Conscientization 101

In part two of our illuminating series with Dr. Julian Kunnie, we discuss the following:

• How and why miscegenation has been used historically as a tool for colonial domination, referencing his book–The Cost of Globalization: Dangers to the Earth and Its People–and an article by Chinweizu–“Reparations for Darfur 4: A Resolution.”
• The importance...

It has been over 20 years since the publication of Dr. Julian Kunnie’s prescient and perspicacious treatise, Is Apartheid Really Dead?: Pan Africanist Working-Class Critical Perspectives, and nine years since we first dialogued with Dr. Kunnie about his book (podcast episodes 9 and 10), so what is the political terrain of Azania (South Africa) today? Is the analysis of Is Apartheid Really Dead? in...

After an arduous and acrimonious dispute with a housing contractor—oh what a crazy summer and fall—we conclude our two-part series with the multi-genius collective, MCE.

In part two of this insightful and trenchant series we discuss the following:

• The impetus behind the creation of the numinous RBG: The Ep (Red, Black, Green)
• How th...

On this 57^th episode of Conscientization 101 podcast, we present part one of a two-part dialogue with a collective of artists whose praxis embodies the definition of nationbuilding, MCE. This series is presented in its Unabridged Interview form, as a thank you to those who value Conscientization 101. Our sincerest thanks!

MCE is a collective of multi-talented arti...

Although it has been over forty years since the cowardly and brutal assassination of our dearly beloved brother Dr. Walter Anthony Rodney (aka Dr. W.A.R.), his intrepid spirit lives on with us today. While the quisling, pelf worshiping assassins succeeded in destroying Dr. Rodney physically, they paradoxically immortalized him. Dr. Rodney’s life was/is the epitome of an uncompromising intellectual...

On the long-awaited conclusion of our two-part series, Raggo Zulu Rebel Emeritus: The Eloquence of a Scribe, we discuss the following with Raggo Zulu Rebel:

• An in-depth analysis of Raggo’s album Necromancy
• The importance of understanding political economy, specifically understanding the superstructure as it pertains to Africanity/Blackness in Western societies
• The comfort in the malaise and isolation people experience du...

Emeritus is an appellation bestowed upon a person who has personified excellence in their respective profession, (usually a former holder of an office, especially a college professor) having retired but allowed to retain their title as an honor. On this 54^th episode of Conscientization 101 podcast, we present part one of a two-part dialogue with Raggo Zulu Rebel to discuss his retirement from...

In the riveting conclusion of our three part series with acclaimed American Indian Movement activist-intellectual Ward Churchill about his venerable book Wielding Words Like Weapons: Selected Essays In Indigenism, 1995-2005, we discuss the effects of the settler colonial polity of Canada on American Indians.

We investigate this phenomenon by examining the chapter titled &ldq...

We continue with part two of our three part dialogue with Ward Churchill regarding his august book Wielding Words Like Weapons: Selected Essays In Indigenism, 1995-2005.

In part two of this puissant series we discuss Indigenous people in Western cinema. Specifically we discuss the functionality of pejorative depictions of Indigenous people in cinema to the settler colonial project known as the Americas, its effects on Indigenous pe...

Sagacious, trenchant, and decisive are just a few ways to describe the writings of American Indian Movement activist–intellectual Ward Churchill. Informed by praxis, Churchill’s decades of work demonstrate a keen understanding that the fulcrum of the world’s political–economic contradictions are found in attenuating indigenous people’s political–economic independence ...

In renowned African psychologist’s, Dr. Wade Nobles, book Seeking the Sakhu: Foundational Writings For An African Psychology, Dr. Nobles breaks down the terms “Sakhu” and “Sheti” as the following:

Sakhu Sheti are two terms from the Medu Netcher (Egyptian Hieroglyphs). The word “Sahku” means ‘understanding, the illu...

We conclude our Ideopraxis Series with a digitally re-mastered presentation from Dr. John Henrik Clarke titled, The African World Under Siege!!!!

This presentation from Dr. Clarke took place at the Slave Theater in New York circa mid 1990’s. And in this presentation Dr. Clarke discusses the following:

• The essence of power
• The role false n...

In the conclusion of our digitally re-mastered presentation entitled Dr. Amos Wilson on Feel Good History, from our Ideopraxis Series, Dr. Wilson discusses the following:

• Why it is not possible to be African-centered without the goal of Pan-African nation building
• Education not being about getting a job for a life of conspicuous consumption
• Constant vigilance, while buildi...

We continue with our digitally re-mastered presentation titled Dr. Amos Wilson on Feel Good History Part 2 of 3, from our Ideopraxis Series!!!

In this episode Dr. Wilson will be discussing the following:

• Social fiction of individualism
• Culture and Identity
• Why multicultural (assimilation) education must be rejected for African-Centered education, and much more!

We continue our Ideopraxis Series with part one of a three part digitally re-mastered presentation titled Dr. Amos Wilson on Feel Good History.

In part one, Dr. Wilson discusses the following:

• Fallacy of the ego massaging and conspiracy theory approach to history
• Importance of reading for the development of conscientization
• Importance of theory
...

We continue our Ideopraxis Series with the conclusion of Dr. Marimba Ani’s digitally re-mastered presentation of her critically acclaimed book, Yurugu: An African-Centered Critique of European Cultural Thought And Behavior, where she discusses the following:

• The Western conception of monotheism
• How/Why the Western conception of beauty and art is the perfection t...

Ideopraxis, a term coined by renowned African scholar Ayi Kwei Armah, means “the translation of ideas systematically embraced into structured behavior and lifestyle. Ideopraxis is the yardstick that separates revolutionary performers from phonies” (Remembering The Dismembered Continent, pg 75-76). With this term in mind, we created our Ideopraxis Series. Our Ideopraxis Series is an extension...

We are proud to be airing a digitally re-mastered lecture from a sister who is dedicated to the struggle and victory of Pan Afrikan liberation, unification and sovereignty, Affiong L. Affiong. In Weapons of Liberation, sister Affiong delves into:

• Mysticism posing as revolutionary practice
• The use of history as a form of escapism as opposed to conscientization
• Power as the ...

We closeout 2017, according to the Gregorian/Western calendar, with the conclusion of our two part series, Cyclonious: The Revival. In the conclusion we discuss: the inception of Cyclonious’s track “Invasion Day”, and the history, culture, and colonial living conditions of the Indigenous people of Australia. We also discussed Cyclonious’s track “Garvey”, and the impor...