasheen has worked with such newsmakers and celebrities as President Barack Obama, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, actor/director Robert Duvall, singer/songwriter Annie Lennox and director Jonathan Demme. Her latest film, Birthing Justice, addressing Black maternal health outcomes, debuted at the Congressional Black Caucus, screened for 200 countries at the United Nations and is used as a continuing education course by the American Medical Association. It currently airs on PBS.
\nShe is also dedicated to service as a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Producers Guild of America, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. and serves on the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation Digital Media Entertainment Advisory Council.
Be sure to spread the word via the links below about her upcoming inaugural Plenty of Pie Talent Incubator Cohort - Deadline is April 30th.
\n\nWhere to find Sasheen?
\nwww.plentyofpie.net
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What’s Sasheen watching?
\nMaigret
\nBlood of the Vine
\nNordic Thrillers
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout CUNY - aka City College in Harlem
\nHankcock Park, Los Angeles
\nSilver Lake, Los Angeles
\nLos Feliz, Los Angeles
\nBaldwin Hills, Los Angeles
\nTed Milner’s Executive Temps
\nAbout Blockbuster
\nWhat are lenticulars?
\nAbout The Division
\nThe Tavis Smiley Show
\nAbout Aerospace Engineer, Hal Walker
\nPrentice Penny
\nSasheen’s Emmy-winning episodes of Lost L.A. - Three Views of Manzanar and Discovering the Universe
\nThe Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act
\nAbout fellow Stanford Alum and basketball standout Darren Allaway
\nColor Congress
Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nThis week on the podcast we have another fellow Stanford Alumni – #chocolatecardinal, with a mini masterclass as a great follow-up to my conversation with creative director, Francis Brown. Sasheen Artis, born a New Yorker in Harlem, currently based in Los Angeles, California, is bi-coastal in her lifespan to date, spending her entire adult life on the West Coast. She started her career in the entertainment industry as a temp and is now a two-time Emmy winning producer and the Founder & CEO of Plenty of Pie, a curriculum-based talent incubator and media production accelerator offering leadership development, practical producers skills training, mentorship, and access to production & distribution resources to emerging and mid-career creatives of color.
Sasheen has worked with such newsmakers and celebrities as President Barack Obama, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, actor/director Robert Duvall, singer/songwriter Annie Lennox and director Jonathan Demme. Her latest film, Birthing Justice, addressing Black maternal health outcomes, debuted at the Congressional Black Caucus, screened for 200 countries at the United Nations and is used as a continuing education course by the American Medical Association. It currently airs on PBS.
\nShe is also dedicated to service as a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Producers Guild of America, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. and serves on the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation Digital Media Entertainment Advisory Council.
Be sure to spread the word via the links below about her upcoming inaugural Plenty of Pie Talent Incubator Cohort - Deadline is April 30th.
\n\nWhere to find Sasheen?
\n[plentyofpie.net](www.plentyofpie.net/demystify-entertainment)
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What’s Sasheen watching?
\nMaigret
\nBlood of the Vine
\nNordic Thrillers
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout CUNY - aka City College in Harlem
\nHankcock Park, Los Angeles
\nSilver Lake, Los Angeles
\nLos Feliz, Los Angeles
\nBaldwin Hills, Los Angeles
\nTed Milner’s Executive Temps
\nAbout Blockbuster
\nWhat are lenticulars?
\nAbout The Division
\nThe Tavis Smiley Show
\nAbout Aerospace Engineer, Hal Walker
\nPrentice Penny
\nSasheen’s Emmy-winning episodes of Lost L.A. - Three Views of Manzanar and Discovering the Universe
\n[The Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act](lin https://tcf.org/content/data/black-maternal-health-momnibus-tracker/)
\nAbout fellow Stanford Alum and basketball standout Darren Allaway
\nColor Congress
Special Guest: Sasheen Artis.
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\n\nAs you listen to this week’s episode you may catch a hint of showers as part of the sound track for this conversation with long-time collaborator, Takoradi, Ghana’s own Francis Brown. As the saying goes, showers bring flowers and in this two-part conversation we’re definitely cultivating a bouquet of beauty and insights.
\nFrancis is one of the first professionals that I worked with when I arrived in Ghana; at that times he was a student at Ghana’s National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI). Since then, his career has flourished as founder and creative director of AnimaxFYB Studios in Ghana. He is an award-winning filmmaker trained in a number of different cinematic mediums, and has over ten years experience in the audio-visual industry. He is a member of the International Academy of Arts and Sciences (EMMY), a Jury at MIPCOM in Cannes and a frequent speaker on different film and television forums around the world. He was shortlisted for the 42nd Student Academy Awards (Oscars), won Best Animation Film at the Africa International Film Festival 2016 (AFFRIF), Best Creative Artist 2017 at the Black British Entertainment Awards, animator of the year at the 2017 Ghana UK Based Awards (GUBA) and also Best Animation at the 2018 Ghana Movie Awards. In 2019, face2face Africa named him one of the five African animators who can give their Hollywood counterparts a run for the money. In 2021, his short 3D animated film ‘ROOM 5’ was nominated at Annecy International Animation Film Festival making him the only West African director to be nominated for the year and one of four films from Africa. He is a regular feature at Meta Cinema Forum, the largest Africa and Middle East film and cinema convention. He is also a planning committee member and artistic director of the Afrotino music festival where Latino and African performers will be meeting in a series of cross-country concerts in Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia and Mexico.
Where to find Francis?
\nanimaxfybstudios.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
What’s Francis watching?
\nAfro Samurai
\nThe Boondocks
\nTales of the Black Freighter and Watchmen
\nSWAT Kats
\nJonny Quest
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Takoradi, Ghana
\nWatch Mmofra!
\nKoliko Animation Academy
\nHow to use “Omo”
\nAbout DCI theaters
\niRokoTV
\nShowMax
\nCinema in Ghana
Special Guest: Francis Y. Brown.
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\n\nAs you listen to this week’s episode you may catch a hint of showers as part of the sound track for this conversation with long-time collaborator, Takoradi, Ghana’s own Francis Brown. As the saying goes, showers bring flowers and in this two-part conversation we’re definitely cultivating a bouquet of beauty and insights.
\nFrancis is one of the first professionals that I worked with when I arrived in Ghana; at that times he was a student at Ghana’s National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI). Since then, his career has flourished as founder and creative director of AnimaxFYB Studios in Ghana. He is an award-winning filmmaker trained in a number of different cinematic mediums, and has over ten years experience in the audio-visual industry. He is a member of the International Academy of Arts and Sciences (EMMY), a Jury at MIPCOM in Cannes and a frequent speaker on different film and television forums around the world. He was shortlisted for the 42nd Student Academy Awards (Oscars), won Best Animation Film at the Africa International Film Festival 2016 (AFFRIF), Best Creative Artist 2017 at the Black British Entertainment Awards, animator of the year at the 2017 Ghana UK Based Awards (GUBA) and also Best Animation at the 2018 Ghana Movie Awards. In 2019, face2face Africa named him one of the five African animators who can give their Hollywood counterparts a run for the money. In 2021, his short 3D animated film ‘ROOM 5’ was nominated at Annecy International Animation Film Festival making him the only West African director to be nominated for the year and one of four films from Africa. He is a regular feature at Meta Cinema Forum, the largest Africa and Middle East film and cinema convention. He is also a planning committee member and artistic director of the Afrotino music festival where Latino and African performers will be meeting in a series of cross-country concerts in Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia and Mexico.
Where to find Francis?
\nanimaxfybstudios.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
What’s Francis watching?
\nAfro Samurai
\nThe Boondocks
\nTales of the Black Freighter and Watchmen
\nSWAT Kats
\nJonny Quest
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Takoradi, Ghana
\nWatch Mmofra!
\nKoliko Animation Academy
\nHow to use “Omo”
\nAbout DCI theaters
\niRokoTV
\nShowMax
\nCinema in Ghana
Special Guest: Francis Y. Brown.
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\n\nThis month we’ve traveled to three continents on our herstory tour and our final destination is the west coast of the US by way of The Gambia. My guest, Kadiatou Sibi, started in the world of work after finding her voice (literally), in university when she began traveling the world as a lead singer of the band, Belizbeha. Following a successful career in media, entertainment, and teaching, she focused on entrepreneurism to launch A Web of Wellness (AWOW). With over 24 years of experience as an Ayurvedic Wellness and Performance Coach at AWOW, Kadiatou helps clients achieve optimal health and well-being through personalized diet, lifestyle, and meditation practices. She is a board-certified Ayurvedic practitioner by the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA), and a Chopra Certified Health Teacher and Student at Chopra Global, where she learns from the renowned Deepak Chopra and his team of experts. Her involvement with the National Ayurvedic Medicine Association includes participation on the DEI committee reflecting her dedication to inclusivity within the field. Additionally, she has authored articles, led DEI workshops, and extended her expertise to cater to a diverse clientele. This conversation was a breath of fresh Spring air and I hope that many of the tips that Kadi has to offer in conversation and at AWOW will help you to build better, wholistic wellness practices for you and your loved ones.
\n\nWhere to find Kadi?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
What’s Kadi watching?
\nNeedle in a Haystack
\nThe Banker
What’s Kadi reading?
\nWho Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy
Other topics of interest:
\nBelizbeha Band Reunion
\nAbout Julangel. Gambia
\nAbout Leimert Park and Africa Town
\nAbout Nasya in Ayurveda
\nAbout the Chakras
\nWhat is the Dark NIght of the Soul?
\nAbout Redlining and Its Legacy
\nAbout Juneteenth
\nWhat is NLP?
\nAyurveda Daily Routine
\nAbout the Gut Microbiome
Special Guest: Kabiatou Sibi.
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\n\nThis week, we’re flashing back to my trip to Cape Town last November. I met my guest, Yaliwe Clarke through sister-to-sister connection, literally. Her sister and mine are friends and as we (my sister and I) were in SA together our meeting was inevitable. Yaliwe, who is of Zambian and British parentage found her way to South African nearly two decades ago from Zambia, where she spent most of her life. She is the immediate past Director of the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Prior to this, since 2000, she worked with civil society organizations and interacted with a wide range of social justice activists, peace-builders/conflict resolution practitioners, diplomats, and peace and security personnel in over 11 countries in Africa. She is a skilled conflict resolution practitioner, trainer, and facilitator who has experience in assisting nonprofit organisations, and government officials across the African continent, particularly during her time as a Senior Trainer at the Centre for Conflict Resolution, based in Cape Town. Alongside this work, Yaliwe has taught and written on African Feminism, peace, security, and development at the University of Cape Town since 2008. She has a Ph.D. in Social Development that investigated the micro-politics of women’s ‘peace activism’ in northern Uganda. She is also interested in post-conflict reconstruction processes; social change processes in times of crisis; and notions of respectable femininity, marriage, pleasure, and (hetero)sexuality in Africa. In entrepreneurship, she is co-founder of Maliya Tours & Transfers which focuses on travelers seeking out sites and histories in South Africa that are distinct from those in other countries and based on hers and her co-founder's experiences living in the Western Cape. If you’re ever in the Western Cape, definitely book your tours with Maliya. We did and they did not disappoint!
\n\nWhere to find Yaliwe?
\nMaliya Transfers & Tours
\nOn LinkedIn
What’s Yaliwe reading?
\nEmergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown
Other topics of interest:
\nSara Longwe and her Women’s Empowerment Framework
\nAbout Roy Clarke
\nNigeria’s Women’s War
\nOn Uganda’s Long Civil War
\nKlein Goederust Winery
\nPregs Govender’s Podcast - Love and Insubordination
\nMont Rochelle
\nAbout Table Mountain
\nXhosa Expressions
\nAbout the Lotus Sutra
\nAbout the Ōbaku School of Zen Buddhism
Special Guest: Yaliwe Clarke.
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\n\nThis week’s episode and herstory really hit close to home. We recorded this interview on Ghana’s Independence Day, March 6th--or 6th March as we say in Ghana. And while days like this are meant to be celebrations of freedom and recognition of the work and struggles that went into the founding of the republic, my enthusiasm was half-hearted. If Africa, Africans and all people of the African Diaspora are honest with ourselves we have to accept that decolonization is an unfinished job. There is work to do. I, like my guest this week accept it and for me, I am reminded and empowered to ramp up the why of Glocal Citizens and my passion for manifesting a new world. My guest, Brooklyn sistren, and neighbor, Valerie White is as committed and has shown this commitment in a 30+ year career dedicated to economic and social empowerment across the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Valerie is currently Senior Executive Director of LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation) NY where she is responsible for leading the expansion strategy promoting LISC's statewide efforts to create an economic and community development ecosystem addressing deep-rooted systemic inequities. She is also broadening her scope of impact knowledge sharing with groups such as United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa).
\n\nWhere to find Valerie?
\nOn Linkedin
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
How is Valeries unwinding?
\nDelta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
\nVisit Going Dark the Guggenheim Museum
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Fishkill, NY
\nAbout the Brooklyn Navy Yard
\nSteiner Studios
\nBrooklyn's Hip Hop Closet
\nAbout Shirley Chisolm
\nLaura Blackburn Speaks
\nA litlle bit about the saying Ride or Die
\nLife Wellness Center in Brooklyn
\nOn the Buffalo Shooting then and now
\nMicron Chip Project
\nOn Malik Yoba
\nProfessor Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o
\nWhat is BRIC?
Special Guest: Valerie White.
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\n\nIf it’s March then it’s all about herstories here on the podcast and first up we’re in London by way of Hopkinsville, Kentucky with mental health futurist, Sara Reed. She is an empathic leader, mental health futurist, and practitioner in psychedelic-assisted therapy. I came across Sara’s work when listening to a session the Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Global Summit last year, and my curiosity was piqued hearing Sara describe her work and it’s impact. She has spent her early career examining the ways culture informs how we diagnose and treat mental illnesses. As an advocate for health equity in psychedelic medicine, Sara hopes to make treatments more safe, affordable, and effective to those in need.
\n\nBefore joining the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College in London as a the lead Psychedelic Research Therapist in Psychopharmacology, she participated as a study therapist with the MDMA therapy for PTSD clinical trials sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). While working with MAPS, she advocated for health equity in psychedelic therapy and co-led the first ever MAPS MDMA-assisted psychotherapy training for clinicians of color.
\nIn addition to her appointment at Imperial College, she is Co-founder and Curriculum Development Specialist with the Women’s Global Empowerment Initiative. As well as founder and creative executive at Minds iHealth Solutions, where she co-facilitates psilocybin truffle retreats in the Netherlands and works in private practice with patients with mood and anxiety disorders using ketamine as an adjunct to psychotherapy. She lectures on topics fusing culturally sensitive practices with psychedelic-assisted therapy and advises organizations on anti-oppressive and inclusive practices.
Where to find Sara?
\nwww.sarajreed.info
\nOn LinkedIn
What’s Sara singing to?
\nJennifer Hudson
\nWhitney Houston
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Hopkinsville, Kentucky
\nSouth Croydon
\nTabitha Brown
\nWhat is a Skilled Workers visa?
\nHinge
\nDr. Monica Williams
\nOn Ketamine
\nOn MDMA and Sassafras
\nPlant origins of LSD
\nOn Australia’s Psychedelics Policy
\nOn Oregon’s Decriminalization of Psychedelics
\nDr. Gabor Maté
\nOn 12-Step Programs for mental health
\nBreathwork techniques
\nAbout The Peach Cobbler Factory
Correction Note: In our conversation about plant derivatives of some synthetic medicines Sara mentioned that DMT is present in Ibogaine. She wanted to be sure that listeners are aware that it is not. While they are close relatives, DMT is not in Ibogaine. Read more about it here.
Special Guest: Sara Reed.
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\n\nThis week on the podcast it’s flashback February. Inspired by last year’s Black History Month compilation episode, for this week, also dedicated to Black History Month, I’ve selected glocally speaking, mindset hacking and solution-scaping excerpts from conversations over the past year. Starting with the Science Mercenary, Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi on how reconceptualizing our ideas on time and how the evolutionary continuum of human intelligence need not be as complicated as we think. Cognitive-Behavioral Research Scientist, Dr. Juleen Christopher reinforces his thoughts by introducing us to her mindset hack, a technique called positive intelligence and how a commitment to telling ourselves and living a story contrary to those embedded in social injustice are at the bedrock of her activism. Cultural practitioner, Kobby Graham furthers the story as he elaborates on his mindset hack - collaboration and how its revival in the African psyche is critical to progress. Communication specialist and cultural curator, Samba Yonga then illustrates how our African histories reinforce this collaborative ethic and is using her museum as the narrative activism necessary to reinform a new now. Finally, glocally speaking, the Money Maker, Eric Collins, puts his money where his mouth is investing in the change that he and his partners at Impact X Capital intend to see in black communities across Europe.
\n\nThe common thread in my selections is activism which is the why of Black History Month. Waking each morning in parts of the world rife with injustice is itself an act of courageous resistance. We must challenge ourselves to uplift untold stories and unheard voices, so that by valuing global Black histories, we can collectively build, simply put, a better today. That is the definition of Glocal Citizenship.
\n\nVisit the links above for full episodes and extended show notes.
Special Guests: Eric Collins, Hakeem Oluseyi , Juleen Christopher, Kobina Ankomah Graham, and Samba Yonga.
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\n\nI’m back in Accra and it’s HOT and HUMID, but thankfully not so dusty--I’ve successfully evaded the Harmattan! A significant contrast to the environs for my guest this week who dials in from her hometown of London, England. Raised between London and Brooklyn with roots in Jamaica, Aruba and Donimica, Marlea Edwards was drawn to the creative arts from theatre to photography, storytelling, mythology and anthropology from an early age. She is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary creative artist and creative consultant with a key focus on visual storytelling and connecting to audiences. She is CEO and founder of Me + You Films, a boutique production company. As a global, independent professional creative director, producer, director, writer, filmmaker, and edit producer, her early career and work includes working on award-winning BBC shows like Top Gear, Strictly Come Dancing and Eastenders 25 Live, to the London 2012 Olympic Games, London and New York Fashion week and Lenny Kravitz’s Strut Tour. Other Brands and Clients include Endemol, BBC, Tom Ford and Tom Ford Beauty, Gucci, DVF, Kohl’s, FarFetch, Lush Cosmetics, Preen and ITN Productions. Her latest project, Garms: Black Culture's Influence on British Fashion, a one-off documentary deep dive into the world of Black British fashion and culture premiers this week on Wednesday, February 21st.
\nCurrently writing and freelancing for award-winning brands and production companies, her own and others, when she’s not working with commercial clients she creates artwork with an African spiritualist theme focused on the female form.
Where to find Marlea?
\nmarleaedwards.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Vimeo
\nOn Twitter
\nOn [IMDb](= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4237999/?ref_=nmbio_ov )
What’s Marlea listening to?
\nAndré 3000
\nCleo Sol
\nSampha
What’s Marlea watching?
\nOne Day on Netflix
\nChampion on Netflix
\nDreaming Whilst Black
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Queens Park, London
\nAbout Wembley, UK
\nAbout Prospect Park, Brooklyn
\nAbout Miss Lou, Jamaican poet laureate
\nthe london stage school
\nWho are Key Workers in the UK?
\nBET UK’s Cicela Deane
\nLondon Fashion Week
\nAbout Bianca Saunders
\nAbout Martine Rose
\nAbout Tolu Coker
\nAbout Labrum
\nAbout Althea McNish
\nLiberty London
\nAbout Nicholas Daley
\nPriya Ahluwalia
\nCortez Streetwear
\nWindrush then and now
\n4 -7 - 8 Breathing
Special Guest: Marlea Edwards.
","summary":"","date_published":"2024-02-20T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/006c62e4-c870-42a3-838d-e13dbffc5fbb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":76176195,"duration_in_seconds":3174}]},{"id":"99ce1226-a75c-4b9f-8d8a-785a7937d4dd","title":"Episode 209: Healthtech Solutions and Tools for Engagement with Dana Weeks Part 2","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/209","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\nKicking off February, we have a double-header in conversation with another Stanford Alum and fellow “Track Girl.” Born in Vietnam and raised in New York, Dana Weeks is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of MedTrans Go, a healthcare technology start-up based in Atlanta, GA. Prior to MedTrans Go, she co-founded the Black Angel Tech Foundation, created to support and increase the number of underrepresented minorities in technology. She has also held positions at AT&T, Pfizer, and in several innovative entrepreneurial ventures. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Westminster Schools of Atlanta, and has served as Treasurer of the Atlanta Chapter of Jack & Jill, a Board Member for Blue Owl Capital, and a Board Member for the Alliance Theater of Atlanta. She also serves on several Task Forces and Committees at both Stanford and Columbia Business School, including serving as a co-chair of the Stanford LEAD Council, a member of the Stanford Humanities & Sciences Council, and a founding member of the Women’s Circle at Columbia Business School. It was lovely catching up on the many paths Dana has walked since our days hop, skipping and jumping at the Stanford Stadium.\n\nWhere to find Dana?\nhttps://www.medtransgo.com/\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Facebook\n\nWhat’s Dana watching?\nThe Hallmark Channel\n\nOther topics of interest:\nAbout the Peace Corps\nLusophone Africa\nIslands of Cape Verde\nWho is Jodi Kantor?\niPhone's launch @ AT&T\nAtlanta Influences EverythingSpecial Guest: Dana Weeks.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nKicking off February, we have a double-header in conversation with another Stanford Alum and fellow “Track Girl.” Born in Vietnam and raised in New York, Dana Weeks is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of MedTrans Go, a healthcare technology start-up based in Atlanta, GA. Prior to MedTrans Go, she co-founded the Black Angel Tech Foundation, created to support and increase the number of underrepresented minorities in technology. She has also held positions at AT&T, Pfizer, and in several innovative entrepreneurial ventures. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Westminster Schools of Atlanta, and has served as Treasurer of the Atlanta Chapter of Jack & Jill, a Board Member for Blue Owl Capital, and a Board Member for the Alliance Theater of Atlanta. She also serves on several Task Forces and Committees at both Stanford and Columbia Business School, including serving as a co-chair of the Stanford LEAD Council, a member of the Stanford Humanities & Sciences Council, and a founding member of the Women’s Circle at Columbia Business School. It was lovely catching up on the many paths Dana has walked since our days hop, skipping and jumping at the Stanford Stadium.
\n\nWhere to find Dana?
\nhttps://www.medtransgo.com/
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Facebook
What’s Dana watching?
\nThe Hallmark Channel
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout the Peace Corps
\nLusophone Africa
\nIslands of Cape Verde
\nWho is Jodi Kantor?
\niPhone's launch @ AT&T
\nAtlanta Influences Everything
Special Guest: Dana Weeks.
","summary":"","date_published":"2024-02-13T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/99ce1226-a75c-4b9f-8d8a-785a7937d4dd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":42046901,"duration_in_seconds":1751}]},{"id":"1666b4ee-6b52-4df4-82ad-4ce2e1eae0dd","title":"Episode 208: Healthtech Solutions and Tools for Engagement with Dana Weeks Part 1","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/208","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\nKicking off February, we have a double-header in conversation with another Stanford Alum and fellow “Track Girl.” Born in Vietnam and raised in New York, Dana Weeks is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of MedTrans Go, a healthcare technology start-up based in Atlanta, GA. Prior to MedTrans Go, she co-founded the Black Angel Tech Foundation, created to support and increase the number of underrepresented minorities in technology. She has also held positions at AT&T, Pfizer, and in several innovative entrepreneurial ventures. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Westminster Schools of Atlanta, and has served as Treasurer of the Atlanta Chapter of Jack & Jill, a Board Member for Blue Owl Capital, and a Board Member for the Alliance Theater of Atlanta. She also serves on several Task Forces and Committees at both Stanford and Columbia Business School, including serving as a co-chair of the Stanford LEAD Council, a member of the Stanford Humanities & Sciences Council, and a founding member of the Women’s Circle at Columbia Business School. It was lovely catching up on the many paths Dana has walked since our days hop, skipping and jumping at the Stanford Stadium.\n\nWhere to find Dana?\nhttps://www.medtransgo.com/\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Facebook\n\nWhat’s Dana watching?\nThe Hallmark Channel\n\nOther topics of interest:\nAbout the Peace Corps\nLusophone Africa\nIslands of Cape Verde\nWho is Jodi Kantor?\niPhone's launch @ AT&T\nAtlanta Influences EverythingSpecial Guest: Dana Weeks.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nKicking off February, we have a double-header in conversation with another Stanford Alum and fellow “Track Girl.” Born in Vietnam and raised in New York, Dana Weeks is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of MedTrans Go, a healthcare technology start-up based in Atlanta, GA. Prior to MedTrans Go, she co-founded the Black Angel Tech Foundation, created to support and increase the number of underrepresented minorities in technology. She has also held positions at AT&T, Pfizer, and in several innovative entrepreneurial ventures. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Westminster Schools of Atlanta, and has served as Treasurer of the Atlanta Chapter of Jack & Jill, a Board Member for Blue Owl Capital, and a Board Member for the Alliance Theater of Atlanta. She also serves on several Task Forces and Committees at both Stanford and Columbia Business School, including serving as a co-chair of the Stanford LEAD Council, a member of the Stanford Humanities & Sciences Council, and a founding member of the Women’s Circle at Columbia Business School. It was lovely catching up on the many paths Dana has walked since our days hop, skipping and jumping at the Stanford Stadium.
\n\nWhere to find Dana?
\nhttps://www.medtransgo.com/
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Facebook
What’s Dana watching?
\nThe Hallmark Channel
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout the Peace Corps
\nLusophone Africa
\nIslands of Cape Verde
\nWho is Jodi Kantor?
\niPhone's launch @ AT&T
\nAtlanta Influences Everything
Special Guest: Dana Weeks.
","summary":"","date_published":"2024-02-06T05:15:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/1666b4ee-6b52-4df4-82ad-4ce2e1eae0dd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":57885256,"duration_in_seconds":2411}]},{"id":"f5ec275e-970c-46ea-8135-c16f26bc8bf2","title":"Episode 207: Digital Expertise for Greater Good with Stephen A. Newton","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/207","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\nThis week’s episode comes to us courtesy of a dinner hosted by EP 22/23 guest, Kwame Acheampong. Kwame and my guest, Stephen Newton are longtime colleagues that recently rejoined forces at Aleph Group, Inc., a global digital advertising platform that connects brands with every digitally connected user in Africa where Stephen currently serves as the Managing Director Sub-Sahara Africa. With Jamaican lineage, born and raised in the US Mainland and Virgin Islands, Stephen departed the US in 1998 and currently calls Cape Town, South Africa home. With over 25 years of C-suite experience, Stephen is a seasoned leader and connector in the digital innovation space, especially on the African continent. His expertise spans various sub-sectors of the digital ecosystem, such as connectable devices, affordable data, local and relevant content, promoted content, ubiquitous payment mechanisms, and trusted delivery mechanisms. He has led the launch and commercialization of some of Africa's biggest digital players, such as Google, InMobi, Positivo BGH, and Datafree. He also serves as the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Illuminate Africa Group Ltd, a consultancy that facilitates Africa expansion goals for businesses. He is passionate about empowering African youth and entrepreneurs with digital skills and opportunities.\n\nWhere to find Stephen?\nAleph’s Digital Ad Expert Portal\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Facebook\nOn X\n\nWhat’s Stephen reading?\nLimitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life by Jim Kwik\nThe Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer\n\nOther topics of interest:\nAbout Kenya’s Joseph Mucheru\nAbout Nikesh Arora\nPositivo BGH\nLexisNexis\nNordstrom\nAmerica Online - AOL\nOn SDG goal 4.1\nWhat is an Ad Exchange\nOn DoubleClickSpecial Guest: Stephen A. Newton.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nThis week’s episode comes to us courtesy of a dinner hosted by EP 22/23 guest, Kwame Acheampong. Kwame and my guest, Stephen Newton are longtime colleagues that recently rejoined forces at Aleph Group, Inc., a global digital advertising platform that connects brands with every digitally connected user in Africa where Stephen currently serves as the Managing Director Sub-Sahara Africa. With Jamaican lineage, born and raised in the US Mainland and Virgin Islands, Stephen departed the US in 1998 and currently calls Cape Town, South Africa home. With over 25 years of C-suite experience, Stephen is a seasoned leader and connector in the digital innovation space, especially on the African continent. His expertise spans various sub-sectors of the digital ecosystem, such as connectable devices, affordable data, local and relevant content, promoted content, ubiquitous payment mechanisms, and trusted delivery mechanisms. He has led the launch and commercialization of some of Africa's biggest digital players, such as Google, InMobi, Positivo BGH, and Datafree. He also serves as the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Illuminate Africa Group Ltd, a consultancy that facilitates Africa expansion goals for businesses. He is passionate about empowering African youth and entrepreneurs with digital skills and opportunities.
\n\nWhere to find Stephen?
\nAleph’s Digital Ad Expert Portal
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Facebook
\nOn X
What’s Stephen reading?
\nLimitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life by Jim Kwik
\nThe Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Kenya’s Joseph Mucheru
\nAbout Nikesh Arora
\nPositivo BGH
\nLexisNexis
\nNordstrom
\nAmerica Online - AOL
\nOn SDG goal 4.1
\nWhat is an Ad Exchange
\nOn DoubleClick
Special Guest: Stephen A. Newton.
","summary":"","date_published":"2024-01-30T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/f5ec275e-970c-46ea-8135-c16f26bc8bf2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":86520684,"duration_in_seconds":3605}]},{"id":"d806aa18-80b8-4321-97ec-ca94ef618ad3","title":"Episode 206: Wellness as a Way of Work with Tara Aura Purnell","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/206","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens! I am sincerely grateful to my community of Glocal Citizens, especially as former guests have been delivering on sharing life experiences with me and the podcast in their communities. My guest this week is someone I met last December in Ghana while catching up with Nydia Swaby in Accra and I’m happy to share her story. Washington, D.C native, Tara Aura Purnell is a meditation guide, ritual artist, certified yoga teacher, and wellness-prenuer empowering people to feel better more of the time. She curates wellness events for marginalized communities as Co-Founder of Blind Seed, which nurtures growth for city-dwellers with an interest in clean living and self-expansion. As an adolescent equity and inclusion activist, after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, she went on to become a writer, creative producer and brand marketing strategist before shifting her focus to health and healing arts. Her current work as a wellness organizer, pleasure activist and food justice advocate centers inclusive, holistic approaches to collective care and wellbeing.\n\nWhere to find Tara?\ntaraaura.com\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Instagram\n\nWhat’s Tara reading?\nBreath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor\n\nOther topics of interest:\nAbout Wtrmln Wtr\nAbout Hurricane Maria\nWhere to find La Cucina Guava-Chili Tea\nThe Mix Accra Friday Night Lights hosted by Glocal Citizen Kobby Graham and friends\nThe Higher Self Podcast EP125\nOn Santería in Cuban Culture\nWhat is a Glockenspiel?Special Guest: Tara Aura Purnell.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens! I am sincerely grateful to my community of Glocal Citizens, especially as former guests have been delivering on sharing life experiences with me and the podcast in their communities. My guest this week is someone I met last December in Ghana while catching up with Nydia Swaby in Accra and I’m happy to share her story. Washington, D.C native, Tara Aura Purnell is a meditation guide, ritual artist, certified yoga teacher, and wellness-prenuer empowering people to feel better more of the time. She curates wellness events for marginalized communities as Co-Founder of Blind Seed, which nurtures growth for city-dwellers with an interest in clean living and self-expansion. As an adolescent equity and inclusion activist, after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, she went on to become a writer, creative producer and brand marketing strategist before shifting her focus to health and healing arts. Her current work as a wellness organizer, pleasure activist and food justice advocate centers inclusive, holistic approaches to collective care and wellbeing.
\n\nWhere to find Tara?
\ntaraaura.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
What’s Tara reading?
\nBreath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Wtrmln Wtr
\nAbout Hurricane Maria
\nWhere to find La Cucina Guava-Chili Tea
\nThe Mix Accra Friday Night Lights hosted by Glocal Citizen Kobby Graham and friends
\nThe Higher Self Podcast EP125
\nOn Santería in Cuban Culture
\nWhat is a Glockenspiel?
Special Guest: Tara Aura Purnell.
","summary":"","date_published":"2024-01-23T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/d806aa18-80b8-4321-97ec-ca94ef618ad3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":89226552,"duration_in_seconds":3717}]},{"id":"c2447180-b8be-4fbf-b820-8f8028629619","title":"Episode 205: On Organizing Labor with Tobias Bavnsgaard","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/205","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\n“The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.\n\nOn Monday of this week, we celebrated global visionary, activist and minister, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For many, it is a time to reflect on how far the US and the world have progressed concerning civil/human rights for Black and colonized peoples. Dr. King’s work, especially as the Civil Rights Movement began casting a wider net on the levers of social and economic exclusion, was very much focused on supporting workers--dignity in labor. My guest this week has us fully engaged in reflection as he has spent his career focused on labor. Born and raised in Denmark, Tobias Bavnsgaard is an experienced International advisor and development program manager with more than a decade of international experience working and living in developing countries. After living in Mozambique, Tanzania, Bangladesh and a stint back in Denmark, he and his family are currently based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. From early in his career, unions played a key role affording him a strong background in labor organizations and working with development projects and programing in the civic and social sectors on the local, national and international levels.\n\nHis international profile began to take shape in 2012, with the production of “The Good Growth,” a documentary making a critical assessment of the social impacts of economic growth by comparing the reality in Brazil, Philippines and Ghana against each other and to the Danish context. The documentary has been translated into English, Spanish, French and Arabic to reach a wide base of international trade union leaders and activists.\n\nWith the advent of a more digitized world, the future of work and the evolution of work spaces are very necessary ongoing conversations. I hope this episode provides a foundation of knowledge and framwork for how to consider solutions leading to better long-term outcomes for global workers.\n\nWhere to find Tobias?\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Instagram\n\nWhat’s Tobias listening to?\nDen Yderste Grænse / The Outer Limits Podcast\n\nOther topics of interest:\nDr. King’s Last Campaign\nAbout the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO)\nTesla Strike in Sweden\nAbout the Toyota HiAce and transporting the masses\nOn Civil Conflict in EthiopiaSpecial Guest: Tobias Bavnsgaard.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\n“The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
\n\nOn Monday of this week, we celebrated global visionary, activist and minister, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For many, it is a time to reflect on how far the US and the world have progressed concerning civil/human rights for Black and colonized peoples. Dr. King’s work, especially as the Civil Rights Movement began casting a wider net on the levers of social and economic exclusion, was very much focused on supporting workers--dignity in labor. My guest this week has us fully engaged in reflection as he has spent his career focused on labor. Born and raised in Denmark, Tobias Bavnsgaard is an experienced International advisor and development program manager with more than a decade of international experience working and living in developing countries. After living in Mozambique, Tanzania, Bangladesh and a stint back in Denmark, he and his family are currently based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. From early in his career, unions played a key role affording him a strong background in labor organizations and working with development projects and programing in the civic and social sectors on the local, national and international levels.
\n\nHis international profile began to take shape in 2012, with the production of “The Good Growth,” a documentary making a critical assessment of the social impacts of economic growth by comparing the reality in Brazil, Philippines and Ghana against each other and to the Danish context. The documentary has been translated into English, Spanish, French and Arabic to reach a wide base of international trade union leaders and activists.
\n\nWith the advent of a more digitized world, the future of work and the evolution of work spaces are very necessary ongoing conversations. I hope this episode provides a foundation of knowledge and framwork for how to consider solutions leading to better long-term outcomes for global workers.
\n\nWhere to find Tobias?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
What’s Tobias listening to?
\nDen Yderste Grænse / The Outer Limits Podcast
Other topics of interest:
\nDr. King’s Last Campaign
\nAbout the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO)
\nTesla Strike in Sweden
\nAbout the Toyota HiAce and transporting the masses
\nOn Civil Conflict in Ethiopia
Special Guest: Tobias Bavnsgaard.
","summary":"","date_published":"2024-01-16T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/c2447180-b8be-4fbf-b820-8f8028629619.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":78026918,"duration_in_seconds":3251}]},{"id":"3293cae4-1527-4419-83c5-1ae40f537176","title":"Episode 204: Raising Digital Economies with Eric Osiakwan Part 2","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/204","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\nThis week on we’re moving into the new year with some wise words and insights in Part 2 of my conversation with Ghanaian investor and developer of new businesses, Eric Osiakwan. With 25 years of experience spanning 32 countries in Africa gained through a number of successful tech start-ups, Eric is a leading pioneer of internet in Africa. Having worked in multiple countries building internet service providers (“ISP”) and ICT businesses, some of his successful exits include iBurst in South Africa, One2Net in Uganda, and BusyInternet in Ghana, to name a few. Eric also founded and ran the Africa ISP Association for eight years, during which the ISP industry grew by almost 120 percent. He then moved on to leading efforts to build submarine cables on the continent. Eric was part of a public-private partnership in Kenya that built and launched the TEAMS submarine fibre cable, the first to connect East Africa to the rest of the world. He subsequently contributed to the building of terrestrial fibre networks in Ghana and Nigeria. As we learned in Part 1 of the conversation, he Co-Founded Angel Africa List, Angel Fair Africa and currently heads Chanzo Capital, a venture and growth capital firm, investing capital, capacity and community in high-tech startups and scaleups in Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa.\n\nWhere to find Eric?\nericosiakwan.com\nOn LinkedIn\nOn [Facebook](Eric Osiakwan)\nOn [Instagram](Instagram (@eosiakwan))\nOn X\n\nWhat’s Eric reading?\nWorks by Cheikh Anta Diop\n\nOther topics of interest:\nHow Greater Accra (Tema) is the geographical center of the Earth\nAbout Panafest and Kojo Yankah\nOn Ghana’s Joseph Project\nYear of Return\nFull Circle Africa Economic Conference\nStripe Payments Platform\nSafaricom and the roots of Mobile Money\nUnited Nations Economic Commission for Africa: African Information Society Initiative(AISI)\nUNDP Internet Initiative for Africa\nWhat are Internet Exchange Points?\nThe African Internet Service Providers Association\nICANN and Esther Dyson\nAbout TEAMS\nBongo Hive\nAbout the BenBen App\nOn Eric’s book KINGS of Africa’s Digital EconomySpecial Guest: Eric Osiakwan.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nThis week on we’re moving into the new year with some wise words and insights in Part 2 of my conversation with Ghanaian investor and developer of new businesses, Eric Osiakwan. With 25 years of experience spanning 32 countries in Africa gained through a number of successful tech start-ups, Eric is a leading pioneer of internet in Africa. Having worked in multiple countries building internet service providers (“ISP”) and ICT businesses, some of his successful exits include iBurst in South Africa, One2Net in Uganda, and BusyInternet in Ghana, to name a few. Eric also founded and ran the Africa ISP Association for eight years, during which the ISP industry grew by almost 120 percent. He then moved on to leading efforts to build submarine cables on the continent. Eric was part of a public-private partnership in Kenya that built and launched the TEAMS submarine fibre cable, the first to connect East Africa to the rest of the world. He subsequently contributed to the building of terrestrial fibre networks in Ghana and Nigeria. As we learned in Part 1 of the conversation, he Co-Founded Angel Africa List, Angel Fair Africa and currently heads Chanzo Capital, a venture and growth capital firm, investing capital, capacity and community in high-tech startups and scaleups in Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa.
\n\nWhere to find Eric?
\nericosiakwan.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn [Facebook](Eric Osiakwan)
\nOn [Instagram](Instagram (@eosiakwan))
\nOn X
What’s Eric reading?
\nWorks by Cheikh Anta Diop
Other topics of interest:
\nHow Greater Accra (Tema) is the geographical center of the Earth
\nAbout Panafest and Kojo Yankah
\nOn Ghana’s Joseph Project
\nYear of Return
\nFull Circle Africa Economic Conference
\nStripe Payments Platform
\nSafaricom and the roots of Mobile Money
\nUnited Nations Economic Commission for Africa: African Information Society Initiative(AISI)
\nUNDP Internet Initiative for Africa
\nWhat are Internet Exchange Points?
\nThe African Internet Service Providers Association
\nICANN and Esther Dyson
\nAbout TEAMS
\nBongo Hive
\nAbout the BenBen App
\nOn Eric’s book KINGS of Africa’s Digital Economy
Special Guest: Eric Osiakwan.
","summary":"","date_published":"2024-01-09T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/3293cae4-1527-4419-83c5-1ae40f537176.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":88168906,"duration_in_seconds":3673}]},{"id":"41068757-11e5-41de-aa39-2fea8e52068a","title":"Episode 203: Lifelong Learning with Monroe France","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/203","content_text":"New Year Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\nThank you to all that land here with us weekly to #listenandlearn about #DynamicDiasporans living, working and playing worldwide. I look forward to a new year of conversations that will include taking deeper dives into the whys and ways of reimagining global impact economics alongside continuing to travel far and wide with our guests. Stay tuned!\nThis week, I’m joined by Monroe France the inaugural Vice Provost for Institutional Inclusive Excellence Tufts University and a professor of practice at the Jonathan Tisch College of Civic Life. Previously, Monroe served as the Senior Associate Vice President for Global Engagement and Inclusive Leadership in the Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation at New York University (NYU). Monroe’s career at NYU spanned nearly 20 years and he has 25 years of progressive experience in higher education, non-profits, corporate sectors, arts and creative industries, as well as social responsibility, humanitarian, and philanthropy initiatives as an educator, professor, professional trainer, consultant, strategist, and keynote presenter.\nMonroe has provided DEI, leadership and strategic consulting for executive managers across the globe at organizations such as the American Eagle Outfitter (AEO) and Unilever Global, the executive team for American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, and the management team at the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) in Washington DC. He works regularly with UN Women and has served as a consultant to a number of United Nations affiliates globally. Monroe has written articles and given lectures across the globe on the future of higher education and work. When he was at NYU, he founded and was the primary principal for the Global Inclusive Leadership and Management Institute and NYU’s Environmental and Justice Institute.\nMonroe’s background spans higher education, non-profits, corporate sectors, arts and creative industries, as well as social responsibility, humanitarian, and philanthropy initiatives. Monroe currently serves on the board for Global Black Pride and the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy where he serves as lead strategist for DEI. Monroe is a member of Future Talent Council where he serves on their DEI Task Force, Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding, and Future Skills think tanks. Monroe is also a professor at NYU Abu Dhabi J-term and a visiting thought leader for Woxsen University in India. He was most recently a visiting scholar for the University of Southern Maine’s school of business. Often described as a change maker, innovator, global thought leader, strategist, visionary, and a life-long learner I think you’ll agree once you have a listen.\n\nWhere to find Monroe?\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Instagram\nOn Facebook\n\nWhat’s Monroe watching?\nHGTV\nInvestigation Discovery TV\n\nOther topics of interest:\nNYU Accra Labone Dialogues\nUniversity of Free State, South Africa\nAbout the 2003 Northeast Blackout\nAbout Occupy Wall Street\nLambda Legal\nPosse Foundation","content_html":"New Year Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nThank you to all that land here with us weekly to #listenandlearn about #DynamicDiasporans living, working and playing worldwide. I look forward to a new year of conversations that will include taking deeper dives into the whys and ways of reimagining global impact economics alongside continuing to travel far and wide with our guests. Stay tuned!
\nThis week, I’m joined by Monroe France the inaugural Vice Provost for Institutional Inclusive Excellence Tufts University and a professor of practice at the Jonathan Tisch College of Civic Life. Previously, Monroe served as the Senior Associate Vice President for Global Engagement and Inclusive Leadership in the Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation at New York University (NYU). Monroe’s career at NYU spanned nearly 20 years and he has 25 years of progressive experience in higher education, non-profits, corporate sectors, arts and creative industries, as well as social responsibility, humanitarian, and philanthropy initiatives as an educator, professor, professional trainer, consultant, strategist, and keynote presenter.
\nMonroe has provided DEI, leadership and strategic consulting for executive managers across the globe at organizations such as the American Eagle Outfitter (AEO) and Unilever Global, the executive team for American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, and the management team at the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) in Washington DC. He works regularly with UN Women and has served as a consultant to a number of United Nations affiliates globally. Monroe has written articles and given lectures across the globe on the future of higher education and work. When he was at NYU, he founded and was the primary principal for the Global Inclusive Leadership and Management Institute and NYU’s Environmental and Justice Institute.
\nMonroe’s background spans higher education, non-profits, corporate sectors, arts and creative industries, as well as social responsibility, humanitarian, and philanthropy initiatives. Monroe currently serves on the board for Global Black Pride and the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy where he serves as lead strategist for DEI. Monroe is a member of Future Talent Council where he serves on their DEI Task Force, Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding, and Future Skills think tanks. Monroe is also a professor at NYU Abu Dhabi J-term and a visiting thought leader for Woxsen University in India. He was most recently a visiting scholar for the University of Southern Maine’s school of business. Often described as a change maker, innovator, global thought leader, strategist, visionary, and a life-long learner I think you’ll agree once you have a listen.
Where to find Monroe?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What’s Monroe watching?
\nHGTV
\nInvestigation Discovery TV
Other topics of interest:
\nNYU Accra Labone Dialogues
\nUniversity of Free State, South Africa
\nAbout the 2003 Northeast Blackout
\nAbout Occupy Wall Street
\nLambda Legal
\nPosse Foundation
Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nThis week’s guest is fast becoming a cultural icon across her chosen disciplines. Ghanaian by ancestry and born in German and spending a formative part of her life in England, Nana Oforiatta Ayim is a writer, filmmaker, and art historian. She is Founder of the ANO Institute of Arts and Knowledge, through which she has pioneered a Pan-African Cultural Encyclopaedia, a Mobile Museums Project, and curated Ghana’s first pavilion at the Venice Biennale. She published her first novel The God Child in 2019, and in German in 2021. She has made award-winning films for museums such as Tate Modern, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The New Museum. She is the recipient of various awards and honours, having been named one of the Apollo ’40 under 40’; one of 50 African Trailblazers by The Africa Report; a Quartz Africa Innovator in 2017; one of 12 African women making history in 2016 and one of 100 women of 2020 by Okayafrica. In 2020, she was appointed to the Advisory Council of Oxford University’s Cultural Programme and was a Principal Investigator on the Action for Restitution to Africa programme. She received the Ghana Woman of the Year Award in 2021. And in 2022 she was awarded the world’s biggest history prize from the Dan David Foundation for outstanding early and mid-career scholars and practitioners in the historical disciplines. Over the years it has been a treat to watch Nana’s vision come into being and even better was the chance to sit with her in one of her places of peace in Osu, Accra.
\n\nWhere to find Nana?
\nhttps://www.nanaoforiattaayim.com/
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn X
What’s Nana watching?
\nPast Lives
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout [Akyem, Ghana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akyem ]
\nAburi, Ghana
\nAbout Piet Mondrian
\nGus Casely-Hayford
\nJohn Picton
\nAbout the Liverpool Biennial
\nOusmane Sembène
\nMooji
\nThe Renoir Cinema
Special Guest: Nana Oforiatta Ayim.
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\n\nMy guest this week is a fellow podcaster and we met as fellow members of a global #BWiD (Black Women in Development) Connect networking group. Born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe, Fiona Gambanga is a global health professional with more than seven years’ experience in qualitative and quantitative research, public health program planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. She has supported countries such as Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe in health workforce planning, diagnostics implementation research and UHC implementation and planning. Currently based in Kigali, Rwanda, Fiona is also the creator, host, and producer of the podcast Utano Public Health Chats, a program focused on educating young people about the field of public health in Africa and navigating careers in the field.
\n\nFor those of you planning a trip to Kigali anytime soon, you’ll want to listen in for some local lingo and recommendations for the foodie in you.
\n\nWhere to find Fiona?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn X
\nOn Facebook
What’s Fiona reading?
\nThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
\nFinding Me by Viola Davis
\nThe Urgent Life: My Story of Love, Loss and Survival by Bozoma Saint John
Other topics of interest:
\nUS Student Acheivers Program - USAP
\nWhat are A Levels?
\nAbout December 1st - World AIDS Day
\nOn spoken English across the globe
\nOn Zimbabwe in 2011 and 2023
\nThe Viber App
\nHeaven Restaurant, Kigali
Special Guest: Fiona Gambanga.
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\n\nIn some circles, my guest for this two-part episode could be thought of as a spy by a different name. With roots in Jamaica, and raised between the Middle East, Europe and the United States, Suki Fuller, an intelligence advisor, author, acclaimed international keynote speaker and Fellow of The Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows is a women that is usually intent on not being watched. She is the Founder of Miribure, Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of DC Analytics and Storyteller for Group of Humans. She is a contributing author to A Practical Guide to Competitive Intelligence.
\n\nSuki is a fierce supporter of intelligence, ethical tech, #SafetyTech, Security, Privacy and Surveillance. Her eclectic 20-year career within strategic intelligence and technology has taken her from the US Department of Defense to teaching business students in China.
\n\nShe currently resides in London, where she is an intrinsic part of the tech community as a Board Advisor for Tech London Advocates / Global Tech Advocates, which includes key positions as Co-Lead TLA Women in Tech, and Vice-Chair for GTA Black Women in Tech. Suki was recently named by the Most Influential Woman in UK Tech by Computer Weekly 2023. There’s so much more to this #dynamicdiasporan, I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.
\n\nWhere to find Suki?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn X
\nOn Instagram
What’s Suki reading?
\nBe Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzeneger
\nCobalt Red: How the Boll of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara
\nThe Mircostress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems--and What to Do About It by Rob Cross and Karen Dillon
\nDecentering Whiteness in the Workplace: A Guide for Equity and Inclusion by Janice Gassam Asare
\nYour Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup’s Quest to End Privacy as We Know It by Kashmir HIll
What’s Suki watching?
\nBeckham on Netflix
\nThe Power on Amazon Prime
Other topics of interest:
\nBalham, London
\nSurrey, United Kingdom
\nSome Jamaican Patios to practice
\nAbout Rastafarianism
\nPismo Beach, California
\nRoyal Air Force Lakenheath, an American Air Force Base in the UK
\nPenn State’s Behrend College
\nAbout Chi Chi’s Restaurant
\nMercyhurst University - Intelligence Studies
\nAgatha Christie’s Poirot
\nTwitter and SXSW
\nAbout Robert Baker
\nInnit?
\nIA Safety Bill
\nThe Pod Generation Film
Special Guest: Suki Fuller.
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\n\nThis week, we interrupt our scheduled Part 2 conversation with Suki Fuller to give some shine to a milestone event taking place in Cape Town, South Africa. Co-founded by my guest, Ghanaian, Eric Osiakwan, Angel Fair Africa, happening November 28th - December 1st, brings selected and curated entrepreneurs to pitch to a room of angel investors with the intent of doing deals. Eric is an entrepreneur and investor with 25 years of ICT industry leadership across Africa and the world, He has worked in 32 African countries setting up ISPs, ISPAs, IXPs and high-tech startups. He Co-Founded Angel Africa List, in addition to Angel Fair Africa and Chanzo Capital, he also currently serves on the board of Farmerline – some of which are his investments. While we made the connection in Cape Town, a funny thing happened on the streets of Brooklyn with another Glocal Citizen, Chinedu Echeruo (EP79) last summer that put an Aha! smile on our faces. #BorderlessMindset in action!
\nThis week our conversation is centered on all things Angel-Investing-Meets-Entrpreneurship as Eric and his team kick off Angel Fair Africa @10. Stay tuned for Part 2 of our conversation where we’ll get t o know more about Eric’s Glocal Citizenship journey.
Where to find Eric?
\nwww.angelfairafrica.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn [Facebook](link= https://www.facebook.com/eric.osiakwan?_rdc=1&_rdr )
\nOn Instagram
\nOn X
Special Guest: Eric Osiakwan.
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\n\nIn some circles, my guest for this two-part episode could be thought of as a spy by a different name. With roots in Jamaica, and raised between the Middle East, Europe and the United States, Suki Fuller, an intelligence advisor, author, acclaimed international keynote speaker and Fellow of The Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows is a women that is usually intent on not being watched. She is the Founder of Miribure, Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of DC Analytics and Storyteller for Group of Humans. She is a contributing author to A Practical Guide to Competitive Intelligence.
\n\nSuki is a fierce supporter of intelligence, ethical tech, #SafetyTech, Security, Privacy and Surveillance. Her eclectic 20-year career within strategic intelligence and technology has taken her from the US Department of Defense to teaching business students in China.
\n\nShe currently resides in London, where she is an intrinsic part of the tech community as a Board Advisor for Tech London Advocates / Global Tech Advocates, which includes key positions as Co-Lead TLA Women in Tech, and Vice-Chair for GTA Black Women in Tech. Suki was recently named by the Most Influential Woman in UK Tech by Computer Weekly 2023. There’s so much more to this #dynamicdiasporan, I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.
\n\nWhere to find Suki?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn X
\nOn Instagram
What’s Suki reading?
\nBe Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzeneger
\nCobalt Red: How the Boll of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara
\nThe Mircostress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems--and What to Do About It by Rob Cross and Karen Dillon
\nDecentering Whiteness in the Workplace: A Guide for Equity and Inclusion by Janice Gassam Asare
\nYour Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup’s Quest to End Privacy as We Know It by Kashmir HIll
What’s Suki watching?
\nBeckham on Netflix
\nThe Power on Amazon Prime
Other topics of interest:
\nBalham, London
\nSurrey, United Kingdom
\nSome Jamaican Patios to practice
\nAbout Rastafarianism
\nPismo Beach, California
\nRoyal Air Force Lakenheath, an American Air Force Base in the UK
\nPenn State’s Behrend College
\nAbout Chi Chi’s Restaurant
\nMercyhurst University - Intelligence Studies
\nAgatha Christie’s Poirot
\nTwitter and SXSW
\nAbout Robert Baker
\nInnit?
\nIA Safety Bill
\nThe Pod Generation Film
Special Guest: Suki Fuller.
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\n\nThis week I’m joined by a longtime friend as we both were about to hit the road for weekend adventures fitting our global missions. Photographer, Dante Bowen Hendricks found his calling as a young boy in Guyana when his uncle gifted him a rotating globe that sparked Dante's fascination with world cultures. After immigrating to Brooklyn as a teen, Dante set aside his passion for photography to work in his family's shipping business. But a trip back home reignited his love for the art.
\n\nDante dove into developing his skills, studying at the International Center of Photography. Though he does commercial work digitally, Dante prefers shooting personal projects on film. He's exhibited in New York as well as Baltimore and is new local, New Orleans. He is also a co-contributor along with fellow Brooklyn-bred photographer, Phillip Moi-Thuk-Shung to Inferno, a forthcoming book of photo essays. Dance and spiritual traditions are among Dante's favorite subjects. His distinct style retains a sense of childlike wonder, conveying cultures with sensitivity and nuance. Listen as Dante shares his globetrotting journey of discovering both himself and the world through his lens.
\n\nWhere to find Dante?
\nOn Instgram
\nOn Threads
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
What’s Dante reading?
\nUnreasonable Behavior: An Autobiography by Don McCullin
\nSlightly Out of Focus by Robert Capa
\nCeasar: Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy
\nNapolean: A Life by Andrew Roberts
Other topics of interest:
\nGeography of Guyana
\nAbout Flatbed Trucking
\nTalk like a Trucker
\nGuyanese Metemgee
\nAbout Seawall Sundays
\nFuji GW690 Cameras
\nLika Cameras
\nKodak Potra
\nKnotting Hill Carnival
\nNdyuka People
\nChevalier Film
Special Guest: Dante Bowen Hendricks.
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\n\nThis week’s episode is like the jetway bridging me between my two locations this week. From my Continental base in Accra, South Sudanese-Ethiopian-American, Nyamal Tutdeal, who is a conflict resolution and healing practitioner, joins us again to talk about, among other things, one of her homelands--Ethiopia, where I found myself (in Addis Ababa) for the weekend. Many may recall meeting Nyamal on the podcast prior to her move to Accra, and now after a nearly two years, she’s an “Accra-an.” With over a decade of work experience under her belt, Nyamal has developed and managed various programmes related togender, peace, security, and antiracist/race relations. She is a staunch advocate for women's empowerment, human rights, refugees, immigrants, displaced communities, and the fight against early child marriage. Nyamal is a Co-Director and Co-Founder of the NyaEden Foundation. She also works as an Adjunct Professor at both Arcadia University and Webster University in Ghana, where she provides academic support and teaches Introduction to Human Rights, Refugee and Migration Movement, Advocacy, NGO and Civil Society at Webster University Ghana campus. Nyamal is also involved in teaching Conflict Transformation, Restorative Justice, Mediation, and Conflict Coaching in the International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) program at Arcadia University. Prior to her relocation to Ghana, Nyamal served as the Director of Equity and Inclusion for CORA Services. Nyamal has a B.A. in Human Relations and an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution.
\n\nNyamal is now at the head of her own consultancy, The Nyamal Group which she launched this year.
\n\nWhere to find Nyamal?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn X
\nOn Facebook
\nShades of Injera
What's Nyamal reading?
\nNearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku
What’s Nyamal watching?
\nAbout Star Wars and the Ashoka TV Series
Other topics of interest?
\nAbout the Nuer People Demographics in Ethiopia
\nCivil Conflict in Ethiopia
\nOn Empire, here are some articles that analyze empire and colonization as major drivers of present-day inequality:
\n"The Empire of Inequality: Introduction" by Himadeep Muppidi - Discusses how colonial empires created enduring global inequality through exploitation, extraction of wealth, and imposition of power structures.
\n"The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa" by Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias Papaioannou - Economic analysis finding that artificial colonial borders continue to impact economic development and inequality across African nations today.
\n"The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation" by Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson - Research arguing colonialism set up institutions that continue to affect world inequality.
\n"Imperialism and Colonialism" by Battiston et al. - Reviews how empires led to concentration of wealth and power for imperial nations that remains evident in 21st century global inequality.
\n“How Western Colonization Launched Capitalism with Violence and Ruin" by Nicholas De Genova - Discusses direct links between violent colonization, slavery, genocide and the rise of global capitalism and inequality.
\n“The Impact of Colonialism on African Economic Development” by Joshua Settles - Analysis of economic exploitation, extraction of resources, and disruption of existing systems during European colonization of Africa.
\nSAD - Seasonal Effective Disorder
\n54th NAACP Image Awards
\nSheryl Lee Ralph’s dress and designer, Pistis Ghana
\nSouth Sudan’s Political Structure
\nSouth Sudan’s Vice Presidents and Fourth VP, Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior
\nAbout Hope Resoration South Sudan
\nAbout the South Sudanese Civil War
\nAbout South Sudan’s Minister of Interior, Angelina Teny
\nBella Afrik in Accra
\nThe Mix Accra
Special Guest: Nyamal Tutdeal.
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\n\nThis week I had the opportunity to catch up with Christa Eiise Sanders, an International Education professional with over 20 years of progressively responsible and diverse experience within the field of higher education. She is currently the Campus Director at Webster University in Accra, Ghana. A graduate of Spelman College and Columbia University, her expertise includes strategic planning, program development, counseling (with a focus in multiculturalism/diversity); academic oversight, advising and planning. She also has a strong background in creating and managing study abroad programs in Africa and Europe. Growing up in an Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania with educators as parents, academics and higher education have been a mainstay in Christa's life and have opened the door to living ans working in Spain, Germany, and now Ghana. Her publications and research stress understanding of cultural factors on a worldwide scale. and with extensive travel and study experience spanning over 65 countries she is also a polyglot; her languages include Spanish, German, Portuguese and beginning Twi.
\n\nWhere to find Christa?
\nblackwomenabroad.org
\nOn [LinkedIn](lhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/christa-sanders-elise/)
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
Topics of interest:
\nAbout Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
\nOn Jamestown, Accra
\nAbout the funeral rights of Ga Manye Naa Dedei Omaedru III
\nBrief history of the Ga people’s migration to Accra
\nAbout the Orthodox Coptic Church
\nAbout Quaker Schools
\nAbout Ashesi University’s Patrick Awuah
\nAbout Robert F. Smith
\nArtX Lagos
Special Guest: Christa Elise Sanders.
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\n\nThis week I have the pleasure getting to know a longtime friend even better from insights into his professional world. An internationally recognized recording artist, vocal coach, songwriter/writer, style influencer, and entrepreneur, Ghanaian-Cuban-American, Jeremiah Abiah inspires artists around the world to learn, love, and live their voice. His creative talents and expertise have made him a sought-after coach for national and international singers, actors, rappers, and public speakers. His influence and involvement have launched the careers of many musicians currently on the charts. As a singer, producer and writer, his recording contributions have been nominated for Grammy Awards, the Latin Grammys, the NAACP Image Awards and the 2020 Oscar Awards with Cynthia Erivo. He works with an array of celebrated artists such as Common, Brandy, Robert Glasper, Ro James and others.
\n\nHe launched TheABIAHway, an artist development platform, to enlighten, inspire, and empower music artists globally and expanding his influence in the music industry. His work has launched the careers of many current music artists on the charts and on Broadway. Clients include Sony, RCA, Atlantic, Columbia Records as well as numerous Broadway and Opera Stars. This former Professor of Voice at Berklee College of Music can be seen on the stage at music festivals, concert halls and teaching Masterclasses worldwide.
\n\nIn 2020, he debuted his popular new Facebook Live talk show, Inside the Singer’s Voice where each episode is an intimate conversation between great singers about great singing. As you’ll hear, there’s much, much more to Jeremiah’s own voice and story.
\n\nWhere to find Jeremiah?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn X
\nOn YouTube
Topics of interest:
\nAbout George Michael
\nOpera Greats William Warfield and Leontyne Price
\nRochester School of the Arts
\nAbout Patricia Seymour Alexander
\nAbout the Art Song Repertoire
\nNAACP ACT-SO Acheivement Program
\nEastman School of Music
\nNew England Conservatory
\nAbout The Chi’s Ntare Mwine
\nOtter.ai
\nAin’t Too Proud, The Musical
\nAbout Michael Swanson
\nRon Simon’s SimonSays Entertainment
\nAbout Pamela Cooper’s, The Cooper Company
\nAbout Shanice
\nWhat is the “Whistle Tone?”
\nAbout Gospel Great, Yolanda Adams
\nLaylah Hathaway
\nMint Condition’s Stokley Williams
\nClaude Kelly
\nR&B and Soul Legends Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross and Barry White
\nAbout Bill T. Jones
Special Guest: Jeremiah Abiah.
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\n\nFor this week’s episode I found myself in a hidden gem of a community in East London with a not so hidden gem in the European investment space, Eric Collins. Eric, born an raised in the southern United States, has called London home for the nearly 10 years. He is a serial entrepreneur, investor, technology executive and host of Channel 4 business show, The Money Maker, which is based on the highly successful US show The Profit on CNBC.
\n\nEric has spent much of his career building the value of digital companies through innovative strategies at public and private companies including AOL, TimeWarner, Tegic/Nuance Communications, MobilePosse, SwiftKey/Microsoft and most recently, Touch Surgery, where he was COO. He sits on the boards of companies in San Francisco and London, including Tech Nation.
\n\nIn 2011, President Obama, a fellow Harvard Law School classmate, appointed him to the Small Business Administration’s Council on Underserved Communities.
\n\nEric is also a brand ambassador for luxury car manufacturer, Audi, and the youth charity The Prince’s Trust.
\n\nIn 2018, The Financial Times named him among the UK’s top 100 BAME leaders in technology. Since 2019, he has been voted one of the most influential Black people in Britain on The Powerlist.
\n\nIn his award-winning book, We Don’t Need Permission: How Black Business Can Change Our World (Penguin), Eric argues investing in Black and underrepresented entrepreneurs is the surest, fastest socio-economic game changer there is. And with his work as a Founder and CEO of Impact X Capital we believe him!
\n\nWhere to find Eric?
\nwww.impactxcapital.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn X
\nOn Instagram
What’s Eric reading?
\nJ. Califoria Cooper
What’s Eric watching?
\nPurlie Victorious
\nThe Lehman Trilogy
Other topics of interest:
\nRevisit fellow Glocal Citizen Natasha Moore
\nGreensboro, North Carolina
\nTuskegee University
\nBennett College
\nNorth Carolina A&T State University
\nOn Charles Blow’s The Devil You Know
\nRoger Fisher’s Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving
\nOn the Black Power Movement
\nAbout the inaugural SBA Council on Underserved Communities and Chair, Cathy Hughes
\nAudra McDonald & Brian Stokes Mitchell Perform 'Wheels of a Dream' From RAGTIME
\nFirst Black Mayor of Charlotte Harvey Gantt
\nFormer Governor of Virgina Douglas Wilder
\nGiveBLACK
\nAbout Ric Lewis
\nNo. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
\nAbout Marshmallow
Special Guest: Eric Collins.
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\n\nDid you miss us? We missed you! September threw me for a bit of a loop with travel and wifi access which resulted in a brief break. My travels took me on a Northern Lights adventure through remote Alaska where we actually experienced the North Pole! Then it was a return to summer in the southern U.S. with a grounding trip to Atlanta, Georgia.
\n\nI’m back in NYC for this two-part episode and taking a stroll down a few Brooklyn memory lanes with my guest, Ky Adderley is a leadership and education expert, mentor, super connector; and networking guru, a persistent link between people and their dreams. He has conducted school reviews and training for teachers and principals on three continents – North America, South America, and Africa – working to increase the number of quality schools and leaders available to low-income children worldwide. He has been a leader in the education sector for 20 years, and has more recently pivoted in the direction of sports management. Coming from a family known for professional athletes he is no stranger to sports and operations. He was an All-American high school and collegiate runner at Georgetown University going on to run as an Olympic hopeful before hanging up his spikes to focus on giving back to the communities that raised him. Also an advocate for social justice education, he has been nicknamed by some: “Know Justice, Know Peace.” Ky has recently taken on a new role as Vice President of Maven Sports Group. We know this too will be a smashing success for Ky--Congratulations!!
\n\nWhere to find Ky?
\nwww.kyadderley.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn X
What’s Ky reading?
\nThe Art of War by Sun Zu
\nOutlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford
\nThe 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months by Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington
Other topics of interest:
\nGermantown, Pennsylvania
\nMount Airy, Pennsylvania
\nFrank Gagliano
\nGanas! meaning
\nTeach for America
\nKIPP and David Levin
\nKung Fu Theater
\nCapoeira
\nCannonball Adderley
\nProfessional Football Hall of Fame Cornerback Herb Adderley
\nNasifr Adderley
\nAbout Cash Money Records
\nFather Raymong Kemp
\nAbout Ky's work with Danielle Fazio
\nAbout Match Fit Academy
Special Guest: Ky Adderley.
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\n\nDid you miss us? We missed you! September threw me for a bit of a loop with travel and wifi access which resulted in a brief break. My travels took me on a Northern Lights adventure through remote Alaska where we actually experienced the North Pole! Then it was a return to summer in the southern U.S. with a grounding trip to Atlanta, Georgia.
\n\nI’m back in NYC for this two-part episode and taking a stroll down a few Brooklyn memory lanes with my guest, Ky Adderley is a leadership and education expert, mentor, super connector; and networking guru, a persistent link between people and their dreams. He has conducted school reviews and training for teachers and principals on three continents – North America, South America, and Africa – working to increase the number of quality schools and leaders available to low-income children worldwide. He has been a leader in the education sector for 20 years, and has more recently pivoted in the direction of sports management. Coming from a family known for professional athletes he is no stranger to sports and operations. He was an All-American high school and collegiate runner at Georgetown University going on to run as an Olympic hopeful before hanging up his spikes to focus on giving back to the communities that raised him. Also an advocate for social justice education, he has been nicknamed by some: “Know Justice, Know Peace.” Ky has recently taken on a new role as Vice President of Maven Sports Group. We know this too will be a smashing success for Ky--Congratulations!!
\n\nWhere to find Ky?
\nwww.kyadderley.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn X
What’s Ky reading?
\nThe Art of War by Sun Zu
\nOutlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford
\nThe 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months by Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington
Other topics of interest:
\nGermantown, Pennsylvania
\nMount Airy, Pennsylvania
\nFrank Gagliano
\nGanas! meaning
\nTeach for America
\nKIPP and David Levin
\nKung Fu Theater
\nCapoeira
\nCannonball Adderley
\nProfessional Football Hall of Fame Cornerback Herb Adderley
\nNasifr Adderley
\nAbout Cash Money Records
\nFather Raymong Kemp
\nAbout Ky's work with Danielle Fazio
\nAbout Match Fit Academy
Special Guest: Ky Adderley.
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\n\nThis week on the podcast I have the pleasure of hosting a social innovator who intersects not only my local experiences in Brooklyn and Accra, he is the husband of my guest on Episode 139, Asmeret Berhe-Lumax and on the Advisory Committee of Episodes 42/43 guest, Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo’s African Health Now. A fellow Ghanaian, Stanley Lumax is currently the Executive Brand Marketing Director at JP Morgan Chase, where he manages the Sapphire and Freedom Unlimited portfolios. Prior to this role, he partnered with Complex Media Networks to create Climate, an agency built to help brands harness the power of youth culture. He has also worked with brands such as Nike Basketball, National Basketball Association, Converse, Beats By Dre’, Brooklyn Nets, Pepsi, Budweiser and a host of other brands that have impacted popular culture. He’s taken this experience and applied it to his desire to bring the African Diaspora together. In 2019, he partnered with celebrated Senegalese chef, Pierre Thiam to open a West African concept restaraunt called Teranga, which has been celebrated as one of the top 20 places to eat in New York City.
\n\nA fun and engaging conversation, be sure to check out the other topics of interest below for insights on some of the many topics we cover in our discussion.
\n\nWhere to find Stanley?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn X/Twitter
What’s Stanley listening to?
\nThe Joe Budden Podcast
\nEarn Your Leisure Podcast
\nA Dose of Black Joy and Caffeine with Justin Adu
\nJungle Brothers
\nQ-tip
\nBig Daddy Kane
\nKRS-One and Boogie Down Productions
What’s Stanley watching?
\nLadies First: A story of Women in Hip-Hop
Other topics of interest:
\nGa People in Osu, Accra
\nAbout Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
\nAbout Bronwsville, Brooklyn
\nTracy Towers, The Bronx
\nAbout US Immigration Policy in 2017
\nAbout Abiola Oke
\nAbout Luol Deng
\nAbout Nana “Pops” Mensah-Bonsu
\nAbout And1
\nPeace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hang
\nAbout SLR Cameras
Special Guest: Stanley Lumax.
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\n\nThis week on the podcast I have the pleasure of hosting the gentleman who opened the invitation to what is now Glocal Citizens. As you listen to the episode, you’ll understand more about how my guest’s investment ethic and a particular investment in a start-up podcasting network four years ago are at the intersection of our collective coming to being on this page.
\n\nBorn into multiracial family in Trinidad & Tobago, now based in Southern California, my guest is investor, influencer and friend, Garnet Heraman. With over 25 years experience at the intersection of innovation, diversity and technology, Garnet is a frequent speaker at events around the world; his portfolio has been featured in Time Magazine, BuzzFeed, Forbes, Bloomberg, HuffPost, Thrillist, WSJ, Institutional Investor, Inc., Entrepreneur, GMA, Travel+ Leisure + O, Oprah Magazine.
\n\nHe is co-founder and managing partner of Aperture VC, the US’s largest fintech fund backed by multiple Fortune 500 companies. He is also co-founder of FUEL OZ.Capital, an opportunity zone sponsor of innovation hubs to drive inclusive development. Previously, he was co-founder of Aegis Investment Partners, a private equity boutique specializing in growth capital for corpvc backed companies.
\n\nHe is an investor or board member at numerous ventures and is co-owner of the sustainable apparel brand, Karina Dresses.
\n\nGarnet’s non-profit work includes the Brookings Institute (advisor); the Columbia Venture Community; TiE New York, where he was a founding board member; The CORO Foundation, which named him to their prestigious Leadership New York Program in the 2000-1 cohort and; Rhizome.org, the world's first digital art space on the web.
\n\nWhere to find Garnet?
\nApertureVC.com
\nOn LinkedIn
What’s Garnet reading?
\nThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout the Woolworth Building
\nAbout Aperture’s William Crowder
\nCarla Harris
\nFred Wilson
\nJoanne Solomon Wilson
\nUnion Square Ventures
\nDigitial NYC: Wired to the World Program
\nPhilip McKenzie
\nComcast Catalyst Fund
Special Guest: Garnet Heraman.
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\n\nWe’re traveling from Canada to the north of Ghana and back again in this two part conversation with Ghanaian-Canadian, Hawa Kombian. As an intentional, passionate and creative leader who enables organizational founders’ and their teams to achieve operational sustainability and social vibrancy by building results-driven cultures of connection, Hawa is squarely focused on bridges all the dimensions of leadership toward more impact and sustainable presents for her clients.
\n\nHaving a background in communications, and humanitarian pursuits with organizations leading in innovative technology and social change, her experience spans education, digital health, and leadership development across government, non-profit, and social enterprise sectors.
\n\nShe is an empathetic systems-builder, which means she seamlessly flows between cultivating authentic relationships with people to draw out their strengths, and creating strategic processes that allow teams to collaborate and achieve success together.
\n\nYou can find her public speaking at events and podcasts on people and organizational management; blogging about personal, and professional strategy; and coaching leaders on how to strategically make an impact in their organizations and communities. Work with her via Hawa Kombian Consulting
\n\nWhere to find Hawa?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Soundcloud
\nOn Twitter
What’s Hawa watching?
\nBoJack Horseman
\nSpongeBob SquarePants
Other topics of interest:
\nGambaga in Northeast Ghana
\nBunkpurugu in Northern Ghana
\nAbout the new International Tamale Airport
\nYouth Alive Ghana
\nAfrican Leadership Group
\neHealth Africa
Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nWe’re traveling from Canada to the north of Ghana and back again in this two part conversation with Ghanaian-Canadian, Hawa Kombian. As an intentional, passionate and creative leader who enables organizational founders’ and their teams to achieve operational sustainability and social vibrancy by building results-driven cultures of connection, Hawa is squarely focused on bridges all the dimensions of leadership toward more impact and sustainable presents for her clients.
\n\nHaving a background in communications, and humanitarian pursuits with organizations leading in innovative technology and social change, her experience spans education, digital health, and leadership development across government, non-profit, and social enterprise sectors.
\n\nShe is an empathetic systems-builder, which means she seamlessly flows between cultivating authentic relationships with people to draw out their strengths, and creating strategic processes that allow teams to collaborate and achieve success together.
\n\nYou can find her public speaking at events and podcasts on people and organizational management; blogging about personal, and professional strategy; and coaching leaders on how to strategically make an impact in their organizations and communities. Work with her via Hawa Kombian Consulting
\n\nWhere to find Hawa?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Soundcloud
\nOn Twitter
What’s Hawa watching?
\nBoJack Horseman
\nSpongeBob SquarePants
Other topics of interest:
\nGambaga in Northeast Ghana
\nBunkpurugu in Northern Ghana
\nAbout the new International Tamale Airport
\nYouth Alive Ghana
\nAfrican Leadership Group
\neHealth Africa
Special Guest: Hawa Kombian.
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\n\nIf you like the idea of being bold, you’ll love the idea of “Beaming Bold”after listening in on thes conversation with my guest, Aurda Gordon. Audra’s journey began in the beautiful islands of St.Vincent and the Grenadines where she was born and Brooklyn, New York where she was raised. She is now now an expat living in Hong Kong for almost 12 years.
\n\nAs a Wealth Management and Business Development Professional with extensive experience in retail banking and retail fashion, she is a self-starter who has excelled in senior roles in customer experience, relationship management, and strategy consulting in Hong Kong, New York, and Ghana. She has a proven track record of spearheading initiatives that strengthen the mission, brand, and financial position of enterprises; including those which were self-founded. A serial entrepreneur, she is the founder of Beam Bold – a vibrant resort wear brand focused on size inclusion and reducing textile waste. She is also founder of Global Identity Partners – a coaching and retail business consultancy.
\n\nAnother stamped and sealed Glocal Citizen, her passion for travel has taken her to 76 countries across six continents. Although she enjoys seeing much of the world, she has a strong connection to the African continent having visited 26 countries and frequently travels there. As she puts it, on her Audraverse platform, this probably explains why her ideal meal would be; jollof rice wrapped in a roti with some dim sum on the side.
\n\nWhere to find Audra?
\naudraverse.com
\nbeambold.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn [Instagram]([https://www.instagram.com/audraverse/?hl=en)
\nOn Facebook
\nOn X
\nOn YouTube
What’s Audra reading?
\nThe Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks
\nBuilding a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listenby Donald Miller
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout the Wan Chai neighborhood
\nCauseway Bay in Hong Kong
\nSham Shui Po Garment District
\nFashion Connect Africa
Special Guest: Audra Gordon.
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\n\nKicking off my favorite month of the year (it’s my birthday month) is a Ghanaian Brit by way of the Netherlands, Kojo North. A proud Ghanaian, Kojo has built a successful career consulting software companies while dividing his time between London, Amsterdam, and Kumasi. With a keen interest in supporting Ghanaian software startups, he invests in and advises startups focused on driving digital transformation within the lodging and restaurant industries. Believing in technology's power to solve real-world challenges, Kojo employs this approach across the board with his projects. Kojo's ambitions stretch beyond the realm of software and in 2021, he embarked on a transformative project to redefine student accommodation in Ghana. His vision includes not just the Resurrection Student Hostel but a complete ecosystem with a restaurant and a remote-first office creating opportunities for graduates to work for European-based companies without leaving home.
\n\nA trained pianist, Kojo has a love for all arts, particularly painting. As his investment portfolio in Ghana expands, he plans to exhibit various African artworks in the Resurrection restaurant, creating an inspiring atmosphere for diners and workers.
\n\nKojo shares his journey on his YouTube channel hoping to encourage other diasporans to join him in exploring their roots and contributing to their homeland's growth, making strides in the digital landscape, championing art, and share in his unique journey with the world.
\n\nWhere to find Kojo?
\nOn Instagram
\nOn YouTube
Who’s Kojo watching?
\nZora Opoku
\nBob Pixel
\nPaa Joe
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout the Ashanti
\nAbout the Ewe
\nAbout Ijburg
\nAbout Osu, Accra
\nShepherd’s Bush, London
\nNotting Hill Carnival
\nBrexit
\nAccra Art Week
\nRemotely Works
\nWhat is a Tro tro?
\nGhana National Service
\nKNUST - Tech
Special Guest: Kojo North.
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\n\nThis week we’re taking a trip to the stars and back with astrophysicist, author, STEM educator, multi-patented inventor, voice actor, TV personality, science communicator, and keynote speaker, Hakeem Oluseyi. Another fellow Stanford University Alum, Hakeem recently served as the Space Science Education Lead in the Space Mission Directorate at NASA headquarters. His work has resulted in 11 patents, and more than 100 publications covering contributions to astrophysics, cosmology, plasma physics, and the development of space missions, observatories, focal plane instruments, detectors, semiconductor manufacturing, and ion propulsion. He has co-hosted and contributed to several shows on Science Channel and Discovery International including Outrageous Acts of Science, How the Universe Works, Space's Deepest Secrets, Strange Evidence, You Have Been Warned, The Planets and Beyond, and Strip the Cosmos. He regularly appears on news programs and has won or been nominated for several awards for science reporting including an Emmy nomination and four Webby Awards. His memoir A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars was released in 2021.
\n\nHakeem sees his professional mission as advancing humanity's understanding of the universe through scientific inquiry; passing on the detailed knowledge of this process and its results to the next generation; and service to humanity and country. True to his mission, he is doing all of the above not only in the U.S., but across the planet and into the cosmos.
\n\nWhere to find Hakeem?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
What’s Hakeem Listening to?
\nPhilosophize This!
\nDan Carlin’s Hardcore History
\nCurtis Mayfield
Other topics of interest:
\nThe DMV
\nWealthiest Counties in the United States
\nIMAP - Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe
\nRoddenbery Entertainment
\nAbout Musician, Eminem
\nMangaia Island
\nNational Society of Black Physicists
\nMythology by Edith Hamilton
\nNairobi Planterium
\nWhat's an Error Bar
\nOn Dark Matter
\nAbout the physicists~
\nAbout Charles McGruder
\nWillie Rockward
\nStephon Alexander
\nAbout Cynthia McINtyre
\nArthur B.C. Walker, Jr.
\nPius Okeke
\nThebe Medupe
\nSaul Perlmutter
Special Guest: Hakeem Oluseyi .
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\n\nThis week we’re taking a trip to the stars and back with astrophysicist, author, STEM educator, multi-patented inventor, voice actor, TV personality, science communicator, and keynote speaker, Hakeem Oluseyi. Another fellow Stanford University Alum, Hakeem recently served as the Space Science Education Lead in the Space Mission Directorate at NASA headquarters. His work has resulted in 11 patents, and more than 100 publications covering contributions to astrophysics, cosmology, plasma physics, and the development of space missions, observatories, focal plane instruments, detectors, semiconductor manufacturing, and ion propulsion. He has co-hosted and contributed to several shows on Science Channel and Discovery International including Outrageous Acts of Science, How the Universe Works, Space's Deepest Secrets, Strange Evidence, You Have Been Warned, The Planets and Beyond, and Strip the Cosmos. He regularly appears on news programs and has won or been nominated for several awards for science reporting including an Emmy nomination and four Webby Awards. His memoir A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars was released in 2021.
\n\nHakeem sees his professional mission as advancing humanity's understanding of the universe through scientific inquiry; passing on the detailed knowledge of this process and its results to the next generation; and service to humanity and country. True to his mission, he is doing all of the above not only in the U.S., but across the planet and into the cosmos.
\n\nWhere to find Hakeem?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
What’s Hakeem Listening to?
\nPhilosophize This!
\nDan Carlin’s Hardcore History
\nCurtis Mayfield
Other topics of interest:
\nThe DMV
\nWealthiest Counties in the United States
\nIMAP - Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe
\nRoddenbery Entertainment
\nAbout Musician, Eminem
\nMangaia Island
\nNational Society of Black Physicists
\nMythology by Edith Hamilton
\nNairobi Planterium
\nWhat's an Error Bar
\nOn Dark Matter
\nAbout the physicists~
\nAbout Charles McGruder
\nWillie Rockward
\nStephon Alexander
\nAbout Cynthia McINtyre
\nArthur B.C. Walker, Jr.
\nPius Okeke
\nThebe Medupe
\nSaul Perlmutter
Special Guest: Hakeem Oluseyi .
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\n\nThis week’s episode comes to you from Dakar, by way of New York City and [Banjul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjul "smartCard-inline) in The Gambia. My guest, Gambian-American, Begay Downes-Thomas was born and raised in New York City to Gambian parents and currently calls Dakar, Senegal her base. She has more than 20 years of experience as a senior advocacy strategist in strategic communication, partnerships, and media in the development sector - specifically in strategies, branding, and resource mobilization at the country and regional level in Africa and internationally. She currently leads Global Partnerships at SEED Project in Senegal and is a brand experience curator.
\n\nAs you’ll learn in our conversation, Begay shares great perspectives on the power of leveraging your network, intentional preparation, and purpose-driven partnerships in establishing a work-life balance as a global nomad.
\n\nWhere to find Begay?
\nOn LinkedIn
On Instagram
\n\nOn Twitter
\n\nOn Facebook
\n\nWhat’s Begay listening to?
\nYousou N’Dour
\nFeel Better, Live More Podcast
\nSenegalese Musicians
Other topics of interest:
\nOukam, Senegal
\nWolof Glocal Speak, Jàmm rekk and other greetings
\nAbout Senegal’s first President, Léopold Sédar Senghor
\nAbout Amadou Gallo Fall
\nAbout the NBA Academy in Senegal
\nAbout Talibés
\nAbout [Mbalax Music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbalax )
Special Guest: Begay Downes-Thomas.
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\n\nI’m fresh off of a couple of weeks of ramping up the summer in Europe where the sun was truly a superstar right alongside my guest for the next few episodes. James Barnor is a Ghanaian photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been discovered by new audiences. In his street and studio photography, Barnor represents societies in transition in the 1950s and 1960s: Ghana moving toward independence, and London becoming a multicultural metropolis. He has said: "I was lucky to be alive when things were happening...when Ghana was going to be independent and Ghana became independent, and when I came to England the Beatles were around. Things were happening in the 60s, so I call myself Lucky Jim." He was Ghana's first full-time newspaper photographer in the 1950s, and he is credited with introducing color processing to Ghana in the 1970s. It has been said: "James Barnor is to Ghana and photojournalism what Ousmane Sembène was to Senegal and African cinema."
\n\nBarnor has spoken of how his work was rediscovered in 2007 during the "Ghana at 50" jubilee season by curator Nana Oforiatta-Ayim, who organized the first exhibition of his photographs at Black Cultural Archives (BCA). Appreciation of his work as a studio portraitist, photojournalist and Black lifestyle photographer has been further heightened since 2010 when a major solo retrospective exhibition of his photographs, Ever Young: James Barnor, was mounted at Rivington Place, London, followed by a series of exhibitions including in the United States and South Africa. His photographs were collated by the non-profit agency Autograph ABP during a four-year project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and in 2011 became part of the new Archive and Research Centre for Culturally Diverse Photography.
\n\nBarnor's photographs have also in recent years had showings in Ghana, South Africa, France - (Paris Photo 2011, Galerie Baudoin Lebon; Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière), The Netherlands, the UK and the US. The first monograph of his work, entitled James Barnor: Ever Young, was published in 2015, including an extensive conversation between Barnor and Margaret Busby with Francis Hodgson.
\n\nI’m honored to be able to share his story--the history, the craft, the artistry and the humor of Uncle Jim.
\n\nWhere to find James?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nIn the New York Times
What’s Uncle Jim watching?
\nAmerica’s Got Talent
\nBritain’s Got Talent
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Two Coronations
\nAccra earthquake 1939
\nA brief history of housing in Ghana
\n1942 Shipwreck
\nWhat is Akpeteshie?
\nOn Kodak’s Baby Brownie Camera
\nOther Kodak cameras
\nGhana’s Daily Graphic
\nLetterpress vs the Next-generation Press
\nGhana's Prized Boxer Roy Ankrah
\nAbout British Accra and the Seaview Hotel
\nKrobo Edusei
\nWorld University Service - Canada
\nDrum Magazine
\nAchimota School
\nMedway College of Arts - Kent
\nOko Kolamashie
Special Guest: James Barnor.
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\n\nI’m fresh off of a couple of weeks of ramping up the summer in Europe where the sun was truly a superstar right alongside my guest for the next few episodes. James Barnor is a Ghanaian photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been discovered by new audiences. In his street and studio photography, Barnor represents societies in transition in the 1950s and 1960s: Ghana moving toward independence, and London becoming a multicultural metropolis. He has said: "I was lucky to be alive when things were happening...when Ghana was going to be independent and Ghana became independent, and when I came to England the Beatles were around. Things were happening in the 60s, so I call myself Lucky Jim." He was Ghana's first full-time newspaper photographer in the 1950s, and he is credited with introducing color processing to Ghana in the 1970s. It has been said: "James Barnor is to Ghana and photojournalism what Ousmane Sembène was to Senegal and African cinema."
\n\nBarnor has spoken of how his work was rediscovered in 2007 during the "Ghana at 50" jubilee season by curator Nana Oforiatta-Ayim, who organized the first exhibition of his photographs at Black Cultural Archives (BCA). Appreciation of his work as a studio portraitist, photojournalist and Black lifestyle photographer has been further heightened since 2010 when a major solo retrospective exhibition of his photographs, Ever Young: James Barnor, was mounted at Rivington Place, London, followed by a series of exhibitions including in the United States and South Africa. His photographs were collated by the non-profit agency Autograph ABP during a four-year project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and in 2011 became part of the new Archive and Research Centre for Culturally Diverse Photography.
\n\nBarnor's photographs have also in recent years had showings in Ghana, South Africa, France - (Paris Photo 2011, Galerie Baudoin Lebon; Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière), The Netherlands, the UK and the US. The first monograph of his work, entitled James Barnor: Ever Young, was published in 2015, including an extensive conversation between Barnor and Margaret Busby with Francis Hodgson.
\n\nI’m honored to be able to share his story--the history, the craft, the artistry and the humor of Uncle Jim.
\n\nWhere to find James?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nIn the New York Times
What’s Uncle Jim watching?
\nAmerica’s Got Talent
\nBritain’s Got Talent
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Two Coronations
\nAccra earthquake 1939
\nA brief history of housing in Ghana
\n1942 Shipwreck
\nWhat is Akpeteshie?
\nOn Kodak’s Baby Brownie Camera
\nOther Kodak cameras
\nGhana’s Daily Graphic
\nLetterpress vs the Next-generation Press
\nGhana's Prized Boxer Roy Ankrah
\nAbout British Accra and the Seaview Hotel
\nKrobo Edusei
\nWorld University Service - Canada
\nDrum Magazine
\nAchimota School
\nMedway College of Arts - Kent
\nOko Kolamashie
Special Guest: James Barnor.
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\n\nI’m fresh off of a couple of weeks of ramping up the summer in Europe where the sun was truly a superstar right alongside my guest for the next few episodes. James Barnor is a Ghanaian photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been discovered by new audiences. In his street and studio photography, Barnor represents societies in transition in the 1950s and 1960s: Ghana moving toward independence, and London becoming a multicultural metropolis. He has said: "I was lucky to be alive when things were happening...when Ghana was going to be independent and Ghana became independent, and when I came to England the Beatles were around. Things were happening in the 60s, so I call myself Lucky Jim." He was Ghana's first full-time newspaper photographer in the 1950s, and he is credited with introducing color processing to Ghana in the 1970s. It has been said: "James Barnor is to Ghana and photojournalism what Ousmane Sembène was to Senegal and African cinema."
\n\nBarnor has spoken of how his work was rediscovered in 2007 during the "Ghana at 50" jubilee season by curator Nana Oforiatta-Ayim, who organized the first exhibition of his photographs at Black Cultural Archives (BCA). Appreciation of his work as a studio portraitist, photojournalist and Black lifestyle photographer has been further heightened since 2010 when a major solo retrospective exhibition of his photographs, Ever Young: James Barnor, was mounted at Rivington Place, London, followed by a series of exhibitions including in the United States and South Africa. His photographs were collated by the non-profit agency Autograph ABP during a four-year project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and in 2011 became part of the new Archive and Research Centre for Culturally Diverse Photography.
\n\nBarnor's photographs have also in recent years had showings in Ghana, South Africa, France - (Paris Photo 2011, Galerie Baudoin Lebon; Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière), The Netherlands, the UK and the US. The first monograph of his work, entitled James Barnor: Ever Young, was published in 2015, including an extensive conversation between Barnor and Margaret Busby with Francis Hodgson.
\n\nI’m honored to be able to share his story--the history, the craft, the artistry and the humor of Uncle Jim.
\n\nWhere to find James?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nIn the New York Times
What’s Uncle Jim watching?
\nAmerica’s Got Talent
\nBritain’s Got Talent
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Two Coronations
\nAccra earthquake 1939
\nA brief history of housing in Ghana
\n1942 Shipwreck
\nWhat is Akpeteshie?
\nOn Kodak’s Baby Brownie Camera
\nOther Kodak cameras
\nGhana’s Daily Graphic
\nLetterpress vs the Next-generation Press
\nGhana's Prized Boxer Roy Ankrah
\nAbout British Accra and the Seaview Hotel
\nKrobo Edusei
\nWorld University Service - Canada
\nDrum Magazine
\nAchimota School
\nMedway College of Arts - Kent
\nOko Kolamashie
Special Guest: James Barnor.
","summary":"","date_published":"2023-06-20T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/36eaa86c-f45f-423c-b180-c2dc2b916eb0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":63034304,"duration_in_seconds":2626}]},{"id":"117a0a19-b498-4795-8789-c58841a86349","title":"Episode 178: When Women Speak with Aseye Tamakloe Part 2","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/178","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\nThis week on the podcast we have another two-part conversation, with one of Ghana’s foremost creative culture practitioners. Aseye Tamakloe is a filmmaker and lecturer at the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) and a PhD candidate at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana Legon - both in Accra. She has worked as editor, director and producer on a number of local and international productions. As a freelance editor, her works include, award-winning films such as Perfect Picture, by Shirley Frimpong–Manso, Chronicles of Odumkrom:The Headmaster, by Ernest Kofi Abbeyquaye, Who is Afraid of Ngugi by Malian filmmaker, Manthia Diawara, and Freetown by US filmmaker, Garret Barty. She is a co-programmer for the Film Africa Festival, London’s biggest celebration of African and African diaspora cinema presented by the Royal African Society. She was also the Festival Manager and Director of the European Film Festival, Ghana. (EUFFGH). She is the founder and festival director of Ndiva Women’s Film Festival which aims to create artistic platforms for the presentation and preservation of work by, for and about women. And, most recently she is director and editor of the documentary film When Women Speak.\n\nKeep reading for a wealth of further insights into topics discussed during our conversation. I learned so much about African cinema history and present, and I have a feeling from this session with this Glocal Citizen, you will too!\n\nWhere to find Aseye?\nWhen Women Speak Film\nOn [LinkedIn](linkedin.com/in/aseye-tamakloe-28729a2a) \nOn Instagram \nOn Facebook \nOn Twitter \nOn YouTube \n\nWho is Aseye reading?\nPaulo Coelho\nAma Ata Aidoo\n[Kofi Awoonor]((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofi_Awoonor \"smartCard-inline\")\nLeila Aboulela \nOkyeame Literary Magazine\nToni Morrison\nChimamanda Ngozi Adichie \nThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini\n\nWho is Aseye listening to?\nCulture\nAmakye Dede \nOpera Greats \n\nOther topics of interest:\nFilm, Form and Culture by Robert Kolker\nAlice Guy-Blaché\nD.W. Griffith\nMr. Mensah Builds a House \nThe Boy Kumasenu \nGFIC - Ghana Film Industry Corporation\n1966 Coup d’Etat in Ghana \nHamile: The Tongo Hamlet \nI Told You So \nFive Fingers for Marseilles\nGhana Academy of Film and Television Arts \nFescpaco\nBlack Star International Film Festival\nNCWD in action\nGen Z (Zoomers) vs Millennials\nAbantu Ghana \nAbout Desiderata Poem Special Guest: Aseye Tamakloe.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nThis week on the podcast we have another two-part conversation, with one of Ghana’s foremost creative culture practitioners. Aseye Tamakloe is a filmmaker and lecturer at the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) and a PhD candidate at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana Legon - both in Accra. She has worked as editor, director and producer on a number of local and international productions. As a freelance editor, her works include, award-winning films such as Perfect Picture, by Shirley Frimpong–Manso, Chronicles of Odumkrom:The Headmaster, by Ernest Kofi Abbeyquaye, Who is Afraid of Ngugi by Malian filmmaker, Manthia Diawara, and Freetown by US filmmaker, Garret Barty. She is a co-programmer for the Film Africa Festival, London’s biggest celebration of African and African diaspora cinema presented by the Royal African Society. She was also the Festival Manager and Director of the European Film Festival, Ghana. (EUFFGH). She is the founder and festival director of Ndiva Women’s Film Festival which aims to create artistic platforms for the presentation and preservation of work by, for and about women. And, most recently she is director and editor of the documentary film When Women Speak.
\n\nKeep reading for a wealth of further insights into topics discussed during our conversation. I learned so much about African cinema history and present, and I have a feeling from this session with this Glocal Citizen, you will too!
\n\nWhere to find Aseye?
\nWhen Women Speak Film
\nOn [LinkedIn](linkedin.com/in/aseye-tamakloe-28729a2a)
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn YouTube
Who is Aseye reading?
\nPaulo Coelho
\nAma Ata Aidoo
\n[Kofi Awoonor]((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofi_Awoonor "smartCard-inline")
\nLeila Aboulela
\nOkyeame Literary Magazine
\nToni Morrison
\nChimamanda Ngozi Adichie
\nThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Who is Aseye listening to?
\nCulture
\nAmakye Dede
\nOpera Greats
Other topics of interest:
\nFilm, Form and Culture by Robert Kolker
\nAlice Guy-Blaché
\nD.W. Griffith
\nMr. Mensah Builds a House
\nThe Boy Kumasenu
\nGFIC - Ghana Film Industry Corporation
\n1966 Coup d’Etat in Ghana
\nHamile: The Tongo Hamlet
\nI Told You So
\nFive Fingers for Marseilles
\nGhana Academy of Film and Television Arts
\nFescpaco
\nBlack Star International Film Festival
\nNCWD in action
\nGen Z (Zoomers) vs Millennials
\nAbantu Ghana
\nAbout Desiderata Poem
Special Guest: Aseye Tamakloe.
","summary":"","date_published":"2023-06-13T07:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/117a0a19-b498-4795-8789-c58841a86349.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":43494503,"duration_in_seconds":1812}]},{"id":"ba806cfa-ff72-46f9-8a7c-a51cdd8a9bce","title":"Episode 177: When Women Speak with Aseye Tamakloe Part 1","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/177","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\nThis week on the podcast we have another two-part conversation, with one of Ghana’s foremost creative culture practitioners. Aseye Tamakloe is a filmmaker and lecturer at the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) and a PhD candidate at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana Legon - both in Accra. She has worked as editor, director and producer on a number of local and international productions. As a freelance editor, her works include, award-winning films such as Perfect Picture, by Shirley Frimpong–Manso, Chronicles of Odumkrom:The Headmaster, by Ernest Kofi Abbeyquaye, Who is Afraid of Ngugi by Malian filmmaker, Manthia Diawara, and Freetown by US filmmaker, Garret Barty. She is a co-programmer for the Film Africa Festival, London’s biggest celebration of African and African diaspora cinema presented by the Royal African Society. She was also the Festival Manager and Director of the European Film Festival, Ghana. (EUFFGH). She is the founder and festival director of Ndiva Women’s Film Festival which aims to create artistic platforms for the presentation and preservation of work by, for and about women. And, most recently she is director and editor of the documentary film When Women Speak.\n\nKeep reading for a wealth of further insights into topics discussed during our conversation. I learned so much about African cinema history and present, and I have a feeling from this session with this Glocal Citizen, you will too!\n\nWhere to find Aseye?\nWhen Women Speak Film\nOn [LinkedIn](linkedin.com/in/aseye-tamakloe-28729a2a) \nOn Instagram \nOn Facebook \nOn Twitter \nOn YouTube \n\nWho is Aseye reading?\nPaulo Coelho\nAma Ata Aidoo\n[Kofi Awoonor]((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofi_Awoonor \"smartCard-inline\")\nLeila Aboulela \nOkyeame Literary Magazine\nToni Morrison\nChimamanda Ngozi Adichie \nThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini\n\nWho is Aseye listening to?\nCulture\nAmakye Dede \nOpera Greats \n\nOther topics of interest:\nFilm, Form and Culture by Robert Kolker\nAlice Guy-Blaché\nD.W. Griffith\nMr. Mensah Builds a House \nThe Boy Kumasenu \nGFIC - Ghana Film Industry Corporation\n1966 Coup d’Etat in Ghana \nHamile: The Tongo Hamlet \nI Told You So \nFive Fingers for Marseilles\nGhana Academy of Film and Television Arts \nFescpaco\nBlack Star International Film Festival\nNCWD in action\nGen Z (Zoomers) vs Millennials\nAbantu Ghana \nAbout Desiderata Poem Special Guest: Aseye Tamakloe.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nThis week on the podcast we have another two-part conversation, with one of Ghana’s foremost creative culture practitioners. Aseye Tamakloe is a filmmaker and lecturer at the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) and a PhD candidate at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana Legon - both in Accra. She has worked as editor, director and producer on a number of local and international productions. As a freelance editor, her works include, award-winning films such as Perfect Picture, by Shirley Frimpong–Manso, Chronicles of Odumkrom:The Headmaster, by Ernest Kofi Abbeyquaye, Who is Afraid of Ngugi by Malian filmmaker, Manthia Diawara, and Freetown by US filmmaker, Garret Barty. She is a co-programmer for the Film Africa Festival, London’s biggest celebration of African and African diaspora cinema presented by the Royal African Society. She was also the Festival Manager and Director of the European Film Festival, Ghana. (EUFFGH). She is the founder and festival director of Ndiva Women’s Film Festival which aims to create artistic platforms for the presentation and preservation of work by, for and about women. And, most recently she is director and editor of the documentary film When Women Speak.
\n\nKeep reading for a wealth of further insights into topics discussed during our conversation. I learned so much about African cinema history and present, and I have a feeling from this session with this Glocal Citizen, you will too!
\n\nWhere to find Aseye?
\nWhen Women Speak Film
\nOn [LinkedIn](linkedin.com/in/aseye-tamakloe-28729a2a)
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn YouTube
Who is Aseye reading?
\nPaulo Coelho
\nAma Ata Aidoo
\n[Kofi Awoonor]((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofi_Awoonor "smartCard-inline")
\nLeila Aboulela
\nOkyeame Literary Magazine
\nToni Morrison
\nChimamanda Ngozi Adichie
\nThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Who is Aseye listening to?
\nCulture
\nAmakye Dede
\nOpera Greats
Other topics of interest:
\nFilm, Form and Culture by Robert Kolker
\nAlice Guy-Blaché
\nD.W. Griffith
\nMr. Mensah Builds a House
\nThe Boy Kumasenu
\nGFIC - Ghana Film Industry Corporation
\n1966 Coup d’Etat in Ghana
\nHamile: The Tongo Hamlet
\nI Told You So
\nFive Fingers for Marseilles
\nGhana Academy of Film and Television Arts
\nFescpaco
\nBlack Star International Film Festival
\nNCWD in action
\nGen Z (Zoomers) vs Millennials
\nAbantu Ghana
\nAbout Desiderata Poem
Special Guest: Aseye Tamakloe.
","summary":"","date_published":"2023-06-06T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/ba806cfa-ff72-46f9-8a7c-a51cdd8a9bce.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":68291922,"duration_in_seconds":2802}]},{"id":"5de8f3a2-b3da-48b5-954f-93f9b05c0df1","title":"Episode 176: The Generative Artist's Way with Kai Turner","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/176","content_text":"Greeting Glocal Citizens!\n\nThis week we’re visiting the US’s Golden State in a back-to-the-future kind of moment. A New York native, my guest, Kaigani Turner and I both honed our “tech cred” during our years on the Stanford University campus somehow laying the foundation, plotting, programming and piecing together a present in the media space. Now a digital media innovator with over 25 years of experience most of which was spent living and working in London, Kai has been active in the NFT space since 2017 and is a thought leader in defining #Media3 as the intersection between web3 and media and entertainment. He is an Executive Producer of I'm New Here – a documentary film chronicling over 90 key artists and personalities in the NFT space. While at Sony Pictures Entertainment, he filed three patents related to blockchain and NFT technologies, after which he worked in Emerging Experiences and Product Content Innovation at Netflix where his projects included Love, Death and Robots and Martin Scorsese's The Irishman as well as the new Netflix Games Platform initiative, all while maintaining a focus on how to discover and promote Franchise IP on the service.\n\nIn 2021 he left Netflix to join the Web3 space full-time and is an advisor to multiple web3 companies including Doodles, National Lampoon and NFT42 (Avastars, VeeFriends, Sotheby's). He created MeebitsDAO and helped to launch a number of successful NFT projects (like Savage Droids, Boss Beauties, Super Geisha, and Lobby3).\n\nAlso a generative artist with multiple art ‘drops' and collaborations on Art Blocks--his first Art Blocks collection went for auction at Sotheby's, Kai’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor is as founder at the artist incubator, mxtter.art. Mxtter (pronounced “matter”) helps accelerate the careers of artists around the world, showcasing up and coming artists from diverse communities and is host to collaborative, experimental and generative art collection.\n\nWhere to find Kai?\nOn LinkedIn \nOn Twitter\nOn Instagram \nOn Facebook \n\nWhat’s Kai reading?\nThe Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron\n\nWhat’s Kai watching?\nBabble Bop!\n\nOther topics of interest:\nLake Arrowhead, California\nSapient today \nAbout Moo \nWords on Bespoke \nArt Blocks \nCryptoKitties Decoded Special Guest: Kaigani Turner .","content_html":"Greeting Glocal Citizens!
\n\nThis week we’re visiting the US’s Golden State in a back-to-the-future kind of moment. A New York native, my guest, Kaigani Turner and I both honed our “tech cred” during our years on the Stanford University campus somehow laying the foundation, plotting, programming and piecing together a present in the media space. Now a digital media innovator with over 25 years of experience most of which was spent living and working in London, Kai has been active in the NFT space since 2017 and is a thought leader in defining #Media3 as the intersection between web3 and media and entertainment. He is an Executive Producer of I'm New Here – a documentary film chronicling over 90 key artists and personalities in the NFT space. While at Sony Pictures Entertainment, he filed three patents related to blockchain and NFT technologies, after which he worked in Emerging Experiences and Product Content Innovation at Netflix where his projects included Love, Death and Robots and Martin Scorsese's The Irishman as well as the new Netflix Games Platform initiative, all while maintaining a focus on how to discover and promote Franchise IP on the service.
\n\nIn 2021 he left Netflix to join the Web3 space full-time and is an advisor to multiple web3 companies including Doodles, National Lampoon and NFT42 (Avastars, VeeFriends, Sotheby's). He created MeebitsDAO and helped to launch a number of successful NFT projects (like Savage Droids, Boss Beauties, Super Geisha, and Lobby3).
\n\nAlso a generative artist with multiple art ‘drops' and collaborations on Art Blocks--his first Art Blocks collection went for auction at Sotheby's, Kai’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor is as founder at the artist incubator, mxtter.art. Mxtter (pronounced “matter”) helps accelerate the careers of artists around the world, showcasing up and coming artists from diverse communities and is host to collaborative, experimental and generative art collection.
\n\nWhere to find Kai?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What’s Kai reading?
\nThe Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
What’s Kai watching?
\nBabble Bop!
Other topics of interest:
\nLake Arrowhead, California
\nSapient today
\nAbout Moo
\nWords on Bespoke
\nArt Blocks
\nCryptoKitties Decoded
Special Guest: Kaigani Turner .
","summary":"","date_published":"2023-05-30T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/5de8f3a2-b3da-48b5-954f-93f9b05c0df1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":63372224,"duration_in_seconds":2640}]},{"id":"76afd852-71a5-4e3f-b209-da2a77104c0f","title":"Episode 175: Innovation in Acculturation with Kobina Ankomah Graham Part 2","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/175","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\nMy guest this week is Ghanaian-Briton, DJ, lecturer, cultural writer and researcher Kobina “Kobby” Ankomah Graham. Raised between the alternate realities of Ghana and Britain, he is passionately curious about music, African culture, and counterculture. Through almost two decades of lecturing, researching, public speaking, developing creative projects, curating music and freelance writing, he has championed arts and culture.\n\nHe has explored this idea in settings ranging from classrooms to international conferences, and in numerous workshops, panels, podcasts, publications, and dance floors. Along the way, he has been profiled by platforms like the BBC, written for others like The Guardian, received a Miles Morland African Writers Scholarship and DANIDA funding for Ph.D. research on Ghana’s alternative music scene. In doing these things, he is creating pathways for young African creatives, cultural practitioners and journalists to follow. These sentiments come through poetically in this two-part conversation offering wonder-filled insight into a life lived in Accra in view of an evolving arts and culture scene impacting both the local and global creative landscapes.\n\nWhere to find Kobby?\nkobbygraham.com\nOn LinkedIn \nOn Instagram \n\nWhat’s Kobby reading?\nA Quick Ting on Afrobeats by Christian Adofo\nThe Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time by Arianna Huffington\nHarmattan Rain\n\nWhat’s Kobby watching?\nThe Power\nCitadel \nStar Trek: Strange New Worlds\nAfrican Queens on Netflix \nCleopatra on Netflix \n\nWhat’s Kobby listening to?\nTedEd\nBig Think \nSoulection Radio\nOroko Radio\n\nOther topics of interest:\nKoforidua, Ghana \nMmofra Channel \nJDilla \nKweku Ananse\nOvation Magazine \nAbout Dust Magazine\nPinkPanthress \nAshesi University \nWebster University\nJoyFM\nWhat happened to Damilola Taylor?\nAbout the murder of Stephen Lawrence \nBuduburam Refugee Camp \nProfessor John Anarfi \nUniversity of Ghana’s Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER)\nKasapreko Company, Ltd Ghana\nSome notes on Pidgin English \nWhat is Detty December \nEbo Taylor \nAsakaa Boys \nBlack Sherif \nAmaarae \nEfua Sutherland \nEsi Sutherland-Abby \nKiDi’s latest release, I lied\nWorlasi \nGabriel Myers Hanson\nPigeons & PlanesSpecial Guest: Kobina Ankomah Graham.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nMy guest this week is Ghanaian-Briton, DJ, lecturer, cultural writer and researcher Kobina “Kobby” Ankomah Graham. Raised between the alternate realities of Ghana and Britain, he is passionately curious about music, African culture, and counterculture. Through almost two decades of lecturing, researching, public speaking, developing creative projects, curating music and freelance writing, he has championed arts and culture.
\n\nHe has explored this idea in settings ranging from classrooms to international conferences, and in numerous workshops, panels, podcasts, publications, and dance floors. Along the way, he has been profiled by platforms like the BBC, written for others like The Guardian, received a Miles Morland African Writers Scholarship and DANIDA funding for Ph.D. research on Ghana’s alternative music scene. In doing these things, he is creating pathways for young African creatives, cultural practitioners and journalists to follow. These sentiments come through poetically in this two-part conversation offering wonder-filled insight into a life lived in Accra in view of an evolving arts and culture scene impacting both the local and global creative landscapes.
\n\nWhere to find Kobby?
\nkobbygraham.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
What’s Kobby reading?
\nA Quick Ting on Afrobeats by Christian Adofo
\nThe Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time by Arianna Huffington
\nHarmattan Rain
What’s Kobby watching?
\nThe Power
\nCitadel
\nStar Trek: Strange New Worlds
\nAfrican Queens on Netflix
\nCleopatra on Netflix
What’s Kobby listening to?
\nTedEd
\nBig Think
\nSoulection Radio
\nOroko Radio
Other topics of interest:
\nKoforidua, Ghana
\nMmofra Channel
\nJDilla
\nKweku Ananse
\nOvation Magazine
\nAbout Dust Magazine
\nPinkPanthress
\nAshesi University
\nWebster University
\nJoyFM
\nWhat happened to Damilola Taylor?
\nAbout the murder of Stephen Lawrence
\nBuduburam Refugee Camp
\nProfessor John Anarfi
\nUniversity of Ghana’s Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
\nKasapreko Company, Ltd Ghana
\nSome notes on Pidgin English
\nWhat is Detty December
\nEbo Taylor
\nAsakaa Boys
\nBlack Sherif
\nAmaarae
\nEfua Sutherland
\nEsi Sutherland-Abby
\nKiDi’s latest release, I lied
\nWorlasi
\nGabriel Myers Hanson
\nPigeons & Planes
Special Guest: Kobina Ankomah Graham.
","summary":"","date_published":"2023-05-23T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/76afd852-71a5-4e3f-b209-da2a77104c0f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":72681638,"duration_in_seconds":3028}]},{"id":"1466588d-b4c5-4a19-abce-402136ed0dc3","title":"Episode 174: Innovation in Acculturation with Kobina Ankomah Graham Part 1","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/174","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\nMy guest this week is Ghanaian-Briton, DJ, lecturer, cultural writer and researcher Kobina “Kobby” Ankomah Graham. Raised between the alternate realities of Ghana and Britain, he is passionately curious about music, African culture, and counterculture. Through almost two decades of lecturing, researching, public speaking, developing creative projects, curating music and freelance writing, he has championed arts and culture.\n\nHe has explored this idea in settings ranging from classrooms to international conferences, and in numerous workshops, panels, podcasts, publications, and dance floors. Along the way, he has been profiled by platforms like the BBC, written for others like The Guardian, received a Miles Morland African Writers Scholarship and DANIDA funding for Ph.D. research on Ghana’s alternative music scene. In doing these things, he is creating pathways for young African creatives, cultural practitioners and journalists to follow. These sentiments come through poetically in this two-part conversation offering wonder-filled insight into a life lived in Accra in view of an evolving arts and culture scene impacting both the local and global creative landscapes.\n\nWhere to find Kobby?\nkobbygraham.com\nOn LinkedIn \nOn Instagram \n\nWhat’s Kobby reading?\nA Quick Ting on Afrobeats by Christian Adofo\nThe Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time by Arianna Huffington\nHarmattan Rain\n\nWhat’s Kobby watching?\nThe Power\nCitadel \nStar Trek: Strange New Worlds\nAfrican Queens on Netflix \nCleopatra on Netflix \n\nWhat’s Kobby listening to?\nTedEd\nBig Think \nSoulection Radio\nOroko Radio\n\nOther topics of interest:\nKoforidua, Ghana \nMmofra Channel \nJDilla \nKweku Ananse\nOvation Magazine \nAbout Dust Magazine\nPinkPanthress \nAshesi University \nWebster University\nJoyFM\nWhat happened to Damilola Taylor?\nAbout the murder of Stephen Lawrence \nBuduburam Refugee Camp \nProfessor John Anarfi \nUniversity of Ghana’s Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER)\nKasapreko Company, Ltd Ghana\nSome notes on Pidgin English \nWhat is Detty December \nEbo Taylor \nAsakaa Boys \nBlack Sherif \nAmaarae \nEfua Sutherland \nEsi Sutherland-Abby \nKiDi’s latest release, I lied\nWorlasi \nGabriel Myers Hanson\nPigeons & PlanesSpecial Guest: Kobina Ankomah Graham.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nMy guest this week is Ghanaian-Briton, DJ, lecturer, cultural writer and researcher Kobina “Kobby” Ankomah Graham. Raised between the alternate realities of Ghana and Britain, he is passionately curious about music, African culture, and counterculture. Through almost two decades of lecturing, researching, public speaking, developing creative projects, curating music and freelance writing, he has championed arts and culture.
\n\nHe has explored this idea in settings ranging from classrooms to international conferences, and in numerous workshops, panels, podcasts, publications, and dance floors. Along the way, he has been profiled by platforms like the BBC, written for others like The Guardian, received a Miles Morland African Writers Scholarship and DANIDA funding for Ph.D. research on Ghana’s alternative music scene. In doing these things, he is creating pathways for young African creatives, cultural practitioners and journalists to follow. These sentiments come through poetically in this two-part conversation offering wonder-filled insight into a life lived in Accra in view of an evolving arts and culture scene impacting both the local and global creative landscapes.
\n\nWhere to find Kobby?
\nkobbygraham.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
What’s Kobby reading?
\nA Quick Ting on Afrobeats by Christian Adofo
\nThe Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time by Arianna Huffington
\nHarmattan Rain
What’s Kobby watching?
\nThe Power
\nCitadel
\nStar Trek: Strange New Worlds
\nAfrican Queens on Netflix
\nCleopatra on Netflix
What’s Kobby listening to?
\nTedEd
\nBig Think
\nSoulection Radio
\nOroko Radio
Other topics of interest:
\nKoforidua, Ghana
\nMmofra Channel
\nJDilla
\nKweku Ananse
\nOvation Magazine
\nAbout Dust Magazine
\nPinkPanthress
\nAshesi University
\nWebster University
\nJoyFM
\nWhat happened to Damilola Taylor?
\nAbout the murder of Stephen Lawrence
\nBuduburam Refugee Camp
\nProfessor John Anarfi
\nUniversity of Ghana’s Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
\nKasapreko Company, Ltd Ghana
\nSome notes on Pidgin English
\nWhat is Detty December
\nEbo Taylor
\nAsakaa Boys
\nBlack Sherif
\nAmaarae
\nEfua Sutherland
\nEsi Sutherland-Abby
\nKiDi’s latest release, I lied
\nWorlasi
\nGabriel Myers Hanson
\nPigeons & Planes
Special Guest: Kobina Ankomah Graham.
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\nKicking off the midway point between the Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice--the reason behind the ancient observation of May Day, we have a two-part conversation that likewise offers interesting perspectives on the contemporary observation of May Day - International Workers' Day and the difference that mindset can have on the fruits of one’s labor. My guest for these discussions is Dr. Juleen Christopher. A dual citizen of the United States (by way of the US Virgin Islands) and the British Virgin Islands, in 2018 Juleen firmly reset her roots in the BVI with the purchase of St. Bernard’s Hill House, a 5-star luxury villa experience in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. In her other world, she is the Founder and Inspiration Strategist of Beyond The Fork, a consultancy aimed at helping companies, their leaders and their employees navigate interpersonal challenges and work more effectively as teams. Since arriving in the mainland US from her native St. Croix, she has become a cognitive-behavioral research scientist because she is passionate about working with tools to help guide and empower individuals to become accountable for their holistic health and well-being through education, understanding, and personal growth. This work has taken her from the American south to the East Coast and now to the midwest where she calls now calls Minneapolis, Minnesota home. There is so much more to get to know about this dynamic Glocal Citizen so be sure to tune in and check out the links below!
Where to find Juleen?
\nwww.stbernardshillhouse.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What’s Juleen reading?
\nAlphabet Murders Series by Sue Grafton
\nWorks by Zadie Smith
What’s Juleen watching?
\nAfrican Folktales Reimagined
\nKim’s Convenience
\nNever Have I Ever on Netflix
\nLa Reina del Sur
What’s Juleen listening to?
\nAngelique Kidjo
\nBiggest Afrobeats Artists
\nBossa Nova
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout my Ayurveda Treatments in Ghana
\nAbout the British Virgin Islands
\nGovernance in the BVI
\nWho is a Belonger?
\nAbout Jerry Blackwell
\nRedemption Botanicals
\nMinnesota Equity & Justice Project
\nPositive Intelligence
Special Guest: Juleen Christopher.
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\nKicking off the midway point between the Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice--the reason behind the ancient observation of May Day, we have a two-part conversation that likewise offers interesting perspectives on the contemporary observation of May Day - International Workers' Day and the difference that mindset can have on the fruits of one’s labor. My guest for these discussions is Dr. Juleen Christopher. A dual citizen of the United States (by way of the US Virgin Islands) and the British Virgin Islands, in 2018 Juleen firmly reset her roots in the BVI with the purchase of St. Bernard’s Hill House, a 5-star luxury villa experience in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. In her other world, she is the Founder and Inspiration Strategist of Beyond The Fork, a consultancy aimed at helping companies, their leaders and their employees navigate interpersonal challenges and work more effectively as teams. Since arriving in the mainland US from her native St. Croix, she has become a cognitive-behavioral research scientist because she is passionate about working with tools to help guide and empower individuals to become accountable for their holistic health and well-being through education, understanding, and personal growth. This work has taken her from the American south to the East Coast and now to the midwest where she calls now calls Minneapolis, Minnesota home. There is so much more to get to know about this dynamic Glocal Citizen so be sure to tune in and check out the links below!
Where to find Juleen?
\nwww.stbernardshillhouse.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What’s Juleen reading?
\nAlphabet Murders Series by Sue Grafton
\nWorks by Zadie Smith
What’s Juleen watching?
\nAfrican Folktales Reimagined
\nKim’s Convenience
\nNever Have I Ever on Netflix
\nLa Reina del Sur
What’s Juleen listening to?
\nAngelique Kidjo
\nBiggest Afrobeats Artists
\nBossa Nova
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout my Ayurveda Treatments in Ghana
\nAbout the British Virgin Islands
\nGovernance in the BVI
\nWho is a Belonger?
\nAbout Jerry Blackwell
\nRedemption Botanicals
\nMinnesota Equity & Justice Project
\nPositive Intelligence
Special Guest: Juleen Christopher.
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\n\nThis week on the podcast we’re back on the trailblazing path and once again, it is all about Destination Africa! Our guides are my guests, the Ghanaian-Briton duo Abena and Ekow Richardson, the co-founders of Destination Africa, which, through programs, workshops, dvds, channels, live streams and other merchandise offers a wealth of knowledge in African languages, culture, heritage and lifestyle. With backgrounds in software engineering, the hair and fashion industries, and professional basketball the Destination Africa journey began for Ekow once he became a father with the decision to apply his passions to inspiring and empowering the next generation of young leaders. As a homeschooling mum, Abena is also the main facilitator for Destination Africa. She uses her energetic, coordinated, innovative, loving, exciting, and disciplined teaching style to deliver results while her partner uses his IT skills as the technological mind behind all things Destination Africa. Together this family affair is one to watch as a primer on planning a relocating a family and a business in uncertain times.
\n\nWhere to find the Richardsons?
\nwww.destinationafrica.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Youtube
\nOn Whatsapp
Other topics of interest:
\nExotic Park, West Legon
\nWinneba, Ghana
\nSan kofa a yenkyiri
\nAbout Fante people in Ghana
\nA survey of Ghana’s Parliament
\nAbout civics education in Africa
\nKumapim Royals International Band’s Time Changes
Special Guests: Abena Richardson and Ekow Richardson.
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\n\nFor this two-part conversation, I catch up with Oakland-based serial cultural entrepreneur, Isis Asare. Born in Harlem, New York to Ghanaian parents Isis, a fellow Stanford University alum, has called New York, Houston, Ghana (as a Peace Corps volunteer), Seattle, and now Oakland, California home at various times in her life. She once described herself as using her over-priced education, love of technology, and acumen for experimentation to hack Hollywood. And this is where her first entrepreneurial enterprise—Sistah Sinema emerged. With Sistah Sinema her goal was to be a part of a movement to create a global market for independent film fostering deep, engaging discussions about the difficult issues of gender, sexuality, race, and class. In 2015 she successfully exited by selling the platform to community investors.
\n\nWith over a decade of finance and business development experience at Fortune 500 companies such as T-Mobile, Microsoft, Shutterfly, and Amazon, in 2019 she went on to launch Sistah Scifi, the first Black-owned bookstore focused on Afrofuturism, Indigenous Futurism, Science Fiction, and Fantasy in the United States. Between 2019 and 2020, Sistah Scifi sales increased tenfold through expanding physical book selection; launching private label shirts, sweatshirts, and bags; and offering audiobooks and ebooks. Sistah Scifi has been featured in The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, BookRiot, Buzzfeed, VentureBeat, and Facebook's Boost My Business. Sistah Scifi has also hosted author interviews with John Jennings, NK Jemisin, LL McKinney, Jewelle Gomez, and Nisi Shawl to name a few. Sistah Scifi has developed strong collaborations with major international publishers such as Hachette/Orbit, Akashic, Abrams, Macmillan/Tor.com, and Simon and Schuster.
\n\nTune in to hear even more exciting now and nexts for Isis and the Sistah Scifi brand!
\n\nWhere to find Isis?
\nwww.sistahscifi.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn TikTok
\nOn YouTube
What’s Isis reading?
\nSkin Folk: Stories by Nalo Hopkinson
\nThe Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
\nThe Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
What’s Isis watching?
\nGood Trouble
\nThe Last of Us
What’s Isis listening to?
\nTherapy for Black Girls Podcast
\nFloat by Janelle Monáe
Other topics of interest:
\nKeta, Ghana
\nLovers and Friends Show
\nUjamaa and the theme House \\@ Stanford University
\nBronze Restaurant - Washington, D.C.
\nAfrican Folktales Reimagined
\nBrave New World by Aldous Huxley and on Television
\nLogan’s Run
\nOctavia E. Butler
\nAn Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
\nBeauty in Truth Documentary
\nPariah Film
\nUhura on Star Trek
\nMarcus Books, Oakland
\nAmerican Writers Museum
\nNorthwest African American Museum
Special Guest: Isis Asare.
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\n\nFor this two-part conversation, I catch up with Oakland-based serial cultural entrepreneur, Isis Asare. Born in Harlem, New York to Ghanaian parents Isis, a fellow Stanford University alum, has called New York, Houston, Ghana (as a Peace Corps volunteer), Seattle, and now Oakland, California home at various times in her life. She once described herself as using her over-priced education, love of technology, and acumen for experimentation to hack Hollywood. And this is where her first entrepreneurial enterprise—Sistah Sinema emerged. With Sistah Sinema her goal was to be a part of a movement to create a global market for independent film fostering deep, engaging discussions about the difficult issues of gender, sexuality, race, and class. In 2015 she successfully exited by selling the platform to community investors.
\n\nWith over a decade of finance and business development experience at Fortune 500 companies such as T-Mobile, Microsoft, Shutterfly, and Amazon, in 2019 she went on to launch Sistah Scifi, the first Black-owned bookstore focused on Afrofuturism, Indigenous Futurism, Science Fiction, and Fantasy in the United States. Between 2019 and 2020, Sistah Scifi sales increased tenfold through expanding physical book selection; launching private label shirts, sweatshirts, and bags; and offering audiobooks and ebooks. Sistah Scifi has been featured in The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, BookRiot, Buzzfeed, VentureBeat, and Facebook's Boost My Business. Sistah Scifi has also hosted author interviews with John Jennings, NK Jemisin, LL McKinney, Jewelle Gomez, and Nisi Shawl to name a few. Sistah Scifi has developed strong collaborations with major international publishers such as Hachette/Orbit, Akashic, Abrams, Macmillan/Tor.com, and Simon and Schuster.
\n\nTune in to hear even more exciting now and nexts for Isis and the Sistah Scifi brand!
\n\nWhere to find Isis?
\nwww.sistahscifi.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn TikTok
\nOn YouTube
What’s Isis reading?
\nSkin Folk: Stories by Nalo Hopkinson
\nThe Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
\nThe Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
What’s Isis watching?
\nGood Trouble
\nThe Last of Us
What’s Isis listening to?
\nTherapy for Black Girls Podcast
\nFloat by Janelle Monáe
Other topics of interest:
\nKeta, Ghana
\nLovers and Friends Show
\nUjamaa and the theme House \\@ Stanford University
\nBronze Restaurant - Washington, D.C.
\nAfrican Folktales Reimagined
\nBrave New World by Aldous Huxley and on Television
\nLogan’s Run
\nOctavia E. Butler
\nAn Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
\nBeauty in Truth Documentary
\nPariah Film
\nUhura on Star Trek
\nMarcus Books, Oakland
\nAmerican Writers Museum
\nNorthwest African American Museum
Special Guest: Isis Asare.
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\n\nThis week, we’re venturing west from Ghana along the coast to Sierra Leone by way of the US to settle here in Accra. My guest, Joannes “Joe” Hotagua is a Sierra Leonian-American, Strategic Advisor with 16 years of professional experience helping startups monetize their digital assets and Fortune 500 brands reach their target customers through digital media advertising. He’s a modern-day iteration of the Ad Man. Early in his career, Joe was responsible for using email marketing and affiliate advertising to drive product purchases and lead generation for direct-to-consumer companies. In 2012, he began his investment career by personally investing in PeepsOut, a minority-run Livestream mobile app, allowing users to see the crowd size at bars and restaurants in real time. At its peak, there were 90 restaurants and bars (in two cities) on the service, and $350K was raised in funding. His current business, based in Freetown, focuses on improving the lives of underrepresented and underserved populations and operates in four sectors: African Startup Advisory, African Film Production, E-commerce, and Real Estate. Joe’s e-commerce platform, Authentic African, is both an e-commerce store and social media broadcast. The e-commerce mission is to connect the diaspora with their African roots through African handmade products while helping local African entrepreneurs build their businesses internationally. The @Authentic_African social media broadcast delivers history, news, and culture to the African diaspora. This conversation was another great opportunity to reflect on the shared mission many of us African content creators have around manifesting a new Africa, a new world.
\n\nWhere to find Joannes?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn YouTube
\nOn TikTok
What’s Joannes reading?
\nClash of Civilizations by Samuel P. Huntington
\nSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
\nThe Silk Roads: New History of the World by Peter Frankopan
\nSilk Road by Eileen Ormsby
\nAmerican Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Nick Bilton
Other topics of interest:
\nLungi, Sierra Leone
\nAbout Sierra Leone’s Mende and Mandingo people
\nSierra Leonean Creole or Krio
\nOn Ebonics
\nOn Pidgin languages
\nAbout Roc-A-Fella Records
\nKazaa, LimeWire and the evolution of MP3 streaming platforms
\nOn Programmatic Advertising
\nBoomerang, the film
\nOn Frederick W. Smith of Fed Ex
Special Guest: Joannes Hotagua.
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\n\nThis week on the podcast, rather than one last guest rounding out our March 2023 herstories series, I went into our archives with a specific goal of putting together a salon of sorts about craft. I think of craft as how vocation, location, persistence and passion fulfill us. According to Merriam-Webster, it is skill in planning, making, or executing.
\n\nI always ask this question because I feel it allows my guest to share more than what they do on a day-to-day basis for economic returns i.e. work, and gets closer to the heart of who they are and how they go about manifesting a new world. So, this week we’re re-visiting with:
\n\nJamaican-American, Nydia Swaby a Black feminist researcher, writer, and curator based in London about Archives, Art and Freedom Dreams;
Filipino-Jamaican-American, Zee Clarke an author, mindfulness practitioner and racial healing professional about Healing in Breathing;
Ghanaian-Afro-German, Ekua Yankah a thought leader in international development on being a Polyglot, Professor, Policy Advisor and Art Patron;
Ghanaian-Brit, Esther Armah an author, journalist and entrepreneur on storytelling for structural change;
Nigerian, Sarah Adeyinka a humanitarian researcher and author on Humanitarian CoCreating; and
and Detroit Native, Dereca Blackmon an inclusion innovator, speaker and spiritual activist about Uncommon Conversations.
Be sure to check out full episodes using the links above, there’s a wealth of valuable, craft-inspired insights from each of these audacious women!
Special Guests: Dereca Blackmon, Ekua Yankah, Esther Armah, Nydia Swaby, Sarah Adeyinka, and Zhalisa "Zee" Clarke.
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\n\nThis week’s herstory comes to us from southern Africa. We’re exploring Zambia in a big way, especially the role that women have played in forward movement in the country. My guest is award-winning journalist, communications specialist and cultural curator, Samba Yonga. She is Founder and Head Communications Strategist at Ku-Atenga Media and co-founder of the Women’s History Museum of Zambia, established in 2017, with the mandate to research and restore African indigenous narratives, knowledge and 'living histories' focused on women. She has curated exhibitions and written papers focused on indigenous African knowledge systems and narratives in Zambia but also for art spaces, museums and universities such as National Musuems of World Cultures in Sweden, Yale University in USA, Windybrow Centre in South Africa and many others. In fact, she joined me in conversation just as she was headed to Shanghai University to present her works in the museum space at Museums, Decolonisation and Restitution: A Global Conversation.
\n\nSamba has been recognized as 100 most influential Africans by Quartz, New York, and one of 40 most influential Africans. She is also a Google Podcast Creator, TEDx Lusaka speaker and a Museum Lab Fellow for 2022. It’s always a treat to connect with other podcasters and after you have a listen, be sure to head over to the museum’s Youtube channel to check out the Leading Ladies animated podcast!
\n\nWhere to find Samba?
\nwww.whmzambia.org
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn YouTube
What’s Samba reading?
\nOf Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman by Malidoma Patrice Some
\n491 Days: Prisoner Number 1323/69 by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
\nWallpaper Magazine
\nVanity Fair Magazine
What’s Samba watching?
\nLuther on Netflix
\nChef’s Table on Netflix
\nEast Asian Dramas on Netflix
What’s Samba listening to?
\nRatchet & Respectable Podcast
\nThe Comb on BBC
\nHidden Brain Podcast
\nThe Moth Podcast
\nSelam & Hello Podcast
Other topics of interest:
\nThe Old Drift: A Novel by Namwali Serpell
\nLusaka, Zambia
\nAbout Trendsetters Magazine
\nOn Settler Societies
\nGlocally Speaking in Zambian Languages
\nMass Design Group
\nThird Culture Kids
Special Guest: Samba Yonga.
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\n\nThis week’s herstory comes to us from New York, via France, Benin and Nigeria. Yasmina F. Edwards, born in France, and spending summers traveling to Africa including her homelands in Benin and Nigeria, is the founder of the YFE Agency. In both corporate work and entrepreneurship, Yasmina is best known for her cultural awareness and savvy. She has worked with award-winning creatives, activists, and CEOs, notably women and members of underrepresented communities. She has secured more than 300 media placements globally from CNN, Vogue, Le Figaro, Jeune Afrique, MSNBC, and the Hollywood Reporter, as well as partnering with well-known Festivals such as the Toronto Film Festival and Afropunk.
\n\nIn nine years, she has been instrumental in helping transition creatives and public personalities from their local markets to a global audience. She single-handedly helps them build their brands in the US using social media platforms, shaping their messages in order to connect with new audiences. She provides connections with the relationships she’s built over the years and uses these connections to successfully initiate key brand partnerships that continue to be the cornerstone of her work and her clients’ careers. She firmly believes that access is what stands between a person and an opportunity; she is committed to providing the keys that open the doors to her clients' success.
\n\nWhere to find Yasmina?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
\nOn TikTok
What’s Yasmina reading?
\nLead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrahms
\nNo Disrespect by Sistah Souljah
\nLe Cri de L'innocence by Gabriel Soulyeka
What’s Yasmina listening to?
\nThe Diary of a CEO
\n3jaj Podcast
Other topics of interest:
\nWhere is Poitier, France
\nOyo Empire
\nThe Berlin Conference
\nBigger Than Africa
\nIman
Special Guest: Yasmina Edwards.
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\n\nThis conversation offers so much in terms of not only insight into the work that is Alua’s professional calling, but it is also an opportunity for listeners to consider what is often a difficult topic as a truly expansive experience.
\n\nWhere to find Alua?
\nwww.goingwithgrace.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn YouTube
What’s Alua reading?
\nGrit and Grace: Uncommon Wisdom for Inspiring Leaders Designed to Make You Think
What’s Alua watching?
\nLove after Lock-up
\n90 Day Fiancé
Other topics of interest:
\nHilla Limann
\nLeimert Park
\nNational End-of-Life Doula Alliance
\nThe Art of Death Midwifery Training
\nBurkitt’s Lymphoma
\nEveryday People and DJ Moma
\nLimitless with Chris Hemsworth
Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nAs February comes to a close, and with it the annual call to attention, remembrance, and action that is Black History Month in North America, I decided to curate a Black Progress episode drawing on the research of Dr. T.J Desch-Obi in the historical ethnography of pre-colonial Africa and the African Diaspora and Dr. Bhekinkosi Moyo in African Philanthropy, snapshots of pre- and post-colonial Senegal with Bara Diokhane, evolving systems and training leaders with Mustapha Njie and the lived experience of Elizabeth Rollins-Moskowitz, as a creative, as a woman, as Black American navigating career, marriage, and self-discovery in parallel with the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
\n\nEach week here on the podcast we’re doing our part to share stories of Black presence that are indeed manifesting a new world so I hope this compilation of Dynamic Diasporans making local and global impact will inspire you, your presence, your progress, and your passion.
\n\nWhere to find this week's guests?
\nDr. T.J Desch-Obi
\nBara Diokhane
\nDr. Bhekinkosi Moyo
\nMustapha Njie
\nElizabeth Rollins-Moskowitz
Cover art:
\nhttps://akoncity.com/
Special Guests: Bara Diokhané , Bhekinkosi Moyo, Elizabeth Rollins-Moskowitz, Mustapha Njie, and T.J. Desch-Obi.
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\n\nThis week on the podcast I’m taking you along with me on one of the stops on my winter tour in the US. Last month my travels took me to Missoula, Montana for the state rivalry game to see my nephew’s team, the University of Montana Grizzlies taking on Montana State. The Grizzlies were unable to overcome their rivals, but all was not lost. I met a fellow Ghanaian, Gabriel Ansah and his family and through this interview I get to share yet another glocal perspective on living, working and playing in a home away from “home.”
\n\nGabriel Ansah is a fitness trainer and proud owner of 406AMCREW, a brand promoting positivity through fitness. Gabriel spent the first 17 years of his life in his native Tema, Ghana before traveling to the United States for a high school exchange program in Missoula where he currently resides with his wife and two sons. After graduating from the University of Montana where studied management information systems, he discovered that his true passion was in the pursuit of fitness and motivating others to achieve their fitness goals. While leading the 406AMCREW, Gabe is also part of the coaching staff for local soccer team Missoula Surf. He’s the director of player development for the club and the coach of its U9 team. In the summer of 2022, he also joined the University of Montana soccer coaching staff. As a Lululemon Ambassador, Gabe is able to extend his reach into communities as a representative of the brand, helping to build a community of like-minded individuals who share the company's values and vision for a healthy and active lifestyle. Be sure to listen in and learn how this partnership with Lululemon afforded Gabe the opportunity to give back in a big way to his community in Tema last December.
\n\nWhere to find Gabe?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
What’s Gabe reading?
\nThe Mamba Mentality: How I Play by Kobe Bryant
\nYou Owe You: Ignite Your Power, Your Purpose, and Your Why by Eric Thomas
Other topics of interest:
\nHistory of Tema, Ghana
\nAbout Missoula, Montana
\nAbout Lululemon in communities
Special Guest: Gabriel Ansah.
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\n\nIt’s happy hearts day and this week's episode is especially close to my heart because we’re talking learning and language, culture and heritage in multigenerational diaspora communities across the globe. Dr. Taiye Ayoola-Adedeji, a Nigerian-American Pharmacist and recently the CEO of her publishing company, Taikun Publishing, is the author of the innovative, educational and interactive Yoruba-English bilingual book titled, The Yoruba Sound Book for Children, which was successfully launched in April 2022.
\n\nCurrently based in Maryland, Dr. Taiye earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, a top institution in the U.S. Although she migrated to the US at a relatively young age, she is fortunate to have spent her early formative years in Nigeria where she was truly able to gain appreciation for the Yoruba culture and language. As a mother wanting her own children to also value their cultural heritage, she is even more resolute about finding innovative ways to pass on the rich culture and instilling in them a sense of pride about their great ancestry, cultural heritage and identity.
\n\nDr. Taiye is passionate about preserving and promoting the Yoruba language and culture, particularly in the diaspora where comprehensive resources to teach or learn the tonal Yoruba language are limited. We say cheers to continued success with works in Yoruba and other African languages!
\n\nSpecial thanks to GC 83, Ivonne Cameron for making the connection.
\n\nWhere to find Taiye?
\nwww.yortones.com
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Youtube
What's Taiye reading?
\nPrinciples and Power of Vision by Dr. Myles Monroe
\nHistory of the Yoruba People by S. Adebanji Akintoye
\nYoruba Proverbs by Oyekan Owomoyela
\nI’m Judging You by Luvvie Ajayi
\nWill by Will Smith
Other Books On Bookshelf:
\nJust as I Am by Cicely Tyson
\nFinding Me by Viola Davis
\nDon’t Drop the Mic by TD Jakes
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Prince George’s County, Maryland
\nOmoluwabi
\nAbout Oriki and more
\nKing Sunny Adé
Special Guest: Taiye Ayoola-Adedeji.
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\n\nThis week we have Part 2 of the Black Mixcellence duet. Ghanaian-Brit Colin Asare-Appiah joins me to talk the history of the term “mixology,” his journey from bar hand to head of Trade Director of Multi-Cultural and LGBTQ+ Advocacy at one of the world’s leading spirit bands--Bacardi, and the importance of getting involved. Colin has worked with numerous spirit brands, celebrity chefs, cocktail bars and industry experts across the globe. He starred in the “The Cocktail Kings” on the DISCOVERY Channel where he travelled around the world creating bespoke cocktails to reflect their destinations. In his current role, Colin oversees fostering brand advocacy for the Bacardi USA Brand Portfolio. His expertise and spirits knowledge have been featured in Imbibe, Complex, WSJ, TIME and Cocktail Lovers Magazine to name a few.
\n\nIf you haven’t bought the book yet, what are you waiting for? #GetInvolvedBruv! Get yours here.
\n\nWhere to find Colin?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
What’s Colin reading?
\nThe Real Pepsi Challenge: The Inspirational Story of Breaking the Color Barrier in American Business by Stephanie Capparell
\nThe Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America by Nikesh Shukl
\n[Natives](http://%22%E2%80%8C%22) by Akala
\nAfro-Vegan Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed by Bryant Terry
\nThe cooking Gene by Michael W. Twitty
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver
\nDouglas Ankrah and the Porn Star Martini
\nThe LAB
\nAbout sobolo
\nCocktail Kings
\nAbout the BAFTA Awards
\nTales of the Cocktail
\nTom Bullock
\nCaperitif
\nHigh on the Hog
\nCocktails: Shaken & Stirred
\nAriel Contreras-Fox
\nThe Howard Theatre
\nIan Burrell
\nFront/Back in Accra
\nLagos Cocktail Week
\n50th Anniversary of Hip Hop
\nAbout Julep Cocktails
\nAbout Ashtin Berry
Special Guest: Colin Asare-Appiah.
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\n\nThis week I have the first of a “spirited” two-part conversation with the authors of Black Mixcellence--Cuban-Jamaican-American writer, Tamika Hall and another fellow countryman, Ghanaian mixologist, Colin Asare-Appiah. First up is Tamika who is is a mom, freelance writer & content strategy manager. She has created editorial content and marketing strategies for The Vitamin Shoppe, Mass Appeal, The Examiner, Mommynoire/MadameNoire, stupidDOPE.com, ICONIX, and Yellowbrick.co. She’s written branded content for a variety of brands including Bacardi, Maker’s Mark, PepsiCo, Anheusur-Busch, and Viniq. in addition to her commercial portfolio, she co-created the curriculum for the Hospitality and Tourism Industry Essentials online course with NYU’s Jonathan Tisch Center of Hospitality and was the winner of the 2021 Budweiser Hashtag Sports Award for Black Storytelling honoring her work on the pilot program for The Sneaker Essentials K-12 initiative.
\n\nI had a wonderful time getting to know more about Tamika and her explorations of black culture plus some of her inspirations. I look forward to sharing more insights on the global impact of the spirit industry on cultures across diasporas in Part 2 with Colin.
\n\nWhere to find Tamika?
\nBuy Black Mixcellence!
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What’s Tamika reading?
\nWill by Will Smith
\nThe Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz
\nSometimes I Trip on How Happy we Could Be by Nichole Perkins
\nFreedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
\nAll About Love by Bell Hooks
What's Tamika watching?
\nSex and the City
\nNew York Undercover
\nWorks by Spike Lee
What’s Tamika listening to?
\nDeep Purple
\nTeddy Pendergrass
\nPrince
Other topics of interest:
\nSylvia’s Soul Food Restaurant
\nWomen’s Day Magazine
\nNkiru Books
\nBlack Wall Street
\nTom Bullock
Special Guest: Tamika Hall.
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\n\nThis week on the podcast, it’s another gem of a conversation that started at the Pa Gya! Literary Festival in Accra. My guest, Nigerian geologist turned journalist, Pelu Awofeso and I met in passing between his moderating sessions and communing with fellow writers. Pelu has made it his mission to promote local and international awareness of Nigerian arts, culture and traditional architecture, among other national assets, especially as they relate to or impact on domestic tourism. His writings have appeared in the Sunday Mirror, Lonely Planet,_ Kinfolk_,_ World Policy Journal_,_ Africa Today_,_ Africa in Words_, LOJEL, 234Next and The Sowetan, among many others. He has published five travel books all focused on his experiences traveling in Nigeria (and Africa).
\n\nA winner of the CNN/Multichoice African Journalists Awards in tourism reporting, in late 2019, Pelu was also named the Best Travel Journalist in Nigeria by Nigeria Travel Week. He is currently at work on a documentary on one of Africa's pioneer indigenous missionaries and first Black bishop of the Anglican Church, Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809-91). When he is not traveling or writing, he divides his time between attending creative arts events in Lagos or working as a city guide to tourists.
\n\nWhere to find Pelu?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
What’s Pelu reading?
\nSteal Like an Artist: 10 Thing Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon
\nDear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi
Other topics of interest:
\nNigeria’s National Youth Services Corps
\nAbout Jos, Nigeria
\nYoruba History Resource
\nOn Pelu’s forthcoming project about Samuel Ajayi Crowther
Special Guest: Pelu Awofeso.
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\nThis week is a flashback to October 2022 when I spent a weekend with writers at the Pa Gya! Literary Festival in Accra. I met Nigerian writer and cofounder of Narrative Landscape Press Limited, Dr. Eghosa Imasuen at the first panel I attended, “Can the African Book Industry Thrive?” For Eghosa the answer must be yes, especially as a firm that believes that owning the means of production is essential to a vibrant publishing industry. Narrative Landscapes Press is committed to more than simply printing physical books they also bring editorial and book design expertise to the fore while developing a cadre of excellent writers.
Eghosa’s second novel, Fine Boys, a coming-of-age novel, received wide acclaim in 2012 and was published in America by the Ohio University Press’ Modern African Writers Series in 2021. When he’s not writing or publishing, Eghosa teaches creative writing at the annual Chimamanda Adichie Creative Writing Workshop. Prior to launching into his literary career, he graduated with a medical degree from the University of Benin.
\n\nIn this feel good and insightful conversation, Dr. Eghosa shares tips on how to work with publishers and about the how business of bringing books to the people promises to change the narrative on literacy, lifestyle and literary careers all over Africa.
\n\nWhere to find Eghosa?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
What’s Eghosa reading?
\nTruth is a Flightless Bird by Akbar Hussain
\nMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
What’s Eghosa watching?
\nAndor
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Benin City
\nAbout the Benin Massacre
\nAbout Warri, Nigeria
\nPurple Hibiscus
\nDavid Hymar
\nMasobe Books
\nNearly all the Men in Lagos are Mad
\nThe Black Axe
\nWole Soyinka
\nBy Nike Campbell
Special Guest: Eghosa Imasuen.
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\nThis week on the podcast is the first of a two part conversations with architect, artist and multi-faceted creative, Robertson Ahomka-Lindsay. Until returning back to Ghana in 2020, Robertson spent the majority of his life in the UK where he practiced architecture and explored his many other talents. He is the CEO and founder of Vivarco Studio, a multimedia and architectural design studio specializing in Tropical Modernism embracing eco and sustainable technologies. His interest in tropical modernism embraces the concept of using traditional Ghanaian creative heritage and materials to influence one’s creative approach and execution of design.
After years in the making, in 2019 Ghana emerge as the official return destination, not only for African Diasporans, also for Ghanaians as well. This conversation is a reality check of sorts spotlighting how to manage the start-up and sustaining a life lived in Africa. As 2023 starts, surely this week and next are a great resource for introspection and exploration of what could be for a life abroad.
\n\nWhere to find Robertson:
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
What's Robertson reading?
\nDear Nana: A Letter to My Ancestor by Peter Sarpong
\nFear No Man: Living Without Compromise in an Intimidating World by George Reed and David Hunt
Other topics of interest:
\nParadigm Network
\nClifton College, Bristol UK
\nIgnatius Acheampong
\nNkrumahism
\nRoyal Institute of British Architects
\nGhana's National Cathedral Project
\nAbout Kwesi Kwarteng
Holiday greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nThis week on the podcast is the first of a two part conversations with architect, artist and multi-faceted creative, Robertson Ahomka-Lindsay. Until returning back to Ghana in 2020, Robertson spent the majority of his life in the UK where he practiced architecture and explored his many other talents. He is the CEO and founder of Vivarco Studio, a multimedia and architectural design studio specializing in Tropical Modernism embracing eco and sustainable technologies. His interest in tropical modernism embraces the concept of using traditional Ghanaian creative heritage and materials to influence one’s creative approach and execution of design.
After years in the making, in 2019 Ghana emerge as the official return destination, not only for African Diasporans, also for Ghanaians as well. This conversation is a reality check of sorts spotlighting how to manage the start-up and sustaining a life lived in Africa. As 2023 approaches, surely this week and next are a great resource for introspection and exploration of what could be for a life abroad.
\n\nWhere to find Robertson:
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
What's Robertson reading?
\nDear Nana: A Letter to My Ancestor by Peter Sarpong
\nFear No Man: Living Without Compromise in an Intimidating World by George Reed and David Hunt
Other topics of interest:
\nParadigm Network
\nClifton College, Bristol UK
\nIgnatius Acheampong
\nNkrumahism
\nRoyal Institute of British Architects
\nGhana's National Cathedral Project
\nAbout Kwesi Kwarteng
Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n'Tis the season of gift giving, and have I got a wonderful gift for you in this week's episode. As an entrepreneur, Agile Transformation Coach, and speaker, my guest, Jamaican-American, Stacy Kirk has championed for quality and process innovation in software development for over 20 years. After graduating from Stanford University’s School of Computer Science (Yes, another boss #ChocolateCardinal on the mic!), she gained experience as a developer, tester, and leader in diverse industries, including entertainment, security, finance, and healthcare. In 2010, he founded QualityWorks Consulting Group, an app development firm focused on enabling companies to build higher quality software, creating diverse future-ready teams, and accelerating software delivery. Her company was recognized in 2020 as Inc.’s Best in Business for its social impact driving measurable value to clients such as Comcast, AT&T, Truist, Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, and Fox. She leads a 50+ and growing team of brilliant technologists located across the US and Jamaica, representing diverse backgrounds, including over 60% women of color. Her team is responsible for creating QualityWatcher, the first AI test case management platform designed to upskill testers while simplifying app quality. In 2020, she launched Posture, a SaaS platform that leverages intelligence and automation to assess and guide small and midsize enterprises to affordably develop a cyber-resilient organization prepared for the competitive advantages of compliance.
I thoroughly enjoyed this insightful conversation with Stacy, from a serious discussion about the business of techpreneurship on a global scale to tips for successful start-up and a lots of laughs long the way,
\nI'm sure you too will learn something new (with a smile)[!
Where to find Stacy?
\n@ Posture
\n@ Quality Works Consulting Group
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
What's Stacy reading?
\nThe Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
\n[Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood[](w=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_6YKB1V4QMHCXDS8AAJV5&tag=glocalciti07e-20) by Trevor Noah
\nI Can't Make This Up: life Lessons by Kevin Hart
What's Stacy listening to?
\nRevisionist History Podcast
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Radio Shack
\nAbout Windsor Hills, California
\nJamaica's Technology Innovation Centre
\n"..we tallawah"
\nAbout the Dot-Com Bubble
Special Guest: Stacy Kirk.
","summary":"","date_published":"2022-12-20T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/122a2ee1-32d1-439a-808e-0bebc499ffb1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":73528632,"duration_in_seconds":3063}]},{"id":"8a8a82b9-b44d-401e-a5f8-6894e75d88a8","title":"Episode 153: Writing Life's Realities with Michelle Chikaonda Part 2","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/153","content_text":"Greeting Glocal Citizens!\n\nAs we ease into the last month of 2022, we're adding another country to our Glocal Citizens tour with a trip to Malawi. My guest this week is Malawian-American, Michelle Alipao Chikaonda. Michelle and I crossed paths in Accra at the sixth edition of the Pa Gya! Literary Festival. She is an award winning nonfiction writer, teacher and avid traveller. A graduate student at the University of East Anglia School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing studying biography and creative nonfiction, Michelle is currently based in the United Kingdom, and at the same time keeping an eye toward the next place she'll call \"home.\"\n\nMichelle has won the Literary Award for Narrative Nonfiction of the Tucson Festival of Books, the Stephen J. Meringoff Award for Nonfiction of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics and Writers, and the Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Scholarship for writers of color from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. In 2015 she was nominated for the Pushcart Prize by the Oracle Fine Arts Review, and in 2020 she was longlisted for the inaugural Toyin Falola Prize for emerging African writers, and was published in the prize’s anthology, “In the Sands of Time” (2022). In addition to being a 2019 resident at The Seventh Wave’s Rhinebeck Residency, she is a Voices of Our Nations [VONA] Workshop fellow, a Tin House Summer Workshop alumna, and has presented at several Association of Writing and Writing Programs [AWP] conferences. \n\nA contributing editor for nonfiction at Electric Literature, she is also currently published at Al Jazeera, The Globe and Mail, Catapult, the Broad Street Review, Business Insider, and Africa is A Country, among others.\n\nBe sure to check out Michelle's website links so you can catch up on Michelle's works across platforms.\n\nWhere to find Michelle?\nmichellechikaonda.work\nOn Twitter\nOn Facebook\nOn Instagram\n\nWhat's Michelle reading?\nThe Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté MD with Daniel Maté\nWhen the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection by Gabor Maté MD \nIn the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté MD\n\nWhat's Michelle watching?\nThe Crown\nFrom Scratch\n\nOther topics of interest:\nAbout Dedza, Malawi\nAbout Zomba, Malawi\nAbout the Lobolo System\nNgoni People\nUnited World College\nInternational Baccalaureate\nKusesa, sweeping\nUS Family Medical Leave Act\nSong of SongsSpecial Guest: Michelle Alipao Chikaonda.","content_html":"Greeting Glocal Citizens!
\n\nAs we ease into the last month of 2022, we're adding another country to our Glocal Citizens tour with a trip to Malawi. My guest this week is Malawian-American, Michelle Alipao Chikaonda. Michelle and I crossed paths in Accra at the sixth edition of the Pa Gya! Literary Festival. She is an award winning nonfiction writer, teacher and avid traveller. A graduate student at the University of East Anglia School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing studying biography and creative nonfiction, Michelle is currently based in the United Kingdom, and at the same time keeping an eye toward the next place she'll call "home."
\n\nMichelle has won the Literary Award for Narrative Nonfiction of the Tucson Festival of Books, the Stephen J. Meringoff Award for Nonfiction of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics and Writers, and the Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Scholarship for writers of color from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. In 2015 she was nominated for the Pushcart Prize by the Oracle Fine Arts Review, and in 2020 she was longlisted for the inaugural Toyin Falola Prize for emerging African writers, and was published in the prize’s anthology, “In the Sands of Time” (2022). In addition to being a 2019 resident at The Seventh Wave’s Rhinebeck Residency, she is a Voices of Our Nations [VONA] Workshop fellow, a Tin House Summer Workshop alumna, and has presented at several Association of Writing and Writing Programs [AWP] conferences.
\n\nA contributing editor for nonfiction at Electric Literature, she is also currently published at Al Jazeera, The Globe and Mail, Catapult, the Broad Street Review, Business Insider, and Africa is A Country, among others.
\n\nBe sure to check out Michelle's website links so you can catch up on Michelle's works across platforms.
\n\nWhere to find Michelle?
\nmichellechikaonda.work
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Instagram
What's Michelle reading?
\nThe Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté MD with Daniel Maté
\nWhen the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection by Gabor Maté MD
\nIn the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté MD
What's Michelle watching?
\nThe Crown
\nFrom Scratch
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Dedza, Malawi
\nAbout Zomba, Malawi
\nAbout the Lobolo System
\nNgoni People
\nUnited World College
\nInternational Baccalaureate
\nKusesa, sweeping
\nUS Family Medical Leave Act
\nSong of Songs
Special Guest: Michelle Alipao Chikaonda.
","summary":"","date_published":"2022-12-13T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/8a8a82b9-b44d-401e-a5f8-6894e75d88a8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":77033220,"duration_in_seconds":3209}]},{"id":"a75cc714-38b0-4a14-bfe9-d635e2935ac8","title":"Episode 152: Writing Life's Realities with Michelle Chikaonda Part 1","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/152","content_text":"Greeting Glocal Citizens!\n\nAs we ease into the last month of 2022, we're adding another country to our Glocal Citizens tour with a trip to Malawi. My guest this week is Malawian-American, Michelle Alipao Chikaonda. Michelle and I crossed paths in Accra at the sixth edition of the Pa Gya! Literary Festival. She is an award winning nonfiction writer, teacher and avid traveller. A graduate student at the University of East Anglia School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing studying biography and creative nonfiction, Michelle is currently based in the United Kingdom, and at the same time keeping an eye toward the next place she'll call \"home.\"\n\nMichelle has won the Literary Award for Narrative Nonfiction of the Tucson Festival of Books, the Stephen J. Meringoff Award for Nonfiction of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics and Writers, and the Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Scholarship for writers of color from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. In 2015 she was nominated for the Pushcart Prize by the Oracle Fine Arts Review, and in 2020 she was longlisted for the inaugural Toyin Falola Prize for emerging African writers, and was published in the prize’s anthology, “In the Sands of Time” (2022). In addition to being a 2019 resident at The Seventh Wave’s Rhinebeck Residency, she is a Voices of Our Nations [VONA] Workshop fellow, a Tin House Summer Workshop alumna, and has presented at several Association of Writing and Writing Programs [AWP] conferences. \n\nA contributing editor for nonfiction at Electric Literature, she is also currently published at Al Jazeera, The Globe and Mail, Catapult, the Broad Street Review, Business Insider, and Africa is A Country, among others.\n\nBe sure to check out Michelle's website links so you can catch up on Michelle's works across platforms.\n\nWhere to find Michelle?\nmichellechikaonda.work\nOn Twitter\nOn Facebook\nOn Instagram\n\nWhat's Michelle reading?\nThe Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté MD with Daniel Maté\nWhen the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection by Gabor Maté MD \nIn the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté MD\n\nWhat's Michelle watching?\nThe Crown\nFrom Scratch\n\nOther topics of interest:\nAbout Dedza, Malawi\nAbout Zomba, Malawi\nAbout the Lobolo System\nNgoni People\nUnited World College\nInternational Baccalaureate\nKusesa, sweeping\nUS Family Medical Leave Act\nSong of SongsSpecial Guest: Michelle Alipao Chikaonda.","content_html":"Greeting Glocal Citizens!
\n\nAs we ease into the last month of 2022, we're adding another country to our Glocal Citizens tour with a trip to Malawi. My guest this week is Malawian-American, Michelle Alipao Chikaonda. Michelle and I crossed paths in Accra at the sixth edition of the Pa Gya! Literary Festival. She is an award winning nonfiction writer, teacher and avid traveller. A graduate student at the University of East Anglia School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing studying biography and creative nonfiction, Michelle is currently based in the United Kingdom, and at the same time keeping an eye toward the next place she'll call "home."
\n\nMichelle has won the Literary Award for Narrative Nonfiction of the Tucson Festival of Books, the Stephen J. Meringoff Award for Nonfiction of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics and Writers, and the Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Scholarship for writers of color from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. In 2015 she was nominated for the Pushcart Prize by the Oracle Fine Arts Review, and in 2020 she was longlisted for the inaugural Toyin Falola Prize for emerging African writers, and was published in the prize’s anthology, “In the Sands of Time” (2022). In addition to being a 2019 resident at The Seventh Wave’s Rhinebeck Residency, she is a Voices of Our Nations [VONA] Workshop fellow, a Tin House Summer Workshop alumna, and has presented at several Association of Writing and Writing Programs [AWP] conferences.
\n\nA contributing editor for nonfiction at Electric Literature, she is also currently published at Al Jazeera, The Globe and Mail, Catapult, the Broad Street Review, Business Insider, and Africa is A Country, among others.
\n\nBe sure to check out Michelle's website links so you can catch up on Michelle's works across platforms.
\n\nWhere to find Michelle?
\nmichellechikaonda.work
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Instagram
What's Michelle reading?
\nThe Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté MD with Daniel Maté
\nWhen the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection by Gabor Maté MD
\nIn the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté MD
What's Michelle watching?
\nThe Crown
\nFrom Scratch
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Dedza, Malawi
\nAbout Zomba, Malawi
\nAbout the Lobolo System
\nNgoni People
\nUnited World College
\nInternational Baccalaureate
\nKusesa, sweeping
\nUS Family Medical Leave Act
\nSong of Songs
Special Guest: Michelle Alipao Chikaonda.
","summary":"","date_published":"2022-12-05T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/a75cc714-38b0-4a14-bfe9-d635e2935ac8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":67412217,"duration_in_seconds":2808}]},{"id":"a8331421-214f-45b2-bb37-e0bb403b9c8e","title":"Episode 151: Food Science and Culinary Innovation with Wanida Lewis Part 2","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/151","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\nWe have another two part in depth conversation with a very dynamic Diasporan. Part 1 goes live the week of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US. The genesis of the holiday has much to do with food--It was a harvest festival celebrated by America's first European immigrant settlers. So, my guest is our own celebration of food--food science and innovation. Born and raised in the US, now based in Accra, Dr. Wanida Lewis is the CEO and Co-founder of non-profit Crescendo Foods, Ghana’s first shared commercial kitchen space and culinary hub. She has over ten years’ experience leading programs, strategic partnerships, and economic evaluation initiatives throughout the African continent. Previously, she wasa Senior Economic Program Advisor in the US Department of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues. During her first stint living in Accra in 2018, she founded Young, Gifted, & Brown, LLC, a pipeline program supporting young Ghanaian women and entrepreneurs in STEM. A Food Science Fellowship Award Endowment in her name was established in 2013 to provide fellowship funding for underrepresented graduate students in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences at North Carolina State University. Another fun fact about Wanida is that she's a certified yoga instructor and can be found working with Glocal Citizens guest, Nana Amoako-Anin at Bliss Yoga Accra training yogis in yin and restorative yoga. \n\nWhere to find Wanida?\nWanida's website\nOn LinkedIn\ncresendogh.com\nOn Facebook\nOn Instagram\nOn Twitter\n\nWhat's Wanida reading?\nTerminal Romance: How to Find Love in Cyberspace by Niki Aguirre\nThe First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi\n\nWhat's Wanida watching? \nAbbot Elementary \nAtlanta\nFrom Scratch\n\nWhat's Wanida listening to?\nJ.ill Podcast\nAfrica Daily Podcast\n\nOther topics of interest:\nTheia Coffee House Accra\nAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science\nUS Foreign Service\nGerman Marshall Fund\nAbout Historically Black Colleges and Universities\nDelta Sigma theta Sorority, Inc.\nFaith Hunter \nArianna Elizabeth\nThe Pilates Studio Accra\nOnline Dating Sites, A HistorySpecial Guest: Wanida Lewis.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nWe have another two part in depth conversation with a very dynamic Diasporan. Part 1 goes live the week of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US. The genesis of the holiday has much to do with food--It was a harvest festival celebrated by America's first European immigrant settlers. So, my guest is our own celebration of food--food science and innovation. Born and raised in the US, now based in Accra, Dr. Wanida Lewis is the CEO and Co-founder of non-profit Crescendo Foods, Ghana’s first shared commercial kitchen space and culinary hub. She has over ten years’ experience leading programs, strategic partnerships, and economic evaluation initiatives throughout the African continent. Previously, she wasa Senior Economic Program Advisor in the US Department of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues. During her first stint living in Accra in 2018, she founded Young, Gifted, & Brown, LLC, a pipeline program supporting young Ghanaian women and entrepreneurs in STEM. A Food Science Fellowship Award Endowment in her name was established in 2013 to provide fellowship funding for underrepresented graduate students in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences at North Carolina State University. Another fun fact about Wanida is that she's a certified yoga instructor and can be found working with Glocal Citizens guest, Nana Amoako-Anin at Bliss Yoga Accra training yogis in yin and restorative yoga.
\n\nWhere to find Wanida?
\nWanida's website
\nOn LinkedIn
\ncresendogh.com
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
What's Wanida reading?
\nTerminal Romance: How to Find Love in Cyberspace by Niki Aguirre
\nThe First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
What's Wanida watching?
\nAbbot Elementary
\nAtlanta
\nFrom Scratch
What's Wanida listening to?
\nJ.ill Podcast
\nAfrica Daily Podcast
Other topics of interest:
\nTheia Coffee House Accra
\nAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
\nUS Foreign Service
\nGerman Marshall Fund
\nAbout Historically Black Colleges and Universities
\nDelta Sigma theta Sorority, Inc.
\nFaith Hunter
\nArianna Elizabeth
\nThe Pilates Studio Accra
\nOnline Dating Sites, A History
Special Guest: Wanida Lewis.
","summary":"","date_published":"2022-11-29T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/a8331421-214f-45b2-bb37-e0bb403b9c8e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":67684936,"duration_in_seconds":2820}]},{"id":"bb4f6883-73ce-4d31-a333-7308073411d1","title":"Episode 150: Food Science and Culinary Innovation with Wanida Lewis Part 1","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/150","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\nWe have another two part in-depth conversation with a very dynamic Diasporan. Part 1 goes live the week of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US. The genesis of the holiday has much to do with food; it was a harvest festival celebrated by America's first European immigrant settlers. So, my guest is our own celebration of food--food science and innovation. Born and raised in the US, now based in Accra, Dr. Wanida Lewis is the CEO and Co-founder of non-profit Crescendo Foods, Ghana’s first shared commercial kitchen space and culinary hub. She has over ten years’ experience leading programs, strategic partnerships, and economic evaluation initiatives throughout the African continent. Previously, she wasa Senior Economic Program Advisor in the US Department of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues. During her first stint living in Accra in 2018, she founded Young, Gifted, & Brown, LLC, a pipeline program supporting young Ghanaian women and entrepreneurs in STEM. A Food Science Fellowship Award Endowment in her name was established in 2013 to provide fellowship funding for underrepresented graduate students in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences at North Carolina State University. Another fun fact about Wanida is that she's a certified yoga instructor and can be found working with Glocal Citizens guest, Nana Amoako-Anin at Bliss Yoga Accra training yogis in yin and restorative yoga.\n\nWhere to find Wanida?\nWanida's website\nOn LinkedIn\ncrescendogh.com\nOn Facebook\nOn Instagram\nOn Twitter\n\nWhat's Wanida reading?\nTerminal Romance: How to Find Love in Cyberspace by Niki Aguirre\nThe First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi\n\nWhat's Wanida watching? \nAbbot Elementary \nAtlanta\nFrom Scratch\n\nWhat's Wanida listening to?\nJ.ill Podcast\nAfrica Daily Podcast\n\nOther topics of interest:\nTheia Coffee House Accra\nAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science\nUS Foreign Service\nGerman Marshall Fund\nAbout Historically Black Colleges and Universities\nDelta Sigma theta Sorority, Inc.\nFaith Hunter \nArianna Elizabeth\nThe Pilates Studio Accra\nOnline Dating Sites, A HistorySpecial Guest: Wanida Lewis.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nWe have another two part in-depth conversation with a very dynamic Diasporan. Part 1 goes live the week of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US. The genesis of the holiday has much to do with food; it was a harvest festival celebrated by America's first European immigrant settlers. So, my guest is our own celebration of food--food science and innovation. Born and raised in the US, now based in Accra, Dr. Wanida Lewis is the CEO and Co-founder of non-profit Crescendo Foods, Ghana’s first shared commercial kitchen space and culinary hub. She has over ten years’ experience leading programs, strategic partnerships, and economic evaluation initiatives throughout the African continent. Previously, she wasa Senior Economic Program Advisor in the US Department of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues. During her first stint living in Accra in 2018, she founded Young, Gifted, & Brown, LLC, a pipeline program supporting young Ghanaian women and entrepreneurs in STEM. A Food Science Fellowship Award Endowment in her name was established in 2013 to provide fellowship funding for underrepresented graduate students in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences at North Carolina State University. Another fun fact about Wanida is that she's a certified yoga instructor and can be found working with Glocal Citizens guest, Nana Amoako-Anin at Bliss Yoga Accra training yogis in yin and restorative yoga.
\n\nWhere to find Wanida?
\nWanida's website
\nOn LinkedIn
\ncrescendogh.com
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
What's Wanida reading?
\nTerminal Romance: How to Find Love in Cyberspace by Niki Aguirre
\nThe First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
What's Wanida watching?
\nAbbot Elementary
\nAtlanta
\nFrom Scratch
What's Wanida listening to?
\nJ.ill Podcast
\nAfrica Daily Podcast
Other topics of interest:
\nTheia Coffee House Accra
\nAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
\nUS Foreign Service
\nGerman Marshall Fund
\nAbout Historically Black Colleges and Universities
\nDelta Sigma theta Sorority, Inc.
\nFaith Hunter
\nArianna Elizabeth
\nThe Pilates Studio Accra
\nOnline Dating Sites, A History
Special Guest: Wanida Lewis.
","summary":"","date_published":"2022-11-22T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/bb4f6883-73ce-4d31-a333-7308073411d1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":58398496,"duration_in_seconds":2381}]},{"id":"3b2a558f-73b8-4f05-8bbb-a9b963e8a286","title":"Episode 149: Leveling up Leadership with Michelle Awuku-Tatum Part 2","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/149","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\nMy guest this week is another long-time friend with a transformational vocation--helping leaders meet the challenges of high impact leadership. A British-Ghanaian, Michelle Awuku-Tatum has been based in the US for the majority of her professional career, particular in New York City. From her early school days managing fitting in when her family moved to Ghana from the UK and then back again, Michelle has always been fascinated by mysteries. She loves decoding situations and analyzing people. As a Professionally Certified, Executive Coach, every day she finds herself conversing with amazing leaders and executives, as they gather clues to help reshape their leadership approach and improve their skills. During her corporate career, she honed her detective skills; creating innovative processes, customer experiences, business strategies and models for global companies in Biotechnology (@lonza), Energy ( @bp Oil & Gas) and Financial Services (@Citigroup). Working with different personalities and cultures in companies that were sometimes slow to embrace change or undergoing rapid transformation, enables her to share lessons learned and relate to what her clients may be experiencing. As founder of myfactor Coaching & Consulting which she founded in 2007 her firm is contributing to a world where high-achieving leaders can show up as their best selves and create workspaces that inspire, motivate, include, develop and show care for the teams they lead. \n\nI'm certain that you'll enjoy this two part conversation filled with tangible leadership insights and lots of laughs too!\n\nWhere to find Michelle?\nwww.myfactorcoach.com\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Instagram\n\nWhat's Michelle reading?\nThe 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success by Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, Kaley Klemp\nThe Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters by Peter Block\nRadical Responsibility: How to Move Beyond Blame, Fearlessly Live Your Highest Purpose, and Become an Unstoppable Force for Good by leet Maull Ph.D. and Daniel Siegel M.D. \n\nWhat's Michelle watching?\nGrey's Anatomy\nTransplant\n\nOther topics of interest:\nAbout High Wycombe\nAbout the Mitchell-Lama Program in NYC\nAbout Robert C. Weaver\nKellog Business School @ Northwestern University\n\nCheck out these resources from myfactor Coaching:\n[Crafting Your Personal Leadership Vision]((https://www.myfactorcoach.com/visionguide) - you can download our free step-by-step guide to crafting your leadership vision today.\nClick here to learn more about pact: a high impact, experiential leadership development program specifically for high-achieving mid-level Black women. Special Guest: MIchelle Awuku-Tatum.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nMy guest this week is another long-time friend with a transformational vocation--helping leaders meet the challenges of high impact leadership. A British-Ghanaian, Michelle Awuku-Tatum has been based in the US for the majority of her professional career, particular in New York City. From her early school days managing fitting in when her family moved to Ghana from the UK and then back again, Michelle has always been fascinated by mysteries. She loves decoding situations and analyzing people. As a Professionally Certified, Executive Coach, every day she finds herself conversing with amazing leaders and executives, as they gather clues to help reshape their leadership approach and improve their skills. During her corporate career, she honed her detective skills; creating innovative processes, customer experiences, business strategies and models for global companies in Biotechnology (@lonza), Energy ( @bp Oil & Gas) and Financial Services (@Citigroup). Working with different personalities and cultures in companies that were sometimes slow to embrace change or undergoing rapid transformation, enables her to share lessons learned and relate to what her clients may be experiencing. As founder of myfactor Coaching & Consulting which she founded in 2007 her firm is contributing to a world where high-achieving leaders can show up as their best selves and create workspaces that inspire, motivate, include, develop and show care for the teams they lead.
\n\nI'm certain that you'll enjoy this two part conversation filled with tangible leadership insights and lots of laughs too!
\n\nWhere to find Michelle?
\nwww.myfactorcoach.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
What's Michelle reading?
\nThe 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success by Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, Kaley Klemp
\nThe Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters by Peter Block
\nRadical Responsibility: How to Move Beyond Blame, Fearlessly Live Your Highest Purpose, and Become an Unstoppable Force for Good by leet Maull Ph.D. and Daniel Siegel M.D.
What's Michelle watching?
\nGrey's Anatomy
\nTransplant
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout High Wycombe
\nAbout the Mitchell-Lama Program in NYC
\nAbout Robert C. Weaver
\nKellog Business School @ Northwestern University
Check out these resources from myfactor Coaching:
\n[Crafting Your Personal Leadership Vision]((https://www.myfactorcoach.com/visionguide) - you can download our free step-by-step guide to crafting your leadership vision today.
\nClick here to learn more about pact: a high impact, experiential leadership development program specifically for high-achieving mid-level Black women.
Special Guest: MIchelle Awuku-Tatum.
","summary":"","date_published":"2022-11-15T05:15:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/3b2a558f-73b8-4f05-8bbb-a9b963e8a286.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":52096103,"duration_in_seconds":2170}]},{"id":"4381f849-8f26-4111-b572-1bd3df9eb3bb","title":"Episode 148: Leveling up Leadership with Michelle Awuku-Tatum Part 1","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/148","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\nMy guest this week is another long-time friend with a transformational vocation--helping leaders meet the challenges of high impact leadership. A British-Ghanaian, Michelle Awuku-Tatum has been based in the US for the majority of her professional career, particular in New York City. From her early school days managing fitting in when her family moved to Ghana from the UK and then back again, Michelle has always been fascinated by mysteries. She loves decoding situations and analyzing people. As a Professionally Certified, Executive Coach, every day she finds herself conversing with amazing leaders and executives, as they gather clues to help reshape their leadership approach and improve their skills. During her corporate career, she honed her detective skills; creating innovative processes, customer experiences, business strategies and models for global companies in Biotechnology (@lonza), Energy ( @bp Oil & Gas) and Financial Services (@Citigroup). Working with different personalities and cultures in companies that were sometimes slow to embrace change or undergoing rapid transformation, enables her to share lessons learned and relate to what her clients may be experiencing. As founder of myfactor Coaching & Consulting which she founded in 2007 her firm is contributing to a world where high-achieving leaders can show up as their best selves and create workspaces that inspire, motivate, include, develop and show care for the teams they lead. \n\nI'm certain that you'll enjoy this two part conversation filled with tangible leadership insights and lots of laughs too!\n\nWhere to find Michelle?\nwww.myfactorcoach.com\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Instagram\n\nWhat's Michelle reading?\nThe 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success by Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, Kaley Klemp\nThe Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters by Peter Block\nRadical Responsibility: How to Move Beyond Blame, Fearlessly Live Your Highest Purpose, and Become an Unstoppable Force for Good by leet Maull Ph.D. and Daniel Siegel M.D. \n\nWhat's Michelle watching?\nGrey's Anatomy\nTransplant\n\nOther topics of interest:\nAbout High Wycombe\nAbout the Mitchell-Lama Program in NYC\nAbout Robert C. Weaver\nKellog Business School @ Northwestern University\n\nCheck out these resources from myfactor Coaching:\n[Crafting Your Personal Leadership Vision]((https://www.myfactorcoach.com/visionguide) - you can download our free step-by-step guide to crafting your leadership vision today.\nClick here to learn more about pact: a high impact, experiential leadership development program specifically for high-achieving mid-level Black women. Special Guest: MIchelle Awuku-Tatum.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nMy guest this week is another long-time friend with a transformational vocation--helping leaders meet the challenges of high impact leadership. A British-Ghanaian, Michelle Awuku-Tatum has been based in the US for the majority of her professional career, particular in New York City. From her early school days managing fitting in when her family moved to Ghana from the UK and then back again, Michelle has always been fascinated by mysteries. She loves decoding situations and analyzing people. As a Professionally Certified, Executive Coach, every day she finds herself conversing with amazing leaders and executives, as they gather clues to help reshape their leadership approach and improve their skills. During her corporate career, she honed her detective skills; creating innovative processes, customer experiences, business strategies and models for global companies in Biotechnology (@lonza), Energy ( @bp Oil & Gas) and Financial Services (@Citigroup). Working with different personalities and cultures in companies that were sometimes slow to embrace change or undergoing rapid transformation, enables her to share lessons learned and relate to what her clients may be experiencing. As founder of myfactor Coaching & Consulting which she founded in 2007 her firm is contributing to a world where high-achieving leaders can show up as their best selves and create workspaces that inspire, motivate, include, develop and show care for the teams they lead.
\n\nI'm certain that you'll enjoy this two part conversation filled with tangible leadership insights and lots of laughs too!
\n\nWhere to find Michelle?
\nwww.myfactorcoach.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
What's Michelle reading?
\nThe 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success by Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, Kaley Klemp
\nThe Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters by Peter Block
\nRadical Responsibility: How to Move Beyond Blame, Fearlessly Live Your Highest Purpose, and Become an Unstoppable Force for Good by leet Maull Ph.D. and Daniel Siegel M.D.
What's Michelle watching?
\nGrey's Anatomy
\nTransplant
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout High Wycombe
\nAbout the Mitchell-Lama Program in NYC
\nAbout Robert C. Weaver
\nKellog Business School @ Northwestern University
Check out these resources from myfactor Coaching:
\n[Crafting Your Personal Leadership Vision]((https://www.myfactorcoach.com/visionguide) - you can download our free step-by-step guide to crafting your leadership vision today.
\nClick here to learn more about pact: a high impact, experiential leadership development program specifically for high-achieving mid-level Black women.
Special Guest: MIchelle Awuku-Tatum.
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\nThis week's episode is all about roots and rooting. I've known my guest for more than half my life going back to our roots in Denver, Colorado. From our Angelic days walking the halls of East High High School to living in the lanes in and around Accra, Hasira Soul Ashemu and I have been able to stay connected thanks to social media and a spirit of inspiring and ushering change for marginalized people. Hasira, a community organizer, writer and entrepreneur, is the founder and chief visionary officer for Righteous Rage Institute. Born and raised in Northeast Denver, Colorado, he attended Howard University, “The Mecca,” and later travelled the world spending a decade living in Africa raising his family in Ghana. Hasira is a prolific writer, speaker, facilitator, communications professional who has been using his talents, experience and skills to create and support stimulating, engaging and innovative community initiatives that usher in social change. He is dedicated to the pursuit for social, equity, education and healing justice for society’s most vulnerable children; Black, Brown, Indigenous, Special Needs and those living in poverty. And, his work includes organizing healing and learning journeys, consulting and coaching at the individual, community, national and international levels for nonprofit, corporate, governments, public school districts and higher learning institutions across the US and five African nations. Hasira is also a fellow podcaster; after you take in our conversation, make your way over to his podcast To Heal a People!
Where to find Hasira?
\nwww.righteousrageinstitute.org
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What's Hasira reading?
\nThe New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
\nThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
\nThe 5 Principles: A Revolutionary Path to Health, Inner Wealth, and Knowledge of Self by Khnum "Stic" Ibomu
\nYou Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience by Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown
What's Hasira watching?
\nToni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Denver Black Panther Party Founder Lauren Watson
\nThe meaning of Oborɔnyi
\nYFM Ghana
\nAbout Reggie Rockstone
\nOne Africa Health Resort
\nAbout Blue Zones
\nAbout the Sloth and Pura Vida in Costa Rica
\nAbout Buckminster Fuller
\nOn African Stateswomen
\nOn Marcus Aurelius
\nOn Freedom Schools
*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Hasira Soul Ashemu.
","summary":"","date_published":"2022-11-01T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/73bb33ff-82a1-4edd-9348-b0664ffeb6db.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":85282480,"duration_in_seconds":3553}]},{"id":"59463859-aa26-48c7-b845-07ca88872a7b","title":"Episode 146: The Ungrind with Michelle Donald","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/146","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nI'm back in Accra, hurray for endless summer living! Each year as the summer fades in the northeastern hemisphere, I make my way back to the equatorial region to meet the sun again and recharge my creative self. Similarly, my guest this week, one of my oldest and dearest friends, found her recharge in her relocation from the US to Nairobi, Kenya. Born and raised in New York, Dr. Michelle Donald is an experienced business-minded physician, with expertise in pediatric medicine, preventative medicine and public health, she is passionate about developing and implementing clinical programs that merge technology and healthcare delivery systems to improve health outcomes. In her last role as the Medical Director of Value Based Care at New York’s Northwell Health, she established an innovative care model utilizing healthcare analytics, payer data and strategic clinical partnerships to proactively assess and identify vulnerable populations needing medical attention. A trip to Tanzania in 2018 changed the course of her life, it was during that trip that she decided to move to East Africa and develop digital health programs expanding access to quality healthcare. In February of 2020, she resigned from Northwell to pursue her dream of democratizing healthcare for all by building an effective, affordable, digital health platform that can be used to improve care delivery across a variety of health care settings. Michelle is also seeding a social movement that she calls The Ungrind which is an outgrowth of the years-long creative evolution that continues to be her unfolding global lifestyle. \n\nWhere to find Michelle?\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Instagram\nOn YouTube\n\nWhat's Michelle reading?\nThink Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day by Jay Shetty\nVibrate Higher Daily: Live Your Power by Lalah Delia\n\nWhat's Michelle listening to?\nToni Jones\nVibrate Higher | Londrelle \n\nWhat's Michelle watching?\nAtlanta\nThe Handmaid's Tale\n\nOther topics of interest:\nHEDIS Healthcare Effectiveness Data Information Set\nGoogle Health\nAmazon Care\nMedxTek Podcast\nBetter Help\nAbout Bobi Wine in detention\nKarura Forest\n\n*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!Special Guest: Michelle Donald.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nI'm back in Accra, hurray for endless summer living! Each year as the summer fades in the northeastern hemisphere, I make my way back to the equatorial region to meet the sun again and recharge my creative self. Similarly, my guest this week, one of my oldest and dearest friends, found her recharge in her relocation from the US to Nairobi, Kenya. Born and raised in New York, Dr. Michelle Donald is an experienced business-minded physician, with expertise in pediatric medicine, preventative medicine and public health, she is passionate about developing and implementing clinical programs that merge technology and healthcare delivery systems to improve health outcomes. In her last role as the Medical Director of Value Based Care at New York’s Northwell Health, she established an innovative care model utilizing healthcare analytics, payer data and strategic clinical partnerships to proactively assess and identify vulnerable populations needing medical attention. A trip to Tanzania in 2018 changed the course of her life, it was during that trip that she decided to move to East Africa and develop digital health programs expanding access to quality healthcare. In February of 2020, she resigned from Northwell to pursue her dream of democratizing healthcare for all by building an effective, affordable, digital health platform that can be used to improve care delivery across a variety of health care settings. Michelle is also seeding a social movement that she calls The Ungrind which is an outgrowth of the years-long creative evolution that continues to be her unfolding global lifestyle.
Where to find Michelle?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn YouTube
What's Michelle reading?
\nThink Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day by Jay Shetty
\nVibrate Higher Daily: Live Your Power by Lalah Delia
What's Michelle listening to?
\nToni Jones
\nVibrate Higher | Londrelle
What's Michelle watching?
\nAtlanta
\nThe Handmaid's Tale
Other topics of interest:
\nHEDIS Healthcare Effectiveness Data Information Set
\nGoogle Health
\nAmazon Care
\nMedxTek Podcast
\nBetter Help
\nAbout Bobi Wine in detention
\nKarura Forest
*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Michelle Donald.
","summary":"","date_published":"2022-10-18T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/59463859-aa26-48c7-b845-07ca88872a7b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":79311515,"duration_in_seconds":3304}]},{"id":"645ada3e-dfd6-42db-a2ed-37cfbdfebf8c","title":"Episode 145: Fit to Flow with Terry Singh Part 2","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/145","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens! \nThis two part experience will takes us on a journey through multiple planes of being and thought with my guest, fashion designer and trend setter, Terry Singh. Born and raised in Guyana to parents of Indian heritage, Terry has called New York City, home for most of his life. After a life changing journey to the country of his heritage, he has since bloomed into his current creative flow as the visionary behind his Terry Singh NYC fashion label. As a former adman of who is now the vision behind his own fashion brand, Terry's aim is to translate the practicality and elegance of the traditional Indian dhoti for a Western consumer. With multiple shows appearing at New York Fashion Week and features at this year’s New York Men’s Day, he’s created a buzz on the pages of the New York Times, Vogue, and WWD, to name a few. When asked about his aesthetic he shares, “I used to be inhibited about what I wore,” “I kept my head down because I felt people were staring. Then I realized I don’t know what’s in people’s minds, and I started to dress for myself. A question I always ask people is, ‘If today were your last day on earth, what would you wear?’ Dress like that.” Terry's fashions are also blooming with his leisurewear brand I AM U TOO.\n\nWhere to find Terry?\nwww.terrysomghnyc.com\nOn linktr.ee\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Instagram\nOn Facebook\nOn YouTube\n\nWhat's Terry reading/listening to?\nWorks by J. Krishnamurti\nMooji\nOsho\nRam Dass\nAlan Watts\n\nOther topics of interest:\nJobbers\nIndian Designer Tarun Tahiliani\nBrooklyn's Soul Summit in Fort Greene Park\nTerry @ Maison 10\nBlue Ribbon Restaurants\nGramercy Tavern\nIndochine\nRaoul's\nOff White\n\nEpisode #144 photo credit:\nRobbie QuinnSpecial Guest: Terry Singh.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nThis two part experience will takes us on a journey through multiple planes of being and thought with my guest, fashion designer and trend setter, Terry Singh. Born and raised in Guyana to parents of Indian heritage, Terry has called New York City, home for most of his life. After a life changing journey to the country of his heritage, he has since bloomed into his current creative flow as the visionary behind his Terry Singh NYC fashion label. As a former adman of who is now the vision behind his own fashion brand, Terry's aim is to translate the practicality and elegance of the traditional Indian dhoti for a Western consumer. With multiple shows appearing at New York Fashion Week and features at this year’s New York Men’s Day, he’s created a buzz on the pages of the New York Times, Vogue, and WWD, to name a few. When asked about his aesthetic he shares, “I used to be inhibited about what I wore,” “I kept my head down because I felt people were staring. Then I realized I don’t know what’s in people’s minds, and I started to dress for myself. A question I always ask people is, ‘If today were your last day on earth, what would you wear?’ Dress like that.” Terry's fashions are also blooming with his leisurewear brand I AM U TOO.
Where to find Terry?
\nwww.terrysomghnyc.com
\nOn linktr.ee
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
What's Terry reading/listening to?
\nWorks by J. Krishnamurti
\nMooji
\nOsho
\nRam Dass
\nAlan Watts
Other topics of interest:
\nJobbers
\nIndian Designer Tarun Tahiliani
\nBrooklyn's Soul Summit in Fort Greene Park
\nTerry @ Maison 10
\nBlue Ribbon Restaurants
\nGramercy Tavern
\nIndochine
\nRaoul's
\nOff White
Episode #144 photo credit:
\nRobbie Quinn
Special Guest: Terry Singh.
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\nThis two part experience will takes us on a journey through multiple planes of being and thought with my guest, fashion designer and trendsetter, Terry Singh. Born and raised in Guyana to parents of Indian heritage, Terry has called New York City, home for most of his life. After a life changing journey to the country of his heritage, he has since bloomed into his current creative flow as the visionary behind his Terry Singh NYC fashion label. As a former adman, Terry's aim is to leverage all of his talents in translating the practicality and elegance of the traditional Indian dhoti for a Western consumer. With multiple shows appearing at New York Fashion Week and features at this year’s New York Men’s Day, he’s created a buzz on the pages of The New York Times, Vogue, and WWD, to name a few. When asked about his aesthetic he shares, “I used to be inhibited about what I wore,” “I kept my head down because I felt people were staring. Then I realized I don’t know what’s in people’s minds, and I started to dress for myself. A question I always ask people is, ‘If today were your last day on earth, what would you wear?’ Dress like that.” Terry's fashions are also blooming with his leisurewear brand I AM U TOO.
Where to find Terry?
\nwww.terrysomghnyc.com
\nOn linktr.ee
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
What's Terry reading/listening to?
\nWorks by J. Krishnamurti
\nMooji
\nOsho
\nRam Dass
\nAlan Watts
Other topics of interest:
\nJobbers
\nIndian Designer Tarun Tahiliani
\nBrooklyn's Soul Summit in Fort Greene Park
\nTerry @ Maison 10
\nBlue Ribbon Restaurants
\nGramercy Tavern
\nIndochine
\nRaoul's
\nOff White
Episode #144 photo credit:
\nRobbie Quinn
Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nThis week my guest and I cross paths not only as fellow Stanford Alums, but also as Ghanaians. Born in Mexico and raised around the world, a Ghanaian-American, Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs holds a Ph.D in Sociology and Masters in Multidisciplinary Gender Studies from the University of Cambridge in addition to a Bachelors in Anthropology from Stanford University. Anna’s research, writing, and talks are centered on gender and race issues in the U.S., especially as these relate to the pervasive erasure of Black women. Anna’s debut book, The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation is a New York Times Bestseller as well as a New York Times Editor’s Choice and an Amazon Editor’s Pick.
Anna was also previously the First Partner of Stockton. In her role, she co-authored the “Report on the Status of Women in Stockton” to help guide future policy decisions with the experiences of diverse women in mind. As a result of this work she was named one of six pivotal powerbrokers in the Bay Area by San Francisco Magazine in 2019.
\n\nAnna has published articles on topics ranging from the importance of inclusivity and feminism to addressing the unique burden Black mothers carry in the U.S. for Time Magazine, New York Magazine, The Guardian, CNN, Motherly, Blavity, Huffington Post, Darling Magazine, and For Harriet.
\n\nShe currently lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband and two children, where she is discovering a new chapter in her creative career with multiple writing projects in the works which you'll learn more about as you listen to our lively conversation.
\n\nWhere to find Anna?
\nwww.annamalaikatubbs.com
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
What's Anna reading?
\nCaste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
\nThe Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet
What's Anna watching?
\nTed Lasso
Other topics of interest:
\nHiking in Cold Spring, New York
\nKokrobite, Ghana
\nOshiyie, Ghana
\nAbout Isabel Wilkerson
\nAbout Margot Lee Shetterly
\nAbout Brit Bennet
\nAbout Melissa Harris-Perry
\nAbout Marc Lamont Hill
\nAbout Alicia Garza
\nAbout Bryn Clark
\nAbout Peleton
\nRemy Ma Music
*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Anna Malaika Tubbs.
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\nThis week's guest fully embraces glocal citizenship; she has a place called "home" on three continents.
\nA Brooklyn native, Tiambi Simms' passion lies in building solutions that matter by diving into customer problems and solving them with modern technology. Her expertise is in creating, scaling, and optimizing products and services that are impactful. She realizes this passion as a business designer, product manager and in her role as a co-founder of social enterprise, SheFarms. As a social entrepreneur her guiding question is how are we going to feed 9.7 Billion people by 2050? This drives her work in the agri-fintech sector, bringing the power of tech to the lives of smallholder farmers, particularly for women. Tiambi's global perspective in management, marketing, business development, product management, fundraising, and entrepreneurship are at the core of her ability to cultivate strong relationships with stakeholders across their value chains, allowing her to connect and grow alongside of them.
Where to find Tiambi?
\nwww.tiambi.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
What's Tiambi reading?
\nWill by Will Smith (Author), Mark Manson
\nThe Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
What's Tiambi listening to?
\nThe Science of Getting Rich Podcast
\nDissect Podcast
Other topics of interest:
\nOn Water Management in the Netherlands
\nEIT Climate-KIC ClimateLanuchpad
\nMfoum, Central Region, Ghana
\nOn Matrilineal Societies
\nOn Design Thinking
Special Guest: Tiambi Simms.
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\nThis week's episode is home grown in a sense as I had the chance to chat with long-time friend and collaborator, Farai Malianga. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Farai's journey to the US found him at the University in Colorado in Boulder where our stories connect. He is a Videographer, Composer, and Musician who began his career in African Dance in Colorado with Leticia Williams’ Harambee and Musical Director Judy “Fatu” Henderson. He later relocated to New York where he began studying dance and drum with pioneers Yousouf Koumbasa, Mbemba Bangoura and Ronald K. Brown. He has performed with creative Masters such as Chuck Davis in BAMs ‘Dance Africa’, Reginald Yates and Heritage O.P. for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre’s their 40th Anniversary season; with musicians such as Roy Ayers, Wunmi Olaiya,, Manchild Black, and Akua Allrich to name a few. He has also performed on and off broadway in the musical 'Fela!' and “Darker Faces of the Earth” directed by Trezana Beverley, respectively. As a videographer, most recent projects include editing the archival documentary for “Kumbuka” the longest active New Orleans-based West African Dance troupe.
This fall he joins Florida State University as a tenure track Professor with a focus on music for dance and choreography. He will be teaching Rhythmic Analysis, Music for Choreography, and Digital Audio Recording while also providing music support for African, Dunham and Contemporary classes. We definitely have something to look forward to seeing Farai's work flourish on a whole new level in this role!
\n\nWhere to find Farai?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn YouTube
What's Farai reading?
\nOctavia E. Butler
What's Farai listening to?
\nKendrick Lamar
\nJ. Cole
\nPharoahe Monch
Other topics of interest:
\nRegional Dance America
\nRonald K. Brown
\nScott Russel Sanders
\nJawole Willa Jo Zollar
\nBeatrice Capote
\nOnye P. Ozuzu
\nCamille A. Brown
\nChristal Brown
\nThe Shift Network
\nAmiri Baraka
\nThe Lay Out
\nAbout LEAP Transmedia
Special Guest: Farai Malianga.
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\nThis week's episode is home grown in a sense as I had the chance to chat with long-time friend and collaborator, Farai Malianga. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Farai's journey to the US found him at the University in Colorado in Boulder where our stories connect. He is a Videographer, Composer, and Musician who began his career in African Dance in Colorado with Leticia Williams’ Harambee and Musical Director Judy “Fatu” Henderson. He later relocated to New York where he began studying dance and drum with pioneers Yousouf Koumbasa, Mbemba Bangoura and Ronald K. Brown. He has performed with creative Masters such as Chuck Davis in BAMs ‘Dance Africa’, Reginald Yates and Heritage O.P. for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre’s their 40th Anniversary season; with musicians such as Roy Ayers, Wunmi Olaiya,, Manchild Black, and Akua Allrich to name a few. He has also performed on and off broadway in the musical 'Fela!' and “Darker Faces of the Earth” directed by Trezana Beverley, respectively. As a videographer, most recent projects include editing the archival documentary for “Kumbuka” the longest active New Orleans-based West African Dance troupe.
This fall he joins Florida State University as a tenure track Professor with a focus on music for dance and choreography. He will be teaching Rhythmic Analysis, Music for Choreography, and Digital Audio Recording while also providing music support for African, Dunham and Contemporary classes. We definitely have something to look forward to seeing Farai's work flourish on a whole new level in this role!
\n\nWhere to find Farai?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn YouTube
What's Farai reading?
\nOctavia E. Butler
What's Farai listening to?
\nKendrick Lamar
\nJ. Cole
\nPharoahe Monch
Other topics of interest:
\nRegional Dance America
\nRonald K. Brown
\nScott Russel Sanders
\nJawole Willa Jo Zollar
\nBeatrice Capote
\nOnye P. Ozuzu
\nCamille A. Brown
\nChristal Brown
\nThe Shift Network
\nAmiri Baraka
\nThe Lay Out
\nAbout LEAP Transmedia
Special Guest: Farai Malianga.
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\nThis week is all about the "local" in glocal. I'm hosting longtime friend, neighbor and soon to be public official, Asmeret Berhe-Lumax. Asmeret was born in Asmara, Eritrea, raised in Stockholm, Sweden and now calls Brooklyn, New York home. She is a dynamic team player with extensive domestic and international experience, she is a hands-on leader in both corporate and entrepreneurial settings developing and executing strategic plans encompassing client goals and translating them into an efficient and profitable production structure. She channels these skills as founder of the One Love Community Fridge project, a community-based response to the long lines at food banks that began during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. The project is a purpose-driven initiative that supports community fridges, local businesses and framers by addressing immediate hunger needs, minimizing food waste and ensuring access to healthy, fresh foods. Asmeret is also co-founder of The Black Beauty Club, is a social enterprise focused on community building; driving cultural and solutions-oriented conversation across the diaspora; and impactful thought leadership within the Black Beauty space. A community grown on Clubhouse to drive insightful thought leadership and cultural conversations around the Black Beauty space, the Black Beauty Club member is a beauty consumer, aspiring or established founder, beauty critic, or member of the beauty industry. With a mission to galvanize and quantify the economic and cultural impact of Black businesses and consumers driving a stronger ecosystem, the Black Beauty Club and its members are invested in the Black Beauty zeitgeist and seek to bolster community support and through greater industry knowledge.
Listen in to find out more about how Asmeret is manifesting a new world view on food, beauty and civic engagement.
\n\nWhere to find Asmeret?
\nwww.onelovecommunityfridge.com](https://www.onelovecommunityfridge.org)
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
What's Asmeret reading?
\nThe New York Times
\nThe New Yorker
\nThe Atlantic
Other topics of interest:
\nFort Greene Park
\nFlashback to Glocal Citizen Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo's Episodes
\nThe Campaign Against Hunger
\nAmi Cole
\n54 Thrones
\nRosen Skincare
\nNike Air Pegasus History
Special Guest: Asmeret Berhe-Lumax.
","summary":"","date_published":"2022-08-23T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/970d2ffd-df95-4e7e-b1d6-34f1f2f4150b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":61445641,"duration_in_seconds":2560}]},{"id":"59d5b5e2-b636-4cf7-80c3-189e65257638","title":"Episode 138: Energetic Communication with Adama Sesay","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/138","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nAs the August moon is now on the wane, we're taking in the moon's full splendor from beginning to end in conversation with professional astrologer, empowerment alchemist, and the author of the highly anticipated book and oracle deck: Black Moon Lilith™ Rising (HayHouse Inc. Fall '23), Adama Sesay. Adama, a Sierra Leonian-American, is also the creator and founder of LilithAstrology.com and the private streaming platform Black Moon Lilith™ Collective. Shadow work, self-empowerment, alchemy, and self-realization through the birth chart and knowledge of Black Moon Lilith are her specialties. Her work has been featured in top media outlets like Cosmopolitan Magazine, Well + Good, Buzzfeed, and BYRDIE. \nWhether you're a stargazer, have your feet planted firmly here on earth, or both, this conversation is full of empowering nudges to help guide you into your full energetic self. \n\nWhere to find Adama?\nwww.lilithastrology.com\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Instagram\nOn Twitter\nOn Facebook\nOn YouTube\nOn TikTok\n\nWhat's Adama reading?\nCosmos and Psyche by Richard Tarnas\nAfrican Goddess Rising Oracle: A 44-Card Deck and Guidebook by Abiola Abrams\nBooks by Kim Krans\n\nWhat's Adama watching?\nThe Handmaid's Tale\nOzark\n\nWhat's Adama listening to?\nAncient Wisdom Today With Shaman Durek\nDr. Deepak Chopra\nDr. Joe Dispenza\n\nOther topics of interest:\nTropical vs. Vedic Astrology\nBabylonian Astrology\nNational Council for Geocosmic Research\nHaus of Hoodoo\nPluto Return\nA Modern Textbook of Astrology\nSaturn ReturnSpecial Guest: Adama Sesay.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nAs the August moon is now on the wane, we're taking in the moon's full splendor from beginning to end in conversation with professional astrologer, empowerment alchemist, and the author of the highly anticipated book and oracle deck: Black Moon Lilith™ Rising (HayHouse Inc. Fall '23), Adama Sesay. Adama, a Sierra Leonian-American, is also the creator and founder of LilithAstrology.com and the private streaming platform Black Moon Lilith™ Collective. Shadow work, self-empowerment, alchemy, and self-realization through the birth chart and knowledge of Black Moon Lilith are her specialties. Her work has been featured in top media outlets like Cosmopolitan Magazine, Well + Good, Buzzfeed, and BYRDIE.
\nWhether you're a stargazer, have your feet planted firmly here on earth, or both, this conversation is full of empowering nudges to help guide you into your full energetic self.
Where to find Adama?
\nwww.lilithastrology.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
\nOn TikTok
What's Adama reading?
\nCosmos and Psyche by Richard Tarnas
\nAfrican Goddess Rising Oracle: A 44-Card Deck and Guidebook by Abiola Abrams
\nBooks by Kim Krans
What's Adama watching?
\nThe Handmaid's Tale
\nOzark
What's Adama listening to?
\nAncient Wisdom Today With Shaman Durek
\nDr. Deepak Chopra
\nDr. Joe Dispenza
Other topics of interest:
\nTropical vs. Vedic Astrology
\nBabylonian Astrology
\nNational Council for Geocosmic Research
\nHaus of Hoodoo
\nPluto Return
\nA Modern Textbook of Astrology
\nSaturn Return
Special Guest: Adama Sesay.
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\nIt's a new month, my favorite of the year, and we're kicking it off with a two part conversation that bloomed during the Dakar leg of my spring tour. Joining me for this conversation between kindred spirits is Senagalese-American, Adja Maymouna Sakho. She is an educator, advocate, leader, supporter and connector of people and ideas, who is passionate about serving others through education and social justice - particularly women and children. She has over 10 years experience in education, finance, DEIJ - and has had roles ranging from trainer, advisor, evaluator, board representative, director, committee chair and most important to her - agent of change in the lives of young women and girls. She is also an Africanist and believes that Africans must lead the charge to change the narrative and the current state of affairs of many African countries. She is building on this mission as the host of 221 Afrique, a podcast focused on telling stories of Africans returning home to the continent.
From our common experiences as children of West African immigrants to attending the same graduate school at New York University, this conversation offers great insights into the rich culture and lifestyle transitions that are possible in designing a global existence.
\n\nWhere to find Adja?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn YouTube
What's Adja reading?
\nFinding Me by Viola Davis
What's Adja watching?
\nOn Senegalese "Telenovelas"
Other topics of interest:
\nYoff in Dakar
\nSenegambia
\nUpward Bound
\nSigma Gamma Rho Sorority
\nNew York City Teaching Fellows
\nAbout Third Culture Kids
\nOn the latest Senegalese Musicians
\nAbout Eid Al Adha
Special Guest: Adja Maymouna Sakho .
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\nIt's a new month, my favorite of the year, and we're kicking it off with a two part conversation that bloomed during the Dakar leg of my spring tour. Joining me for this conversation between kindred spirits is Senagalese-American, Adja Maymouna Sakho. She is an educator, advocate, leader, supporter and connector of people and ideas, who is passionate about serving others through education and social justice - particularly women and children. She has over 10 years experience in education, finance, DEIJ - and has had roles ranging from trainer, advisor, evaluator, board representative, director, committee chair and most important to her - agent of change in the lives of young women and girls. She is also an Africanist and believes that Africans must lead the charge to change the narrative and the current state of affairs of many African countries. She is building on this mission as the host of 221 Afrique, a podcast focused on telling stories of Africans returning home to the continent.
From our common experiences as children of West African immigrants to attending the same graduate school at New York University, this conversation offers great insights into the rich culture and lifestyle transitions that are possible in designing a global existence.
\n\nWhere to find Adja?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn YouTube
What's Adja reading?
\nFinding Me by Viola Davis
What's Adja watching?
\nOn Senegalese "Telenovelas"
Other topics of interest:
\nYoff in Dakar
\nSenegambia
\nUpward Bound
\nSigma Gamma Rho Sorority
\nNew York City Teaching Fellows
\nAbout Third Culture Kids
\nOn the latest Senegalese Musicians
\nAbout Eid Al Adha
Special Guest: Adja Maymouna Sakho .
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\nThis week's conversation is a great complement to a favorite summer past-time and what many consider delicacy--Barbecue. My guest is fellow Coloradan and Stanford Alum, Adrian Miller - The Soul Food Scholar. He is an award winning food writer, attorney, and certified barbecue judge. Two of his books, his first in 2014, Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time and most recent in 2022, Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue are the James Beard Foundation Award for Reference, History, and Scholarship winners. His second book, The President’s Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, From the Washingtons to the Obamas was a finalist for a 2018 NAACP Image Award for “Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction.” He is also featured in the Netflix hit docu-series, "High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America." He is currently the executive director of the Colorado Council of Churches and, as such, is the first African American, and the first layperson, to hold that position. As well, he is the co-project director and lead curator for the forthcoming “Proclaiming Colorado’s Black History” exhibit at the Museum of Boulder.
In addition to fascinating anecdotes about foods common on three sides of the Atlantic Ocean, you'll get a sense of how this lawyer by training found himself on a career path in service not only to his dreams, but to the uncovering, elevation and preservation of narratives about culture defining foods and food practices.
\n\nWhere to find Adrian?
\nwww.adrianemiller.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What's Adrian watching?
\nStar Trek
\nLaw and Order
Other topics of interest:
\nOne America Initiative
\nJohn Egerton's Soul Food Cookbook
\nSouthern Foodways Alliance
\nRed Drinks in Black Culture
\nEdna Lewis
\nUltimate Braai Master
\nKebab, Suya, Shawarma, Yakatori, Asada
Special Guest: Adrian Miller.
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\nThis week on the podcast you're in for a real treat. We're journeying to Namibia in Southern Africa by way of Morocco in North Africa where my guest and I recently met. As a Namibian patriot, Daisry Mathias was appointed Advisor to the President of the Republic of Namibia, His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob, in June 2015. In this role, she advises on policy and programme priorities to harness a Demographic Dividend and create an enabling environment for sustainable entrepreneurship in Namibia, under the overarching goals of poverty eradication, economic inclusion and shared prosperity. Daisry's professional experience ranges from public policy formulation, national development planning, programme monitoring and multi-stakeholder coordination. In her preceding role as an under 30 Chief Executive Officer of Team Namibia; she led a business support organisation promoting local industry by advocating the preferential consumption of Namibian goods and services. In 2019 she was selected as an Obama Leader, joining 200 young Africans in a Leadership Development Programme by former U.S. President Barack Obama.
Fully committed in her passion for public service, Daisry is also Founder & Director, Oyayone Foundation which works with and for under-resourced single mothers in Namibia to break the cycle of poverty by addressing basic needs and tackling asset poverty toward achieving social mobility. The Foundation is “Building an enduring inheritance for our children’s children” by facilitating the ownership and management of economic assets by more Namibian women.
\n\nTrust me when I say that this is a conversation that will inform, inspire and activate your spirit to connect with the Pan-African movements that are manifesting a new world!
\n\nWhere to find Daisry?
\nwww.daisrymathias.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn YouTube
What's Dairsy reading?
\nThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
\nThe Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah
Other topics of interest:
\nNamibian Languages
\nAAA School of Advertising
\nTeam Namibia
\nAbout the African Peer Review Mechanism Symposium
\nGreen Hydrogen Namibia
\nVisit Swakopmund
Special Guest: Daisry Mathias.
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\nThis week had to opportunity to reconnect with another of my children's educational content brethren. Abuja-based creative, Adamu Waziri is the creator of the popular Bino and Fino African educational cartoon series. He is one of the founders of EVCL, a company focused on developing African based children’s and family entertainment brands. Prior to setting up EVCL he had over a decade of international 3D animation experience at award-winning animation studios working on projects for clients including Disney, HP and Sony. I always enjoy talking shop with my like-minded colleagues and I hope you too will find inspiration and new understanding around the work of innovating in the African content and brand-building space focused on nurturing the hearts and minds of children in the African Diaspora.
Where to find Adamu and Bino & Fino?
\nwww.binoandfinoshop.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn YouTube
\nOn Facebook
What's Adamu listening to?
\nAmbient Relaxation
\nLiquid Drum and Bass
Other topics of interest:
\nSee Maitama, Abuja
\nNairaland
\nSuper Sema
\nFlaneuarz Skates
\nWhere to skate in Abuja
\nWhat is DISCOP
\nOn Animation
Special Guest: Adamu Waziri.
","summary":"","date_published":"2022-07-12T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/36ce2f20-0f57-4fce-890c-edbb4d8194b7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":56299728,"duration_in_seconds":2345}]},{"id":"1efbe9ca-bf07-42cd-a38f-5ae517834b68","title":"Episode 132: Uncommon Conversations with Dereca Blackmon Part 2","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/132","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nThis week on the podcast I have the first of a handful of interviews that came about in a back to the future-esque way. This spring, the Stanford National Black Alumni Association biennale summit took place in Washington, D.C. and I organized my spring trip back to the U.S. around reconnecting with my fellow friends and alum and sharing my insights as a Glocal Citizen on a panel entitled, \"Africa: Bridging the Diasporic Divide.\" A propos, my guest, Detroit native, Dereca Blackmon has career-wide experience bridging divides. As Co-Founder and President of the Inclusion Design Group, she is also head trainer and responsible for the creation of the dynamic set of workshops and follow-up activities used by her team. Her experiential training models cut through “diversity fatigue” and allow participants to engage in deep, authentic, and meaningful dialogues. Among her prior positions, she served as the Assistant Vice Provost, Associate Dean and Director of the Diversity and First-Generation Office at Stanford University where she introduced groundbreaking work on authentic engagement, intergroup dialogue, and unconscious bias to over 30,000 students, staff, faculty and alumni. She also taught several courses at Stanford including Intergroup Communication with renowned cultural psychologist Hazel Markus\nReverend Deborah L. Johnson.\n\nFor over 25 years, Dereca has consulted with a wide variety of corporate, educational, nonprofit, and community-based groups to facilitate “uncommon conversations” on issues of race, gender, class, and social justice. I hope this two part conversation brings you closer to understanding and embodying your own inclusion mindset.\n\nWhere to find Dereca?\nwww.derecespeaks.com\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Twitter\nOn Instagram\nOn Facebook\nOn YouTube\n\nWhat's Dereca reading?\nBooksl by Toni Morrison\nBooks by Stephen King\nThe Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks\n\nOther topics of interest:\nOn Black Detroit\nSt. Thomas US Virgin Islands\nOn Oak-Town\nAbout the [Black Panther Party]\nWhat happened to Oscar Grant\n(https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/workers/black-panthers/)\nBICOP\nShawn Ginwright\nFlourish Agenda/Leadership Excellence\nCarol Dweck and the Growth Mindset\nDr. Melanie Tervalon and Cultural Humility\nWhat is Neurodivergent\n\nWhen you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!Special Guest: Dereca Blackmon.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nThis week on the podcast I have the first of a handful of interviews that came about in a back to the future-esque way. This spring, the Stanford National Black Alumni Association biennale summit took place in Washington, D.C. and I organized my spring trip back to the U.S. around reconnecting with my fellow friends and alum and sharing my insights as a Glocal Citizen on a panel entitled, "Africa: Bridging the Diasporic Divide." A propos, my guest, Detroit native, Dereca Blackmon has career-wide experience bridging divides. As Co-Founder and President of the Inclusion Design Group, she is also head trainer and responsible for the creation of the dynamic set of workshops and follow-up activities used by her team. Her experiential training models cut through “diversity fatigue” and allow participants to engage in deep, authentic, and meaningful dialogues. Among her prior positions, she served as the Assistant Vice Provost, Associate Dean and Director of the Diversity and First-Generation Office at Stanford University where she introduced groundbreaking work on authentic engagement, intergroup dialogue, and unconscious bias to over 30,000 students, staff, faculty and alumni. She also taught several courses at Stanford including Intergroup Communication with renowned cultural psychologist Hazel Markus
\nReverend Deborah L. Johnson.
For over 25 years, Dereca has consulted with a wide variety of corporate, educational, nonprofit, and community-based groups to facilitate “uncommon conversations” on issues of race, gender, class, and social justice. I hope this two part conversation brings you closer to understanding and embodying your own inclusion mindset.
\n\nWhere to find Dereca?
\nwww.derecespeaks.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
What's Dereca reading?
\nBooksl by Toni Morrison
\nBooks by Stephen King
\nThe Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks
Other topics of interest:
\nOn Black Detroit
\nSt. Thomas US Virgin Islands
\nOn Oak-Town
\nAbout the [Black Panther Party]
\nWhat happened to Oscar Grant
\n(https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/workers/black-panthers/)
\nBICOP
\nShawn Ginwright
\nFlourish Agenda/Leadership Excellence
\nCarol Dweck and the Growth Mindset
\nDr. Melanie Tervalon and Cultural Humility
\nWhat is Neurodivergent
When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Dereca Blackmon.
","summary":"","date_published":"2022-07-05T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/1efbe9ca-bf07-42cd-a38f-5ae517834b68.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":45600602,"duration_in_seconds":1831}]},{"id":"469da33f-2be5-4804-b9d7-6cea4ad07155","title":"Episode 131: Uncommon Conversations with Dereca Blackmon Part 1","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/131","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nThis week on the podcast I have the first of a handful of interviews that came about in a back to the future-esque way. This spring, the Stanford National Black Alumni Association biennale summit took place in Washington, D.C. and I organized my spring trip back to the U.S. around reconnecting with my fellow friends and alum and sharing my insights as a Glocal Citizen on a panel entitled, \"Africa: Bridging the Diasporic Divide.\" A propos, my guest, Detroit native, Dereca Blackmon has career-wide experience bridging divides. As Co-Founder and President of the Inclusion Design Group, she is also head trainer and responsible for the creation of the dynamic set of workshops and follow-up activities used by her team. Her experiential training models cut through “diversity fatigue” and allow participants to engage in deep, authentic, and meaningful dialogues. Among her prior positions, she served as the Assistant Vice Provost, Associate Dean and Director of the Diversity and First-Generation Office at Stanford University where she introduced groundbreaking work on authentic engagement, intergroup dialogue, and unconscious bias to over 30,000 students, staff, faculty and alumni. She also taught several courses at Stanford including Intergroup Communication with renowned cultural psychologist Hazel Markus\nReverend Deborah L. Johnson.\n\nFor over 25 years, Dereca has consulted with a wide variety of corporate, educational, nonprofit, and community-based groups to facilitate “uncommon conversations” on issues of race, gender, class, and social justice. I hope this two part conversation brings you closer to understanding and embodying your own inclusion mindset.\n\nWhere to find Dereca?\nwww.derecespeaks.com\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Twitter\nOn Instagram\nOn Facebook\nOn YouTube\n\nWhat's Dereca reading?\nBooks by Toni Morrison\nBooks by Stephen King\nThe Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks\n\nOther topics of interest:\nOn Black Detroit\nSt. Thomas US Virgin Islands\nOn Oak-Town\nAbout the Black Panther Party\nWhat happened to Oscar Grant\nBICOP\nShawn Ginwright\nFlourish Agenda/Leadership Excellence\nCarol Dweck and the Growth Mindset\nDr. Melanie Tervalon and Cultural Humility\nWhat is Neurodivergent?\n\nWhen you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!Special Guest: Dereca Blackmon.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nThis week on the podcast I have the first of a handful of interviews that came about in a back to the future-esque way. This spring, the Stanford National Black Alumni Association biennale summit took place in Washington, D.C. and I organized my spring trip back to the U.S. around reconnecting with my fellow friends and alum and sharing my insights as a Glocal Citizen on a panel entitled, "Africa: Bridging the Diasporic Divide." A propos, my guest, Detroit native, Dereca Blackmon has career-wide experience bridging divides. As Co-Founder and President of the Inclusion Design Group, she is also head trainer and responsible for the creation of the dynamic set of workshops and follow-up activities used by her team. Her experiential training models cut through “diversity fatigue” and allow participants to engage in deep, authentic, and meaningful dialogues. Among her prior positions, she served as the Assistant Vice Provost, Associate Dean and Director of the Diversity and First-Generation Office at Stanford University where she introduced groundbreaking work on authentic engagement, intergroup dialogue, and unconscious bias to over 30,000 students, staff, faculty and alumni. She also taught several courses at Stanford including Intergroup Communication with renowned cultural psychologist Hazel Markus
\nReverend Deborah L. Johnson.
For over 25 years, Dereca has consulted with a wide variety of corporate, educational, nonprofit, and community-based groups to facilitate “uncommon conversations” on issues of race, gender, class, and social justice. I hope this two part conversation brings you closer to understanding and embodying your own inclusion mindset.
\n\nWhere to find Dereca?
\nwww.derecespeaks.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
What's Dereca reading?
\nBooks by Toni Morrison
\nBooks by Stephen King
\nThe Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks
Other topics of interest:
\nOn Black Detroit
\nSt. Thomas US Virgin Islands
\nOn Oak-Town
\nAbout the Black Panther Party
\nWhat happened to Oscar Grant
\nBICOP
\nShawn Ginwright
\nFlourish Agenda/Leadership Excellence
\nCarol Dweck and the Growth Mindset
\nDr. Melanie Tervalon and Cultural Humility
\nWhat is Neurodivergent?
When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Dereca Blackmon.
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\nThis year, we're saying so long to spring with a bit of a bang as here in the US--yes, I'm back in Brooklyn for the summer, the Juneteenth holiday and Father's Day start the week. In observation or tribute to these events, for this week's episode I've curated a "Glocally Speaking" conversation as an expression of thoughts, sentiments and realities around citizenship, education, fatherhood, activism, history and culture. Ronda Železný-Green from EP 92 kicks off the conversation with ideas on the necessary framework for the most global citizenship of all - digital citizenship. Next is father, yogi and capoeirista, Salim Rollins from EP 37. He guides us in experience and in language from Kenya, back to the US and finally settling in Kenya with his family. Closing out this spring remix is Nyamal Tutdeal from EP 102 with a glocally speaking potpourri from communications during times of conflict to a lesson in what is probably Africa's most common lingua franka - food.
No passport required! Grab a snack, relax and let the sound be your transport.
\n\nWhere to find Ronda?
\nWhere to find Salim?
\nWhere to find Nyamal?
Other topics of interest:
\nSeyi Akiwowo and Glitch
\nOn Intersectionality
\nGlocal Citizen Asare Adjei
\nBarbados, the newest republic
\nAnatomy of the Conflict in Ethiopia
\nAsida
\nGenfo
\nBanku
Special Guests: Nyamal Tutdeal, Ronda Zelezny-Green, and Salim Rollins.
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\nBara is presently writing a script about an African human experience of 50 years of arts, politics and academics.
Where to find Bara?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
What's Bara reading?
\nThe African Origin of Civilization by Cheikh Anta Diop
Other topics of interest:
\nMor Faye
\nKoToa Coffee in Dakar
\nDoudou N'Diaye Rose
\nOn Senegal's BDS party
\nFirst World Festival of Negro Arts
\nSpike Lee's 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Special Guest: Bara Diokhané .
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\n\nThis week on the program we're daring to imagine a world where justice prevails and particularly where the aspirations of young athletes in Africa is concerned. My guest, Eddie Mensah, is the Managing Director of Right to Dream Academy in Ghana. Born and raised in Ghana, at 16 he received a scholarship to attend boarding school in Canada where he earned an IB diploma. He later moved to the United States to attend university at Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania where he was a varsity athlete as a member of the soccer/football team. Passionate about education, he has been in various academic positions for the last 25 years. Prior to joining Right to Dream, he was the Head of School at Charlotte Prep School in North Carolina. Eddie holds a masters degree in Education Leadership from the university of Pennsylvania and certificate in School Management and Leadership from Harvard University.
\n\nEddie's work with young people truly shines a light on a the fruits of a purpose-driven career. Listen and learn more about how he sees choosing purpose over profit as a necessary walk in life's journey.
\n\nWhere to find Eddie?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn YouTube
What's Eddie watching?
\nAbbott Elementary
What's Eddie reading?
\nThe Quran In English
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Nyakrom, Ghana
\nAbout Tema, Ghana
\nUnited World Colleges
\nStepping Stone Scholars
\nGlobal Livability Index
Special Guest: Eddie Mensah.
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\nIn our conversation this week, I am inspired by the work of this high growth serial entrepreneur with experience building businesses in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Ghana. As a strong believer in constant learning, building and improving on existing solutions Nana Opoku Agyeman-Prempeh is excited about the church, aviation, technology and agriculture. Born and raised in Ghana, he has an academic background in Technology and Entrepreneurship from Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) and an MPhiL. Agricultural Engineering (Machine Systems) from the University of Ghana, Legon. He has been afforded the opportunity to lead teams in building the following: Asoriba a Church CRM and donation platform, MybusinessPay a Fintech that processes millions of payments across the world into Ghana for local businesses. Fusion Point, a Technology Consulting Company and CCTVCam Live a security business building an AI solution to identify criminals via regular CCTV Cameras.
Nana is currently CEO of tech startup Grow For Me (GFM) which is a web and mobile based crowdfunding and crowd farming platform that sponsors farmers in growing more crops to solve hunger and poverty problems in Africa. Using drone and satellite imagery, they are able to update sponsors on the progress of the farms they’ve invested in, while providing the best Agronomic advice to optimize farm production. They are solving for global sustainable development goals (SDG) 1 and 2 by creating wealth and producing more food at the same time. GFM aims to contribute to the food production in Africa by helping feed 2.2 billion young Africans by 2050. The ultimate goal is to keep people out of poverty by bringing back young Africans into the aging Agricultural industry.
\n\nWhere to find Nana?
\nwww.growforme.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn YouTube
Other topics of interest:
\nOn Nana's bamboo bike ride
\nGhana Bamboo Bike Initiative
\nMandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders
\nCheck out Episode 10 with Mandela Fellow Valerie Labi
Special Guest: Nana Opuku Agyeman-Prempeh.
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\n\nWhere to find Zee?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
\nOn TikTok
\nPre-order Black People Breathe!
What's Zee listening to?
\nBalanced Black Girl Podcast
What's Zee reading?
\nAbout Octavia Raheem
\nPleasure Activism by Adrienne Maree Brown
Other topics of interest:
\nDC Youth Orchestra
\nOn Ayurvedic Medicine
\nSwan Yoga Retreat - Goa
\nTrap Yoga
\nBICOP
\nThe Principles of Pleasure
\nEpisode 118 with Nydia Swaby
Special Guest: Zhalisa "Zee" Clarke.
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\nThis week on the podcast we're talking innovation in migration. My guest, serial entrepreneur, Sam Baddoo joins me from his current base in Columbus Ohio, shortly after a recent trip back home to Accra, Ghana where he was born and raised. Sam is all about empowering immigrants everywhere to show love with intention starting with healthcare. He is the founder and CEO of the healthcare insurtech start-up Fleri which ensures that the money immigrants send back home goes exactly where they intended while getting quality healthcare for loved ones in Africa and eliminating money transfer fees.
Many words define who he is, but none more so than “immigrant” - and his story represents the stories of millions of brave, hopeful and selfless individuals, many giving up the comfort of familiar spaces to create a new life and future for themselves and those who depend on them. He is all “IMMIGRANTS” and his life’s work is to see his us live more authentically - flourishing and thriving, not just surviving.
\n\nThis was such an inspiring conversation offering a thoughtful perspective on the type of agility that defines successful entrepreneurship. Tune in and for those of you migrants with loved ones check out Fleri, there's a plan for your needs and the peace of mind we all seek when we can't always be a physical presence.
\n\nWhere to find Sam?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nFleri on YouTube
What's Sam listening to?
\nTim Ferriss
\nBrene Brown
\nEsther Perel
Other topics of interest:
\nOujda, Morocco
\nGrameen Bank
\nHeel the World Luxury Accessories
\nMakola Market
\nKorle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana
\nBohten Eyewear
\nSankofa
\nMore on Self-talk
\nNguvu Health
May Greetings Glocal Citizens! With May Day just behind us, in this two-part conversation, my guest and I touch on topics very related to the evolving nature of work and especially the role that his organization LEAP Africa is playing in preparing African youth for roles and responsibilities in all forms and on all levels of leadership.
\n\nBorn and raised in Nigeria, Femi Taiwo is currently the Executive Director of LEAP Africa, Nigeria’s foremost youth leadership development organization. Prior to this position at LEAP, Femi was the founding Executive Director of Eagles HOPE Foundation, a non-profit initiated by the Covenant University Alumni Association, where he led the organisation to create and execute award-winning youth programmes. Internationally, he has worked with GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals and at a social research consultancy both in the United Kingdom. He has extensive skills in programme design and management, learning & development design and delivery, business development, strategy, organisational development, stakeholder management, and innovation management. With a personal mission of facilitating the transformation of individuals, organisations and nations, he is extremely passionate about leadership and enterprise development, youth development and youth-led development.
\n\nWhere to find Femi?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
What's Femi watching?
\nBridgerton
\nUnauthorized Living
\nFriends
\nThe John Wayne Gacy Tapes
\nQueen and Slim
What's Femi listening to?
\nMaxwell Leadership Podcat
\nDr. Myles Munroe
\nHow I Builth This Podcast
\nI Said What I Said Podcast
Other topics of interest:
\nYouth Day of Service
\nBariga
\nOlamide
\nChibok Girls
\nRitual Killings in Lagos 2014
Special Guest: Femi Taiwo.
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\n\nBorn and raised in Nigeria, Femi Taiwo is currently the Executive Director of LEAP Africa, Nigeria’s foremost youth leadership development organization. Prior to this position at LEAP, Femi was the founding Executive Director of Eagles HOPE Foundation, a non-profit initiated by the Covenant University Alumni Association, where he led the organisation to create and execute award-winning youth programmes. Internationally, he has worked with GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals and at a social research consultancy both in the United Kingdom. He has extensive skills in programme design and management, learning & development design and delivery, business development, strategy, organisational development, stakeholder management, and innovation management. With a personal mission of facilitating the transformation of individuals, organisations and nations, he is extremely passionate about leadership and enterprise development, youth development and youth-led development.
\n\nWhere to find Femi?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
What's Femi watching?
\nBridgerton
\nUnauthorized Living
\nFriends
\nThe John Wayne Gacy Tapes
\nQueen and Slim
What's Femi listening to?
\nMaxwell Leadership Podcat
\nDr. Myles Munroe
\nHow I Builth This Podcast
\nI Said What I Said Podcast
Other topics of interest:
\nYouth Day of Service
\nBariga
\nOlamide
\nChibok Girls
\nRitual Killings in Lagos 2014
Special Guest: Femi Taiwo.
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\n\nNatasha has worked in global roles throughout her career and has extensive experience working with senior executives to develop their workforce with a global agenda in mind. Her experience is anchored in aligning talent development with organizational profitability objectives and as a thought leader, trusted advisor, consultant, and mentor to clients and peers which has prepared her perfectly for her current role and the next phase of growing both personally and professionally. We'll hear about this and much more in this multi-continental journey with Natasha.
\n\nWhere to find Natasha?
\nOn Linkedin
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
What's Natasha reading?
\nEssentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Paperback
\nby Greg McKeown
\nThe Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav
\nThe Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
\nBooks by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
\nZenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire
\nGod Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life's Little Detours by Regina Brett
Other topics of interest:
\nWhat is a Matrix Project?
\nBorough Market London
\nOut and about in Manly 9 with a Barefoot Coffee
\nTake a drive around Washington Gardens, Kingston
\nCharlestina Beach Resort and Ko-sa Beach near Elmina, Ghana
\nNourishLAB Smoothy's
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Special Guest: Natasha Moore.
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\nAs many struggle with increasing food prices and potential shortages, many Africans, particularly urban dwellers have been at the whim of markets and failed policies. As a tried and true problem solver, my guest for the week, Luther Lawoyin, is keen on simple solutions. Born and raised in Nigeria, he is an entrepreneur with a passion for social impact. He is leveraging technology to build innovative business models and platforms to serve the next one billion people in Africa's burgeoning digital economy. He is the founder and CEO of Pricepally, a sharing economy e-commerce platform enabling people to shop for food and daily essentials together so they can leverage their collective bargaining power buying in bulk.
Luther has built four revenue-generating businesses from the ground up including passjamb.com.ng (http://passjamb.com.ng/) an exam prep platform and Lucy.ng, a trusted platform supplying B2C and B2B branded merchandise, Lucy has sold over a million products with over a million USD in sales.
\n\nListen in and find out the mechanics of pushing the art and science of problem solving forward on an everyday basis.
\n\nWhere to find Luther?
\nOn Linkedin
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
What's Luther reading?
\n12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
\nAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Other topics of Interest:
\nOyo State
\nMaryland in Lagos
\nNaira Marley x Young Jonn - Mafo
Special Guest: Luther Lawoyin.
","summary":"","date_published":"2022-04-19T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/1d6a26e0-2069-4a08-a7e6-35d1e181ce1f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":62278883,"duration_in_seconds":2553}]},{"id":"a480929e-d26c-458d-9413-a63ef1f642d9","title":"Episode 120: Transitional Justice Now with Makmid Kamara Part 2","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/120","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nThis week's episode brings to mind a lot of \"What nexts?\" in the context of conflicts, wars across the globe. My guest has his mind on this as a matter of everyday practice. Makmid Kamara, a Sierra Leonean human rights leader, researcher and development communications practitioner has over 18years’ experience working with national and international development and human rights organizations in Africa and the United Kingdom. He is the Director of the Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund (ATJLF) based in Accra, Ghana.\n\nPrior to joining the ATJLF, Makmid worked at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International in London as Deputy Director of Global Issues and (Ag.) Head of the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) Team; and served as interim Country Director for Amnesty International Nigeria and West Africa Researcher.\n\nAs you'll learn in our two-part conversation, Makmid's lived encounters and life works are in many ways culminating the initiatives he is now spearheading which is a testament to the impact that focused attention on the importance of putting people at the center of solutions. \n\nWhere to find Makmid?\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Twitter\n\nWhat's Makmid listening to?\nFela Kuti\nBob Marley\nMorgan Heritage\n\nOut and about in Accra:\n+233 Jazz Bar & Grill and the Lipstick Band\nSantoku Restaurant\nSky Bar\n\nOther topics of interest:\nCampaign for Good Governance\nDay of the African Child\nHuman Rights Clinic-University of Sierra Leone\nMacArthur Foundation\nTruth and Reconciliation Commission\nCenter for Memory and Reparations Civil War Memorial\nHumAngle - Nigeria\nWAVE - Gambia\nAhmad Tehan Kabbah wartime president of Sierra Leone\nManchester United\nHearts of Oak\nOld Edwardians FCSpecial Guest: Makmid Kamara.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nThis week's episode brings to mind a lot of "What nexts?" in the context of conflicts, wars across the globe. My guest has his mind on this as a matter of everyday practice. Makmid Kamara, a Sierra Leonean human rights leader, researcher and development communications practitioner has over 18years’ experience working with national and international development and human rights organizations in Africa and the United Kingdom. He is the Director of the Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund (ATJLF) based in Accra, Ghana.
Prior to joining the ATJLF, Makmid worked at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International in London as Deputy Director of Global Issues and (Ag.) Head of the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) Team; and served as interim Country Director for Amnesty International Nigeria and West Africa Researcher.
\n\nAs you'll learn in our two-part conversation, Makmid's lived encounters and life works are in many ways culminating the initiatives he is now spearheading which is a testament to the impact that focused attention on the importance of putting people at the center of solutions.
\n\nWhere to find Makmid?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
What's Makmid listening to?
\nFela Kuti
\nBob Marley
\nMorgan Heritage
Out and about in Accra:
\n+233 Jazz Bar & Grill and the Lipstick Band
\nSantoku Restaurant
\nSky Bar
Other topics of interest:
\nCampaign for Good Governance
\nDay of the African Child
\nHuman Rights Clinic-University of Sierra Leone
\nMacArthur Foundation
\nTruth and Reconciliation Commission
\nCenter for Memory and Reparations Civil War Memorial
\nHumAngle - Nigeria
\nWAVE - Gambia
\nAhmad Tehan Kabbah wartime president of Sierra Leone
\nManchester United
\nHearts of Oak
\nOld Edwardians FC
Special Guest: Makmid Kamara.
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\nThis week's episode brings to mind a lot of "What nexts?" in the context of conflicts, wars across the globe. My guest has his mind on this as a matter of everyday practice. Makmid Kamara, a Sierra Leonean human rights leader, researcher and development communications practitioner has over 18years’ experience working with national and international development and human rights organizations in Africa and the United Kingdom. He is the Director of the Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund (ATJLF) based in Accra, Ghana.
Prior to joining the ATJLF, Makmid worked at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International in London as Deputy Director of Global Issues and (Ag.) Head of the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) Team; and served as interim Country Director for Amnesty International Nigeria and West Africa Researcher.
\n\nAs you'll learn in our two-part conversation, Makmid's lived encounters and life works are in many ways culminating the initiatives he is now spearheading which is a testament to the impact that focused attention on the importance of putting people at the center of solutions.
\n\nWhere to find Makmid?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
What's Makmid listening to?
\nFela Kuti
\nBob Marley
\nMorgan Heritage
Out and about in Accra:
\n+233 Jazz Bar & Grill and the Lipstick Band
\nSantoku Restaurant
\nSky Bar
Other topics of interest:
\nCampaign for Good Governance
\nDay of the African Child
\nHuman Rights Clinic-University of Sierra Leone
\nMacArthur Foundation
\nTruth and Reconciliation Commission
\nCenter for Memory and Reparations Civil War Memorial
\nHumAngle - Nigeria
\nWAVE - Gambia
\nAhmad Tehan Kabbah wartime president of Sierra Leone
\nManchester United
\nHearts of Oak
\nOld Edwardians FC
Special Guest: Makmid Kamara.
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\nThis week in our final #herstory in our 2022 March series, I'm happy to welcome Black feminist researcher, writer, and curator Nydia Swaby. Nydia is a Jamaican-American and have called London home for the past decade. She has a PhD in Gender Studies (SOAS), an MA in Women’s History [Sarah Lawrence College], and a BA in Anthropology and African American Studies [Rollins College]. Her practice builds on theories of racial, gendered, diasporic, and queer formation, Black feminism, Black studies, and my previous experience working at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
In her creative approach to knowledge production, she uses archives, ethnography, photography, film, and the imagination to curate programs and visual narratives, write essays and performance pieces exploring the gendered and diasporic dimensions of Black being and becoming. She also creates ancestral altars using family pictures and memorabilia, found photographs and archival images, West African textiles and wood carvings, crystals, fossils, stones, shells, and other curios. These practices converge in her forthcoming monograph, Amy Ashwood Garvey and the Future of Back Feminist Archives (Lawrence Wishart, Summer 2022) and Caird Research Fellowship at The National Maritime Museum, ‘Curating Archives of Affect: Black Feminist Pasts, Presents, and Futures’ (December 2021 - September 2020), and my ongoing visual series, ‘Becoming with Archive: Blackness, Gender, Diaspora’ (2010 - Present).
\n\nAlongside her practice-based research, Nydia work as the Curator of Learning at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, where she collaborates with academics, curators, artists, and writers to develop a multi-disciplinary, practice-based research and learning program. She is also a member of Feminist Review’s Editorial Collective and the Curator of Programmes, and co-edited a recent issue on queer, feminist, diasporic, and decolonial archives.
\n\nPlease read on and explore the topics of interest below for a thoughtfully curated account of the many individuals discussed in the episode.
\n\nWhere to find Nydia?
\nwww.nydiaswaby.com
\nOn LinkedIn
What's Nydia reading?
\nThe Sex Lives of African Women by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
\nDear Science and Other Stories by Katherine McKittrick
What's Nydia watching?
\nMaster
\nDaughters of the Dust
Other topics of interest:
\nAmy Ashwood Garvey
\nUniversal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
\nPan African Movement
\nGarveyism
\nJamaica Kincaid
\nOn Code Switching
\nDouble Consciousness
\nGirl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
\nIfeanyi Awachie
\nImani Perry
\nLorraine Hansberry
\nBarby Asante
\nS. Pearl Sharp
\nAkosua Adoma Owusu
\nRita Gayle
\nJoan Morgan
\nBrittney Cooper
\nThe Politics of Pleasure
Special Guest: Nydia Swaby.
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\n\nThis week on the program, I had the opportunity to chat with Nigerian writer and activist, Ayisha Osori. Ayisha, also a lawyer, consultant and communication strategist has 18 years experience in the public and private sectors. Her clients include the World Bank, United Nations Development Fund, UNICEF, the Department for International Development, the Royal Institute of International Affairs and the National Democratic Institute, to name a few. She is the former CEO of the Nigerian Women Trust Fund and is currently a Director at the Open Society Foundations.
\n\nA published author with a series of children's textbooks on social studies used in primary schools and a children's reference book on Nigeria, her first book, Love Does Not Win Elections chronicles her experiences in the electoral process and Nigerian Politics as a whole.
\n\nShe kept a weekly column for five years, first as the Pedestrian Lawyer in Thisday newspaper [https://www.thisdaylive.com] and most recently, as the Nigerian Citizen for The Leadership newspaper. A regular commentator on radio and television, she has been involved in numerous campaigns to improve social justice for women and girls, governance in Nigeria and is an experienced advocate on gender and social justice issues.
\n\nIt was truly a pleasure to meet and find such accord with Ayisha. Many thanks to Episode 97 guest, Kehinde Togun for making the connection, contributing to our March Herstory mission.
\n\nWhere to find Ayisha?
\nOn LinkeIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn YouTube
What's Ayisha reading?
\nThe Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel by Kati Marton
What's Ayisha watching?
\nKing Richard
\nThe Tragedy of Macbeth
\nCODA
\nModern Family
\nFrasier
\nMeet the Press
What's Ayisha Listening to?
\nBBC's Focus on Africa
Other topics of interest:
\nAfrica Continental Free Trade Area
\nRock the Vote
\nEisenhower Fellowship
\nMap of Abuja
\nOyo Empire
Special Guest: Ayisha Osori.
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\nDid you know IWD was first celebrated in 1911? Commemoration of the date was the outgrowth of the suggestion by Clara Zetkin, a communist activist and advocate for women's rights at the International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen in 1910. It was first celebrated 1911 in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.
For this 111th IWD and in the spirit of advocacy and empowerment, my guest is, and continues to be a woman to watch. She's a thought leader in international development with a passion for young people, health and innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ekua Yankah, an Afro-German was born in Germany to Ghanaian parents; after living in cities across the globe, she is now based in Portugal. Ekua, a polyglot has 20+ years of international experience working for UN agencies such as UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO in Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast & Central Asia and the German Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA) as part of the European Expert Group on Sexuality Education in Europe.
\n\nShe is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Centre for Social Research in Health at University of New South Wales in Sydney where she has authored/co-authored five book chapters, numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, research reports, training manuals and curricula on education, sexual and reproductive health and health innovation.
\n\nEkua also has a passion for contemporary art and cinema and is an active supporter and funder of various initiatives in the art world.
\n\nBe sure to catch both episodes of this two-part conversation as Ekua offers expansive insights into her ability to overlay her professional and passion pursuits for wide benefit.
\n\nWhere to find Ekua?
\nOn Linkedin
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What's Ekua reading?
\nHomegoing by Yaa Gyasi
What's Ekua watching?
\nOur Madness
\nThe Underground Railroad
Other topics of interest:
\nPSI.org
\nPeter Aggelton
\nThe American of Journal Sexuality Education
\nThe Clue app and Hormonal Podcast
\nNana Oforiatta Ayim
\nANO Institute of Art and Knowledge
\nWe Are Born Free Online Radio
\nOn Renee Mboya
\nHANGAR and Monica de Miranda
\nSavvy Contemporary
\nJohn Akomfrah
\nKwesi Owusu
\nKuukua Eshun
\nShaolin Qi Gong Kung Fu Meditation online
Special Guest: Ekua Yankah.
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\nDid you know IWD was first celebrated in 1911? Commemoration of the date was the outgrowth of the suggestion by Clara Zetkin, a communist activist and advocate for women's rights at the International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen in 1910. It was first celebrated 1911 in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.
For this 111th IWD and in the spirit of advocacy and empowerment, my guest is, and continues to be a woman to watch. She's a thought leader in international development with a passion for young people, health and innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ekua Yankah, an Afro-German was born in Germany to Ghanaian parents; after living in cities across the globe, she is now based in Portugal. Ekua, a polyglot has 20+ years of international experience working for UN agencies such as UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO in Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast & Central Asia and the German Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA) as part of the European Expert Group on Sexuality Education in Europe.
\n\nShe is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Centre for Social Research in Health at University of New South Wales in Sydney where she has authored/co-authored five book chapters, numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, research reports, training manuals and curricula on education, sexual and reproductive health and health innovation.
\n\nEkua also has a passion for contemporary art and cinema and is an active supporter and funder of various initiatives in the art world.
\n\nBe sure to catch both episodes of this two-part conversation as Ekua offers expansive insights into her ability to overlay her professional and passion pursuits for wide benefit.
\n\nWhere to find Ekua?
\nOn Linkedin
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What's Ekua reading?
\nHomegoing by Yaa Gyasi
What's Ekua watching?
\nOur Madness
\nThe Underground Railroad
Other topics of interest:
\nPSI.org
\nPeter Aggelton
\nThe American of Journal Sexuality Education
\nThe Clue app and Hormonal Podcast
\nNana Oforiatta Ayim
\nANO Institute of Art and Knowledge
\nWe Are Born Free Online Radio
\nOn Renee Mboya
\nHANGAR and Monica de Miranda
\nSavvy Contemporary
\nJohn Akomfrah
\nKwesi Owusu
\nKuukua Eshun
\nShaolin Qi Gong Kung Fu Meditation online
Special Guest: Ekua Yankah.
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\nI discovered my guest this week in conversation with friend and guest of Episode 73, Jaykumar Menon. Knowing that I practice yoga, he figured an introduction to his cousin and her latest book would be fruitful. Indeed, I'm happy to have spent some quality time with Shailaja Menon to kick-off March, Women's History Month. Shailaja is an Author, Speaker, TV Host and Certified 500-hr Manasa Yoga instructor with over twenty years of teaching experience in the field of yoga. Born and raised in India, now based in Malaysia, she is the Founder of the Mat & Beyond Yoga Studio in Puchong, Selangor. Her book on yoga, Yoga Shakti: Awaken Your Own Power, was published in May 2018. She hosts the weekly show Yoga Shakti on Anand TV, based in the UK with audiences in Europe, North America and New Zealand.
If you haven't already tried yoga, #listenandlearn how a few simple yoga practices can improve your day-to-day existence - Ham Sa.
\n\nWhere to find Shailaja?
\nwww.matnbeyond.com
\nOn Linkedin
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
What's Shailaja reading?
\nSuper Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being by Deepak Chopra
Other topics of interest:
\nIntegral Yoga
\nOn the Eight Limbs of Yoga
\nDr. Mark Hyman
\nDr. Daniel Amen
\nDr. Joe Dispenza
\nDr. Michael Beckwith
Special Guest: Shailaja Menon.
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\nThis week's guest and I share a bit of our own personal Black history going way back to grade school, when his younger brother and I were in the same class from Kindergarten through primary school. We all met up again in high school as "jocks," doing our thing in the Colorado athletics scene. Fast forward to the late 1990s and there we were again bright-eyed and ambitious in New York City--Brooklyn to be exact, laying the groundwork for becoming the adults that we are today. From the basketball court to the comedy stage, Jon Laster has always been a crowd pleaser. He moved to New York City to realize his dream of being a Comedian and quickly moved up the comedy hierarchy establishing himself as one of the funniest comedians and most sought after hosts. Early in his career, he appeared on three season’s of BET’s Comic View [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103356/], hosted the first and second Underground Comedy Festival in New York City, completed a year-long tour with the National Association for Campus Activities appearing on college campuses across the US and hosted the longest running weekly comedy room ever in Brooklyn. Performing and hosting comedy clubs and colleges such at - the Improv in Los Angeles and Miami to Caroline’s and the Comedy Cellar in New York City, from the out skirts of Nebraska, to the shores of Bermuda, Jon has stood audiences on their feet across the globe.
In response the tragic murder of George Floyd and national upheaval that followed, Jon found himself wanting to do more than simply protest. He wanted to do something that would directly impact and improve Black lives. Targeting Black businesses in particular, Jon recently ticked a new box on his resume becoming a tech CEO, with the launch of the Blapp app.
\nBlapp connects is communities to local Black businesses across an array of sectors--bars and restaurants, boutiques and markets, professional services and much, much more. With nearly 20,000 downloads since launching in October 2021, Blapp is well on it's way to becoming a game changer in both the brick and mortar and online shopping spaces!
Where to find Jon?
\nBlapp App
\nComedy Cellar
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn YouTube
What's Jon watching?
\nValley of the Damned on Discovery ID
\nDisney+'s Mandalorian
Other topics of interest:
\nFormer CSU President, Albert C. Yates
\nAbout Leslie Jones
\nOne Bedroom Film
\nAbout Margot Merrill Fernandez
\nIqram Magdon-Ismail, Venmo co-founder
Special Guest: Jon Laster.
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\nThis week, my heart is indeed warmed (I hope you all had a love-filled Valentine's Day) as I prepare to travel back to Ghana, leaving winter behind for 2022. I'm excited to share this fun and insightful conversation, which in many ways helps me pick up where I left off as I met my guest this week just days before traveling to the US. Fellow Stanford alum, Gina Paige's magic lies at the intersection of culture, science, and business. Her passion for helping individuals connect to their cultural identity has secured her a solid place in history as the co-founder of African Ancestry, Inc., as a pioneer for a new way of tracing African lineages using genetics, and as the innovator behind a new marketplace for people of African descent looking to trace their roots more accurately and reliably. She travels the world helping people demystify their roots and inform on identities so that they may better understand who they are by knowing where they’re from. With a career that spans nearly thirty years, she has become the go-to expert on DNA-based ancestry tracing for people of African descent.
This month African Ancestry is featured on VH1's Love & Hip Hop: Lineage to Legacy 2-part special where fan favorites of Love & Hip Hop and Black Ink learn about their genetic origins.
\n\nWhere to find Gina?
\nhttps://ginapaige.com
\nOn LInkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
What's Gina listening to?
\nChuck Brown
\nLonnie Liston Smith
\nPharaoh Sanders
\nSun Ra
\nRoy Ayers
\nOld School Hip Hop Sample
Other topics of interest:
\nGogo Music
\nNarrative Psychology
\nDr. Rick Kittles
\n20th Century Hip Hop
Special Guest: Gina Paige.
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\nFebruary in North America marks Black History Month [https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month] and my guest comes to us from a bedrock city in the story of migration and activism in black history by way of his own family's journey from in his native Cape Verde. Temosticles "Tem Blessed" Ferreira is a multi-talented keynote speaker astounding audiences with his unique blend of poetry, hip-hop music, and relevant social messages. He has spoken at many prestigious universities including Harvard University, Brown University and UMass Amherst and he has shared the stage with recording artists Common, KRS-1, and Ludacris. From large audiences at city-wide earth day festivals, to more intimate settings including classrooms and school assemblies, his word inspire people, particularly youth, with powerful messages focused on personal transformation, critical thinking, global responsibility and how young people can use their voices to be leaders in their communities.
Merging his talents as a hip-hop artist and passions as an environmental justice activist he has recently completed a successful Kickstarter campaign enabling him to publish his stunning 252 page YA (young audiences) graphic novel, Planeta Blu - Rise of Agoo. He wrote this story to inspire the next generation of youth of color. As an African American born in west Africa, he was called to write this book to create a world where a strong, young black woman would be the hero and that other youth of color could see themselves in the same heroic, positive light.
\n\nThis is another lively two-part interview so be sure to tune in x2 for insights into how this justice entrepreneur is re[presenting] superheroes of yesterday and today for a more sustainable tomorrow.
\n\nWhere to find Tem?
\nplanetablu.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instragram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn YouTube
What's Tem reading?
\nAutobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and Alex Haley
\nThe Art of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh
\nThe Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book by Don Miguel Ruiz
\nBeyond Fear: A Toltec Guide to Freedom and Joy, The Teachings of Don Miguel Ruiz by Miguel Ruiz
\nBooks by Ram Dass
\nSpawn Comic Series
What's Tem watching?
\nStar Wars
\nSee
What's Tem listening to?
\nKendrick Lamar
\nA Tribe Calle Quest
\nDe La Soul
\nBob Marley
\nNahko and Medicine for the People
\nChachi Carvalho
\nTem Blessed's Music
\nStrela Negra
\nCeseria Evora
Other topics of interest:
\nVan Jones' Dream Corps
\nUpward Bound
\nKnoll Farm and Peter Forbes
\nSundown Towns
\nHistoric New Bedford
\nFrederick Douglass
\nCape Verdean Americans
\nRevolution Leader Amílcar Cabral
\nPortuguese Dictator DiAntonio de Oli veira Salazar
\nImage Comics
\nDark Horse Comics
*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Temistocles "Tem Blessed" Ferreira .
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\nFebruary in North America marks Black History Month [https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month] and my guest comes to us from a bedrock city in the story of migration and activism in black history by way of his own family's journey from in his native Cape Verde. Temosticles "Tem Blessed" Ferreira is a multi-talented keynote speaker astounding audiences with his unique blend of poetry, hip-hop music, and relevant social messages. He has spoken at many prestigious universities including Harvard University, Brown University and UMass Amherst and he has shared the stage with recording artists Common, KRS-1, and Ludacris. From large audiences at city-wide earth day festivals, to more intimate settings including classrooms and school assemblies, his word inspire people, particularly youth, with powerful messages focused on personal transformation, critical thinking, global responsibility and how young people can use their voices to be leaders in their communities.
Merging his talents as a hip-hop artist and passions as an environmental justice activist he has recently completed a successful Kickstarter campaign enabling him to publish his stunning 252 page YA (young audiences) graphic novel, Planeta Blu - Rise of Agoo. He wrote this story to inspire the next generation of youth of color. As an African American born in west Africa, he was called to write this book to create a world where a strong, young black woman would be the hero and that other youth of color could see themselves in the same heroic, positive light.
\n\nThis is another lively two-part interview so be sure to tune in x2 for insights into how this justice entrepreneur is re[presenting] superheroes of yesterday and today for a more sustainable tomorrow.
\n\nWhere to find Tem?
\nplanetablu.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instragram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn YouTube
What's Tem reading?
\nAutobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and Alex Haley
\nThe Art of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh
\nThe Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book by Don Miguel Ruiz
\nBeyond Fear: A Toltec Guide to Freedom and Joy, The Teachings of Don Miguel Ruiz by Miguel Ruiz
\nBooks by Ram Dass
\nSpawn Comic Series
What's Tem watching?
\nStar Wars
\nSee
What's Tem listening to?
\nKendrick Lamar
\nA Tribe Calle Quest
\nDe La Soul
\nBob Marley
\nNahko and Medicine for the People
\nChachi Carvalho
\nTem Blessed's Music
\nStrela Negra
\nCeseria Evora
Other topics of interest:
\nVan Jones' Dream Corps
\nUpward Bound
\nKnoll Farm and Peter Forbes
\nSundown Towns
\nHistoric New Bedford
\nFrederick Douglass
\nCape Verdean Americans
\nRevolution Leader Amílcar Cabral
\nPortuguese Dictator DiAntonio de Oli veira Salazar
\nImage Comics
\nDark Horse Comics
*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Temistocles "Tem Blessed" Ferreira .
","summary":"","date_published":"2022-02-01T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/4ac3a778-5813-432c-8e15-5c6ccf1da8a9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":58062679,"duration_in_seconds":2419}]},{"id":"e16a0027-b918-477b-89b8-617c4a930ae7","title":"Episode 109: In the Relationship Lab with Erica Daniel Part 2","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/109","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nThis week we have part two of my conversation with an emerging global health leader with a unique range of international experiences. Erica M. Daniel began her professional exploration by pursuing her Masters in Public Health (MPH) and wanting to expand her capacity to work with individual clients, she pursued a certification in sex and relationship coaching through the Somatica Institute. As an intimacy coach she is serving as a catalyst to change the narrative on how sex, relationships, and love are viewed, particularly by those of African descent and Christian backgrounds. Erica dismisses the stigma that sex positivity equates to promiscuity. Instead, embracing the joy of natural sexual energy and expression. She channels her passion for this into the organization she founded in Accra, “For the Love of Fufu,” an Accra-based project operating on the premise that most people want to be an active part of their social experience. It brings a new style to how people connect and make lasting memories by curating highly interactive and engaging events around traditionally taboo topics. \n\nIn true Global Citizens style, Erica is also lead curator of GlobaLuminary Consulting where her objective is to help everyday, normal individuals travel this world, the way best for them. I hope you enjoy taking a trip with us into Erica's world of love, intimacy and healthy self-care.\n\nWhere to find Erica?\nIntimacy Coaching with Erica \nGlobaLuminary Consulting \nFor the Love of Fufu \nOn LinkedIn \nOn Instagram \nOn Twitter \nOn Facebook \n\nWhat's Erica reading?\nMating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel \nCome As Your Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski\nThe Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book by Don Miguel Ruiz\n\nWhat's Erica watching?\nDon't Look Up \nMoney Heist \nQueens Gambit \n\nOther topics of interest:\n69 \nThe Somatica Institute \nSex, Love & goop \n\n*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!Special Guest: Erica Daniel.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nThis week we have part two of my conversation with an emerging global health leader with a unique range of international experiences. Erica M. Daniel began her professional exploration by pursuing her Masters in Public Health (MPH) and wanting to expand her capacity to work with individual clients, she pursued a certification in sex and relationship coaching through the Somatica Institute. As an intimacy coach she is serving as a catalyst to change the narrative on how sex, relationships, and love are viewed, particularly by those of African descent and Christian backgrounds. Erica dismisses the stigma that sex positivity equates to promiscuity. Instead, embracing the joy of natural sexual energy and expression. She channels her passion for this into the organization she founded in Accra, “For the Love of Fufu,” an Accra-based project operating on the premise that most people want to be an active part of their social experience. It brings a new style to how people connect and make lasting memories by curating highly interactive and engaging events around traditionally taboo topics.
In true Global Citizens style, Erica is also lead curator of GlobaLuminary Consulting where her objective is to help everyday, normal individuals travel this world, the way best for them. I hope you enjoy taking a trip with us into Erica's world of love, intimacy and healthy self-care.
\n\nWhere to find Erica?
\nIntimacy Coaching with Erica
\nGlobaLuminary Consulting
\nFor the Love of Fufu
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
What's Erica reading?
\nMating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel
\nCome As Your Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski
\nThe Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book by Don Miguel Ruiz
What's Erica watching?
\nDon't Look Up
\nMoney Heist
\nQueens Gambit
Other topics of interest:
\n69
\nThe Somatica Institute
\nSex, Love & goop
*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Erica Daniel.
","summary":"","date_published":"2022-01-25T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/e16a0027-b918-477b-89b8-617c4a930ae7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":76934791,"duration_in_seconds":1923}]},{"id":"273a78b3-67f2-49bb-b6a3-7e6e5615a2f2","title":"Episode 108: In the Relationship Lab with Erica Daniel Part 1","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/108","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nThis week we have part one of a juicy two-part conversation with an emerging global health leader with a unique range of international experiences. Erica M. Daniel began her professional exploration by pursuing her Masters in Public Health (MPH) and wanting to expand her capacity to work with individual clients, she pursued a certification in sex and relationship coaching through the Somatica Institute. As an intimacy coach she is serving as a catalyst to change the narrative on how sex, relationships, and love are viewed, particularly by those of African descent and Christian backgrounds. Erica dismisses the stigma that sex positivity equates to promiscuity. Instead, embracing the joy of natural sexual energy and expression. She channels her passion for this into the organization she founded in Accra, “For the Love of Fufu,” an Accra-based project operating on the premise that most people want to be an active part of their social experience. It brings a new style to how people connect and make lasting memories by curating highly interactive and engaging events around traditionally taboo topics. \n\nIn true Global Citizens style, Erica is also lead curator of GlobaLuminary Consulting where her objective is to help everyday, normal individuals travel this world, the way best for them. I hope you enjoy taking a trip with us into Erica's world of love, intimacy and healthy self-care.\n\nWhere to find Erica?\nIntimacy Coaching with Erica \nGlobaLuminary Consulting \nFor the Love of Fufu \nOn LinkedIn \nOn Instagram \nOn Twitter \nOn Facebook \n\nWhat's Erica reading?\nMating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel \nCome As Your Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski\nThe Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book by Don Miguel Ruiz\n\nWhat's Erica watching?\nDon't Look Up \nMoney Heist \nQueens Gambit \n\nOther topics of interest:\n69 \nThe Somatica Institute \nSex, Love & goop \n\n*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!Special Guest: Erica Daniel.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nThis week we have part one of a juicy two-part conversation with an emerging global health leader with a unique range of international experiences. Erica M. Daniel began her professional exploration by pursuing her Masters in Public Health (MPH) and wanting to expand her capacity to work with individual clients, she pursued a certification in sex and relationship coaching through the Somatica Institute. As an intimacy coach she is serving as a catalyst to change the narrative on how sex, relationships, and love are viewed, particularly by those of African descent and Christian backgrounds. Erica dismisses the stigma that sex positivity equates to promiscuity. Instead, embracing the joy of natural sexual energy and expression. She channels her passion for this into the organization she founded in Accra, “For the Love of Fufu,” an Accra-based project operating on the premise that most people want to be an active part of their social experience. It brings a new style to how people connect and make lasting memories by curating highly interactive and engaging events around traditionally taboo topics.
In true Global Citizens style, Erica is also lead curator of GlobaLuminary Consulting where her objective is to help everyday, normal individuals travel this world, the way best for them. I hope you enjoy taking a trip with us into Erica's world of love, intimacy and healthy self-care.
\n\nWhere to find Erica?
\nIntimacy Coaching with Erica
\nGlobaLuminary Consulting
\nFor the Love of Fufu
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
What's Erica reading?
\nMating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel
\nCome As Your Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski
\nThe Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book by Don Miguel Ruiz
What's Erica watching?
\nDon't Look Up
\nMoney Heist
\nQueens Gambit
Other topics of interest:
\n69
\nThe Somatica Institute
\nSex, Love & goop
*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Erica Daniel.
","summary":"","date_published":"2022-01-18T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/273a78b3-67f2-49bb-b6a3-7e6e5615a2f2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":69750072,"duration_in_seconds":1743}]},{"id":"85527120-dc12-4b34-af5c-03eb658f8c54","title":"Episode 107: Illustrating Impact with Chidiebere Ibe","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/107","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nThis week's guest has recently become hot topic across traditional and social media platforms. His black fetus illustration went viral ushering his medical career in with a bang. Nigerian, Chidiebere Ibe graduated in Chemistry from the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State and in 2020. He then became creative director of the Journal of Global Neurosurgery. Having lost his mother to cancer, he became passionate about medicine, especially in relation to mothers and children. Independent from an early age, he raised funds for tuition to attend Kyiv Medical University in Ukraine, and will begin as first-year medical student this month. \n\nChidiebere's affiliations include a roles as a Research Fellow/Creative Director at the Association of Future African Neurosurgeons (AFAN) and the Young Continental Association of African Neurosurgical Societies (YCAANS). He is also Creative Director and Chief Medical Illustrator of the Journal of Global Neurosurgery. He is passionate about contemporary illustrations of black patients and intends to continue working assiduously promoting the use of black skin medical illustration in medical textbooks and public health materials. He is pursuing a career in pediatric neurosurgery and intends to establish an association for black medical illustrators. We're confident that he will do just that!\n\nWhere to find Chidiebere?\nOn LinkedIn \nOn Twitter \nOn Instagram \nOn Facebook \n\nWhat is Chidiebere listening to?\nNathaniel Bassey \nMoses Bliss \nTodd Dulaney \nTravis Greene \nDonny McClurkin \nDunsin Oyekan \n\nWhat's Chidiebere reading?\nYou Have a Brain: A Teen's Guide to T.H.I.N.K. B.I.G. \nby Ben Carson M.D.\n\nOther topics of interest:\nElservier Publishing \nUkrainian language \n\n*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!Special Guest: Chidiebere Ibe.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nThis week's guest has recently become hot topic across traditional and social media platforms. His black fetus illustration went viral ushering his medical career in with a bang. Nigerian, Chidiebere Ibe graduated in Chemistry from the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State and in 2020. He then became creative director of the Journal of Global Neurosurgery. Having lost his mother to cancer, he became passionate about medicine, especially in relation to mothers and children. Independent from an early age, he raised funds for tuition to attend Kyiv Medical University in Ukraine, and will begin as first-year medical student this month.
Chidiebere's affiliations include a roles as a Research Fellow/Creative Director at the Association of Future African Neurosurgeons (AFAN) and the Young Continental Association of African Neurosurgical Societies (YCAANS). He is also Creative Director and Chief Medical Illustrator of the Journal of Global Neurosurgery. He is passionate about contemporary illustrations of black patients and intends to continue working assiduously promoting the use of black skin medical illustration in medical textbooks and public health materials. He is pursuing a career in pediatric neurosurgery and intends to establish an association for black medical illustrators. We're confident that he will do just that!
\n\nWhere to find Chidiebere?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What is Chidiebere listening to?
\nNathaniel Bassey
\nMoses Bliss
\nTodd Dulaney
\nTravis Greene
\nDonny McClurkin
\nDunsin Oyekan
What's Chidiebere reading?
\nYou Have a Brain: A Teen's Guide to T.H.I.N.K. B.I.G.
\nby Ben Carson M.D.
Other topics of interest:
\nElservier Publishing
\nUkrainian language
*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Chidiebere Ibe.
","summary":"","date_published":"2022-01-11T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/85527120-dc12-4b34-af5c-03eb658f8c54.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":54547890,"duration_in_seconds":2272}]},{"id":"c4c3d1ab-0f47-4d3d-a9b3-446a3b8f808e","title":"Episode 106: Mindset Hacks to Start the New Year!","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/106","content_text":"New Year Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nAs we usher in 2022 aka double deuces, this week’s episode is all about mindset. We’re going back into the Global Citizens archive for a compilation of mindset hacks from early guests of the podcast. In case you’e new to the podcast and not unlike some of my guests you might be wondering what is a mindset hack? Well, a description that I quite like is that mindset hacking is exploring the limits of what is possible, seeking excellence, or even balance which entails doing something exciting and meaningful, deliberately finding opportunities to be clever, problem solve and enjoy what you are doing. So with that in mind, this week you’ll hear from:\nCordie Aziz-Nash, she is the CEO and founder of Environment360 and has roots in Sierra Leone, Ghana and the US;\nNigerian-American filmmaker and founder of Refined Creative based in Accra, Ghana, Emmanuel Etim;\nGhanaian, musician and social entrepreneur, Leslie Bentil, he’s the founder of Gutta Soles and the Gutta Soles Foundation;\nNigerian pianist, music director, composer, and leader of Afrobeat band Ayetoro, Funsho Ogundipe; \nGhanaian Amma Gyampo, Co-Founder of B2B Entrepreneurship Development firm, ScaleUp Africa; \nAlso from Ghana, serial techpreneur and creative, Kwame Acheampong; \nYogi and wellness-peneur, Nana Amoako-Anin, founder of Bliss Yoga Accra;\nand Valerie Labi, a social innovator, business leader and mother who just last week welcomed her third bundle of joy. Congratulations to Val and her family! \n\nSo, as we ease our way out of holiday mode and into the flow of work I hope you enjoy these sound bites of inspiration to help nourish the start of your new year!\n\nLinks of interest:\nAIESECUS.org \nMindsetopia.com \nDiscerning the Voice of God: How to Recognize When God is Speaking by Priscilla Shirer \nAbout Kofi Ansah \nFringe TV Series \n\nSound effects:\n\"[Ambience, Seaside Waves, Close, A.wav](www.jshaw.co.uk)\" by InspectorJ of Freesound.orgSpecial Guests: Amma Gyampo, Cordie Aziz, Emmanuel Etim, Funsho Ogundipe, Kwame Acheampong, Leslie Bentil, Nana Amoako-Anin, and Valerie Labi.","content_html":"New Year Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nAs we usher in 2022 aka double deuces, this week’s episode is all about mindset. We’re going back into the Global Citizens archive for a compilation of mindset hacks from early guests of the podcast. In case you’e new to the podcast and not unlike some of my guests you might be wondering what is a mindset hack? Well, a description that I quite like is that mindset hacking is exploring the limits of what is possible, seeking excellence, or even balance which entails doing something exciting and meaningful, deliberately finding opportunities to be clever, problem solve and enjoy what you are doing. So with that in mind, this week you’ll hear from:
\nCordie Aziz-Nash, she is the CEO and founder of Environment360 and has roots in Sierra Leone, Ghana and the US;
\nNigerian-American filmmaker and founder of Refined Creative based in Accra, Ghana, Emmanuel Etim;
\nGhanaian, musician and social entrepreneur, Leslie Bentil, he’s the founder of Gutta Soles and the Gutta Soles Foundation;
\nNigerian pianist, music director, composer, and leader of Afrobeat band Ayetoro, Funsho Ogundipe;
\nGhanaian Amma Gyampo, Co-Founder of B2B Entrepreneurship Development firm, ScaleUp Africa;
\nAlso from Ghana, serial techpreneur and creative, Kwame Acheampong;
\nYogi and wellness-peneur, Nana Amoako-Anin, founder of Bliss Yoga Accra;
\nand Valerie Labi, a social innovator, business leader and mother who just last week welcomed her third bundle of joy. Congratulations to Val and her family!
So, as we ease our way out of holiday mode and into the flow of work I hope you enjoy these sound bites of inspiration to help nourish the start of your new year!
\n\nLinks of interest:
\nAIESECUS.org
\nMindsetopia.com
\nDiscerning the Voice of God: How to Recognize When God is Speaking by Priscilla Shirer
\nAbout Kofi Ansah
\nFringe TV Series
Sound effects:
\n"[Ambience, Seaside Waves, Close, A.wav](www.jshaw.co.uk)" by InspectorJ of Freesound.org
Special Guests: Amma Gyampo, Cordie Aziz, Emmanuel Etim, Funsho Ogundipe, Kwame Acheampong, Leslie Bentil, Nana Amoako-Anin, and Valerie Labi.
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\n'Tis the season for gratitude, cheer and new beginnings which is exactly what this week's guest offers in story and insight. Brigitte Perenyi is an award-winning Documentary Story Producer, Director, and Voice Over Artist, with a keen eye for visual and narrative details. She has traveled and worked in over ten countries in Africa and Europe; producing in one of the most challenging environments for media outlets, corporations, and organizations including BBC, World Bank, Open Society Foundation, and Conciliation Resources (CR).
In 2017, Brigitte lead the full production of her personal story in a documentary film called, My Stolen Childhood. The BBC Our World commissioned 25 minutes edit which has been seen by millions of people globally. In November 2019, the BBC named her one of the most inspiring women in the world.
\n\nShe is a story strategist and cultural translator, who helps international media agencies and development organizations step away from narratives of victimhood and unequal power dynamics to tell stories that connect to the human heart.
\n\nI'm delighted to share this inspiring guest and her story of ascent, overcoming a traumatic childhood to emerge in her womanhood as a masterful narrative storyteller.
\n\nWhere to find Brigitte?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn YouTube
What's Brigitte watching?
\nAwon Boys on Netflix
\nThe Creative Brain
What's Brigitte reading?
\nHealing the Soul of a Woman: How to Overcome Your Emotional Wounds by Joyce Meter
\nCrazy Faith: It's Only Crazy Until It Happens by Michael Todd
\nWoman Evolve: Break Up with Your Fears and Revolutionize Your Life by Sarah Jakes Roberts
Other topics of interest:
\nWhat is the Trokosi System?
\nImposter Syndrome
\nCheck out Emmanuel Etim's episodes of the podcast and Refined Creative
*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Brigitte Perenyi.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-12-28T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/bc62d1ba-2f54-432d-9032-3c81c86ecd98.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":74619328,"duration_in_seconds":3109}]},{"id":"b8f65306-900e-477e-9378-ceb0cdb4f22e","title":"Episode 104: Building the Square on the Longest Street in the World with Ayobisi Osuntusa","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/104","content_text":"Season's Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nThis week I'm sharing heartfelt cheer and lots of laughter as I meet with one to Africa's education super stars. In the past decade, her organization has quietly trained more than 10,000 teachers across five countries and the number is set to continue growing with each new initiative under her belt. As CEO and Executive Director of the Sesame Square Foundation in Abuja, Nigerian-born Ayobisi \"Bisi\" Osuntusa manages and oversees all aspects of the Education Research and Outreach departments of the Sesame Square project. In this capacity, she also co-develops teacher training and other educative materials, providing trainings for teachers, guardians, and educational officers, among her other leadership and implementation duties. Education has always played center stage in Bisi's life as you'll learn listening to the episode. And I trust that you'll come away with loads of new insights into the work necessary to prepare families, teachers and children to be the best that they can be!\n\nWhere to find Bisi?\nOn LinkedIn \nOn Twitter \nOn Instagram \nOn Facebook \n\nWhat's Bisi reading?\nBorn a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah\n\nWhat's Bisi watching?\nFrom Paris with Love \n\nOther topics of interest:\nArewa24 \nKanuri Language \nIDP Camps \nLego Foundation \nShipt \n\nWhen you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!Special Guest: Ayobisi Osuntusa.","content_html":"Season's Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nThis week I'm sharing heartfelt cheer and lots of laughter as I meet with one to Africa's education super stars. In the past decade, her organization has quietly trained more than 10,000 teachers across five countries and the number is set to continue growing with each new initiative under her belt. As CEO and Executive Director of the Sesame Square Foundation in Abuja, Nigerian-born Ayobisi "Bisi" Osuntusa manages and oversees all aspects of the Education Research and Outreach departments of the Sesame Square project. In this capacity, she also co-develops teacher training and other educative materials, providing trainings for teachers, guardians, and educational officers, among her other leadership and implementation duties. Education has always played center stage in Bisi's life as you'll learn listening to the episode. And I trust that you'll come away with loads of new insights into the work necessary to prepare families, teachers and children to be the best that they can be!
Where to find Bisi?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What's Bisi reading?
\nBorn a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
What's Bisi watching?
\nFrom Paris with Love
Other topics of interest:
\nArewa24
\nKanuri Language
\nIDP Camps
\nLego Foundation
\nShipt
When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Ayobisi Osuntusa.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-12-21T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/b8f65306-900e-477e-9378-ceb0cdb4f22e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":74979278,"duration_in_seconds":3124}]},{"id":"211acb02-b936-4cf9-9757-727f4e7ed363","title":"Episode 103: Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Nyamal Tutdeal Part 2","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/103","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nI had a great time with my guest this week who joined by for my last interview from Accra for the year. We met via another stamped and sealed Glocal Citizen Asare Adjei [Glocal Citizens - Asare Adjei] and what a pleasure is was meeting this trailblazer!\n\nNyamal Tutdeal is a former refugee from South Sudan resettled in the United States with her family. She has worked with various immigrants, migrants, refugees, indigenous communities, and women groups, both domestically and internationally. She is a notable international speaker and an advocate for displaced communities. Her advocacy work took her to the White House during President Obama’s term in office. She has hosted cultural events and facilitates dialogue on conflict resolution, antiracist/race relations and peacebuilding. She is also a mediator and teaches mediation, conflict coaching, restorative justice and conflict transformation.\n\nNyamal is the co-founder and Executive Director of the NyaEden Foundation, an Adjunct Professor at Arcadia University and Director of Equity and Inclusion for CORA Services, a Nonprofit in Pennsylvania. She previously served as the policy director for Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalitions, a Nonprofit working on immigrants and refugees issues, and currently sits on the board. She holds a B.A. in Human Relations, an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution. Nyamal is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis & Resolution at Nova Southeastern University.\n\nA hallmark of Nyamal's technical approach is humor which she shared generously--we had great fun and many laughs during the interview. You're invited to laugh along as we journey with Nyamal for her native lands to the US!\n\nWhere to find Nyamal?\n [[NYAEDEN FOUNDATION](www.nyaeden.org)\nOn LinkedIn \nOn Instagram \nOn Twitter \nOn Facebook \nShades of Injera \n\nWhat's Nyamal reading?\nChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi\nAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\n\nOther topics of interest:\nNuer People \nWhite Fragility \nJessica .B Harris and High on the Hog \nPonca People \nJesus and Jollof \n\n*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!Special Guest: Nyamal Tutdeal.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nI had a great time with my guest this week who joined by for my last interview from Accra for the year. We met via another stamped and sealed Glocal Citizen Asare Adjei [Glocal Citizens - Asare Adjei] and what a pleasure is was meeting this trailblazer!
Nyamal Tutdeal is a former refugee from South Sudan resettled in the United States with her family. She has worked with various immigrants, migrants, refugees, indigenous communities, and women groups, both domestically and internationally. She is a notable international speaker and an advocate for displaced communities. Her advocacy work took her to the White House during President Obama’s term in office. She has hosted cultural events and facilitates dialogue on conflict resolution, antiracist/race relations and peacebuilding. She is also a mediator and teaches mediation, conflict coaching, restorative justice and conflict transformation.
\n\nNyamal is the co-founder and Executive Director of the NyaEden Foundation, an Adjunct Professor at Arcadia University and Director of Equity and Inclusion for CORA Services, a Nonprofit in Pennsylvania. She previously served as the policy director for Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalitions, a Nonprofit working on immigrants and refugees issues, and currently sits on the board. She holds a B.A. in Human Relations, an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution. Nyamal is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis & Resolution at Nova Southeastern University.
\n\nA hallmark of Nyamal's technical approach is humor which she shared generously--we had great fun and many laughs during the interview. You're invited to laugh along as we journey with Nyamal for her native lands to the US!
\n\nWhere to find Nyamal?
\n [[NYAEDEN FOUNDATION](www.nyaeden.org)
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
\nShades of Injera
What's Nyamal reading?
\nChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
\nAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Other topics of interest:
\nNuer People
\nWhite Fragility
\nJessica .B Harris and High on the Hog
\nPonca People
\nJesus and Jollof
*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Nyamal Tutdeal.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-12-14T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/211acb02-b936-4cf9-9757-727f4e7ed363.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":67441612,"duration_in_seconds":2810}]},{"id":"5d66c3da-4d30-4bf1-82e2-f990b527c876","title":"Episode 102: Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Nyamal Tutdeal Part 1","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/102","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nI had a great time with my guest this week who joined me for my last interview from Accra for the year. We met via another stamped and sealed Glocal Citizen Asare Adjei [Glocal Citizens - Asare Adjei] and what a pleasure is was meeting this trailblazer!\n\nNyamal Tutdeal is a former refugee from South Sudan resettled in the United States with her family. She has worked with various immigrants, migrants, refugees, indigenous communities, and women groups, both domestically and internationally. She is a notable international speaker and an advocate for displaced communities. Her advocacy work took her to the White House during President Obama’s term in office. She has hosted cultural events and facilitates dialogue on conflict resolution, antiracist/race relations and peacebuilding. She is also a mediator and teaches mediation, conflict coaching, restorative justice and conflict transformation.\n\nNyamal is the co-founder and Executive Director of the NyaEden Foundation, an Adjunct Professor at Arcadia University and Director of Equity and Inclusion for CORA Services, a Nonprofit in Pennsylvania. She previously served as the policy director for Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalitions, a Nonprofit working on immigrants and refugees issues, and currently sits on the board. She holds a B.A. in Human Relations, an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution. Nyamal is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis & Resolution at Nova Southeastern University.\n\nA hallmark of Nyamal's technical approach is humor which she shared generously--we had great fun and many laughs during the interview. You're invited to laugh along as we journey with Nyamal for her native lands to the US!\n\nWhere to find Nyamal?\n [[NYAEDEN FOUNDATION](www.nyaeden.org)\nOn LinkedIn \nOn Instagram \nOn Twitter \nOn Facebook \nShades of Injera \n\nWhat's Nyamal reading?\nChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi\nAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\n\nOther topics of interest:\nNuer People \nWhite Fragility \nJessica .B Harris and High on the Hog \nPonca People \nJesus and Jollof \n\n*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!Special Guest: Nyamal Tutdeal.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nI had a great time with my guest this week who joined me for my last interview from Accra for the year. We met via another stamped and sealed Glocal Citizen Asare Adjei [Glocal Citizens - Asare Adjei] and what a pleasure is was meeting this trailblazer!
Nyamal Tutdeal is a former refugee from South Sudan resettled in the United States with her family. She has worked with various immigrants, migrants, refugees, indigenous communities, and women groups, both domestically and internationally. She is a notable international speaker and an advocate for displaced communities. Her advocacy work took her to the White House during President Obama’s term in office. She has hosted cultural events and facilitates dialogue on conflict resolution, antiracist/race relations and peacebuilding. She is also a mediator and teaches mediation, conflict coaching, restorative justice and conflict transformation.
\n\nNyamal is the co-founder and Executive Director of the NyaEden Foundation, an Adjunct Professor at Arcadia University and Director of Equity and Inclusion for CORA Services, a Nonprofit in Pennsylvania. She previously served as the policy director for Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalitions, a Nonprofit working on immigrants and refugees issues, and currently sits on the board. She holds a B.A. in Human Relations, an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution. Nyamal is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis & Resolution at Nova Southeastern University.
\n\nA hallmark of Nyamal's technical approach is humor which she shared generously--we had great fun and many laughs during the interview. You're invited to laugh along as we journey with Nyamal for her native lands to the US!
\n\nWhere to find Nyamal?
\n [[NYAEDEN FOUNDATION](www.nyaeden.org)
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
\nShades of Injera
What's Nyamal reading?
\nChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
\nAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Other topics of interest:
\nNuer People
\nWhite Fragility
\nJessica .B Harris and High on the Hog
\nPonca People
\nJesus and Jollof
*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Nyamal Tutdeal.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-12-07T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/5d66c3da-4d30-4bf1-82e2-f990b527c876.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":60432290,"duration_in_seconds":2518}]},{"id":"ff0e2b4e-9068-4d08-8137-eb4367cb6104","title":"Episode 101: Thoughts on AI and Wellness with Nadhir Douma","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/101","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens! \nTen years on, after the Arab Spring bloomed, we're taking a virtual tour to Tunisia. There I met with Nadhir Douma a ICT specialist with an eye on continuous improvement of the human condition. Born and raised in Tunisa, Nadhir is a social entrepreneur, innovator and Artificial Intelligence enthusiast with an ICT background and more than 20 years in information systems mainly in higher education. He has founded and led two start ups in edtech in Tunisia. His first start up, e-Taalim, a free Weblog on e-Learning for executives, professionals and students in Africa and the Arab World was welcomed by several international organizations including UNESCO, ICT4ALL Forum, the European Commission, ALECSO and the OECD. In 2010, e-Taalim was chosen by the European association, Medventures as the best ICT start up in Tunisia. His second start up, ISLAMeBooks, a digital publishing house/ebookstore specialized in Islamic books in many languages was chosen by the World summit award as one of the best 40 eLearning projects worldwide in 2013. He is currently mentoring and coaching start up founders and giving advice in eLearning, ePublishing, eMarketing and eBusiness. In addition, he is also one of 371 Swedish Institute scholars enabling him to pursue a masters in Computer Science for sustainable development in Sweden. His connection to the Nordic region began in 2019 when his eHealth start-up project was among 75 projects from across the globe selected to incubate and launch in the Startup Visa program in Denmark.\n\nTune in and find out more about Nadhir's other areas of interest and knowledge such as sustainability, sustaintech, circular economy, transformative technology, phytotherapy and more.\n\nWhere to find Nadhir?\nOn LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadhirdouma/]\nOn Twitter [https://twitter.com/nadhirus]\n\nOther topics of interest:\nAbout Sousse [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousse]\nTunisia's Startup Act [https://www.insme.org/the-tunisian-startup-act/]\nBenefits of Prickly Pear [https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/expert-answers/prickly-pear-cactus/faq-20057771#:~:text=Prickly%20pear%20cactus%20%E2%80%94%20or%20also,antiviral%20and%20anti%2Dinflammatory%20properties]\nBenefits of Rosemary [https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/266370#_noHeaderPrefixedContent]Special Guest: Nadihir Douma.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nTen years on, after the Arab Spring bloomed, we're taking a virtual tour to Tunisia. There I met with Nadhir Douma a ICT specialist with an eye on continuous improvement of the human condition. Born and raised in Tunisa, Nadhir is a social entrepreneur, innovator and Artificial Intelligence enthusiast with an ICT background and more than 20 years in information systems mainly in higher education. He has founded and led two start ups in edtech in Tunisia. His first start up, e-Taalim, a free Weblog on e-Learning for executives, professionals and students in Africa and the Arab World was welcomed by several international organizations including UNESCO, ICT4ALL Forum, the European Commission, ALECSO and the OECD. In 2010, e-Taalim was chosen by the European association, Medventures as the best ICT start up in Tunisia. His second start up, ISLAMeBooks, a digital publishing house/ebookstore specialized in Islamic books in many languages was chosen by the World summit award as one of the best 40 eLearning projects worldwide in 2013. He is currently mentoring and coaching start up founders and giving advice in eLearning, ePublishing, eMarketing and eBusiness. In addition, he is also one of 371 Swedish Institute scholars enabling him to pursue a masters in Computer Science for sustainable development in Sweden. His connection to the Nordic region began in 2019 when his eHealth start-up project was among 75 projects from across the globe selected to incubate and launch in the Startup Visa program in Denmark.
Tune in and find out more about Nadhir's other areas of interest and knowledge such as sustainability, sustaintech, circular economy, transformative technology, phytotherapy and more.
\n\nWhere to find Nadhir?
\nOn LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadhirdouma/]
\nOn Twitter [https://twitter.com/nadhirus]
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Sousse [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousse]
\nTunisia's Startup Act [https://www.insme.org/the-tunisian-startup-act/]
\nBenefits of Prickly Pear [https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/expert-answers/prickly-pear-cactus/faq-20057771#:~:text=Prickly%20pear%20cactus%20%E2%80%94%20or%20also,antiviral%20and%20anti%2Dinflammatory%20properties]
\nBenefits of Rosemary [https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/266370#_noHeaderPrefixedContent]
Special Guest: Nadihir Douma.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-11-29T21:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/ff0e2b4e-9068-4d08-8137-eb4367cb6104.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":67154278,"duration_in_seconds":2798}]},{"id":"c4555f4d-3906-458a-a107-f7222d1f26b6","title":"Episode 100: Making the Most of the Return with Ivy Prosper","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/100","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens! \nAs of this week we've been on this journey for 100 Episodes!! Hurray :) \nand thank you all for joining me on this mission. I continue to be very much committed to manifesting a new world one guest at a time and the idea of showcasing the works and ways of all the dynamic diasporans out there doing their something is motivation to get to episode1000 in due time!\n\nMy guest this week is a media professional and content creator that rounds out our first 100 episodes quite nicely. Ivy Prosper is Ghanaian born and while spending the majority of her life in Canada she is a passionate Pan-Africa and has developed a desire to help tell stories that can change the negative narrative of Africa often portrayed in the media. is very passionate about advocating for women and doesn’t hesitate to speak her mind when it comes to gender issues and educating people who don’t understand the disparity that still exists when it comes to gender equality. For over a decade she has been a public speaker addressing concerns related to the empowerment women.\n\nBorn in Ghana, she immigrated to Canada at an early age with her parents. A graduate of Ryerson University, her career in the public eye began as a teen when she was pursuing a career as a fashion model before venturing into the fashion industry first as a designer then in retail footwear until she became an assistant buyer for a women's retailer. She later made a career change after studying Radio & Television Broadcasting at Specs Howard School of Media Art in Detroit, Michigan. Since then she has worked as a Television Reporter, Host, Producer and script-writer on various projects.\n\nMost notably she worked as a Consultant/Fixer on one episode of the Christiane Amanpour series, Sex & Love Around the World, which aired on CNN in 2018. She was nominated for Host of the Year in a Development Series by the RTP Awards in Ghana for her work on The Maternal Health Channel TV Series in 2013. Over the last year she has been a freelance Producer on documentary film projects with Refined Creative, a production company based in Ghana. \n\nAs a reporter she’s interviewed noteworthy people including Oscar-Winning Director, Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), Actor/Producer Idris Elba, Oscar-Nominated actor Jake Gyllenhall, Recording artist Akon, Comedian Leslie Jones, Actor David Oyelowo, Grammy-winning recording artist Melanie Fiona and many more. \n\nThere is so much more to Ivy, listen in and fully Prosper!\n\nWhere to find Ivy?\nOn LinkedIn \nOn Twitter \nOn Instagram \nOn YouTube \nOn Facebook \nOn Pintrest \n\nWhat's Ivy reading?\nFailing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success by John C. Maxwell \n\nOther topics of interest:\nMel Robbins' The 5Second Rule \nNAACP Niagara Movement \nYear of Return and Beyond \nMaternal Health Channel \n\nGrand Health Bazaar \n...and join me on November 23rd @ 2PM WAT as moderate the COVID-19 status and solution-scaping afternoon sessions. \n\n*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!Special Guest: Ivy Prosper.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nAs of this week we've been on this journey for 100 Episodes!! Hurray :)
\nand thank you all for joining me on this mission. I continue to be very much committed to manifesting a new world one guest at a time and the idea of showcasing the works and ways of all the dynamic diasporans out there doing their something is motivation to get to episode1000 in due time!
My guest this week is a media professional and content creator that rounds out our first 100 episodes quite nicely. Ivy Prosper is Ghanaian born and while spending the majority of her life in Canada she is a passionate Pan-Africa and has developed a desire to help tell stories that can change the negative narrative of Africa often portrayed in the media. is very passionate about advocating for women and doesn’t hesitate to speak her mind when it comes to gender issues and educating people who don’t understand the disparity that still exists when it comes to gender equality. For over a decade she has been a public speaker addressing concerns related to the empowerment women.
\n\nBorn in Ghana, she immigrated to Canada at an early age with her parents. A graduate of Ryerson University, her career in the public eye began as a teen when she was pursuing a career as a fashion model before venturing into the fashion industry first as a designer then in retail footwear until she became an assistant buyer for a women's retailer. She later made a career change after studying Radio & Television Broadcasting at Specs Howard School of Media Art in Detroit, Michigan. Since then she has worked as a Television Reporter, Host, Producer and script-writer on various projects.
\n\nMost notably she worked as a Consultant/Fixer on one episode of the Christiane Amanpour series, Sex & Love Around the World, which aired on CNN in 2018. She was nominated for Host of the Year in a Development Series by the RTP Awards in Ghana for her work on The Maternal Health Channel TV Series in 2013. Over the last year she has been a freelance Producer on documentary film projects with Refined Creative, a production company based in Ghana.
\n\nAs a reporter she’s interviewed noteworthy people including Oscar-Winning Director, Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), Actor/Producer Idris Elba, Oscar-Nominated actor Jake Gyllenhall, Recording artist Akon, Comedian Leslie Jones, Actor David Oyelowo, Grammy-winning recording artist Melanie Fiona and many more.
\n\nThere is so much more to Ivy, listen in and fully Prosper!
\n\nWhere to find Ivy?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn YouTube
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Pintrest
What's Ivy reading?
\nFailing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success by John C. Maxwell
Other topics of interest:
\nMel Robbins' The 5Second Rule
\nNAACP Niagara Movement
\nYear of Return and Beyond
\nMaternal Health Channel
Grand Health Bazaar
\n...and join me on November 23rd @ 2PM WAT as moderate the COVID-19 status and solution-scaping afternoon sessions.
*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Ivy Prosper.
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\n\nNowadays he is making a mark in Ghana as the owner of The Pallet Kitchen which is constructed of recycled pallets. His current project, "The Arrk," a tribute to the native history and sea vessels will open in December 2021 in time for the bustling holiday season.
\n\nWhere to find Zoh Zoh?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
\nOn Twitter
Other topics of interest:
\nNapier, New Zealand
\nWho are the Kiwis?
\nNomadic African and other Zoh Zoh Music
\nZoh Zoh chats with Wode Maya
Special Guest: Yaw "ZohZoh" Boateng.
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\nMy guest this week comes to us from Toronto, Canada by way of her native Cameroon. Tina Mbachu is a bilingual, social impact specialist and international development professional focused on Africa and the intersection of gender equality and economic empowerment. She is passionate about social entrepreneurship that fosters the creative economy on the continent and also builds opportunities for job creation. She is also the owner of A Few Good Things, an online store with the aim to highlight talented African designers whose work has sustainable and ethical production practices at its core. As a complement to A Few Good Things is her start-up enterprise Atelier MBOKA, which is focused on building an inclusive value chain for fashion accessories. If you're a social entrepreneur in the making or simply curious about the how to optimize social impact for your own work places, Tina is a resource ready and able to be your guide.
Where to find Tina?
\nwww.tinambachu.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nA Few Good Things on IG
What's Tina reading?
\nTrue Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh
What's Tina listening to?
\nOn Spotify
Other topics of interest:
\nThe Black Innovation Program @ DMZ
\nBamileke People of Cameroon
\nKizomba
*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Tina Mbachu.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-11-09T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/a370bde0-7b7b-4684-af3e-4c384870d070.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47707430,"duration_in_seconds":2981}]},{"id":"0ade47d4-95fc-4874-b51f-a61acc275465","title":"Episode 97: In Pursuit of Humanity United with Kehinde Togun","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/97","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nAround this time last year, the world--Africa particular witnessed the rise of a new and notable class of activists in the #EndSARS protests which was punctuated by a brutal conflict between police forces and activists in the Lekki Toll Gate Shooting on 20th October 2020. In this week's episode, I had to opportunity discuss the changing face of activism as well as the necessary changes in the ways that policy is taught, designed, communicated about and implemented with a consummate policy professional, Kehinde Togun. \n\nAs former colleagues at www.ndi.org, he was introduced to me by my guest in Episode 93 [https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/93], Sefakor Ashiagbor and I am grateful, as always, for the introduction. Kehinde is currently the Senior Director for Policy and Government Relations at Humanity United where he leads the team responsible for engaging governments, multilateral institutions, and civil society in pursuit of policy change and regulatory action that cultivate the conditions for enduring peace and freedom. He has led global democracy and governance programs for 15 years which has included complex research advising on overseas investments; leading diverse development initiatives, including training senior staff of the Tanzanian government to improve service delivery to citizens; supporting members of the Iraqi and Kurdistan Parliaments to increase outreach to constituents; working with citizens in Nigeria and Kenya to improve electoral integrity; and enhancing the ability of NGOs in Iraq, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Turkey to demand greater accountability from their governments. He also serves on multiple boards including the Center for Racial Justice in Education [https://centerracialjustice.org/], an organization that trains and empowers educators to dismantle racism in the US education system. Born and partially raised in Nigeria, Kehinde started his glocal citizenship journey at the age of 11 when his family migrated to the US in search of healthcare solutions. Listen in, there's so much more to this talented diasporan.\n\nWhere to find Kehinde?\nOn LinkedIn \nOn Twitter \n\nWhat's Kehinde listening to?\nUp First on NPR \nThe Daily Punch \nHacks on Tap \nCode Switch on NPR \nSnap Judgement \n\nOther topics of interest: \nAbout Teach for America \nThe Case Against Education by Bryan Caplan \nTruman National Security Project \nCouncil on Foreign Relations \n\n*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!Special Guest: Kehinde Togun.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nAround this time last year, the world--Africa particular witnessed the rise of a new and notable class of activists in the #EndSARS protests which was punctuated by a brutal conflict between police forces and activists in the Lekki Toll Gate Shooting on 20th October 2020. In this week's episode, I had to opportunity discuss the changing face of activism as well as the necessary changes in the ways that policy is taught, designed, communicated about and implemented with a consummate policy professional, Kehinde Togun.
As former colleagues at www.ndi.org, he was introduced to me by my guest in Episode 93 [https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/93], Sefakor Ashiagbor and I am grateful, as always, for the introduction. Kehinde is currently the Senior Director for Policy and Government Relations at Humanity United where he leads the team responsible for engaging governments, multilateral institutions, and civil society in pursuit of policy change and regulatory action that cultivate the conditions for enduring peace and freedom. He has led global democracy and governance programs for 15 years which has included complex research advising on overseas investments; leading diverse development initiatives, including training senior staff of the Tanzanian government to improve service delivery to citizens; supporting members of the Iraqi and Kurdistan Parliaments to increase outreach to constituents; working with citizens in Nigeria and Kenya to improve electoral integrity; and enhancing the ability of NGOs in Iraq, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Turkey to demand greater accountability from their governments. He also serves on multiple boards including the Center for Racial Justice in Education [https://centerracialjustice.org/], an organization that trains and empowers educators to dismantle racism in the US education system. Born and partially raised in Nigeria, Kehinde started his glocal citizenship journey at the age of 11 when his family migrated to the US in search of healthcare solutions. Listen in, there's so much more to this talented diasporan.
\n\nWhere to find Kehinde?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
What's Kehinde listening to?
\nUp First on NPR
\nThe Daily Punch
\nHacks on Tap
\nCode Switch on NPR
\nSnap Judgement
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Teach for America
\nThe Case Against Education by Bryan Caplan
\nTruman National Security Project
\nCouncil on Foreign Relations
*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Kehinde Togun.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-10-26T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/0ade47d4-95fc-4874-b51f-a61acc275465.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":49064765,"duration_in_seconds":3066}]},{"id":"6bb1400c-70ff-470d-b26b-58192cfd95a2","title":"Episode 96: Fighting for Honor with Dr. T.J. Desch-Obi Part 2","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/96","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizen!\nFor this two part conversation we're continuing on a narrative transformation path in conversation with another writer, author and researcher--meet Dr. T.J. Desch-Obi author of Fighting for Honor: The History of African Martial Arts in the Atlantic World. Currently based in Columbio, T.J. is of West African--NIgerian and Liberian parentage and grew up in the Midwestern United States. He received his doctorate in African history from the University of California Los Angeles and is currently a visiting professor at Universidad ICESI’s Centro de Estudios Afrodiaspóricos in Cali, Colombia. He specializes in the historical ethnography of pre-colonial Africa and the African Diaspora with a focus upon martial arts, physical culture, religion, sport, historical linguistics, and military history. His current research focuses on the social history of the machete and the Afro-Colombian machete fighting from 1848 to 1960, and twentieth century prison boxing. Dr. Desch-Obi is a permanent member of the history department at the City University of New York’s, Baruch College, where he also teaches in the Black and Latino Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Departments.\n\nI hope you enjoy this journey with T.J. across continents and through a world history often obscured! \n\nWhere to find T.J.?\nSelected research \nOn YouTube \n\nWhat's T.J. reading? \nThe Way of a Pilgrim \n\nOther topics of interest:\nFilipino Kali\nRobert Farris Thompson \nBeni Hasan Tomb \nNsibidi script of Nigeria \nN'Golo \nHolocene Climactic Optimum \nJan Vansina \nChristopher Ehret \nLa Violencia \nPhillip Zarrilli \nNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave by Frederick DouglassSpecial Guest: T.J. Desch-Obi.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizen!
\nFor this two part conversation we're continuing on a narrative transformation path in conversation with another writer, author and researcher--meet Dr. T.J. Desch-Obi author of Fighting for Honor: The History of African Martial Arts in the Atlantic World. Currently based in Columbio, T.J. is of West African--NIgerian and Liberian parentage and grew up in the Midwestern United States. He received his doctorate in African history from the University of California Los Angeles and is currently a visiting professor at Universidad ICESI’s Centro de Estudios Afrodiaspóricos in Cali, Colombia. He specializes in the historical ethnography of pre-colonial Africa and the African Diaspora with a focus upon martial arts, physical culture, religion, sport, historical linguistics, and military history. His current research focuses on the social history of the machete and the Afro-Colombian machete fighting from 1848 to 1960, and twentieth century prison boxing. Dr. Desch-Obi is a permanent member of the history department at the City University of New York’s, Baruch College, where he also teaches in the Black and Latino Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Departments.
I hope you enjoy this journey with T.J. across continents and through a world history often obscured!
\n\nWhere to find T.J.?
\nSelected research
\nOn YouTube
What's T.J. reading?
\nThe Way of a Pilgrim
Other topics of interest:
\nFilipino Kali
\nRobert Farris Thompson
\nBeni Hasan Tomb
\nNsibidi script of Nigeria
\nN'Golo
\nHolocene Climactic Optimum
\nJan Vansina
\nChristopher Ehret
\nLa Violencia
\nPhillip Zarrilli
\nNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave by Frederick Douglass
Special Guest: T.J. Desch-Obi.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-10-19T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/6bb1400c-70ff-470d-b26b-58192cfd95a2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":34188386,"duration_in_seconds":2034}]},{"id":"4ba036ab-6050-40e7-b3e1-922f1eae8bf5","title":"Episode 95: Fighting for Honor with Dr. T.J. Desch-Obi Part 1","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/95","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nFor this two part conversation we're continuing on a narrative transformation path in conversation with another writer, author and researcher--meet Dr. T.J. Desch-Obi author of Fighting for Honor: The History of African Martial Arts in the Atlantic World. Currently based in Columbia, T.J. is of West African--NIgerian and Liberian parentage and grew up in the Midwestern United States. He received his doctorate in African history from the University of California Los Angeles and is currently a visiting professor at Universidad ICESI’s Centro de Estudios Afrodiaspóricos in Cali, Colombia. He specializes in the historical ethnography of pre-colonial Africa and the African Diaspora with a focus upon martial arts, physical culture, religion, sport, historical linguistics, and military history. His current research focuses on the social history of the machete and the Afro-Colombian machete fighting from 1848 to 1960, and twentieth century prison boxing. Dr. Desch-Obi is a permanent member of the history department at the City University of New York’s, Baruch College, where he also teaches in the Black and Latino Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Departments.\n\nI hope you enjoy this journey with T.J. across continents and through a world history often obscured! \n\nWhere to find T.J.?\nSelected research \nOn YouTube \n\nWhat's T.J. reading? \nThe Way of a Pilgrim \n\nOther topics of interest:\nFilipino Kali\nRobert Farris Thompson \nBeni Hasan Tomb \nNsibidi script of Nigeria \nN'Golo \nHolocene Climactic Optimum \nJan Vansina \nChristopher Ehret \nLa Violencia \nPhillip Zarrilli \nNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave by Frederick Douglass\n\n*When you click and purchase books using the links above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!Special Guest: T.J. Desch-Obi.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nFor this two part conversation we're continuing on a narrative transformation path in conversation with another writer, author and researcher--meet Dr. T.J. Desch-Obi author of Fighting for Honor: The History of African Martial Arts in the Atlantic World. Currently based in Columbia, T.J. is of West African--NIgerian and Liberian parentage and grew up in the Midwestern United States. He received his doctorate in African history from the University of California Los Angeles and is currently a visiting professor at Universidad ICESI’s Centro de Estudios Afrodiaspóricos in Cali, Colombia. He specializes in the historical ethnography of pre-colonial Africa and the African Diaspora with a focus upon martial arts, physical culture, religion, sport, historical linguistics, and military history. His current research focuses on the social history of the machete and the Afro-Colombian machete fighting from 1848 to 1960, and twentieth century prison boxing. Dr. Desch-Obi is a permanent member of the history department at the City University of New York’s, Baruch College, where he also teaches in the Black and Latino Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Departments.
I hope you enjoy this journey with T.J. across continents and through a world history often obscured!
\n\nWhere to find T.J.?
\nSelected research
\nOn YouTube
What's T.J. reading?
\nThe Way of a Pilgrim
Other topics of interest:
\nFilipino Kali
\nRobert Farris Thompson
\nBeni Hasan Tomb
\nNsibidi script of Nigeria
\nN'Golo
\nHolocene Climactic Optimum
\nJan Vansina
\nChristopher Ehret
\nLa Violencia
\nPhillip Zarrilli
\nNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave by Frederick Douglass
*When you click and purchase books using the links above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: T.J. Desch-Obi.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-10-12T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/4ba036ab-6050-40e7-b3e1-922f1eae8bf5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":32084108,"duration_in_seconds":2005}]},{"id":"9af3a0fb-e870-4cb3-9553-bbef5cceb036","title":"Episode 94: Giving to Help, Helping to Give with Dr. Bhekinkosi Moyo","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/94","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nThis week we're venturing down to South Africa where we meet one of Africa's most prominent experts on African philanthropy. Dr. Bhekinkosi Moyo, born and raised in Zimbabwe--now based in Pretoria, SA, is a descendant of the Moyo (heart/soul) and Ndlovu (elephant) clans. Over the course of his personal and professional lives, he has continued to marvel and draw strength from their combined histories and diversities. He is a writer, author, researcher and thought-leader with keen interest in questions of African resources, democracy and governance. He has, so far, championed African discourse on philanthropy, contributed to the growth of many African civil society formations and has taken part in most of the continental processes of development and governance. He is currently an adjunct professor at University of the Witwatersrand Business School where he also heads the Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment. Dr. Moyo has more than twenty years experience working on knowledge generation, research and policy analysis as well as building capable institutions across Africa. He writes and support institutions of civil society, private sector and intergovernmental agencies on matters of governance, development and sustainability. Dr. Moyo, over the years, has become a go to specialist on African philanthropy. There's sooooo much more to learn from this dedicated activist, #listenandlearn!\n\nWhere to find Dr. Moyo?\nwww.bhekinkosimoyo.com\nOn Twitter\nOn Facebook \n\nWhat's Dr. Moyo reading?\nIn My Father's House by Kwame Anthony Appiah \nNervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga\nThe Beautiful Ones are not yet Born Ayi Kwei Armah\nChinua Achebe\nChimamanda Ngozi Adichie\nGhana Must Go by Taiye Selasi\nI did not come to you by Chance by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani\n\nOther topics of interest:\nGiving to Help, Helping to Give: The Context and Politics of African Philanthropy by Tade Akin Aina, Bhekinkosi Moyo, et. al.\nAkwasi Aidoo\nAfrican Philanthropy Network\nAllen Fowler\nInternational Society for Third Sector Research\nKathleen McCarthy\nOn Karate\nChinua Achebe\nCAPSI Journal\n\n*When you click and purchase books using the links above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!Special Guest: Bhekinkosi Moyo.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nThis week we're venturing down to South Africa where we meet one of Africa's most prominent experts on African philanthropy. Dr. Bhekinkosi Moyo, born and raised in Zimbabwe--now based in Pretoria, SA, is a descendant of the Moyo (heart/soul) and Ndlovu (elephant) clans. Over the course of his personal and professional lives, he has continued to marvel and draw strength from their combined histories and diversities. He is a writer, author, researcher and thought-leader with keen interest in questions of African resources, democracy and governance. He has, so far, championed African discourse on philanthropy, contributed to the growth of many African civil society formations and has taken part in most of the continental processes of development and governance. He is currently an adjunct professor at University of the Witwatersrand Business School where he also heads the Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment. Dr. Moyo has more than twenty years experience working on knowledge generation, research and policy analysis as well as building capable institutions across Africa. He writes and support institutions of civil society, private sector and intergovernmental agencies on matters of governance, development and sustainability. Dr. Moyo, over the years, has become a go to specialist on African philanthropy. There's sooooo much more to learn from this dedicated activist, #listenandlearn!
Where to find Dr. Moyo?
\nwww.bhekinkosimoyo.com
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
What's Dr. Moyo reading?
\nIn My Father's House by Kwame Anthony Appiah
\nNervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
\nThe Beautiful Ones are not yet Born Ayi Kwei Armah
\nChinua Achebe
\nChimamanda Ngozi Adichie
\nGhana Must Go by Taiye Selasi
\nI did not come to you by Chance by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Other topics of interest:
\nGiving to Help, Helping to Give: The Context and Politics of African Philanthropy by Tade Akin Aina, Bhekinkosi Moyo, et. al.
\nAkwasi Aidoo
\nAfrican Philanthropy Network
\nAllen Fowler
\nInternational Society for Third Sector Research
\nKathleen McCarthy
\nOn Karate
\nChinua Achebe
\nCAPSI Journal
*When you click and purchase books using the links above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Bhekinkosi Moyo.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-10-05T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/9af3a0fb-e870-4cb3-9553-bbef5cceb036.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":61266602,"duration_in_seconds":3829}]},{"id":"13aa7495-ad24-4f45-98c3-3da300bbf828","title":"Episode 93: Unpacking Complicated Issues with Sef Ashiagbor","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/93","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\nIt's a new season and across the globe elections and government transitions are top of mind and all over the headlines. For professionals like my guest this week, Ghanaian-American, Sefakor \"Sef\" Ashiagbor the spirit of the season is her every day occupation. Sef is a colleague of my guest on Episode 88, Gemima Neves Barlow [https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/88] at the National Democracy Institute where she is senior advisor for political party programs. She provides thought leadership and analytical expertise to shape the design and implementation of the Institute’s political party programs worldwide. She has conducted research, developed knowledge management products, authored publications and served as a conference panelist on a wide range of topics including: promoting issue-based political parties; political party coalition-building; parliamentary group organizing; political finance; democratic resilience; and political party programming. She has led political and program assessment missions to a wide range of contexts, and served in NDI offices in Ghana and Malawi. Her extensive professional travels have taken her to countries as diverse as Albania, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Morocco, Nepal, Uganda and Ukraine. Previous to joining NDI, Sef worked in international humanitarian assistance, developing funding proposals, and overseeing the procurement and shipment of relief materials to a variety of countries in crisis. She also worked in the West Africa department of the World Bank. Sef earned her Master’s degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Bachelor's degree in History from Selwyn College, Cambridge. She is almost fluent in French and speaks Spanish. \n\nWhere to find Sef?\nOn LinkedIn \n\nWhat's Sef reading?\nA Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth\nPurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie \nHow Beautiful We by Imbolo Mbue\n\nWhat's Sef watching?\nThe Piano \nMasterpiece \n\nOther topics of interest:\nWhat's happening in Guinea? \nWhat happened in Côte d’Ivoire in 1999? \nThe Circle on Netflix \n\n*When you click and purchase books using the links above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!Special Guest: Sefakor Ashiagbor.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nIt's a new season and across the globe elections and government transitions are top of mind and all over the headlines. For professionals like my guest this week, Ghanaian-American, Sefakor "Sef" Ashiagbor the spirit of the season is her every day occupation. Sef is a colleague of my guest on Episode 88, Gemima Neves Barlow [https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/88] at the National Democracy Institute where she is senior advisor for political party programs. She provides thought leadership and analytical expertise to shape the design and implementation of the Institute’s political party programs worldwide. She has conducted research, developed knowledge management products, authored publications and served as a conference panelist on a wide range of topics including: promoting issue-based political parties; political party coalition-building; parliamentary group organizing; political finance; democratic resilience; and political party programming. She has led political and program assessment missions to a wide range of contexts, and served in NDI offices in Ghana and Malawi. Her extensive professional travels have taken her to countries as diverse as Albania, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Morocco, Nepal, Uganda and Ukraine. Previous to joining NDI, Sef worked in international humanitarian assistance, developing funding proposals, and overseeing the procurement and shipment of relief materials to a variety of countries in crisis. She also worked in the West Africa department of the World Bank. Sef earned her Master’s degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Bachelor's degree in History from Selwyn College, Cambridge. She is almost fluent in French and speaks Spanish.
\n\nWhere to find Sef?
\nOn LinkedIn
What's Sef reading?
\nA Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
\nPurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
\nHow Beautiful We by Imbolo Mbue
What's Sef watching?
\nThe Piano
\nMasterpiece
Other topics of interest:
\nWhat's happening in Guinea?
\nWhat happened in Côte d’Ivoire in 1999?
\nThe Circle on Netflix
*When you click and purchase books using the links above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Sefakor Ashiagbor.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-09-28T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/13aa7495-ad24-4f45-98c3-3da300bbf828.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":52777316,"duration_in_seconds":3298}]},{"id":"71c1dfe2-8f4a-4713-84e8-9f3fb27405d5","title":"Episode 92: Pathways to Digital Citizenship with Ronda Železný-Green","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/92","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\nMy guest this week has travelled to more than 60 countries and worked on five continents. Currently based in southern Spain, Dr. Ronda Železný-Green is a digital changemaker creating social learning systems to empower Black people, women, people with disabilities, and other marginalized populations in the technology and education sectors. Serving as a mobile technologist, trainer, and researcher, Ronda’s 16+ years of professional experience spans five continents and the public, private, and civil society sectors. A Black and Native American cis woman excelling with ADHD, Ronda also has extensive experience delivering action-oriented training that integrates the themes of racial equity and justice and gender with global perspectives. Hallmarks of her career include learning/educating with tech; championing, coaching, and mentoring women in tech; and empowering people to use technology as transformative tools to live their best lives. She is currently the Global Head of Training and eLearning at the Internet Society where she is leading the end-to-end rebuild and relaunch of our training programs, including the digital transformation of existing training activities due to COVID-19. She also serves in advisory and director roles at the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) at the United Nations Foundation, InnovateHer - where she is the board chair, and Noise Solution. At the same time she's a tech-prenuer as co-founder and director of Panoply Digital Ltd is a socially conscious organization using their expertise in ICT, education, and gender to create solutions to development challenges. Ronda is a whirlwind of digital dynamism!\n\nWhere to find Ronda?\nwww.rondazg.com \nOn Linkedin \nOn Twitter \nOn Instagram \n\nWhat's Ronda watching?\nFlight 93 \nLove is Blind \nLa Granja de Zenón \n\nOther topics of interest:\nWhat happened in 2009 in Madagascar? \nAbout the Peace Corps \nAbout Bell Hooks \nAbout Paulo Freire \nSeyi Akiwowo and Glitch \nOn Intersectionality Special Guest: Ronda Zelezny-Green.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nMy guest this week has travelled to more than 60 countries and worked on five continents. Currently based in southern Spain, Dr. Ronda Železný-Green is a digital changemaker creating social learning systems to empower Black people, women, people with disabilities, and other marginalized populations in the technology and education sectors. Serving as a mobile technologist, trainer, and researcher, Ronda’s 16+ years of professional experience spans five continents and the public, private, and civil society sectors. A Black and Native American cis woman excelling with ADHD, Ronda also has extensive experience delivering action-oriented training that integrates the themes of racial equity and justice and gender with global perspectives. Hallmarks of her career include learning/educating with tech; championing, coaching, and mentoring women in tech; and empowering people to use technology as transformative tools to live their best lives. She is currently the Global Head of Training and eLearning at the Internet Society where she is leading the end-to-end rebuild and relaunch of our training programs, including the digital transformation of existing training activities due to COVID-19. She also serves in advisory and director roles at the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) at the United Nations Foundation, InnovateHer - where she is the board chair, and Noise Solution. At the same time she's a tech-prenuer as co-founder and director of Panoply Digital Ltd is a socially conscious organization using their expertise in ICT, education, and gender to create solutions to development challenges. Ronda is a whirlwind of digital dynamism!
\n\nWhere to find Ronda?
\nwww.rondazg.com
\nOn Linkedin
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
What's Ronda watching?
\nFlight 93
\nLove is Blind
\nLa Granja de Zenón
Other topics of interest:
\nWhat happened in 2009 in Madagascar?
\nAbout the Peace Corps
\nAbout Bell Hooks
\nAbout Paulo Freire
\nSeyi Akiwowo and Glitch
\nOn Intersectionality
Special Guest: Ronda Zelezny-Green.
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\nFor our next two-part conversation we're discussing health policy solutions for living well in Africa with my guest, CEO and founder of Nigeria's LiveWell Initiative (LWI), Adebisi "Bisi" Bright. As a social entrepreneur in the health sector, a qualified consultant clinical pharmacist and public health practitioner, Bisi is an innovative, pragmatic and result-oriented professional helping to improve wellness with a goal to improving life expectancy and reducing health illiteracy among the people. She is engaged in doing this by adding value to the 'social space' through the nonprofit organization LiveWell Initiative LWI - a health empowerment organization which has outreached over one million Nigerians and at least 3,000 Ghanaians with free health over the past three years. Be sure to stay tuned for both parts as Bisi shares insights on their highly successful COVID-19 treatment protocol and how LWI is pioneering a volunteer centered health care system in underserved, blighted areas in Nigeria.
Where to find Bisi?
\nwww.livewellng.org
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What's Bisi watching?
\nGone with the Wind
Other topics of interest:
\nUniversity of Zimbabwe
\nWhat is Sadza?
\nWest African College of Pharmacists
\nHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
\nInternational Alliance of Patients' Organizations
\nWorld Hepatitis Alliance
\nShared Value Initiative
\nGlobal COVID-19 Vaccination Stats
Special Guest: Adebisi Bright.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-09-14T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/65931e26-5037-4747-9cbb-06c4b025b537.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":29258893,"duration_in_seconds":2089}]},{"id":"f57dad57-6c90-4c20-9deb-363aa0a1ec5e","title":"Episode 90: A LiveWell Initiative for Africa with Adebisi Bright Part 1","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/90","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nFor our next two-part conversation we're discussing health policy solutions for living well in Africa with my guest, CEO and founder of Nigeria's LiveWell Initiative (LWI), Adebisi \"Bisi\" Bright. As a social entrepreneur in the health sector, a qualified consultant clinical pharmacist and public health practitioner, Bisi is an innovative, pragmatic and result-oriented professional helping to improve wellness with a goal to improving life expectancy and reducing health illiteracy among the people. She is engaged in doing this by adding value to the 'social space' through the nonprofit organization LiveWell Initiative LWI - a health empowerment organization which has outreached over one million Nigerians and at least 3,000 Ghanaians with free health over the past three years. Be sure to stay tuned for both parts as Bisi shares insights on their highly successful COVID-19 treatment protocol and how LWI is pioneering a volunteer centered health care system in underserved, blighted areas in Nigeria.\n\nWhere to find Bisi?\nwww.livewellng.org \nOn LinkedIn \nOn Twitter \nOn Instagram \nOn Facebook \n\nWhat's Bisi watching?\nGone with the Wind \n\nOther topics of interest:\nUniversity of Zimbabwe \nWhat is Sadza? \nWest African College of Pharmacists \nHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health \nInternational Alliance of Patients' Organizations \nWorld Hepatitis Alliance \nShared Value Initiative \nGlobal COVID-19 Vaccination Stats Special Guest: Adebisi Bright.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nFor our next two-part conversation we're discussing health policy solutions for living well in Africa with my guest, CEO and founder of Nigeria's LiveWell Initiative (LWI), Adebisi "Bisi" Bright. As a social entrepreneur in the health sector, a qualified consultant clinical pharmacist and public health practitioner, Bisi is an innovative, pragmatic and result-oriented professional helping to improve wellness with a goal to improving life expectancy and reducing health illiteracy among the people. She is engaged in doing this by adding value to the 'social space' through the nonprofit organization LiveWell Initiative LWI - a health empowerment organization which has outreached over one million Nigerians and at least 3,000 Ghanaians with free health over the past three years. Be sure to stay tuned for both parts as Bisi shares insights on their highly successful COVID-19 treatment protocol and how LWI is pioneering a volunteer centered health care system in underserved, blighted areas in Nigeria.
Where to find Bisi?
\nwww.livewellng.org
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What's Bisi watching?
\nGone with the Wind
Other topics of interest:
\nUniversity of Zimbabwe
\nWhat is Sadza?
\nWest African College of Pharmacists
\nHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
\nInternational Alliance of Patients' Organizations
\nWorld Hepatitis Alliance
\nShared Value Initiative
\nGlobal COVID-19 Vaccination Stats
Special Guest: Adebisi Bright.
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\nThis week on the podcast it's our first family affair. In a one year later flashback, I had the pleasure of meeting Elizabeth "Liz" Rollins-Moskowitz, mother of my guest from Episode 37, Salim Rollins. Liz describes herself as "an 82-year old trying to grow up and figure life out." With roots in Westchester County, New York, Liz traveled the world first when her parents moved to Switzerland as a teenager and later as a model and wife of modern day Renaissance Man, acclaimed photographer, musician, writer and film director, Gordon Parks. In her modeling career, Liz appeared in Life Magazine, Vogue Magazine, Ebony Magazine, and other well-known publications of the times.
Liz currently lives in Mill Valley, California where she continues to paint and is happily grandmothering, book clubbing, and meditating.
\n\nWhere to find Liz?
\nOn Facebook
What's Liz reading?
\nUnder the River into the Sea by Walter Mosley
\nThe Melody Lingers On by Mary Higgins Clark
\nThe Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhumpa_Lahiri]
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Liz's father, E. Simms Campbell
\nAbout Gordon Parks
\nThe Learning Tree
\nEbony Fashion Fair
\nFreda DeKnight's Date with a Dish
\nHarlem's Hotel Theresa
\nCab Calloway
\nDuke Ellington
\nCount Basie
\nSpirit Rock Meditation Center
\nOn Education Reform in School Books
\nSamuel P. Taylor Park
\nKokrobitey Institute
*When you click and purchase books using the links above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Elizabeth Rollins-Moskowitz.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-08-31T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/7b7f90af-4376-4243-9cd9-a47807a56785.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":39802648,"duration_in_seconds":2843}]},{"id":"27e90d1d-d9cf-4ed0-9eb2-054e6287af7a","title":"Episode 87: Jumping and Pivoting into Beautiful Spaces with Jackie Edwards-Flowers","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/87","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nEarlier this month the world's eyes turned to Tokyo, Japan for the long awaited 2020 Summer Olympics which inspired me to connect with a former Stanford University track and field teammate, five-time Olympian Jacqueline \"Jackie\" Edwards-Flowers. Representing The Bahamas, she competed in the Long Jump and was ranked as high as 5th in the World. In her 17-year career as a professional track and field athlete Jackie's accomplishments include 2-time NCAA Champion and 5-time All-American while at Stanford. She also competed in a record nine consecutive outdoor World Championships. \n\nFollowing her athletic career, Jackie was a certified personal trainer with the National Academy of Sports Medicine and had a flourishing coaching/personal training business in Los Angeles, California. She worked with a wide range of clients from middle and high school aged kids to adults and professional athletes as a coach, a trainer and a Sport Psychology Consultant. \n\nFive years ago, Jackie decided to take on a new challenge and transition into the very competitive field of event planning. She always had a passion for creating beautiful spaces and memorable events but with no formal training in this industry, it was no easy task. However, her years of overcoming obstacles and rising to the occasion, along with her “if it’s hard, let me try it” attitude, helped her to set her sights on her new goal. Her journey began in interior design and has progressed into a career where her feet are firmly planted as the Project and Special Events Coordinator in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at California State University, Northridge where she truly feels that the sky is the limit.\n\nRecently, while working from home due to the pandemic, Jackie was spurred to add to her portfolio by creating a full-service home staging business, Gold Medal Home Staging & Design. She launched her company in late October 2020 and has already completed 30 projects. She says that her work at CSUN is her job and her staging business is her joy and that the combination of the two is extremely fulfilling. \n\nWhere to find Jackie?\nGold Medal Home Staging and Design\nOn Wikipedia\nOn Facebook\n\nWhat's Jackie watching?\nHGTV\nThe Bachelorette\nThe Bachelor\nThe Real Housewives of Atlanta\n\nWhat's Jackie reading?\nCrushing: God Turns Pressure into Power by T.D. Jakes\n\nOther topics of interest:\nThomas Robinson Stadium\nFrank Rutherford\nJackie Joyner-Kersee\nBrooks Johnson\nMike Powell\nDr. Ross Flowers\nThumbtack App\nAltra Running Shoes\n\n*When you click and purchase books using the links above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!Special Guest: Jacqueline \"Jackie\" Edwards-Flowers.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nEarlier this month the world's eyes turned to Tokyo, Japan for the long awaited 2020 Summer Olympics which inspired me to connect with a former Stanford University track and field teammate, five-time Olympian Jacqueline "Jackie" Edwards-Flowers. Representing The Bahamas, she competed in the Long Jump and was ranked as high as 5th in the World. In her 17-year career as a professional track and field athlete Jackie's accomplishments include 2-time NCAA Champion and 5-time All-American while at Stanford. She also competed in a record nine consecutive outdoor World Championships.
Following her athletic career, Jackie was a certified personal trainer with the National Academy of Sports Medicine and had a flourishing coaching/personal training business in Los Angeles, California. She worked with a wide range of clients from middle and high school aged kids to adults and professional athletes as a coach, a trainer and a Sport Psychology Consultant.
\n\nFive years ago, Jackie decided to take on a new challenge and transition into the very competitive field of event planning. She always had a passion for creating beautiful spaces and memorable events but with no formal training in this industry, it was no easy task. However, her years of overcoming obstacles and rising to the occasion, along with her “if it’s hard, let me try it” attitude, helped her to set her sights on her new goal. Her journey began in interior design and has progressed into a career where her feet are firmly planted as the Project and Special Events Coordinator in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at California State University, Northridge where she truly feels that the sky is the limit.
\n\nRecently, while working from home due to the pandemic, Jackie was spurred to add to her portfolio by creating a full-service home staging business, Gold Medal Home Staging & Design. She launched her company in late October 2020 and has already completed 30 projects. She says that her work at CSUN is her job and her staging business is her joy and that the combination of the two is extremely fulfilling.
\n\nWhere to find Jackie?
\nGold Medal Home Staging and Design
\nOn Wikipedia
\nOn Facebook
What's Jackie watching?
\nHGTV
\nThe Bachelorette
\nThe Bachelor
\nThe Real Housewives of Atlanta
What's Jackie reading?
\nCrushing: God Turns Pressure into Power by T.D. Jakes
Other topics of interest:
\nThomas Robinson Stadium
\nFrank Rutherford
\nJackie Joyner-Kersee
\nBrooks Johnson
\nMike Powell
\nDr. Ross Flowers
\nThumbtack App
\nAltra Running Shoes
*When you click and purchase books using the links above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!
Special Guest: Jacqueline "Jackie" Edwards-Flowers.
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\nWe're welcoming August with a doubleheader featuring Will Niava, an award winning Ivorian-Ghanaian film director based but not bound to Montréal, Canada. After his education in film production at the Concordia University in Quebec, Will directed a number of projects around the world. Namely, four episodes of MTV Shuga, a fiction series in the Ivory Coast as well as “Violence Of The Lambs”, a music video released on NOWNESS from which he made his first short film “ZOO”. ZOO was selected at over 60 international film festivals of which 15 are Oscar qualifying. The film has since racked up over 10 awards. After its Vimeo Staff Picks release, ZOO is now available on the prestigious Criterion Collection.
I catch up with Will while he is in our shared home country, Ghana where he has been for the better part of the last year on new uncle duty and in research mode for his next project. He is in the post-production process of his second short film “ELEMENT” while also preparing his first feature film experience, co-writing alongside Jérémy Comte, the Oscar-nominated director. As you'll hear in Part 2, Will is now represented by LA based production studio Florence for commercials and music videos which has given him the opportunity to work with artist such as H.E.R and Billy Eilish.
\n\nWhere to find Will?
\nwww.wniava.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Vimeo
\nOn YouTube
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
What's will listening to?
\nClassic Reggae
\nAmaPiano
\nDave
What's will watching?
\nMemories of a Murder
\nIn the Mood for Love
\nUncut Gems
\nGood Time
Other topics of interest:
\nNAFTI Ghana
\nConcordia University - Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
\nBlack Magic Equipment
\nRed Digital Equipment
\nGhanaian Footballers Jordan Ayew and André Ayew
\nFauve Short Film
\nSolitary Dancer
\nBarry Jenkins
\nJordan Peele
\nAbout Amapiano
\nAfrofuturism
Special Guest: Will Niava.
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\n\nWe're welcoming August with a doubleheader featuring Will Niava, an award winning Ivorian-Ghanaian film director based but not bound to Montréal, Canada. After his education in film production at the Concordia University in Quebec, Will directed a number of projects around the world--namely, four episodes of MTV Shuga, a fiction series in the Ivory Coast as well as “Violence Of The Lambs”, a music video released on NOWNESS from which he made his first short film “ZOO.” ZOO was selected at over 60 international film festivals of which 15 are Oscar qualifying. The film has since racked up over 10 awards. After its Vimeo Staff Picks release, ZOO is now available on the prestigious Criterion Collection.
\n\nI catch up with Will while he is in our shared home country, Ghana where he has been for the better part of the last year on new uncle duty and in research mode for his next project. He is in the post-production process of his second short film “ELEMENT” while also preparing his first feature film experience, co-writing alongside Jérémy Comte, the Oscar-nominated director. As you'll hear in Part 2, Will is now represented by Los Angeles based production studio Florence. for commercials and music videos which has given him the opportunity to work with artist such as H.E.R and Billy Eilish.
\n\nWhere to find Will?
\n[www.wniava.com](www.wniava.com)
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Vimeo
\nOn YouTube
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
What's will listening to?
\nClassic Reggae
\nAmaPiano
\nDave
What's will watching?
\nMemories of a Murder
\nIn the Mood for Love
\nUncut Gems
\nGood Time
Other topics of interest:
\nNAFTI Ghana
\nConcordia University - Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema [
\nBlack Magic Equipment
\nRed Digital Equipment
\nGhanaian Footballers Jordan Ayew and André Ayew
\nFauve Short Film
\nSolitary Dancer
\nBarry Jenkins
\nJordan Peele
\nAbout Amapiano
\nAfrofuturism
Special Guest: Will Niava.
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\n\nThis week I meet with another artist with Caribbean roots. Beverley Watson is a ceramic sculptor, art therapist and licensed educator specializing in children with special needs. Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Beverley has been based in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn for more than 30 years. She attended the Jamaica School of Art and Brooklyn's Pratt Institute where she studied ceramic sculpture as an undergraduate and also received her Masters of Professional Studies in Special Education and Art Therapy. Between the mid-1990s and 2007, Beverley co-founded Zakiya Art, a gallery that exhibited other Black artists' works in her Bedford-Stuyvesant home.
\n\nThis spring, Nefer Atum Lotus Blossom: rebirth & regeneration, her first solo exhibition opened at Brooklyn's Artshack community ceramics studio. In Nefer Atum Lotus Blossom Beverley exhibits work that continues where she left clay thirty years ago, inspired by the spirits of oceans, Africa and self-love. During that time Beverley was moving through life's challenges, breakthroughs, and gratitude, and bringing forth her inner Lotus, the reflection of her inner beauty. I'm excited to share this emerging treasure with you!
\n\nWhere to find Beverley?
\n@Artshack Brooklyn
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What's Beverley reading?
\nConversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch
Other topics of interest:
\nQueen Afua
\nAbout Lotus Flowers
\nAbout Astral Projection
\nAbraham Hicks
Special Guest: Beverley Watson.
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\nMy guest this week is Panamanian-American, Ivonne F. Cameron. Another serial entrepreneur, Ivonne who is based in the Washington, D.C. Area is currently CEO of ISE International Group, a healthcare, health and safety, COOP company. Prior to starting ISE in 2017, she launched over 14 start-ups across different industries from energy to fintech. The largest being a $92M health insurance company for the District of Columbia. Her global experience extends to work implementing health care programs and system improvement initiatives with countries seeking strategic solutions including Great Britain, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Republic of Georgia, Kenya, Liberia and United Arab Emirates.
In our conversation you'll get to know more about what it took to start a health care company in the midst of massive systematic overhaul as well as what it takes to prepare any business to plan and remain viable during times of operational uncertainty such as the current global pandemic.
\n\nWhere to find Ivonne?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
What's Ivonne reading?
\nYou Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
\nThe $100 Start Up: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future by Chris Guillebeau
\nThe Founder’s Dilemmas by Noam Wasserman
\nGrit by Angela Duckworth
\nThe Little Black Book of Success Workbook: Laws of Leadership for Black Women by Elaine Meryl Brown, Marsha Haygood
\nBelieve Bigger by Marshawn Evan Daniels
\nThe Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage by Daymond John
What's Ivonne watching?
\nThe Men Who Build America
\nLaunching and Supporting Black Owned Businesses, Mandy Bowman - TEDx Dover
\nThe Art of Diplomacy, Tayo Rockson - TEDx Cooper Union
\nThe Skill of Self Confidence, Dr. Ivan Joseph - TEDx RyersonU
Special Guest: Ivonne Cameron.
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\nMy guest this week is Gambian real estate mogul, Mustapha "Youthman" Njie. Mr. Njie has over 30 years of proven experience in the building and property industry. He is the founder and CEO of TAF Africa Global, a Pan-African real estate company that has built homes across eight African countries with dominance in Nigeria and The Gambia. Growing up from a small and humble background, when he founded TAF Africa Global in 1990, the goal was to be the leading property developer in Africa. In 2018, TAF refined its vision as in a mission to develop one million quality homes between 2018 and 2038. Three years in, I’m sure you all are as excited as I am to find out how it's going as well as what's new and next for this signed and stamped glocal citizen.
Where to find Mr. Njie?
\nTAF Africa Foundation
\nOn YouTube
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What's Mr. Njie watching?
\nMr. Njie talks with Ghanaian YouTuber Wode Maya
\nHow to design a golf course
Other topics of interest:
\nFormer Prime Minister of Malaysia Mohamed Mahathir
\nSenegalese professional footballer Sadio Mané
\nWhat platform do I use to record remote interviews?
Special Guest: Mustapha Njie.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-07-13T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/205801dd-8941-4275-b31b-b18a03ac3a74.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":78375954,"duration_in_seconds":3265}]},{"id":"573acc66-370b-4f68-8aba-6c871ce96d93","title":"Episode 81: Making Visible the Unremembered with La Vaughn Belle Part 2","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/81","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\nIn the next conversation it's a \"Throwback Tuesday\" as I reconnect with another old friend who is taking us on a journey between her home country of St. Croix to Denmark and back again. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, raised in and now based in the Virgin Islands, La Vaughn Belle makes visible the unremembered. Borrowing from elements of architecture, history and archeology Belle creates narratives that challenge colonial hierarchies and invisibility. La Vaughn explores the material culture of coloniality and her work presents countervisualities and narratives. Working in a variety of disciplines her practice includes: painting, installation, photography, writing, video and public interventions. Her work with colonial era pottery led to a commission with the renowned brand of porcelain products, the Royal Copenhagen. She has exhibited her work in the Caribbean, the USA and Europe in institutions such as the Museo del Barrio (NY), Casa de las Americas (Cuba), the Museum of the African Diaspora (CA) and Christiansborg Palace (DK). Her art is in the collections of the National Photography Museum and the Vestsjælland Museum in Denmark. \n\nShe is the co-creator of “I Am Queen Mary”, the artist-led groundbreaking monument that confronted the Danish colonial amnesia while commemorating the legacies of resistance of the African people who were brought to the former Danish West Indies. The project was featured in over 100 media outlets around the world including the NY Times, Politiken, VICE, the BBC and Le Monde. Belle holds an MFA from the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba and an MA and BA from Columbia University in NY. She was a finalist for the She Built NYC project to develop a monument to memorialize the legacy of Shirley Chisholm and for the Inequality in Bronze project in Philadelphia to redesign one of the first monuments to an enslaved woman at the Stenton historic house museum. As a 2018-2020 fellow at the Social Justice Institute at the Barnard Research Center for Women at Columbia University she worked on a project about the ‘citizenless’ Virgin Islanders in the Harlem Renaissance. \n\nThis two-part conversation bookends the US Indepencence Day holiday, and at a time when so much about identity and nationalism is begging for long overdue examination, these episodes are healthy food for thought. In true #TBT fashion you'll want to come back to these discussion for the learning and insights into the continued work of deconstructing colonialism.\n\nWhere to find La Vaughn and her works?\nwww.lavaughnbelle.com\nI Am Queen Mary\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Twitter\nOn Instagram\nOn Facebook\n\nWhat's La Vaughn reading?\nJust As I Am: A Memoir by Cicely Tyson\nA Radical Awakening: Turn Pain into Power, Embrace Your Truth, Live Free by Dr. Shefali Tsabary\n\nOther topics of interest:\nTeach for America\nHelle Stenum\nSalsa Cubano\nHow Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney\nAbout the Virgin IslandsSpecial Guest: La Vaughn Belle.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nIn the next conversation it's a "Throwback Tuesday" as I reconnect with another old friend who is taking us on a journey between her home country of St. Croix to Denmark and back again. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, raised in and now based in the Virgin Islands, La Vaughn Belle makes visible the unremembered. Borrowing from elements of architecture, history and archeology Belle creates narratives that challenge colonial hierarchies and invisibility. La Vaughn explores the material culture of coloniality and her work presents countervisualities and narratives. Working in a variety of disciplines her practice includes: painting, installation, photography, writing, video and public interventions. Her work with colonial era pottery led to a commission with the renowned brand of porcelain products, the Royal Copenhagen. She has exhibited her work in the Caribbean, the USA and Europe in institutions such as the Museo del Barrio (NY), Casa de las Americas (Cuba), the Museum of the African Diaspora (CA) and Christiansborg Palace (DK). Her art is in the collections of the National Photography Museum and the Vestsjælland Museum in Denmark.
She is the co-creator of “I Am Queen Mary”, the artist-led groundbreaking monument that confronted the Danish colonial amnesia while commemorating the legacies of resistance of the African people who were brought to the former Danish West Indies. The project was featured in over 100 media outlets around the world including the NY Times, Politiken, VICE, the BBC and Le Monde. Belle holds an MFA from the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba and an MA and BA from Columbia University in NY. She was a finalist for the She Built NYC project to develop a monument to memorialize the legacy of Shirley Chisholm and for the Inequality in Bronze project in Philadelphia to redesign one of the first monuments to an enslaved woman at the Stenton historic house museum. As a 2018-2020 fellow at the Social Justice Institute at the Barnard Research Center for Women at Columbia University she worked on a project about the ‘citizenless’ Virgin Islanders in the Harlem Renaissance.
\n\nThis two-part conversation bookends the US Indepencence Day holiday, and at a time when so much about identity and nationalism is begging for long overdue examination, these episodes are healthy food for thought. In true #TBT fashion you'll want to come back to these discussion for the learning and insights into the continued work of deconstructing colonialism.
\n\nWhere to find La Vaughn and her works?
\nwww.lavaughnbelle.com
\nI Am Queen Mary
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What's La Vaughn reading?
\nJust As I Am: A Memoir by Cicely Tyson
\nA Radical Awakening: Turn Pain into Power, Embrace Your Truth, Live Free by Dr. Shefali Tsabary
Other topics of interest:
\nTeach for America
\nHelle Stenum
\nSalsa Cubano
\nHow Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney
\nAbout the Virgin Islands
Special Guest: La Vaughn Belle.
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\nIn the next conversation it's a "Throwback Tuesday" as I reconnect with another old friend who is taking us on a journey between her home country of St. Croix to Denmark and back again. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, raised in and now based in the Virgin Islands, La Vaughn Belle makes visible the unremembered. Borrowing from elements of architecture, history and archeology Belle creates narratives that challenge colonial hierarchies and invisibility. La Vaughn explores the material culture of coloniality and her work presents countervisualities and narratives. Working in a variety of disciplines her practice includes: painting, installation, photography, writing, video and public interventions. Her work with colonial era pottery led to a commission with the renowned brand of porcelain products, the Royal Copenhagen. She has exhibited her work in the Caribbean, the USA and Europe in institutions such as the Museo del Barrio (NY), Casa de las Americas (Cuba), the Museum of the African Diaspora (CA) and Christiansborg Palace (DK). Her art is in the collections of the National Photography Museum and the Vestsjælland Museum in Denmark.
She is the co-creator of “I Am Queen Mary”, the artist-led groundbreaking monument that confronted the Danish colonial amnesia while commemorating the legacies of resistance of the African people who were brought to the former Danish West Indies. The project was featured in over 100 media outlets around the world including the NY Times, Politiken, VICE, the BBC and Le Monde. Belle holds an MFA from the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba and an MA and BA from Columbia University in NY. She was a finalist for the She Built NYC project to develop a monument to memorialize the legacy of Shirley Chisholm and for the Inequality in Bronze project in Philadelphia to redesign one of the first monuments to an enslaved woman at the Stenton historic house museum. As a 2018-2020 fellow at the Social Justice Institute at the Barnard Research Center for Women at Columbia University she worked on a project about the ‘citizenless’ Virgin Islanders in the Harlem Renaissance.
\n\nThis two-part conversation bookends the US Indepencence Day holiday, and at a time when so much about identity and nationalism is begging for long overdue examination, these episodes are healthy food for thought. In true #TBT fashion you'll want to come back to these discussion for the learning and insights into the continued work of deconstructing colonialism.
\n\nWhere to find La Vaughn and her works?
\nwww.lavaughnbelle.com
\nI Am Queen Mary
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What's La Vaughn reading?
\nJust As I Am: A Memoir by Cicely Tyson
\nA Radical Awakening: Turn Pain into Power, Embrace Your Truth, Live Free by Dr. Shefali Tsabary
Other topics of interest:
\nTeach for America
\nHelle Stenum
\nSalsa Cubano
\nHow Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney
\nAbout the Virgin Islands
Special Guest: La Vaughn Belle.
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\nI've crossed the Atlantic Ocean and landed safely in NYC for my annual #BKSummer. My guest this week takes me back to my first NYC summer. The summer when I decided that New York would one day be home for me. A summer spent test driving the life of Wall Street bankers in the SEO (Sponsor for Educational Opportunity) Career program internship. While Wall Street was no fit for me, it helped form the foundation of my guest's professional career. Chinedu Echeruo, currently based in New York, born and raised in Nigeria, is a serial entrepreneur and firmly believes that individuals, empowered by imagination and information, can solve virtually any problem. He founded the pioneering travel app HopStop (Apple acquired HopStop) that helped millions of users navigate public transportation in major metropolitan areas around the world. Chinedu has been featured in media including Bloomberg, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNBC and more. Chinedu was also a core member of the investment team at AM Investment Partners, a $500 million volatility-driven convertible bond arbitrage hedge fund. Prior to completing his M.B.A., he spent several years in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Leveraged Finance groups of J.P Morgan Chase where he was involved in a broad range of M&A, financing and private equity transactions. Chinedu holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and B.S. in Finance and Accounting (Honors) from Syracuse University.
In his latest series of new ventures he currently goes by the title Dreamer at the Start-up School of Alchemy and the Love & Magic company. Once you've taken in this episode, at the very least you too will be in a better position to imagine all that is you!
\n\nWhere to find Chinedu?
\nwww.startupschoolofalchemy.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
What's Chinedu watching?
\nPBS Space Time
Other topics of interest:
\nThink and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill
\nInformation Theory
\nVariational Free Energy
\nOpportunity Zones
\nThe Greenwood Company
Special Guest: Chinedu Echeruo.
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\nThis week I had the treat of hosting a woman with sights on a healing revolution. Maya Gilliam is a serial entrepreneur as owner of Hempress Farms and Ma’ati Spa located in her native, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as well as global graphic design firm, III Eye Digital. A graduate of Howard University, she spent her early career in media focusing on sports with stints at USA Today and the NBA. In search of a way to reduce her screen time, she studied massage therapy and other wellness disciplines which led to the founding of Ma'ati Spa, LLC in 2012. Her business was hard hit by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic which inspired Maya into applying her hemp cultivation skills to transforming her spa business and merging spaces with Hempress Farms, LLC. Hempress Farms is a licensed boutique, family owned, artisanal hemp grow. Her products are sustainably produced and responsibly sourced from seed to bottle. The merged space is the only hemp tasting room in downtown Winston-Salem.
Another certified #GlocalCitizen, Maya continues to hone her love for travel and luxury as she explores replicating her enterprise experience in Africa given the changing policy landscape in the industrial and medicinal hemp sectors. That's how we were able to connect in Accra on her recent African tour which included a stop in Rwanda. Listen in and get know more about what's now and next for Hempress Farms.
\n\nwww.hempresshealer.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
What's Maya listening to?
\nBurna Boy
\nAfrobeats
Other topics of interest:
\nYadkinville, North Carolina
\nThe Hakuna Group
\nMy Hempress Farms gift
\nBella Canna Enterprises
\nCannaAfrika
Special Guest: Maya Gilliam.
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\nThis week's episode is close to heart. I have as my guest Bangkok born, Virginia raised, globally trained and now achieving honorary Mbongo status in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Nisha Ligon, a social entrepreneur with a background in media and science, and a passion for education. She has produced content for the BBC, the Guardian, online learning platforms, and an award winning documentary, Twiga Stars-- she's an avid footballer. Nisha holds an MSc. from Imperial College London and a B.S. from Yale.
Our paths intersect with her role as Co-founder and CEO of UBONGO, Africa's leading kids' edutainment company. Ubongo creates top quality, localized edutainment to help Africa's 500 million kids learn, and leverage their learning to change their lives. Their vision is to equip Africa's next generation with the educational foundation, critical skills and positive mindsets to change their own lives and communities for the better. Over 17 million families in Africa learn with our edu-cartoons and radio programs, and we're rapidly growing across the continent. At Ubongo, she’s lead visionary, series producer/ screenwriter, and does whatever it takes to get our products made, tested and released! Through a distribution relationship with Ubongo, LEAP Transmedia introduced Ghanaian children and families to the program beginning in 2015.
\n\nWhere to find Nisha and Ubongo?
\nwww.ubongo.org
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Instagram
\nOn YouTube
What's Nisha listening to?
\nHow to Save the Planet Podcast
\nThe Cipher Podcast
\nHomecoming
\nPinna for kids
Other topics of interest:
\nAbout Laura Poitras
\nUbuntu
\nTom Chi @ TEDx
Special Guest: Nisha Ligon.
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\n\nFun fact about Elvina, she is also known as "Auntie Vina" and she hosts a story telling channel. She started the channel to share her love for children's books and the amazing journeys the imagination can take little people. She chooses books that focus on black children or are written by black authors. She also includes books that show a diversity of race, culture, religion, gender roles, health and life experiences and so much more, because our little people deserve so much more than just one way of looking at this big wide world. Check it out, her YouTube link is below!
\n\nWhere to find Elvina?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn YouTube
\nsesa4life@gmail.com
What's Elvina reading?
\nPsycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
\nWhat I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
\nBooks by Brené Brown
What's Elvina watching?
\nThe Matrix
Other topics of interest:
\nAdinkra Symbols
\nFante People of Ghana
\nAkina Mama Wa Afrika
\nAfrican Women's Development Fund
\nThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button and the Syndrome
Special Guest: Elivina Quaison.
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\nThis week we're back in Nigeria with one of Forbes' 30 under 30 in Enterprise Technology. Starting his first company at age 19, he's a serial entrepreneur in the public interest. Iyinoluwa Aboyeji spent the last few years as the CEO of Flutterwave, a business building payments technology and infrastructure connecting Africa to the global economy. He led the company to becoming one of the fastest growing payments technology businesses of all-time processing over $2 billion across over 50 million transactions. In his tech-prenuer endeavors, prior to Flutterwave, Iyinoluwa co-founded Andela - Africa's largest engineering organization with over 1,000 software engineers; Andela’s investors include Mark Zuckerberg and Google Ventures amongst others. Iyinoluwa or "E" now heads Fund for Africa’s Future where he spends time helping founders, philanthropists and investors from around the world understand how to do build fast growing and impactful technology businesses in Africa.
Today we salute all that Iyinoluwa is doing to manifest a more unified Africa!
\n\nWhere to find Iyinoluwa:
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What's Iyinoluwa reading?
\nThe House of Morgan by Ron Chernow
\nThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
\nAmerican Disruptor: The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford by Roland De Wolk
Other topics of interest:
\nVelocity @ University of Waterloo
\nLearning Management Systems
\nThe Gilded Age
\nNiger Delta Conflict
Special Guest: Iyinoluwa Aboyeji.
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\nMy guest this week comes to us from Queens, New York by way of Accra, Ghana. She is Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, the author of Powder Necklace, which Publishers Weekly called "a winning debut." Named to the “Africa39” list of writers “with the potential and talent to define trends in the development of literature from Sub-Saharan Africa and the diaspora,” her short fiction was included in the anthology Africa39. Her work also appears in Everyday People: The Color of Life, New Daughters of Africa, and Accra Noir among others. Forthcoming from Brew-Hammond are a children's picture book, a novel, and an anthology. Brew-Hammond was a 2019 Edward F. Albee Foundation Fellow, a 2018 Aké Arts and Book Festival Guest Author, a 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival Scholar, a 2016 Hedgebrook Writer-in-Residence, and a 2015 Rhode Island Writers Colony Writer-in-Residence. Every month, Brew-Hammond co-leads a writing fellowship whose mission is to write light into the darkness.
Nana is also a founder of the made-in-Ghana lifestyle line EXIT 14 which offers a new generation of style lovers and collectors fashion and home goods made of batakari, a luxury cotton textile woven by Ghanaian artisans in a generations' old tradition.
\n\nWhere to find Nana:
\nwww.nanabrewhammond.com
\nShop Exit 14
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
What's Nana watching?
\nClosure on Amazon Prime
Other topics of interest:
\nAkashic Books
\nCassava Republic
\nNana-Ama Danquah
\nBook Nook Store
\nWriters Project of Ghana
\nSavannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA)
\nLibrary of African and the African Diaspora
Special Guest: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond.
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\nThis week my guest is a social entrepreneur that is on the cutting edge of solving for some of our most pressing global challenges. In this timely conversation I meet with Jaykumar Menon, an international human rights lawyer plying his craft at the intersection of human rights and global health. He is a founder of the Open Source Pharma Foundation, which aims to create a new paradigm for drug discovery, and generate affordable new cures in areas of great health need. He is also a founder of The India Nutrition Initiative, which is developing “DFS”, a salt that is double-fortified with iron and iodine, to address malnutrition caused by iron deficiency. DFS has reached millions of people.
In his work as a lawyer, he has represented the student leaders of Tiananmen Square, victims of the Bosnian genocide, freed a man from death row, and helped free an innocent man serving life for murder as the fifteenth lawyer to take up the case. He is a recipient of the Brown Alumni Association’s highest honor, given to one graduate per year. A Visiting Scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health, a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Global Health Institute, and a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law at McGill University. Jaykumar holds a JD and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University and a BA from Brown University.
\n\nI am sure this discussion will be plenty of food for thought and practice; I encourage you to read on, visit and get involved with this pioneering work!
\n\nWhere to find Jaykumar:
\nwww.ospfound.org
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facbook
What's Jaykumar reading?
\nThe Stoics and Marcus Aurelius
\nJoan Dideon
\nErnest Hemingway
\nSherwood Anderson
\nTom Wolfe
\nBruce Chatwin
\nArundhati Roy
Other topics of interest:
\nXPRIZE Foundation
\nDr. Robert Gallo
\nMarch of Dimes
\nUniversity of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology
\nThe Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine (I-AIM)
\n8 Limbs of Yoga
\nThe Five Tibetan Rites
Special Guest: Jaykumar Menon.
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\n\nAdditionally, as Executive Director of Volta Ghana Investment Company, he has overseen land development in Pokuase, Aburi, and Batsonaa for more than a decade. Pokuase Heights, in particular, is a gated community of high quality residences featuring contemporary designs, attractive interiors and a range of amenities. Residents of Pokuase Heights enjoy community water supply, solar power, a two car drive way, and 24 hour manned security. The community is conveniently located 20km from the heart of Accra; and offers great value and and stunning panoramic views at affordable pricing.
\n\nIn 2015 with EU based partners, Kofi pioneered Ghana’s largest commercial-scale tomato greenhouse. Premium Vegetables Ltd grows high quality tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppers in a 5,000 square meter, commercial green house in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Premium Vegetables supplies select supermarkets and restaurants in Accra with the same exclusive greenhouse varieties used by top chefs around the globe. Water is queen in farming and pristine mountain aquifers feed an automated drip irrigation system for the green house. Cool night temperatures and 300 meter elevation in the Aburi mountains create optimal growing conditions for a wide range of herbs and vegetables.
\n\nThis interview was recorded on location at Kofi's own mountain getaway in the hour before downpours. I hope you all can appreciate the long-missed sounds of place that I hope will again become a part of the soundscape of future discussions.
\n\nWhere to find Kofi:
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nAnd more about Indigo Homes
What's Kofi listening to?
\nCornel West - The Historical Philosophy of W.E.B. Du Bois
\nThe W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture Series - A public address by: The Honorable Condoleezza Rice
Other topics of interest:
\nInfluence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition by Robert B. Cialdini
\nSouls of Black Folk by W.E.B Du Bois
\nMarcus Garvey
\nNnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe, first President of Nigeria
\nChef Binta's Fulani Kitchen
\nAbeiku Jackson
Special Guest: Kofi Anku.
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\n\nBlaze's career works have provided a platform for young and budding African artists to express themselves and connect with fans, documenting the emergence of an entertainment industry in Kenya. In his time as editor of PHAT! Magazine, Blaze interviewed numerous entertainers namely Suzanna Owiyo, Yvonne Chakachaka, Shaggy, Nameless, Redsan, Eric Wainaina, Bamboo, Alpha Blondy, the late Lucky Dube, Mandoza, Lebo Mathhhhosa and Brenda Fassie.
\n\nBlaze led campaigns through writing to have radio stations start playing Kenyan music instead of only playing international music changing the way radio looks at Kenyan music. Following his experience spearheading Safaricom's 2002 Star Search, in 2003 he led the first group of Kenyan artists to the KORA All African Music Awards in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2004 he was involved in World Bank anti-piracy project Action for Music and through working with WAPI, Blaze designed and managed a global artists movement for British Council called WAPI which had reach in Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda and Malawi. Through WAPI, Blaze has inspired the careers of many artists such as Sauti Sol, Big Mic, Point Blank, Muthoni the Drummer Queen and Liz Ogumbo.
\n\nBlaze was truly a treat to host. This talented forward thinker is the stuff that African music industry legend is made of! Enjoy!
\n\nWhere to find Blaze:
\nOn Linkedin
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn YouTube
What's Blaze listening to?
\nThomas Sankara
Other topics of interest:
\nBlaze's "Where" - Killimani
\nBlaze's TED Talk
\nPHAT! Magazine
Artists of interest:
\nNameless
\nKhaligraph Jones
\nK South
\nSarkodie
\nJojo Abot
\nBurna Boy
\nEfya
\nWanlov the Kubolor
Special Guest: Moses "Buddha Blaze" Mbasu.
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\nIn observation of what is now International Cannabis Appreciation Day, we're going to the home of "Cannabis Culture" -- Jamaica! This week I'm hosting Andray Mckenzie, Company Secretary and CEO of Medicanja Limited, a medical cannabis production and distribution company based in Kingston, Jamaica. Founded by Dr. Henry Lowe, a pioneer in cannabis research, Medicanja has been in operation since 2013 and aims to chart the way forward in the development of a medical marijuana industry in Jamaica.
Prior to joining Medicanja, Andray established himself as an expert in supply chain and demand planning systems in a large scale manufacturing environments particular in the food and beverage industry. In his 20-year career in the FMCG sector he worked in Supply Chain, Sales, Innovations, Trade Intelligence, Distribution and several game changing projects. Guinness, Diageo, Heineken and Red Stripe are among the global organizations that benefitted from his experience. Andray has received numerous awards for break through performances, forecast accuracy, innovations, brand value creation and supply management. In his experience in consultancy and advisory capacities, Andray worked with companies such as Vasttips, the Transport Authorities of Jamaica, Celebrations Brands Limited, Biotech R&D Institute Limited, EG Wellness Brands Limited.
\n\nWhere to find Andray and Medicanja?
\nwww.medicanjajamaica.com
\ninfo@medicanjajamaica.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Facebook
Who is Andray listening to?
\nBuju Banton
\nAbout Dance Hall
What's Andray reading?
\nMacolm Gladwell
\nJim Collins
Other topics of interest:
\nPortugal was the first country in the world to decriminalize all drugs
\nDunn's River Falls
\nFrome Sugar Factory
\nBlue Ocean Strategy
\nJamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO)
Special Guest: Andray McKenzie.
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\n\nWhere to find Troy?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
What's Troy watching?
\nMoney Heist
Who is Troy listening to?
\nBlinky Bill
\nMichael Kiwanuka
Other topics of interest:
\nFAM Basketball
\nFAM on IG
\nM-Pesa
\nJava Kenya
\nHoward University
Special Guest: Troy White.
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\n\nWhere to find Troy?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
What's Troy watching?
\nMoney Heist
Who is Troy listening to?
\nBlinky Bill
\nMichael Kiwanuka
Other topics of interest:
\nFAM Basketball
\nFAM on IG
\nM-Pesa
\nJava Kenya
\nHoward University
Special Guest: Troy White.
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\n\nI'm so uplifted by all the women that joined me for conversations this month and I want to share good news for one of my stellar past guests. Congratulation to Somi Kakoma for winning the award for Outstanding Jazz Album at the 2021 NAACP Image Awards!! If you haven't gotten your copy of her album Holy Room here's one more reason to get your copy now!
\n\nWhere to find Claudine?
\nwww.claudinemoore.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Instagram
What's Claudine reading?
\nOutwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success by Napoleon Hill
Other topics of interest:
\nBlues and Soul Magazine
\nPRvoke Media
\nThe Tony Elumelu Foundation
\nGro Intelligence
\nAir Protein
\nFirst Cheque
Special Guest: Claudine Moore.
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\n\nEsther, a Ghanaian Brit also has acclaimed experience as a multi media journalist, documentary maker and playwright with productions appearing on stages in New York, Chicago and Accra. She's a radio show host, a fellow podcaster as creator of 'THE SPIN', and has beed a television political commentator on MSNBC, CNN, GRITtv, BET and MSNBC. As a writer, her work has been published in The Guardian, West Africa magazine, Gawker, AlterNet.org, Salon.com, and The Huffington Post. Esther is truly a women on a change maker's mission addressing the systematic challenges that are pervasive throughout ALL cultures, and hers is a story you'll not want to miss.
\n\nShe is currently living, working and playing mostly in Ghana; Esther still calls NYC and London "home" too.
\n\nWhere to find Esther?
\nwww.theaiej.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Instagram
\nOn YouTube
Other topics of interest:
\nMillion Women March
\nWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
\nSteve Beko
\nOliver Tambo
\nWomen in the ANC
\nTruth and Reconciliation Commission South Africa
\nNew Heritage Theatre Group
\nDanceworks London
\nwww.iamadinkra.com
ICYMI - Nana Amoako-Anin's episodes - Part 1 and Part 2
Special Guest: Esther Armah.
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\n\nPassionate about entrepreneur eco-systems, youth, women and the environment, Toyin has upwards of 30 years of international development and enterprise experience with a concentration in NGO communities. She's worked in-depth with African Foundation for Development (@AFFORD), @USAID, @RemitAid, @DFID, @VSO and @Comic Relief. Her experience in West Africa includes working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary and distributed teams improving economic opportunities for varied enterprises. She has developed, led and managed UK and European-funded projects and also designed and implemented projects and programs that supported the creation of jobs and business opportunities within the UK, Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone and in Diaspora communities. She has a passion for Africa and relocated to Ghana in 2014.
\n\nIn her humanitarian activities, Toyin currently sits on the Board for Street Children Empowerment Foundation (@SCEF).
\n\nWhere to find Toyin?
\nDigilogic @ MEST
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Facebook
Other topics of interest:
\nWomen's Entrepreneurship Day
\nOn Toyin's Ghana Home - Ayi Mensah Park
\n@SCEF
Special Guest: Toyin Dania.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-03-16T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/2cf08149-a441-4e81-ac74-7b817f762c22.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":84767414,"duration_in_seconds":3531}]},{"id":"3f584f22-d28e-4de8-8661-7b5c3b175cd6","title":"Episode 64: Humanitarian CoCreating with Sarah Adeyinka Part 2","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/64","content_text":"Ẹ n lẹ [en-le] Glocal Citizens! That's \"hello\" in Yoruba which is hometown glocal speak for this week's guest, Sarah Adeyinka. Sarah is a humanitarian researcher currently carrying out research on exploitation, human trafficking and irregular migration. Prior to joining academia, Sarah worked with several NGOs for over a decade before transitioning into academia. She is also the founder of CoCreate VZW - a non-governmental organization that provides training for anti-trafficking organizations and aims to create multiple avenues through which survivors can sustain themselves and thrive. This March we're honoring women making history and hope you too can offer your support with a donation to CoCreate - find out more here.\n\nCoupling the training, experience and information Sarah has gained as a researcher with her experiences as a practitioner are key for effectiveness in her field which facilitates her ability to consult with organizations and offer presentations on anti-trafficking measures and working with/caring for survivors of human trafficking with a focus on Nigerian women. Fun fact, Sarah's education, curiosity and work have taken her to over 40 countries on five continents. \n\nThis March, Sarah will become a published author with her first book, Nigerian and Ghanaian Women Working in the Brussels Red-Light District. Get your copy today!\n\nWhere to find Sarah?\nwww.sarahadeyinka.com\nwww.cocreatengo.org\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Twitter\nOn Instagram\n\nWhat's Sarah watching?\nThe Mentalist\n\nOther topics of interest:\nChild Move Project\nMédecins Sans Frontières\nTongan for BeginnersSpecial Guest: Sarah Adeyinka.","content_html":"Ẹ n lẹ [en-le] Glocal Citizens! That's "hello" in Yoruba which is hometown glocal speak for this week's guest, Sarah Adeyinka. Sarah is a humanitarian researcher currently carrying out research on exploitation, human trafficking and irregular migration. Prior to joining academia, Sarah worked with several NGOs for over a decade before transitioning into academia. She is also the founder of CoCreate VZW - a non-governmental organization that provides training for anti-trafficking organizations and aims to create multiple avenues through which survivors can sustain themselves and thrive. This March we're honoring women making history and hope you too can offer your support with a donation to CoCreate - find out more here.
\n\nCoupling the training, experience and information Sarah has gained as a researcher with her experiences as a practitioner are key for effectiveness in her field which facilitates her ability to consult with organizations and offer presentations on anti-trafficking measures and working with/caring for survivors of human trafficking with a focus on Nigerian women. Fun fact, Sarah's education, curiosity and work have taken her to over 40 countries on five continents.
\n\nThis March, Sarah will become a published author with her first book, Nigerian and Ghanaian Women Working in the Brussels Red-Light District. Get your copy today!
\n\nWhere to find Sarah?
\nwww.sarahadeyinka.com
\nwww.cocreatengo.org
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
What's Sarah watching?
\nThe Mentalist
Other topics of interest:
\nChild Move Project
\nMédecins Sans Frontières
\nTongan for Beginners
Special Guest: Sarah Adeyinka.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-03-09T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/3f584f22-d28e-4de8-8661-7b5c3b175cd6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":76905344,"duration_in_seconds":1922}]},{"id":"98eaac2d-a905-49ee-a352-0f51886ccd1a","title":"Episode 63: Humanitarian CoCreating with Sarah Adeyinka Part 1","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/63","content_text":"Ẹ n lẹ [en-le] Glocal Citizens! That's \"hello\" in Yoruba which is hometown glocal speak for this week's guest, Sarah Adeyinka. Sarah is a humanitarian researcher currently carrying out research on exploitation, human trafficking and irregular migration. Prior to joining academia, Sarah worked with several NGOs for over a decade before transitioning into academia. She is also the founder of CoCreate VZW - a non-governmental organization that provides training for anti-trafficking organizations and aims to create multiple avenues through which survivors can sustain themselves and thrive. This March we're honoring women making history and hope you too can offer your support with a donation to CoCreate - find out more here.\n\nCoupling the training, experience and information Sarah has gained as a researcher with her experiences as a practitioner are key for effectiveness in her field which facilitates her ability to consult with organizations and offer presentations on anti-trafficking measures and working with/caring for survivors of human trafficking with a focus on Nigerian women. Fun fact, Sarah's education, curiosity and work have taken her to over 40 countries on five continents. \n\nThis March, Sarah will become a published author with her first book, Nigerian and Ghanaian Women Working in the Brussels Red-Light District. Get your copy today!\n\nWhere to find Sarah?\nwww.sarahadeyinka.com\nwww.cocreatengo.org\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Twitter\nOn Instagram\n\nWhat's Sarah watching?\nThe Mentalist\n\nOther topics of interest:\nChild Move Project\nMédecins Sans Frontières\nTongan for BeginnersSpecial Guest: Sarah Adeyinka.","content_html":"Ẹ n lẹ [en-le] Glocal Citizens! That's "hello" in Yoruba which is hometown glocal speak for this week's guest, Sarah Adeyinka. Sarah is a humanitarian researcher currently carrying out research on exploitation, human trafficking and irregular migration. Prior to joining academia, Sarah worked with several NGOs for over a decade before transitioning into academia. She is also the founder of CoCreate VZW - a non-governmental organization that provides training for anti-trafficking organizations and aims to create multiple avenues through which survivors can sustain themselves and thrive. This March we're honoring women making history and hope you too can offer your support with a donation to CoCreate - find out more here.
\n\nCoupling the training, experience and information Sarah has gained as a researcher with her experiences as a practitioner are key for effectiveness in her field which facilitates her ability to consult with organizations and offer presentations on anti-trafficking measures and working with/caring for survivors of human trafficking with a focus on Nigerian women. Fun fact, Sarah's education, curiosity and work have taken her to over 40 countries on five continents.
\n\nThis March, Sarah will become a published author with her first book, Nigerian and Ghanaian Women Working in the Brussels Red-Light District. Get your copy today!
\n\nWhere to find Sarah?
\nwww.sarahadeyinka.com
\nwww.cocreatengo.org
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Instagram
What's Sarah watching?
\nThe Mentalist
Other topics of interest:
\nChild Move Project
\nMédecins Sans Frontières
\nTongan for Beginners
Special Guest: Sarah Adeyinka.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-03-02T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/98eaac2d-a905-49ee-a352-0f51886ccd1a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":54726926,"duration_in_seconds":2280}]},{"id":"e5050b02-5fc7-46ff-8925-25b52fdc3165","title":"Episode 62: An African Hempire in the making with Nana Kwaku Agyemang Part 2","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/62","content_text":"Greetings from Ghana Glocal Citizens!\n\nI'm back in Accra and diving into a hot topic across the globe - Cannabis: to free or not to free the weed. This week my guest is the Founder and President of the Hempire [Hemp] Association of Ghana and the Hempire Association of Africa - which currently has 13 member states. He is also the Founder of the Hempire Agric Ghana, Limited. He is a former Class 1 Referee who has served in the United Kingdom for 10 years as well as in Ghana. Nana has played a pivotal roles in educating the Ministers, Members of Parliament, Government Agencies and Civil servants about the health benefits, environmental and economic benefits of cannabis. He has appeared on numerous media platforms audio and audio/visual championing the cause for decriminalization.\nNana, originally from Ghana, is a specialist in Personnel Management from the University of Southwark in London. Passionate about footall, he is currently a UEFA Licensed Football Coach and Level 1 & 2 Coach Educator. This two part interview promises to be a great \"hempucational\" experience.\n\nWhere to find Nana?\nwww.hempireassociationofghana.com\nOn Facebook\nOn Twitter\n\nWhat's Nana Reading?\nThe Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey by Marcus Garvey and Amy Jacques Garvey \n\nOther topics of interest:\nAct 1019, Ghana's Hemp Legislation\nFutura 75 Cannabis Sativa L Hemp Seeds\nHarry Aslinger\nReefer Madness\nAsante Mampong\nMarcus Garvey's Black Star LineSpecial Guest: Nana Kwaku Agyemang.","content_html":"Greetings from Ghana Glocal Citizens!
\n\nI'm back in Accra and diving into a hot topic across the globe - Cannabis: to free or not to free the weed. This week my guest is the Founder and President of the Hempire [Hemp] Association of Ghana and the Hempire Association of Africa - which currently has 13 member states. He is also the Founder of the Hempire Agric Ghana, Limited. He is a former Class 1 Referee who has served in the United Kingdom for 10 years as well as in Ghana. Nana has played a pivotal roles in educating the Ministers, Members of Parliament, Government Agencies and Civil servants about the health benefits, environmental and economic benefits of cannabis. He has appeared on numerous media platforms audio and audio/visual championing the cause for decriminalization.
\nNana, originally from Ghana, is a specialist in Personnel Management from the University of Southwark in London. Passionate about footall, he is currently a UEFA Licensed Football Coach and Level 1 & 2 Coach Educator. This two part interview promises to be a great "hempucational" experience.
Where to find Nana?
\nwww.hempireassociationofghana.com
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
What's Nana Reading?
\nThe Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey by Marcus Garvey and Amy Jacques Garvey
Other topics of interest:
\nAct 1019, Ghana's Hemp Legislation
\nFutura 75 Cannabis Sativa L Hemp Seeds
\nHarry Aslinger
\nReefer Madness
\nAsante Mampong
\nMarcus Garvey's Black Star Line
Special Guest: Nana Kwaku Agyemang.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-02-23T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/e5050b02-5fc7-46ff-8925-25b52fdc3165.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":57665996,"duration_in_seconds":2402}]},{"id":"65ba56d9-d424-4448-bc14-baa38ab00b07","title":"Episode 61: An African Hempire in the making with Nana Kwaku Agyemang Part 1","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/61","content_text":"Greetings from Ghana Glocal Citizens! \n\nI'm back in Accra and diving into a hot topic across the globe - Cannabis: to free or not to free the weed. This week my guest is the Founder and President of the Hempire [Hemp] Association of Ghana and the Hempire Association of Africa - which currently has 13 member states. He is also the Founder of the Hempire Agric Ghana, Limited. He is a former Class 1 Referee who has served in the United Kingdom for 10 years as well as in Ghana. Nana has played a pivotal roles in educating the Ministers, Members of Parliament, Government Agencies and Civil servants about the health benefits, environmental and economic benefits of cannabis. He has appeared on numerous media platforms audio and audio/visual championing the cause for decriminalization.\nNana, originally from Ghana, is a specialist in Personnel Management from the University of Southwark in London. Passionate about footall, he is currently a UEFA Licensed Football Coach and Level 1 & 2 Coach Educator. This two part interview promises to be a great \"hempucational\" experience.\n\nWhere to find Nana?\nwww.hempireassociationofghana.com\nOn Facebook\nOn Twitter\n\nWhat's Nana Reading?\nThe Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey by Marcus Garvey and Amy Jacques Garvey \n\nOther topics of interest:\nAct 1019, Ghana's Hemp Legislation\nFutura 75 Cannabis Sativa L Hemp Seeds\nHarry Aslinger\nReefer Madness\nAsante Mampong\nMarcus Garvey's Black Star LineSpecial Guest: Nana Kwaku Agyemang.","content_html":"Greetings from Ghana Glocal Citizens!
\n\nI'm back in Accra and diving into a hot topic across the globe - Cannabis: to free or not to free the weed. This week my guest is the Founder and President of the Hempire [Hemp] Association of Ghana and the Hempire Association of Africa - which currently has 13 member states. He is also the Founder of the Hempire Agric Ghana, Limited. He is a former Class 1 Referee who has served in the United Kingdom for 10 years as well as in Ghana. Nana has played a pivotal roles in educating the Ministers, Members of Parliament, Government Agencies and Civil servants about the health benefits, environmental and economic benefits of cannabis. He has appeared on numerous media platforms audio and audio/visual championing the cause for decriminalization.
\nNana, originally from Ghana, is a specialist in Personnel Management from the University of Southwark in London. Passionate about footall, he is currently a UEFA Licensed Football Coach and Level 1 & 2 Coach Educator. This two part interview promises to be a great "hempucational" experience.
Where to find Nana?
\nwww.hempireassociationofghana.com
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
What's Nana Reading?
\nThe Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey by Marcus Garvey and Amy Jacques Garvey
Other topics of interest:
\nAct 1019, Ghana's Hemp Legislation
\nFutura 75 Cannabis Sativa L Hemp Seeds
\nHarry Aslinger
\nReefer Madness
\nAsante Mampong
\nMarcus Garvey's Black Star Line
Special Guest: Nana Kwaku Agyemang.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-02-16T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/65ba56d9-d424-4448-bc14-baa38ab00b07.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":52909648,"duration_in_seconds":2204}]},{"id":"d7826df0-de81-4f01-80bd-12c569bf8bac","title":"Episode 60: Investing in Urban Improvement with Jonas Parby","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/60","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens! \n\nThis week's guest is my first \"World Banker.\" Born and raised in Denmark and currently based in Nepal, Jonas Ingemann Parby is a Senior Urban Specialist in the South Asia Region with the World Bank. Jonas has led and worked on lending operations and analytical products in more than 20 countries across Latin America, Africa, South East Asia, and South Asia. His expertise focuses on local governance and decentralization, urban resilience, municipal finance, and housing. Before joining the World Bank Group, Jonas served as Adviser at DANIDA (Danish Agency for Development Assistance) and worked for several international NGOs. Prior to relocating to Nepal with his wife and daughter, Jonas lived and worked in the United States, Cambodia, Thailand, Uganda, and Peru. Fluent in five languages, Jonas also has a particular fluency in nature where he finds the best kinds of mindset hacks through his global and local adventures. In this conversation we learn quite a bit about the project development process at the World Bank and some of the solution-scaping activities that Jonas has been involved in implementing.\n\nPress Play @\n00:10:17 \"Why the Where?\"\n00:14:24 \"Jonas' Glocal Speak\"\n00:42:57 \"Jonas' Mindset Hack\"\n\nWhere to find Jonas?\nOn [LinkedIn](linkedin.com/in/jonas-ingemann-parby-24b6042)\nOn Facebook\nOn Instagram\nOn Twitter\n\nOther topics of interest:\nNepal Urban Governance and Infrastructure Project \nOn Climate Change Mitigation\nOn Namaste\nDanish Children's SongsSpecial Guest: Jonas Ingemann Parby.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nThis week's guest is my first "World Banker." Born and raised in Denmark and currently based in Nepal, Jonas Ingemann Parby is a Senior Urban Specialist in the South Asia Region with the World Bank. Jonas has led and worked on lending operations and analytical products in more than 20 countries across Latin America, Africa, South East Asia, and South Asia. His expertise focuses on local governance and decentralization, urban resilience, municipal finance, and housing. Before joining the World Bank Group, Jonas served as Adviser at DANIDA (Danish Agency for Development Assistance) and worked for several international NGOs. Prior to relocating to Nepal with his wife and daughter, Jonas lived and worked in the United States, Cambodia, Thailand, Uganda, and Peru. Fluent in five languages, Jonas also has a particular fluency in nature where he finds the best kinds of mindset hacks through his global and local adventures. In this conversation we learn quite a bit about the project development process at the World Bank and some of the solution-scaping activities that Jonas has been involved in implementing.
\n\nPress Play @
\n00:10:17 "Why the Where?"
\n00:14:24 "Jonas' Glocal Speak"
\n00:42:57 "Jonas' Mindset Hack"
Where to find Jonas?
\nOn [LinkedIn](linkedin.com/in/jonas-ingemann-parby-24b6042)
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
Other topics of interest:
\nNepal Urban Governance and Infrastructure Project
\nOn Climate Change Mitigation
\nOn Namaste
\nDanish Children's Songs
Special Guest: Jonas Ingemann Parby.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-02-09T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/d7826df0-de81-4f01-80bd-12c569bf8bac.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":62320932,"duration_in_seconds":2596}]},{"id":"8b1f041a-ad95-4e35-b4a0-ec0227c5aeb5","title":"Episode 59: Empowering L'Afrique Femme with Aissata Sidibé N'dia","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/59","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!\n\nIn preparation for this week's episode, I was excited to spend some time tuning my Francophone ears AND eyes watching episodes of African Woman 2.0, hosted by my guest, Aissata Sidibé N’Dia, president and founding member of Yelenba-Women in Action. The creation of Yelenba is the result of a collaborative decision to support, through concrete actions, African women and girls, offering them opportunities to improve their daily lives. In addition to her philanthropic pursuits, Aissata is also runs the popular Francophone platform www.afriquefemme.com. \n\nAissata holds an MBA from the University of Maryland in the United States and over 18 years of communications experience. She started her career at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) where she spent thirteen years in various positions in the Communication Department. At the end of 2015, her family relocated to Abidjan, where she worked as a Communication Expert, with the team responsible for the implementation of the Compact Program of the Ivory Coast of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).\n\nFollowing her work with MCC, Aissata served as the West Africa Communication Manager at the African Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF), a Nairobi-based development institution that operates in agribusiness and renewable energies. This position allowed her to expand her network in sub-Saharan Africa and gain a better understanding of the challenges of small private sector businesses and the rural communities they support. \n\nSpeaking with Aissata was definitely a treat you'll not want to miss as we take a mini tour living, working and playing in Francophone Africa.\n\nWhere to find Aissata?\nOn LinkedIn\nOn Facebook\nOn Instagram\nOn YouTube\nYelenba on Instagram\nwww.yelenba.org\n\nWhat's Aissata reading\"\nIf the Black is not Capable of Standing... by Venance Konan\nHalf a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\n\nOther topics of interest:\nOn Bambara\nMillennium Challenge Corporation\nInternational Monetary Fund\nAfrican Enterprise Challenge FundSpecial Guest: Aissata Sidibe N’Dia.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\n\nIn preparation for this week's episode, I was excited to spend some time tuning my Francophone ears AND eyes watching episodes of African Woman 2.0, hosted by my guest, Aissata Sidibé N’Dia, president and founding member of Yelenba-Women in Action. The creation of Yelenba is the result of a collaborative decision to support, through concrete actions, African women and girls, offering them opportunities to improve their daily lives. In addition to her philanthropic pursuits, Aissata is also runs the popular Francophone platform www.afriquefemme.com.
\n\nAissata holds an MBA from the University of Maryland in the United States and over 18 years of communications experience. She started her career at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) where she spent thirteen years in various positions in the Communication Department. At the end of 2015, her family relocated to Abidjan, where she worked as a Communication Expert, with the team responsible for the implementation of the Compact Program of the Ivory Coast of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
\n\nFollowing her work with MCC, Aissata served as the West Africa Communication Manager at the African Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF), a Nairobi-based development institution that operates in agribusiness and renewable energies. This position allowed her to expand her network in sub-Saharan Africa and gain a better understanding of the challenges of small private sector businesses and the rural communities they support.
\n\nSpeaking with Aissata was definitely a treat you'll not want to miss as we take a mini tour living, working and playing in Francophone Africa.
\n\nWhere to find Aissata?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Instagram
\nOn YouTube
\nYelenba on Instagram
\nwww.yelenba.org
What's Aissata reading"
\nIf the Black is not Capable of Standing... by Venance Konan
\nHalf a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Other topics of interest:
\nOn Bambara
\nMillennium Challenge Corporation
\nInternational Monetary Fund
\nAfrican Enterprise Challenge Fund
Special Guest: Aissata Sidibe N’Dia.
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\n\nWe're straddling borders between East Africa and New York City on this week's episode as I visit with Milton Allimadi, publisher of The Black Star News. He is also the author of 'The Hearts of Darkness..' about the history of Western media demonization of Africa. Milton attended the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia for an M.S. degree where he won the prestigious James Wechsler Memorial Prize award in international journalism at Columbia. He has M.A. and Bachelors degrees in Economics from Syracuse University. He started his journalism career with internships at The Journal of Commerce and The Wall Street Journal. He was a freelance reporter for The New York Times, a reporter and deputy managing editor with The City Sun, before founding The Black Star News. He is also an Adjunct Professor of African History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY). He can be heard Tuesday afternoons @ 3PM on WBAI 99.5 FM or wbai.org Radio as the host of "The Black Star News Show" as well as on his weekly podcast, The African History Club on Patreon.
\n\nWhere to find Milton?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn WBAI.org
\nOn Patreon
What's Milton listening to?
\nFrançois "Franco" Luambo Luanzo Makiadi
\nBob Marley
\nFela Kuti
\nJimi Hendrix
\nCarlos Santana
Other topics of interest:
\nUganda's U Vote app
\nRobert "Bobbi Wine" Kyagulanyi Ssentamu
\nYoweri Museveni
\nAbout Andrew "Andy" Cooper
\nAbolitionist William Lloyd Garrison
\nJournalist Lloyd Garrison
Special Guest: Milton Allimadi.
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\nWe're straddling borders between East Africa and New York City on this week's episode as I visit with Milton Allimadi, publisher of The Black Star News. He is also the author of 'The Hearts of Darkness..' about the history of Western media demonization of Africa. Milton attended the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia for an M.S. degree where he won the prestigious James Wechsler Memorial Prize award in international journalism at Columbia. He has M.A. and Bachelors degrees in Economics from Syracuse University. He started his journalism career with internships at The Journal of Commerce and The Wall Street Journal. He was a freelance reporter for The New York Times, a reporter and deputy managing editor with The City Sun, before founding The Black Star News. He is also an Adjunct Professor of African History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY). He can be heard Tuesday afternoons @ 3PM on WBAI 99.5 FM or wbai.org Radio as the host of "The Black Star News Show" as well as on his weekly podcast, The African History Club on Patreon.
Where to find Milton?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn WBAI.org
\nOn Patreon
What's Milton listening to?
\nFrançois "Franco" Luambo Luanzo Makiadi
\nBob Marley
\nFela Kuti
\nJimi Hendrix
\nCarlos Santana
Other topics of interest:
\nUganda's U Vote app
\nRobert "Bobbi Wine" Kyagulanyi Ssentamu
\nYoweri Museveni
\nAbout Andrew "Andy" Cooper
\nAbolitionist William Lloyd Garrison
\nJournalist Lloyd Garrison
Special Guest: Milton Allimadi.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-01-19T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/16c11c97-c738-4a57-a499-774337cd676f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":49870418,"duration_in_seconds":2077}]},{"id":"a275ed8a-f06e-4859-be8f-5793f123381b","title":"Episode 56: In a Holy Room with Somi Kakoma","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/56","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens! \nThis week we meet another creative mover and shaker, literally. Born in Illinois to immigrants from Rwanda and Uganda, acclaimed vocalist & songwriter, Somi Kakoma has built a career of transatlantic sonicism and storytelling. Her latest album Holy Room - Live at Alte Oper with Frankfurt Radio Big Band (Salon Africana 2020) was recorded in an 18th Century German opera house in May 2019 and is currently nominated for a 2021 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Her last studio album Petite Afrique (Sony 2017) was written as a song cycle about the African immigrant experience in the midst of Harlem’s gentrification in New York City and won the 2018 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album. Petite Afrique is the highly anticipated follow-up to Somi's major label debut The Lagos Music Salon (Sony 2014) which was inspired by an 18-month creative sabbatical in Lagos, Nigeria and features special guests Angelique Kidjo and Common landed at #1 on US Jazz charts. Both albums were nominated for ECHO Awards in Germany for Best International Jazz Vocalist. \n\nRecently venturing into theater, Somi was named a 2019 Sundance Theater Fellow for her original musical, Dreaming Zenzile about the great South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba. The premiere production was shut down days before opening due to COVID-19.\n\nSomi is a Soros Equality Fellow, a USA Doris Duke Fellow, a TED Senior Fellow, an inaugural Association of Performing Arts Presenters Fellow, a former Artist-in-Residence at Park Avenue Armory, UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance, The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and Baryshnikov Arts Center. She is also the founder of Salon Africana, a boutique arts agency and record label that celebrates the very best of contemporary African artists working in the music and literary arts. Also celebrated for her activism, Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon asked Somi to perform at the United Nations’ General Assembly in commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. She was also invited to perform at Carnegie Hall alongside Hugh Masekela, Dave Matthews, and Vusi Mahlesela in celebration of South African democracy. \n\nSomi and her band continue to perform at international venues and stages around the world. In her heart of hearts, she is an East African Midwestern girl who loves family, poetry, and freedom.\n\nWhere to find Somi?\nwww.somimusic.com\nOn Facebook\nOn Instagram\nOn YouTube\nOn Twitter\nSalon Africana\n\nWho is Somi reading?\nEdwidge Danticat\nChimamanda Adichie\nToni Morrison\nRich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T Kiyosaki \n\nWhat’s Somi listening to?\nHervé Samb\nZoë Modiga\nNduduzo Makhathini\nJulia Sarr\n\nOther topics of interest-\n• On Color EnergySpecial Guest: Somi Kakoma.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens!
\nThis week we meet another creative mover and shaker, literally. Born in Illinois to immigrants from Rwanda and Uganda, acclaimed vocalist & songwriter, Somi Kakoma has built a career of transatlantic sonicism and storytelling. Her latest album Holy Room - Live at Alte Oper with Frankfurt Radio Big Band (Salon Africana 2020) was recorded in an 18th Century German opera house in May 2019 and is currently nominated for a 2021 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Her last studio album Petite Afrique (Sony 2017) was written as a song cycle about the African immigrant experience in the midst of Harlem’s gentrification in New York City and won the 2018 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album. Petite Afrique is the highly anticipated follow-up to Somi's major label debut The Lagos Music Salon (Sony 2014) which was inspired by an 18-month creative sabbatical in Lagos, Nigeria and features special guests Angelique Kidjo and Common landed at #1 on US Jazz charts. Both albums were nominated for ECHO Awards in Germany for Best International Jazz Vocalist.
Recently venturing into theater, Somi was named a 2019 Sundance Theater Fellow for her original musical, Dreaming Zenzile about the great South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba. The premiere production was shut down days before opening due to COVID-19.
\n\nSomi is a Soros Equality Fellow, a USA Doris Duke Fellow, a TED Senior Fellow, an inaugural Association of Performing Arts Presenters Fellow, a former Artist-in-Residence at Park Avenue Armory, UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance, The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and Baryshnikov Arts Center. She is also the founder of Salon Africana, a boutique arts agency and record label that celebrates the very best of contemporary African artists working in the music and literary arts. Also celebrated for her activism, Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon asked Somi to perform at the United Nations’ General Assembly in commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. She was also invited to perform at Carnegie Hall alongside Hugh Masekela, Dave Matthews, and Vusi Mahlesela in celebration of South African democracy.
\n\nSomi and her band continue to perform at international venues and stages around the world. In her heart of hearts, she is an East African Midwestern girl who loves family, poetry, and freedom.
\n\nWhere to find Somi?
\nwww.somimusic.com
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Instagram
\nOn YouTube
\nOn Twitter
\nSalon Africana
Who is Somi reading?
\nEdwidge Danticat
\nChimamanda Adichie
\nToni Morrison
\nRich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T Kiyosaki
What’s Somi listening to?
\nHervé Samb
\nZoë Modiga
\nNduduzo Makhathini
\nJulia Sarr
Other topics of interest-
\n• On Color Energy
Special Guest: Somi Kakoma.
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\n\nWe're starting 2021 on a "write" note. This week my guest is Sala Elise Patterson, a communication, content and brand strategist, and writer. Sala began her career as an editor at Conde Nast Traveler Magazine in New York before leaving to work in international cooperation in the wake of 9-11. That work took her to Rome and Dar es Salaam with the United Nations; to Paris with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; and to Tunis with the African Development Bank.
\n\nIn 2012, she founded her own communication advisory firm, Songhai Group, which serves international organizations, cultural institutions and mission-driven companies. Clients have included World Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, McKinsey & Company, World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), Galerie Number 8 and National Urban League, among others.
\n\nThroughout her career, Sala has written on art, culture and lifestyle. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Style Magazine, Harvard Design Magazine, The Atlantic’s CityLab, KINFOLK, Ford Foundation Report, TRUE Africa, the Musée D’Orsay exhibition catalogue for The Black Model: From Géricault to Matisse and in the short, experimental documentary film, Protect, for which she was the screenwriter.
\n\nSala is a native Washingtonian and product of DC Public Schools. She holds a BA in African-American Literature from Columbia University (cum laude), an MSc in Development Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies and speaks Italian, French, Portuguese and a bit of Japanese. She lives with her husband and 12-year old son in Rome, where she is currently on assignment with the World Bank.
\n\nWhere to find Sala?
\nwww.salapatterson.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
What’s Sala reading and writing?
\n•The Sun Magazine
\n•Rita Dove
\n•James Baldwin
\n•Toni Morrison
\n•Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones
\n•Siddharta Mitter
\n• On Teju Cole
\n• On Adrienne "Ady" Fidelin
What’s Sala listening to?
\nFIP Radio
Other topics of interest-
\n• Ady in Works
\n• Man Ray
\n• Niama Safia Sandy
\n• School of African and Oriental Studies University
Special Guest: Sala Elise Patterson .
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\nThis week my guest is Joy Namunoga, currently an Advocacy Officer in Governance and Social Accountability at ActionAid International. Joy is a Ugandan, based in Kampala with a 10-year experience in program management, research, public policy, civic technology and community engagement. she’s an expert on governance and social accountability who has designed civic technology projects like “Fix My Community” to strengthen Uganda’s health systems supply chain, and co-designed Uganda System of Electronic Open Data Records (USER) to enhance information flow and transparency. Her work in holding governments accountable was supported by the Community Solutions Program Fellowship from the US Department of State at the Sunlight Foundation, Washington Dc. In 2017/2018, Joy served as Uganda’s Alternate Chairperson for the Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS) Human Rights and Accountability Committee and the brain behind the Health and Education Sector Anti–corruption working groups as platforms for citizens – state engagement. Joy is most definitely a Diasporan one to watch!
Where to find Joy?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
What’s Joy reading?
\nWorst Enemy, Best Teacher : How to Survive and Thrive with Opponents, Competitors, and the People Who Drive You Crazy by Deidre Combs
\nOther books by Deidre Combs
Other topics of interest -
\n• USAID programs in Uganda
\n• MTRAC Uganda
\n• Fix My Community Uganda
\n• Makerere University
Special Guest: Joy Namunoga.
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\n\nThis week my guest is Joy Namunoga, currently an Advocacy Officer in Governance and Social Accountability at ActionAid International. Joy is a Ugandan, based in Kampala with a 10-year experience in program management, research, public policy, civic technology and community engagement. she’s an expert on governance and social accountability who has designed civic technology projects like “Fix My Community” to strengthen Uganda’s health systems supply chain, and co-designed Uganda System of Electronic Open Data Records (USER) to enhance information flow and transparency. Her work in holding governments accountable was supported by the Community Solutions Program Fellowship from the US Department of State at the Sunlight Foundation, Washington Dc. In 2017/2018, Joy served as Uganda’s Alternate Chairperson for the Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS) Human Rights and Accountability Committee and the brain behind the Health and Education Sector Anti–corruption working groups as platforms for citizens – state engagement. Joy is most definitely a Diasporan one to watch!
\n\nWhere to find Joy?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
What’s Joy reading?
\nWorst Enemy, Best Teacher : How to Survive and Thrive with Opponents, Competitors, and the People Who Drive You Crazy by Deidre Combs
\nOther books _by Deidre Combs _
Other topics of interest -
\n• USAID programs in Uganda
\n• MTRAC Uganda
\n• Fix My Community Uganda
\n• Makerere University
Special Guest: Joy Namunoga.
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\n\nThis week my guest is adopted Londoner, Jason Page.
\n\nBefore relocating nearly 12 years ago, Jason called Brooklyn, Denver, Seattle, Washington, D.C. and Chattanooga "home" at points in his life. Jason has over 20 years of experience producing events, raising funds and organizing communities with not-for-profit organizations, charities and youth in the United States and England. He currently manages operations for the London Migration Museum as well as serving as the project manager for the Peckham Platform's Create Civic Change project, Tilting the Mirror. Always seeking new opportunities that match his commitment to empowering people to be the change in their communities, encouraging engagement in civics and his belief in the power of altruism, in 2019 he launched the South East Salon -- a physical, and now virtual monthly gathering connecting creativity to resource while celebrating South East London. He's also co-founder @ 40PERCENT LONDON, a consultancy that works with organizations to reach their goals and potential around inclusion, diversity and equity in the workplace.
\n\nWhere to find Jason?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nSouth East Salon
\nSES on YouTube
\nSES on Instagram
What’s Jason reading and listening to?
\n•Blood & Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
\n•Run Dem Radio and Charlie Dark
\n•DJ Amir Abdullah @ 180 Proof Records
\n•Emma Warren @ Worldwide FM
Other topics of interest -
\n• About Lovers Rock
\n• Deptford Royal Dockyard
\n• The Migration Museum on IG
\n• ICYM Tara Sabre's "mindset hack," check out https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/44
Special Guest: Jason Page.
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\n\nWe've been together a whole year already..Hurray!!
\nI thank you for tuning in with me and my guests week after week for business and lifestyle insights around the world. This year, our glocal travels have taken us from the US to Europe, across Africa and as far as New Zealand. The world is our oyster and we're opening it a little wider with each and every guest we meet.
This week my guest is Wellington Baiden, CEO of Portal Forest Estates. Wellington has over 20 years of experience in the wood products sector in Ghana. He is an internationally recognized innovator in sustainable agro-forestry and has family and business ties in the Western and Central Regions of Ghana which reach back many generations. In his work at Portal, the aim is to create a green vortex for the training of leaders amongst local communities, private sector operatives and general public at large enabling a concerted drive towards exponential growth in climate change mitigation interventions. Prior to returning to Ghana in 2000, Wellington studied law at the University of East Anglia and worked in the finance industry in the United Kingdom.
\n\nWhere to find Wellington?
\nwww.portalforestestates.org
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
What’s Wellington reading?
\n• A New Concept of the Universe by Walter Russell
\n• Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
\n• Akan Philosophy of the Person
Other topics of interest—
\n• The African Free Trade Zone
\n• The Paris Agreement
Special Guest: Wellington Baiden.
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\n\nThis week "B" stands for "beauty" and Baze Mpinja, a Congolese-American writer, editor and consultant based in Brooklyn, New York.
\nBorn in New Hampshire after her parents emigrated to the US and raised mostly in Arizona, Baze considers herself the most unlikely beauty writer ever. She’s the first woman in her family to graduate from a university and her grandmothers never learned to read—when they were growing up, girls didn't go to school. While her career as a writer at times seems unfathomable, Baze is no doubt the real thing when it comes to telling stories for leading brands and beauty publications.
\nShe's gone from working at multicultural, niche magazines with startup environments (Suede and Vibe Vixen) to becoming a staffer at one of the most widely read women’s magazines in the country (Glamour), to working as a writer at the world's leading theatrical advertising and branding agency (SpotCo). Be sure to check out her cover article for the November 2020 issue of Allure Magazine!
Where to find Baze?
\nwww.beautybybaze.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Instagram
What’s Baze watching?
\nHomeland
\nThe Undoing
Other topics of interest—
\n• Glocally Speaking: Mzungu
\n• The Whistling Thorn
\n• Uoma Beauty
\n• Salwa Petersen
Special Guest: Baze Mpinja.
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\n\nWe're in Africa (by way of Spain) this week and its a real roots conversation with CEO and owner of premier travel and tour company, Real Egypt. Meet entrepreneur and Egyptologist, Samir Abbass. Samir has lead in-depth educational tours in Egypt and Sudan for the past 19 years; he's been the keynote Egyptologist for 60+ television interviews on Nile TV, Egypts national broadcaster and in several radio programs; and he's also an environmentalist and travel blogger. Samir is currently in Spain completing his fourth degree, a masters in world history which complements his three other degrees in Egyptology, Tourism and Agriculture Sciences. He is also a former player in the Egyptian National Basketball League. Be sure to join us for Parts 1 and 2 of our conversation where Samir guides us on a journey into the depths of ancient African civilization and it's place in his story of personal and professional development.
\n\nWhere to find Samir?
\nwww.samirabbass.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nReal Egypt
\nReal Sudan
\nOn YouTube
\nOn Instagram
What’s Samir watching and listening to?
\nThe Hundred-Foot Journey
\nNubian Music
\nUpper Egyptian Music
Other topics of interest—
\n• Aswan, Egypt
\n• Alexandria, Egypt
\n• Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)
\n• Dahabiya Nile Tours
\n• Real Egypt on Trip Advisor
\n• Real Sudan on on Trip Advisor
Special Guest: Samir Abbass.
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\n\nWe're in Africa (by way of Spain) this week and its a real roots conversation with CEO and owner of premier travel and tour company, Real Egypt. Meet entrepreneur and Egyptologist, Samir Abbass. Samir has lead in-depth educational tours in Egypt and Sudan for the past 19 years; he's been the keynote Egyptologist for 60+ television interviews on Nile TV, Egypts national broadcaster and in several radio programs; and he's also an environmentalist and travel blogger. Samir is currently in Spain completing his fourth degree, a masters in world history which complements his three other degrees in Egyptology, Tourism and Agriculture Sciences. He is also a former player in the Egyptian National Basketball League. Be sure to join us for Parts 1 and 2 of our conversation where Samir guides us on a journey into the depths of ancient African civilization and it's place in his story of personal and professional development.
\n\nWhere to find Samir?
\nwww.samirabbass.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nReal Egypt
\nReal Sudan
\nOn YouTube
\nOn Instagram
What’s Samir watching and listening to?
\nThe Hundred-Foot Journey
\nNubian Music
\nUpper Egyptian Music
Other topics of interest—
\n• Aswan, Egypt
\n• Alexandria, Egypt
\n• Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)
\n• Dahabiya Nile Tours
\n• Real Egypt on Trip Advisor
\n• Real Sudan on on Trip Advisor
Special Guest: Samir Abbass.
","summary":"","date_published":"2020-11-17T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/48486aca-5cfa-4a97-9994-14f73e80be97.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":57500106,"duration_in_seconds":2395}]},{"id":"f3b01c90-a163-4632-8ed4-95d8e4c91b57","title":"Episode 47: On Mythology and Humanity's \"Ever Fonky Lowdown\" with Wynton Marsalis","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/47","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week I had the great treat of meeting the Maestro Wynton Marsalis, managing and artistic director of Jazz @ Lincoln Center which he co-founded in 1987. He's produced more than 100 recordings, he's a nine-time Grammy Award winner, he's an internationally acclaimed musician, composer and bandleader, an educator and a leading advocate of American culture. Wynton has created and performed an expansive range of music from quartets to big bands, chamber music ensembles to symphony orchestras and tap dance to ballet, expanding the vocabulary for jazz and classical music with a vital body of work that places him among the world’s finest musicians and composers. He is a native of the birthplace of jazz, the New Orleans, Louisiana, which he left in 1979 to attend The Julliard School in New York City. He continues to call New York home but his reach is indeed global! \n\nWhere to find Wynton?\nwww.wyntonmarsalis.org\nThe Jazz @ Lincoln Center Orchestra \nOn YouTube \nWednesdays with Wynton and Skain's Domain On Facebook\nOn Instagram\nOn Twitter\nOn Spotify\n\nWhat’s Wynton reading?\nAmerican Founders: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World by Christina Proenza-Coles\nBarracoon: The Story of the Last \"Black Cargo\" by Zora Neale Hurston\n\nOther topics of interest—\n• Congo Square\n• Congo Square the Album\n• Yacub Abby and Odadaa!\n• The Ever Fonky Lowdown \n• Fannie Lou Hammer\n• From Plantation to Penitentiary\n• All Rise\n• Blood on the Fields \n• Thandi Ntuli\n• Nduduzo Makhathini \n• The Essentially Ellington Jazz Academy\n• The Tanglewood Music CenterSpecial Guest: Wynton Marsalis.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week I had the great treat of meeting the Maestro Wynton Marsalis, managing and artistic director of Jazz @ Lincoln Center which he co-founded in 1987. He's produced more than 100 recordings, he's a nine-time Grammy Award winner, he's an internationally acclaimed musician, composer and bandleader, an educator and a leading advocate of American culture. Wynton has created and performed an expansive range of music from quartets to big bands, chamber music ensembles to symphony orchestras and tap dance to ballet, expanding the vocabulary for jazz and classical music with a vital body of work that places him among the world’s finest musicians and composers. He is a native of the birthplace of jazz, the New Orleans, Louisiana, which he left in 1979 to attend The Julliard School in New York City. He continues to call New York home but his reach is indeed global!
\n\nWhere to find Wynton?
\nwww.wyntonmarsalis.org
\nThe Jazz @ Lincoln Center Orchestra
\nOn YouTube
\nWednesdays with Wynton and Skain's Domain On Facebook
\nOn Instagram
\nOn Twitter
\nOn Spotify
What’s Wynton reading?
\nAmerican Founders: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World by Christina Proenza-Coles
\nBarracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston
Other topics of interest—
\n• Congo Square
\n• Congo Square the Album
\n• Yacub Abby and Odadaa!
\n• The Ever Fonky Lowdown
\n• Fannie Lou Hammer
\n• From Plantation to Penitentiary
\n• All Rise
\n• Blood on the Fields
\n• Thandi Ntuli
\n• Nduduzo Makhathini
\n• The Essentially Ellington Jazz Academy
\n• The Tanglewood Music Center
Special Guest: Wynton Marsalis.
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\nThat's Māori for "hello." We're globetrotting across many oceans for this two part conversation taking us to New Zealand where we meet social entrepreneur, Karishma Singh Kelsey of Karishma Design. Her experiences, ambition and drive led her from her native South Africa to Europe then on to Asia into many fields related to fashion from the large corporate retail world to fashion journalism and consultancy services to founding and managing her own fashion label. Today, Karishma has nearly two decades of design, styling, visual merchandising, trend forecasting, business management, fashion buying, retail sales and fashion marketing accomplishments to her credit. Coupling her experience with a passion to enthuse, inspire and motivate young minds, in a creative, interactive educational environment, Karishma is also an educator, ethical, sustainable slow fashion advocate and researcher. Check out the links below and get to know @KarishmaDesign in vivid color!
Where to find Karishma?
\nwww.karishmadesign.com
\nAbout Miraculous Me
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Instagram
\non Twitter @karishmadesign
What’s Karishma reading?
\nThe Artist's Way
Other topics of interest—
\n• Montagnard People, Vietnam
\n• Māori People, New Zealand
\n• Hong Kong Fashion Week
\n• Māori Language Apps
\n• London 07/07/2005
Special Guest: Karishma Singh Kelsey.
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\n\nThat's Māori for "hello." We're globetrotting across many oceans for this two part conversation taking us to New Zealand where we meet social entrepreneur, Karishma Singh Kelsey of Karishma Design. Her experiences, ambition and drive led her from her native South Africa to Europe then on to Asia into many fields related to fashion from the large corporate retail world to fashion journalism and consultancy services to founding and managing her own fashion label. Today, Karishma has nearly two decades of design, styling, visual merchandising, trend forecasting, business management, fashion buying, retail sales and fashion marketing accomplishments to her credit. Coupling her experience with a passion to enthuse, inspire and motivate young minds, in a creative, interactive educational environment, Karishma is also an educator, ethical, sustainable slow fashion advocate and researcher. Check out the links below and get to know @KarishmaDesign in vivid color!
\n\nWhere to find Karishma?
\nwww.karishmadesign.com
\nAbout Miraculous Me
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/karishmadesign]
\nOn Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/karishmadesign/?hl=en]
\non Twitter @karishmadesign
What’s Karishma reading?
\nThe Artist's Way
Other topics of interest—
\n• Montagnard People, Vietnam
\n• Māori People, New Zealand
\n• Hong Kong Fashion Week
\n• Māori Language Apps
\n• London 07/07/2005
Special Guest: Karishma Singh Kelsey.
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\n\nThis week I catch up with Tara Sabre Collier. She’s a UK-based international strategist and impact investment professional with a track record of supporting social enterprise growth, private sector development and startup ecosystems, especially across emerging markets in Africa, the Middle East and the Americas. Tara's passion is inclusive economic development, especially for Afrodescendant and indigenous communities and women and girls. Recognizing the importance of actual lived experience in delivering effective development interventions, for more than eight years living in the field in emerging markets and also gathered on-the-ground work experience across 18 countries on five continents, including Nigeria, UAE, Brazil, Peru, South Africa, Jordan, Mozambique, Angola, Tanzania, UK, Qatar, and others. Tara has firsthand entrepreneurial/ venture building experience in both emerging and developed markets, as well as an Oxford MBA (Skoll Scholar) in Strategy/Entrepreneurship plus an NYU MPA in International Policy & Management and a BA Magna cum Laude from Spelman College.
\nSit back and enjoy an insightful conversation about inclusive economic development from the impact investor’s perspective.
Where to find Tara?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Twitter @globalcreator
What’s Tara listening to?
\nHadiiya Barbel
\nMayra Andrade
Other topics of interest—
\n• The Babylon App
\n• Bubble
\n• Racial Equity Index
\n• Index for Racial Equity
\n• Human Centered Design
Special Guest: Tara Sabre Collier.
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\n\nThis week we meet Founder and President of African Health Now, Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo. AHN is a community-based organization that provides primary health care to women, children and families in Sub Saharan Africa. AHN was born out of a family crisis that opened her eyes the realities of the state of basic healthcare information and empowerment in African communities. While selecting models as the Bookings Editor for ESSENCE, Nana ’s father became ill back in Ghana. The support of the local community helped him get back on his feet and Nana was inspired to ensure communities across the continent received health care.
\n\nIn the past 14 years, AHN has impacted more than 20,000 people with health fairs focused on awareness of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), chronic diseases and general health in Ghana and Nigeria. She has also become a serial entreprenuer with her new start-up www.fourthphasebox.co which will launch in December 2020. Fourth Phase is her answer to the challenges women face in the period after birth, the fourth trimester and she is partnering with women owned businesses to create the box that literally is a life saver for women that would otherwise fo without in Africa; for each Fourth Phase box purchased, a women in an AHN partner facility in Africa also receives a box. Nana describes herself as a social entreprenuer, a dynamic special events professional, a project management specialist, a foodie and world traveler. A Brooklyn-bred Ghanaian, Nana is now based in New Jersey where she and her husband are raising their daughter.
\n\nWhere to find Nana and African Health Now and Fourth Phase?
\n\nWhat’s Nana watching?
\n\nOther topics of interest—
\n\nSpecial Guest: Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo.
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\n\nThis week we meet Founder and President of African Health Now, Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo. AHN is a community-based organization that provides primary health care to women, children and families in Sub Saharan Africa. AHN was born out of a family crisis that opened her eyes the realities of the state of basic healthcare information and empowerment in African communities. While selecting models as the Bookings Editor for ESSENCE, Nana ’s father became ill back in Ghana. The support of the local community helped him get back on his feet and Nana was inspired to ensure communities across the continent received health care.
\n\nIn the past 14 years, AHN has impacted more than 20,000 people with health fairs focused on awareness of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), chronic diseases and general health in Ghana and Nigeria. She has also become a serial entreprenuer with her new start-up www.fourthphasebox.co which will launch in December 2020. Fourth Phase is her answer to the challenges women face in the period after birth, the fourth trimester and she is partnering with women owned businesses to create the box that literally is a life saver for women that would otherwise fo without in Africa; for each Fourth Phase box purchased, a women in an AHN partner facility in Africa also receives a box. Nana describes herself as a social entreprenuer, a dynamic special events professional, a project management specialist, a foodie and world traveler. A Brooklyn-bred Ghanaian, Nana is now based in New Jersey where she and her husband are raising their daughter.
\n\nWhere to find Nana and African Health Now and Fourth Phase?
\n\nWhat’s Nana watching?
\n\nOther topics of interest—
\n• FOCOS Orthopedic Hospital
\n• Star100
\n• Ridge Hospital Accra, Ghana
\n• Kayayei girls
\n• Mater Mea
\n• Honey Pot
Special Guest: Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo.
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\n\nFor the next two episodes, we’ll be visiting with healthtech entrepreneur and neurosurgeon, Dr. Muri Raifu. Muri is another Ghana native, by way of Nigeria. A scholar-athlete at Amherst College in Massachusetts, in addition to his medical training Muri also received his MPA from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Currently based in Los Angeles, California, Muri is blazing a trail both in his private practice, and his start-up Talamus Health which is in the business of improving and unifying healthcare delivery in emerging markets, helping patients interact with and share their health information with a connected circle of providers.
\n\nSince launching in 2018, Talamus is emerging as a go to solution for health service providers partnering with more than 1,000 healthcare providers across Africa. Other notable early achievements include being named Most Scalable SME at the United Nations ITU Global Awards in 2018 and making Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World list in 2019. This conversation is another Glocal Citizens gem where we take a seat on a coming of age and career tour with Muri from Ghana, across the US and back, across Africa.
\n\nWhere to find Muri and Talamus?
\nOn Talamus
\nOn LInkedIn
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Instagram
What’s Muri lightening to?
\nFela Kuti
\nBob Marley
\nShatta Wale
\nSarkodie
\nTalib Kweli
\nMos Def
Art and science of interest—
\nPCR Primers
\nWangechi Mutu Kenyan Visual Artist
\nYinka Shonibare British-Nigerian Artist
\nSanford Biggers Harlem-based Visual Artist
\nAmoako Boafo Ghanaian Painter
\nDotum Popoola
\nHyperrealist Artists in Nigeria
Special Guest: Muri Raifu, MD.
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\n\nFor the next two episodes, we’ll be visiting with healthtech entrepreneur and neurosurgeon, Dr. Muri Raifu. Muri is another Ghana native, by way of Nigeria. A scholar-athlete at Amherst College in Massachusetts, in addition to his medical training Muri also received his MPA from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Currently based in Los Angeles, California, Muri is blazing a trail both in his private practice, and his start-up Talamus Health which is in the business of improving and unifying healthcare delivery in emerging markets, helping patients interact with and share their health information with a connected circle of providers.
\n\nSince launching in 2018, Talamus is emerging as a go to solution for health service providers partnering with more than 1,000 healthcare providers across Africa. Other notable early achievements include being named Most Scalable SME at the United Nations ITU Global Awards in 2018 and making Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World list in 2019. This conversation is another Glocal Citizens gem where we take a seat on a coming of age and career tour with Muri from Ghana, across the US and back, across Africa.
\n\nWhere to find Muri and Talamus?
\nOn Talamus
\nOn LInkedIn
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Instagram
What’s Muri lightening to?
\nFela Kuti
\nBob Marley
\nShatta Wale
\nSarkodie
\nTalib Kweli
\nMos Def
Art and science of interest—
\nPCR Primers
\nWangechi Mutu Kenyan Visual Artist
\nYinka Shonibare British-Nigerian Artist
\nSanford Biggers Harlem-based Visual Artist
\nAmoako Boafo Ghanaian Painter
\nDotum Popoola
\nHyperrealist Artists in Nigeria
Special Guest: Muri Raifu, MD.
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\n\nWe’re back in East Africa by way of Washington D.C. for this two part conversation with singer, songwriter, music producer and designer, Kenny Allen. Kenny is a singer/songwriter/music producer and has travelled the world performing and recording music with acts like Meshell Ndegeocello and Raheem DeVaughn. In 2005, he was given a six month contract to perform at Addis Ababa’s Harlem Jazz club which proved to be life changing. More than a decade later, Kenny is a resident of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and has become a fixture in the country’s media and entertainment scene, including a successful stint hosting a prime time radio show on the first English Radio station, and acting in film and TV productions. He has released seven independent albums. His new album, More Love Now is soulful, world music inspired, lyrically mature, and stylistically journeyed.
\n\nWhere to find Kenny?
\n\n\n\nWhat’s Kenny reading?
\n\nOther topics of interest—
\n\nSpecial Guest: Kenny Allen.
","summary":"","date_published":"2020-09-15T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/529ca59d-b90a-4169-9895-f11c4f7c752e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":44504346,"duration_in_seconds":1854}]},{"id":"c84cf7ba-47e4-484d-983d-8c89516615ae","title":"Episode 38: More Love Now with Kenny Allen Part 1","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/38","content_text":"Selam Glocal Citizens! \n\nWe’re back in East Africa by way of Washington D.C. for this two part conversation with singer, songwriter, music producer and designer, Kenny Allen. Kenny is a singer/songwriter/music producer and has travelled the world performing and recording music with acts like Meshell Ndegeocello and Raheem DeVaughn. In 2005, he was given a six month contract to perform at Addis Ababa’s Harlem Jazz club which proved to be life changing. More than a decade later, Kenny is a resident of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and has become a fixture in the country’s media and entertainment scene, including a successful stint hosting a prime time radio show on the first English Radio station, and acting in film and TV productions. He has released seven independent albums. His new album, More Love Now is soulful, world music inspired, lyrically mature, and stylistically journeyed.\n\nWhere to find Kenny?\n\n\nOn Bandcamp \nOn Facebook \nOn YouTube \nOn Instagram \n\n\nWhat’s Kenny reading?\n\n\nThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera\nThe Secret by Rhonda Byrne\nFather of the Tuskegee Airmen, John C. Robinson by Phillip Thomas Tucker\n\n\nOther topics of interest—\n\n\nGrammy nominated singer Wayna\nAfricans in the Czech Republic \nRevisit Episodes 29 and 30 with Yana Fleming\nSpecial Guest: Kenny Allen.","content_html":"Selam Glocal Citizens!
\n\nWe’re back in East Africa by way of Washington D.C. for this two part conversation with singer, songwriter, music producer and designer, Kenny Allen. Kenny is a singer/songwriter/music producer and has travelled the world performing and recording music with acts like Meshell Ndegeocello and Raheem DeVaughn. In 2005, he was given a six month contract to perform at Addis Ababa’s Harlem Jazz club which proved to be life changing. More than a decade later, Kenny is a resident of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and has become a fixture in the country’s media and entertainment scene, including a successful stint hosting a prime time radio show on the first English Radio station, and acting in film and TV productions. He has released seven independent albums. His new album, More Love Now is soulful, world music inspired, lyrically mature, and stylistically journeyed.
\n\nWhere to find Kenny?
\n\n\n\nWhat’s Kenny reading?
\n\nOther topics of interest—
\n\nSpecial Guest: Kenny Allen.
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\n\nWe’re getting mindful this week on the podcast. I'm with the Co-Director of Synergy Yoga in Nairobi, Salim Rollins. Salim is a White Plains, New York native that calls Nairobi, Kenya home.
\n\nSalim has maintained a dedicated hatha/vinyasa yoga practice since 2000 and was certified as an instructor through Yoga Alliance in 2007. He has studied under the mentorship of several master teachers including Jhon Tamayo (New York), Ullas Kumar (Kerala, India), and Sudhesh Chandra (Mysore, India). Through his company Soul Flow, Salim has organized numerous wellness retreats, workshops and festivals throughout Kenya. Additionally, Salim has conducted extensive research on yoga philosophy with scholars, yogis and saddhus throughout India. Salim is also a Contra-Mestre of the Afro-Brazilian martial art, Capoeira Angola. He runs a capoeira program for marginalized youth in Kibera slum, Kenya and Luanda, Angola.
\n\nWhere to find Salim?
\n\nWhat’s Salim listening to?
\n\nOther topics of interest—
\n\nSpecial Guest: Salim Rollins.
","summary":"","date_published":"2020-09-01T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/74ef94ed-049a-4dee-abf6-d3fe933217cd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":72840862,"duration_in_seconds":3035}]},{"id":"e7ba1e5c-8241-46a2-be72-71fec4da0ba8","title":"Episode 36: STEM as a Tool for Social Change with Amanda Obidike","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/36","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week my guest is Amanda \"Chirpy” Obidike, founder and Executive Director of Stemi Makers Africa. Amanda's expertise span from Project management and Operations, Education and Community building, Technology and Data Science. She’s a certified professional in STEM by the Open University, United Kingdom and Team lead of The Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Innovation Makers of Africa (STEMi Makers Africa) where she created sustainable and implementable projects in over 75 under-served Communities across 17 Sub-Saharan countries by preparing the next generation of innovators with technology emerging tools, real-world problem-solving akills they need to excel in lucrative fields and become more experienced for Africa's workforce by 2030.\n\nA social entreprenuer at her core, Amanda is also a very active and effective advocate for mentorship of women, girls and young people in Africa. Amanda is the founding curator of the Global Shapers Community of the Ozubulu Hub in Anambara Nigeria; she also volunteers as a mentor with the New York Academy of Sciences, the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women in the UK, and the Global Thinkers Forum, to name a few.\n\nWhere to find Amanda?\n\n\nSTEMi Makers Africa \nOn Twitter \nOn Facebook \nOn LinkedIn \nOn Instagram \n\n\nWhat’s Amanda reading?\n\n\nThere Was a Country: A Memoir by Chinua Achebe\n\n\nOther topics of interest—\n\n\nProject Kuongoza \nSpecial Guest: Amanda \"Chirpy\" Obidike.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week my guest is Amanda "Chirpy” Obidike, founder and Executive Director of Stemi Makers Africa. Amanda's expertise span from Project management and Operations, Education and Community building, Technology and Data Science. She’s a certified professional in STEM by the Open University, United Kingdom and Team lead of The Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Innovation Makers of Africa (STEMi Makers Africa) where she created sustainable and implementable projects in over 75 under-served Communities across 17 Sub-Saharan countries by preparing the next generation of innovators with technology emerging tools, real-world problem-solving akills they need to excel in lucrative fields and become more experienced for Africa's workforce by 2030.
\n\nA social entreprenuer at her core, Amanda is also a very active and effective advocate for mentorship of women, girls and young people in Africa. Amanda is the founding curator of the Global Shapers Community of the Ozubulu Hub in Anambara Nigeria; she also volunteers as a mentor with the New York Academy of Sciences, the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women in the UK, and the Global Thinkers Forum, to name a few.
\n\nWhere to find Amanda?
\n\nWhat’s Amanda reading?
\n\nOther topics of interest—
\n\nSpecial Guest: Amanda "Chirpy" Obidike.
","summary":"","date_published":"2020-08-25T09:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/e7ba1e5c-8241-46a2-be72-71fec4da0ba8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":52827016,"duration_in_seconds":2201}]},{"id":"50714835-d63a-40ba-8d45-5f50902d9bb3","title":"Episode 35: Amplifying Literacy with Cliff Schmidt","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/35","content_text":"Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we meet Cliff Schmidt, is the Executive Director of Amplio Network, a Seattle-based nonprofit that provides inclusive digital technology to help governments and global development organizations widen their reach and impact in rural, remote, off-grid communities. Amplio, formerly known as Literacy Bridge launched in Ghana in 2007 and has since grown to serve communities in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, and Zambia. Check out how Amplio's Talking Book technology - an easy to use, rugged, tool designed with real users in mind, is unlocking invaluable access to knowledge sharing.\n\nWhere to find Cliff and Amplio?\n\n\nAmplio \nAmplio informational video \nOn Facebook \nOn LinkedIn \n\n\nWhat’s Cliff watching and reading?\n\n\n13th\nHow to Be An AntiRacist by Ibram X. Kendi\n\n\nOther topics of interest—\n\n\nClinton Global Initiative \nMicrosoft Integral Fellows \nMore on Submarines \nSpecial Guest: Cliff Schmidt.","content_html":"Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we meet Cliff Schmidt, is the Executive Director of Amplio Network, a Seattle-based nonprofit that provides inclusive digital technology to help governments and global development organizations widen their reach and impact in rural, remote, off-grid communities. Amplio, formerly known as Literacy Bridge launched in Ghana in 2007 and has since grown to serve communities in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, and Zambia. Check out how Amplio's Talking Book technology - an easy to use, rugged, tool designed with real users in mind, is unlocking invaluable access to knowledge sharing.
\n\nWhere to find Cliff and Amplio?
\n\nWhat’s Cliff watching and reading?
\n\nOther topics of interest—
\n\nSpecial Guest: Cliff Schmidt.
","summary":"","date_published":"2020-08-18T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/27715613-e17f-4c2f-a60b-46b05183653a/50714835-d63a-40ba-8d45-5f50902d9bb3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":62866909,"duration_in_seconds":2555}]},{"id":"5ed1ebac-9d5f-48d1-b2c2-557efd272186","title":"Episode 34: Seeding Snacks of Africa with Stacey Enyame","url":"https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/34","content_text":"Hello again Glocal Citizens! My guest this week is Stacey Enyame, Founder and Chief Snacker at Snacks of Africa. In this fun-filled conversation we learn more about Stacey’s journey as the daughter of Ghanaian immigrants in the Bronx, NY and back to Ghana to make her mark as an international foodie. A business management professional with 10+ years global experience in product management, sales, strategy development and now, entrepreneurship, Stacey is on a mission to share a taste of Africa with the world...one delicious snack at a time!\n\nWhere to find Stacey?\nOrder Snacks of Africa \nOn Facebook \nOn Instagram \nOn LinkedIn \n\nWhat’s Stacey Reading?\nThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin \nThe Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene \n\nOther topics of interest—\n• Revisit Episodes 16, 17 and 18 for a flashback of our conversation on nature and the environment\n• More about the INROADS internship programSpecial Guest: Stacey Enyame.","content_html":"Hello again Glocal Citizens! My guest this week is Stacey Enyame, Founder and Chief Snacker at Snacks of Africa. In this fun-filled conversation we learn more about Stacey’s journey as the daughter of Ghanaian immigrants in the Bronx, NY and back to Ghana to make her mark as an international foodie. A business management professional with 10+ years global experience in product management, sales, strategy development and now, entrepreneurship, Stacey is on a mission to share a taste of Africa with the world...one delicious snack at a time!
\n\nWhere to find Stacey?
\nOrder Snacks of Africa
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Instagram
\nOn LinkedIn
What’s Stacey Reading?
\nThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
\nThe Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene
Other topics of interest—
\n• Revisit Episodes 16, 17 and 18 for a flashback of our conversation on nature and the environment
\n• More about the INROADS internship program
Special Guest: Stacey Enyame.
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\n\nWhere to find Kofi?
\n\nOn Asa Baako and music of the Western and Central Regions:
\n\nSpecial Guest: Kofi Debrah.
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\n\nFrankie's career has spanned broadcast journalism working with BET and ABC to the New York Post for 15 years as its City Hall Reporter and lead writer on legislative affairs from 1999-2008. His coverage of major news stories including the aftermath of the shooting death of Amadou Diallo, HIV/AIDS and healthcare disparities in communities around the Big Apple was critically acclaimed. In 2008 he exposed a decades long secretive slush fund scheme that resulted in reforming the way the City Council doled out taxpayer funds and a federal investigation that saw several lawmakers jailed. He covered crime, courts, labor issues and human services public health and politics, reporting from around the country and abroad for the paper.
\n\nProf Edozien has also been keeping busy during the season of lockdowns as a participant in the Afrolit Sans Frontieres Festival which is a virtual literary festival founded by South African author and curator Zukiswa Wanner as a response to the curfews and lockdowns related to the coronavirus pandemic within the African continent. The fifth season will be live from 27 July - 3 August with live sessions twice daily at 12PM GMT and 6PM GMT @ Afrolit Sans Frontieres
\n\nI hope you enjoy this very illuminating discussion about the frameworks of a career as a writer and taking a book from concept to conception.
\n\nWhere to find Frankie?
\nwww.edozien.net
\nOn Instagram
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
What’s on Frankie's must read list:
\nGhana Must Go
\nHome Going by Yaa Gyasi
\nThe Profit of Zongo Street by Mohammed Naseehu
\nOf Women and Frogs by Bisi Agjapon
\nThe writings of Ayesha Harruna Attah
\nThe writings of Ama Ata Aidoo
\nThe writings of Wangari Maathai
What's Frankie listening to:
\nMaster KG (feat. Burna Boy & Nomcebo Zikode) - Jerusalema
\nAll things Burna Boy
Other talking points:
\nAfrolit Sans Frontiers
\nNYU Accra
\nThe High Table by Tema Wilkey
\nVidya Bookstore Ghana
\nBook Nook Bookstore
Special Guest: Chiké Frankie Edozien.
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\n\nFrankie's career has spanned broadcast journalism working with BET and ABC to the New York Post for 15 years as its City Hall Reporter and lead writer on legislative affairs from 1999-2008. His coverage of major news stories including the aftermath of the shooting death of Amadou Diallo, HIV/AIDS and healthcare disparities in communities around the Big Apple was critically acclaimed. In 2008 he exposed a decades long secretive slush fund scheme that resulted in reforming the way the City Council doled out taxpayer funds and a federal investigation that saw several lawmakers jailed. He covered crime, courts, labor issues and human services public health and politics, reporting from around the country and abroad for the paper.
\n\nProf Edozien has also been keeping busy during the season of lockdowns as a participant in the Afrolit Sans Frontieres Festival which is a virtual literary festival founded by South African author and curator Zukiswa Wanner as a response to the curfews and lockdowns related to the coronavirus pandemic within the African continent. The fifth season will be live from 27 July - 3 August with live sessions twice daily at 12PM GMT and 6PM GMT @ Afrolit Sans Frontieres
\n\nI hope you enjoy this very illuminating discussion about the frameworks of a career as a writer and taking a book from concept to conception.
\n\nWhere to find Frankie?
\nwww.edozien.net
\nOn Instagram
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
What’s on Frankie's must read list:
\nGhana Must Go
\nHome Going by Yaa Gyasi
\nThe Profit of Zongo Street by Mohammed Naseehu
\nOf Women and Frogs by Bisi Agjapon
\nThe writings of Ayesha Harruna Attah
\nThe writings of Ama Ata Aidoo
\nThe writings of Wangari Maathai
What's Frankie listening to:
\nMaster KG (feat. Burna Boy & Nomcebo Zikode) - Jerusalema
\nAll things Burna Boy
Other talking points:
\nAfrolit Sans Frontiers
\nNYU Accra
\nThe High Table by Tema Wilkey
\nVidya Bookstore Ghana
\nBook Nook Bookstore
Special Guest: Chiké Frankie Edozien.
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\n\nWhere to find Yana?
\nwww.yanafleming.com
\nOn Instagram
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn YouTube
What's Yana writing:
\nOn Medium
\nInternationality.me
Other talking points:
\nRawai Muay Thai
\nFlirt with the World
\nDuo Underwater Ear Gear
\nGet “Mooving”
\nHow to Change Your Mind
Special Guest: Yana Fleming.
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\n\nWhere to find Yana?
\nwww.yanafleming.com
\nOn Instagram
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nOn YouTube
What's Yana writing:
\nOn Medium
\nInternationality.me
Other talking points:
\nRawai Muay Thai
\nFlirt with the World
\nDuo Underwater Ear Gear
\nGet “Mooving”
\nHow to Change Your Mind
Special Guest: Yana Fleming.
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\n\nWhere to find Olivia and ScaleUp Africa?
\n\nWhat Olivia is watching:
\n\nOther tips and resources:
\n\nSpecial Guest: Olivia Asiedu-Ntow.
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\n\nWhere to find Muhammida and Wax Print Media?
\n\n\n\nAfter the El Muhajir touch:
\n\nSpecial Guest: Muhammida El Muhajir.
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\n~ Chinese Proverb
Hello Glocal Citizens! "What the what?” is the first thing that comes to mind when I look back on the past few months. Those of us not in the midst of protest or lockdown are likely itching to get away..anywhere but this surreal reality. Well, I urge you to stay in the now and focus your attention on this week's virtual tour which lands us in South Africa in a conversation that takes us on a path to solutions with fellow Ghanaian, Emmanuel Agbeko Gamor. Emmanuel is an award-winning multimedia journalist and digital aficionado. He recently launched the Unpacking Africa podcast where he hosts conversations from Tech to Arts and Culture all the while sharing resources, exploring ecosystems in our communities and figuring out issues pertaining to the African continent.
\n\nWhere to find Emmanuel?
\nwww.eagamor.com
\nThe Unpacking Africa podcast
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
\nUnpacking Africa research and resources journal
*What’s Emmanuel reading? *
\nThe Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Case studies:
\nThe Tata Group
\nAbout Heel the World
Special Guest: Emmanuel Agbeko Gamor.
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\n\nWhere to find Leye?
\nwww.leyeadenle.com
\nOn LinkedIn
\nOn Facebook
\nOn Twitter
*What’s Leye listening to? *
\nBuena Vista Social Club
Fine tune your writing skills:
\nHow to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling by James N. Frey
\nElements of Style by William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White
Special Guest: Leye Adenle.
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\n\nBefore joining Facebook, Akua, who is qualified to practice in NY and the UK, was a project finance lawyer, at Clifford Chance. Other roles took her to Nigeria and Liberia as a legal adviser and rule of law specialist at the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation; and as an anti-corruption lawyer at USAID. Akua also has government experience (the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development), NGO experience (the Ghana Center for Democratic Development, Lawyers Without Borders) and experience working for international think tanks (American Society for International Law, the European Institute, the Brookings Institute).
\n\nAnother of our Global Ghanaians, Akua grew up in Germany and completed portions of her secondary and higher education in the US. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Society, International Relations and Spanish from American University, a Law Degree from Cambridge University in England and a Masters of Laws in International and Comparative Law from the George Washington University Law School.
\n\nWhere to find Akua?
\nOn LinkedIn
\nIG @akuag8
*What’s Akua reading and other Sci-Fi recommendations? *
\nBrave New Girl by Chloe Brotheridge
\nWhat I Know for Sure by Oprha Winfrey
\nAn Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
\nHow Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin
What's all that noise in the background?
\nCheck out GRANGER & Co in Notting Hill
Special Guest: Akua Gyekye.
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\n\nWhere to find Kwame?
\n\nMore about Kwame’s music story?
\n\nWhat's Kwame Reading?
\n\nSpecial Guest: Kwame Acheampong.
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\n\nWhere to find Kwame?
\n\nMore about Kwame’s music story?
\n\nWhat's Kwame Reading?
\n\nSpecial Guest: Kwame Acheampong.
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\n\nPlease pardon the sound, dear listeners, we’re in an all generators on zone. You’re in for a treat!
\n\nWhere to find Ayetoro?
\n\nWhat’s Funsho listening to?
\n\n\n\nWhat’s Funsho watching?
\n\n*What’s Funsho reading? *
\n\nSpecial Guest: Funsho Ogundipe.
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\n\nAs a focused contributor to an African economic renaissance, Osaretin is also a burgeoning author. His first book, In Pursuit: Journeys in African Entrepreneurship is due to hit shelves this month.
\n\nLinks of interest:
\nWhere to find Osaretin?
What’s Osaretin listening to?
\n\n\n\nWhat’s Osaretin reading?
\n\nSpecial Guest: Oseratin Oswald Guobadia.
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\n\nLinks of interest:
\n\nMore about the conversation:
\n\nSpecial Guest: Amaechi Okobi.
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\n\nLinks of interest
\nOn IG: @asiooutdooors
\nDave Canterbury: On YouTube and In Books
\nMors Kochanski on Wikipedia
\nBook your next outdoor experience on Tentrr.com
_
Special Guest: Asio Highsmith.
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\n\nLinks of interest
\nOn IG: @asiooutdooors
\nDave Canterbury: On YouTube and In Books
\nMors Kochanski on Wikipedia
\nBook your next outdoor experience on Tentrr.com
Special Guest: Asio Highsmith.
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\n\nThis interview comes to you in three parts so be sure to stay tuned as you'll gain important insight about getting into a survival mindset and succeeding in overcoming potential social and cultural barriers when engaging with the environment.
\n\nLinks of interest
\nOn IG: @asiooutdooors
\nDave Canterbury: On YouTube and In Books
\nMors Kochanski on Wikipedia
\nBook your next outdoor experience on Tentrr.com
Special Guest: Asio Highsmith.
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\n\nFind out more about all things Edem
\nwww.edemadzaho.com
\n On Twitter: @edemadzaho
\n On Instagram: @edemadzaho
\n On YouTube: @edemadzaho
\n What's Edem listening to?
\n The Optimal Living Daily Podcast
\n Ten Minutes to Less Suffering Podcast
Special Guest: Edem Adzaho.
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\n\nLinks of interest
\nAll Things Iceland podcast
\nFor more about Hans Jonatan, Iceland's first black citizen
\nFinding Jewells:
\nOn YouTube
\nOn Instagram @allthingsiceland
\nOn Facebook @allthingsiceland
\nOn Twitter @jewellschambers
Special Guest: Jewells Chambers.
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\nGet in touch with Morris on Linkedin or at morris@motherland.media!
Links of interest
\nThe Jamaica Ghana Initiative
\nCheck out inspired cocktails @ Republic Bar
\nFind Morris on IG @morrisology
Special Guest: Morris Sinclair.
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\n\nIn Part 2, we talk global citizenship, migration and Asare's sonic inspirations.
\n\nLinks of Interest
\nwww.asareadjei.com
\n@asareadjei on IG
\nPrintful
\nGhana at the Venice Biennale
\nWhat the wahala?
\nWhat's Asare listening to?
\nMichael Kiwanuka
\n@IbeyiOfficial on Twitter
\nSolange
\nLianne La Havas
\nLizzo Music
Special Guest: Asare Adjei.
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\n\nIn Part 2, we talk global citizenship, migration and Asare's sonic inspirations.
\n\nLinks of Interest
\nwww.asareadjei.com
\n@asareadjei on IG
\nPrintful
\nGhana at the Venice Biennale
\nWhat the wahala?
\nWhat's Asare listening to?
\nMichael Kiwanuka
\n@IbeyiOfficial on Twitter
\nSolange
\nLianne La Havas
\nLizzo Music
Special Guest: Asare Adjei.
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\n\nLinks of Interest
\nVal's work at iDE
\nAbout Sama Sama
\nMandela Washington Fellowship
\nVal on Linkedin
Special Guest: Valerie Labi.
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\n\nMore about Nana and her work:
\nBliss Yoga Accra
\n@nanaamoakoanin on IG
\n@blissyogaaccra on IG
\nTEDx Accra
\nOprah Magazine
\nTouch a Life Kids
Special Guest: Nana Amoako-Anin.
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\n\nMore about Nana and her work:
\nBliss Yoga Accra
\n@nanaamoakoanin on IG
\n@blissyogaaccra on IG
\nTEDx Accra
\nOprah Magazine
\nTouch a Life Kids
Special Guest: Nana Amoako-Anin.
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\n\nLinks of Interest
\nFind Amma on LinkedIn
\nOn Facbook:
\n@ammagyampo
\n@dannresidence
\n@amdecoafrica
\n@ammaamdeco
\nOn Twitter: @amdecoafrica and @DannResidence
\nOn Instagram: @dann_residence and @amdecoafrica
Special Guest: Amma Gyampo.
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\n\nLinks of Interest
\nFind your own pair of Gutta Soles here
\nGutta Soles YouTube Channel
\nOn Instagram: @guttasoles
\nwww.Kromanteng.com
\nKromanteng YouTube Channel
Special Guest: Leslie Bentil.
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\n\nLinks of Interest
\nFind out more about Emmanuel and the Refined Creative vision here.
\nand
\nOn Linkedin
\nOn IG @emmanetim
\nWhat's Emmanuel watching?
\n Longmire on Netflix
Special Guest: Emmanuel Etim.
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\n\nMy guest for the next two episodes is Emmanuel Etim, founder of Refined Creative. Emmanuel is a Nigerian-American that now calls Accra home base of operations offering production and training services with the goal of raising awareness of international development and innovations through visual storytelling.
\n\nIn Part 1 of our discussion Emmanuel tells us about his early exposure to non-fiction story-telling through six degrees of separation from Michael Moore and how he came to call Accra home, for now.
\n\nLinks of Interest
\nFind out more about Emmanuel and the Refined Creative vision here.
\nand
\nOn Linkedin
\nOn Instagram
What's Emmanuel watching?
\n Longmire on Netflix
Special Guest: Emmanuel Etim.
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\n\nLinks of Interest
\nCordie Aziz on LinkedIn
\nEnvironment360
\nJaku and the Earth Defenders – Malaria Madness
Special Guest: Cordie Aziz.
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\n\nIn Part 1 of our discussion, Cordie, a Sierra Leonian-American, tells us about how she came to be local in Accra, her impressions of the city, and a primer on waste management.
\n\nLinks of Interest
\nCordie Aziz on LinkedIn
\nEnvironment360
\nJaku and the Earth Defenders – Malaria Madness
Special Guest: Cordie Aziz.
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\n\nDo you dream about “doing something” abroad? Then consider Glocal Citizens required listening in the due diligence, trusted advisor and inspiration department. In each episode, I visit with dynamic diasporans making local and global impact designing and applying their craft. We explore how their passions have rooted them throughout their lives, while at the same time feeding the branches compelling them to keep reaching “beyond.” We also discuss the personal and professional dimensions of glocal citizenship. Then we round out the discussion with a deep dive into to the business of their business, covering the technical and operational components of the work of “doing something.”
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