web01.fireside.fm Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:33:47 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Glocal Citizens - Episodes Tagged with “Baruch College” https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/tags/baruch%20college Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0400 Glocal Citizenship is the recognition that we are simultaneously citizens of our local communities and of the world as a whole. It's about understanding how local actions have global impacts and how global issues affect our local communities. As Glocal Citizens, we strive to be informed, engaged, and responsible individuals who work to create a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. Explore the intersection of local and global impact with Glocal Citizens! Hosted by Florence Amerley Adu, this podcast delves into the experiences of inspiring individuals bridging their local selves with the wider world. Through engaging conversations with Dynamic Diasporans, Florence explores the personal and professional journeys that define Glocal Citizenship. Along the way, get to know more about the business of their business, including the technical and operational aspects involved in the work of manifesting a new world. Go beyond the headlines and discover how individuals are shaping a more just and sustainable world, both in their own communities and on a global scale. en episodic Dynamic Diasporans Making Local and Global Impact Florence Amerley Adu Glocal Citizenship is the recognition that we are simultaneously citizens of our local communities and of the world as a whole. It's about understanding how local actions have global impacts and how global issues affect our local communities. As Glocal Citizens, we strive to be informed, engaged, and responsible individuals who work to create a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. Explore the intersection of local and global impact with Glocal Citizens! Hosted by Florence Amerley Adu, this podcast delves into the experiences of inspiring individuals bridging their local selves with the wider world. Through engaging conversations with Dynamic Diasporans, Florence explores the personal and professional journeys that define Glocal Citizenship. Along the way, get to know more about the business of their business, including the technical and operational aspects involved in the work of manifesting a new world. Go beyond the headlines and discover how individuals are shaping a more just and sustainable world, both in their own communities and on a global scale. no borderless mindset, pan-africanism, pan-african progress, dynamic diasporans, solutionscape and stretch salon, entreprenuership, argoadu llc, gbekembe, mmofra channel, culture, business, travel, glocal, global citizen, africa, ghana, new york, florence adu, florence amerley adu, leap transmedia productions, glocal citizens podcast, social entrepreneurship, beyond the return, year of return, tourism, expat living, diaspora, mindset hack, glocal speak, returnee, reparative justice Florence Amerley Adu florence@leaptransmedia.com Episode 96: Fighting for Honor with Dr. T.J. Desch-Obi Part 2 https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/96 6bb1400c-70ff-470d-b26b-58192cfd95a2 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0400 Florence Amerley Adu full Florence Amerley Adu 33:54 no Greetings Glocal Citizen! For 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 (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B08N6VLKZC&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_S75EHRXY70VDFPR4FAB0&tag=glocalcitiz0e-20). 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! Where to find T.J.? Selected research (https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/T-J-Desch-Obi-2078445331) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aes-OSwEs1s) What's T.J. reading? The Way of a Pilgrim (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B001SAR5B8&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_045FWGCDFQAV7ABMM23N&tag=glocalcitiz0e-20) Other topics of interest: Filipino Kali (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnis) Robert Farris Thompson (https://arthistory.yale.edu/people/robert-farris-thompson) Beni Hasan Tomb (https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2016/07/the-beni-hasan-tomb-painting-and-scholarship-of-the-southern-levant/) Nsibidi script of Nigeria (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nsibidi) N'Golo (https://dbpedia.org/page/Engolo) Holocene Climactic Optimum (http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/fall12/atmo336/lectures/sec5/holocene.html) Jan Vansina (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0067270X.2017.1331542) Christopher Ehret (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Ehret) La Violencia (https://www.e-ir.info/2013/03/20/colombias-la-violencia-and-how-it-shaped-the-countrys-political-system/) Phillip Zarrilli (https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/tribute-phillip-zarrilli-1947-2020-the-mindful-thespian/article31649210.ece) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B08MLJSK2L&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_J7ZJ3QYTHDW4DQ2TV048&tag=glocalcitiz0e-20) by Frederick Douglass Special Guest: T.J. Desch-Obi. leap transmedia, glocal citizens podcast, t.j. desch-obi, CUNY nigeria, liberia, columbia, UCLA, Baruch College, Universidad ICESI, Centro de Estudios Afrodiaspóricos, Fighting for Honor, researcher, historical ethnographer, writer, author, professor, african martial arts, florence adu, florence amerley adu, global citizen, travel, africa, ghana, slave narratives, ngolo, machete fighting, the way of a pilgrim, la violencia, jan vansina, Nsibidi script, Robert Farris Thompson, beni hasan tomb Greetings Glocal Citizen!
For 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!

Where to find T.J.?
Selected research
On YouTube

What's T.J. reading?
The Way of a Pilgrim

Other topics of interest:
Filipino Kali
Robert Farris Thompson
Beni Hasan Tomb
Nsibidi script of Nigeria
N'Golo
Holocene Climactic Optimum
Jan Vansina
Christopher Ehret
La Violencia
Phillip Zarrilli
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave by Frederick Douglass

Special Guest: T.J. Desch-Obi.

]]> Greetings Glocal Citizen!
For 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!

Where to find T.J.?
Selected research
On YouTube

What's T.J. reading?
The Way of a Pilgrim

Other topics of interest:
Filipino Kali
Robert Farris Thompson
Beni Hasan Tomb
Nsibidi script of Nigeria
N'Golo
Holocene Climactic Optimum
Jan Vansina
Christopher Ehret
La Violencia
Phillip Zarrilli
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave by Frederick Douglass

Special Guest: T.J. Desch-Obi.

]]> Episode 95: Fighting for Honor with Dr. T.J. Desch-Obi Part 1 https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/95 4ba036ab-6050-40e7-b3e1-922f1eae8bf5 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0400 Florence Amerley Adu full Florence Amerley Adu 33:25 no Greetings Glocal Citizens! For 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 (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B08N6VLKZC&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref=cmswrkbdpS75EHRXY70VDFPR4FAB0&tag=glocalcitiz0e-20). 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! Where to find T.J.? Selected research (https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/T-J-Desch-Obi-2078445331) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aes-OSwEs1s) What's T.J. reading? The Way of a Pilgrim (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B001SAR5B8&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_045FWGCDFQAV7ABMM23N&tag=glocalcitiz0e-20) Other topics of interest: Filipino Kali (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnis) Robert Farris Thompson (https://arthistory.yale.edu/people/robert-farris-thompson) Beni Hasan Tomb (https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2016/07/the-beni-hasan-tomb-painting-and-scholarship-of-the-southern-levant/) Nsibidi script of Nigeria (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nsibidi) N'Golo (https://dbpedia.org/page/Engolo) Holocene Climactic Optimum (http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/fall12/atmo336/lectures/sec5/holocene.html) Jan Vansina (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0067270X.2017.1331542) Christopher Ehret (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Ehret) La Violencia (https://www.e-ir.info/2013/03/20/colombias-la-violencia-and-how-it-shaped-the-countrys-political-system/) Phillip Zarrilli (https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/tribute-phillip-zarrilli-1947-2020-the-mindful-thespian/article31649210.ece) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B08MLJSK2L&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_J7ZJ3QYTHDW4DQ2TV048&tag=glocalcitiz0e-20) 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. leap transmedia, glocal citizens podcast, t.j. desch-obi, CUNY nigeria, liberia, columbia, UCLA, Baruch College, Universidad ICESI, Centro de Estudios Afrodiaspóricos, Fighting for Honor, researcher, historical ethnographer, writer, author, professor, african martial arts, florence adu, florence amerley adu, global citizen, travel, africa, ghana, slave narratives, ngolo, machete fighting, the way of a pilgrim, la violencia, jan vansina, Nsibidi script, Robert Farris Thompson, beni hasan tomb Greetings Glocal Citizens!
For 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!

Where to find T.J.?
Selected research
On YouTube

What's T.J. reading?
The Way of a Pilgrim

Other topics of interest:
Filipino Kali
Robert Farris Thompson
Beni Hasan Tomb
Nsibidi script of Nigeria
N'Golo
Holocene Climactic Optimum
Jan Vansina
Christopher Ehret
La Violencia
Phillip Zarrilli
Narrative 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.

]]> Greetings Glocal Citizens!
For 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!

Where to find T.J.?
Selected research
On YouTube

What's T.J. reading?
The Way of a Pilgrim

Other topics of interest:
Filipino Kali
Robert Farris Thompson
Beni Hasan Tomb
Nsibidi script of Nigeria
N'Golo
Holocene Climactic Optimum
Jan Vansina
Christopher Ehret
La Violencia
Phillip Zarrilli
Narrative 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.

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