Poetry Prose & Politics

Despite the thriving black population in southern states such as Georgia, Alabama Mississippi or Louisiana the unwavering loyalty to the Republican Party seemed even that much stronger. So I brought out Political Science major, Poet and Mississippi native Sip so talk about Tha good ole Souf.

In this episode, I sat down with recent graduate, Madison Goodrich who Double majored in Government & African Diaspora study, a major that focuses on the mass dispersion of peoples from Africa during the Transatlantic Slave Trades, from the 1500s to the 1800s. We discuss graduating in 2020, what rethinking our America's government system and hows its ran, along with a number of other things.

In the midst of Covid there are a lot of questions to be asked. I go to my favorite educator, one of my biggest inspections in life and aunt, Alphalisha Johnson, to help me make sense of it all. Or maybe at least figure out where to start. In the open dialogue we talk about prejudice in versus racism, reparations, along with a few other things. So stay tuned

Before Rome Burned is more of the intro of what you can expect during this Series as well as introducing the Host, me, Jamia Zarzuela. Suffice it to say that Poetry, Prose & Politics, this podcast, is a combination for my love of art & passion for politics. As far as Nina Simone is Concerned, "An artist Duty... is to reflect the time." So while many find that coinciding with the aloofness and abstract concept that art ...