The Pointed Nose

James Newton is a master flutist, composer, arranger, and educator

Christopher Doozie is a xylophonist and xylophone builder from Ghana

Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach are two of the world's leading avant garde pianists

Chief Kokoi is a former Toshao of Aishalton, Guyana, and the chief of the now-defunct Region Nine Toshaos' Council

Mackie Casimero is the communications officer of the South Rupununi District Council and a co-founder of the Wapichan Wiizi women's movement, both based in Guyana

Laura George and Nicholas Peters work with the Amerindian Peoples' Association, an indigenous rights organization in Guyana

Gavin Winter is the monitoring coordinator for the South Rupununi District Council in Guyana. In this interview, he discusses his work as a land defender

Ali Majeed is a former labor organizer and current executive member of the Working People's Alliance in Guyana. He personally knew Dr. Walter Rodney during Rodney's lifetime

Lesa Terry is a Los Angeles-based violinist, arranger, educator and composer. She has played in groups including the Uptown String Quartet and is a professor in Santa Monica College's music department

Nicole Mitchell Gantt is a boundary-pushing flutist, composer, author, poet, multimedia artist and educator who at one point chaired the AACM

E.J. Alagoa, Professor Emeritus of history at the University of Port Harcourt, is a legendary historian and scholar of oral traditions

Big Black is a legend of bebop, noted for his 'fingerstyle' approach to hand drumming

Alison Dundy and Dominic Thomas are professors who translate literature by African writers from French into English. Thomas also edits the Global African Voices series on Indiana University Press

Tristan Honsinger is a leading light of improvised music

Upright bassist Joël Grip discusses his contributions to the European improvised music scene as well as his work with cellist Tristan Honsinger and the groups Ahmed and Herr Borelgrip

Adam Rudolph is a composer, percussionist, bandleader and teacher based in New York City

Immigration law expert Kathleen Kim discusses the history of US immigration law and where things stand today

Joshua White is a pianist and improviser based in San Diego and active throughout Southern California

JohnPaul Arabome is an entrepreneur and chef based in the Los Angeles area. He launched his restaurant The Peppered Goat, which specializes in Nigerian food, during the shutdown that followed the outbreak of COVID-19

Tina Raymond is a drummer, improviser and educator based in the Los Angeles area

The world-renowned violinist Ida Kavafian drops in to discuss Tashi, Takemitsu, teaching and more!

Dr. Ebenezer Obadare, professor of sociology at the University of Kansas and author of Pentecostal Republic (Zed Books, 2018) stops by to discuss the relationship between religion and politics in Nigeria and in general

Funsho Ogundipe, who founded the band Ayetoro, talks music, agriculture, the importance of community, Ibn Khaldun, and much more.

Dr. Nimi Wariboko discusses Niger Delta history; a concept he calls "the spell of the invisible"; his argument for the establishment of a global currency; urban design; and the future of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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