Conscientization 101

Dr. Julian E. Kunnie, professor of religious, Latin American, Middle Eastern and North African studies at the University of Arizona. In the denouement of our three-part series with Dr. Julian Kunnie, we discuss the following: The general lack of class consciousness within struggle. An example of how neoliberal/neocolonial policies have had dire consequences for the people of Azania (South Africa)....

Dr. Julian E. Kunnie, professor of religious, Latin American, Middle Eastern and North African studies at the University of Arizona. 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...

Dr. Julian E. Kunnie, professor of religious, Latin American, Middle Eastern and North African studies at the University of Arizona. 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 (podcas...

Hip-Hop collective MCE. From left to right: Ced Adamz, Eshmelek Malakyah, and Obafemi Kiensiedilele.   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 numin...

Hip-Hop collective MCE. From left to right: Eshmelek Malakyah, Obafemi Kiensiedilele, and Ced Adamz. 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...

Dr. Walter Anthony Rodney (March 23, 1942 – June 13, 1980) 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’...

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 isolat...

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 his...

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 “Kizhiibaabinesik”. The ch...

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 Am...

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 and creating a helotized popul...

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 illuminator, the eye and the soul of the being, that which insp...

Dr. John Henrik Clarke (January 1, 1915 – July 16, 1998) 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 ro...

Dr. Amos Wilson (February 23, 1941 – January 14, 1995) 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 consum...

Dr. Amos Wilson (February 23, 1941 – January 14, 1995) 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...

Dr. Amos Wilson (February 23, 1941 – January 14, 1995) 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 o...

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 that does not exist in nature...

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...

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 ultimate goal of the co...

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 th...

A revival is as an improvement in the condition or strength of something. Considering this definition, Cyclonious The Natural Disaster’s latest album The Revival is aptly titled. Quite possibly his magnum opus, as well as his last solo album, this regenerative work is a timeless classic that sounds a clarion call from the akoben (war horn) that the ultimate fight is for rejuvenation of human...

In the conclusion of our two part series, A Complementary Bond: You & Me – Asabi Hawah & Raggo Zulu Rebel , we explore with You & Me the importance of conscientization in understanding African identity within the proper context and the development of specific songs on their critically acclaimed debut album Folk Songs . This episode features sounds from: Conscientization 101- &#82...

Folk music is defined as music “relating to the traditional art or culture of a community or nation,” and the critically acclaimed dynamic group You & Me aptly titled debut album Folk Songs , is the epitome of this definition. You & Me is the collective talents of songstress/poet Asabi Hawah and Raggo Zulu Rebel aka JAH MESSENGER. We are proud to bring you part one of a two par...

We conclude our two part series with our brother Cyclonious The Natural Disaster titled Cyclonious: Practice Without Thought is Blind; Thought Without Practice is Empty . In this episode we discuss the negative effects of neoliberalism on the ability to mount effective organization for development and much more. This episode features music from: Uhuru (Cyclonious & Tha 4orce) – the track...

Conscientization (critical consciousness), “refers to learning to perceive social, political, and economic contradictions, and to take action against the oppressive elements of reality” ( Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire page 35 ). In Kwame Nkrumah’s Consciencism: Philosophy and Ideology for Decolonization , he identifies reflection and action as necessary for decoloniza...