Forgetfulness & ”The Momentum of Memory”

"The Momentum of Memory" vs. "The Violence of Forgetting." Throughout history a well-documented feature of authoritarianism, totalitarian regimes, religious indoctrination and myth-making is the reshaping of collective and individual memory. As a person of African descent, deconstructing religion can yield epiphanies not only in science or theology but in the heavy political histories of ethnicity and provenance.

This episode covers the ways in which forgetfulness, memory laws/loss and short collective memories play into narratives that distort, demean, erase and discriminate. We cover the George Floyd "Year of Reckoning", Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, 45, my former pastor and the subtle manipulative power of misinformation + forgetfulness imposed on us via religion and culture. 

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(Ep. 13) 

Show Notes

Host: Rogiérs 

Writing & Narration: Rogiérs 

Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC

Assistant Producer, Research: Drai Salmon

Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu

Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC

Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson

Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks, Overjoyed Blue Note Japan Recordings, IMOK Gospel Music, Howard University Gospel Choir

Resources 

Sarah Frostenson, “Aftermath of Year of Reckoning”, Fiver Thirty Eight: A Politics Chat

Michele Norris, "Don’t call it a racial reckoning. The race toward equality has barely begun.", The Washington Post  

Banned Filename, Jr., “Remember fascism was a Catholic problem?”, Medium.com

Stephanie Martin, “Vladimir Putin Quotes the Bible During Pro-Russia Rally in Moscow”,   Churchleaders .com

Jess Blumberg, “A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials”, Smithsonian Magazine

Frederick Douglass, “An 1876 speech given by Frederick Douglass at the unveiling of the Freedmen’s Monument in Lincoln Park, Washington, DC.”, Digital Public Library of America, University of Illinois

CNN (Chris Wallace) Interview Nicole Hannah-Jones, Author & Professor of Journalism, Howard University

Dr. Greg Carr, Professor, Howard University School of Law &Africana Studies Department 

Music Bed(s) 

“For Your Name is to be Praised” (James Hall Worship & Praise)

“Never Shall Forget”, Melvin Crispell & Testimony  

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