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 numinous R...

Hip-Hop collective MCE. From left to right: Eshmelek Malakyah, Obafemi Kiensiedilele, and Ced Adamz. On this 57th 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 10...

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 worshipping 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 54th 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 cha...

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 inspires.’ “Sheti” means to...

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

We conclude our digitally re-mastered presentation entitled Dr. Amos Wilson on Feel Good History, from our Ideopraxis Series.

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

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

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

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 phones" (Reme...

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.

We closeout 2017, 2017 according to the Gregorian/Western calendar, with the conclusion of our two part series, Cyclonious: The Revival.

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- “Decol...

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...

We conclude our two part series with our brother Cyclonious The Natural Disaster entitled Cyclonious: Practice Without Thought is Blind; Thought Without Practice is Empty. In this episode we discuss the negative effects of neolibralism on the ability t...

We present part one of a two part series with Cyclonious The Natural Disaster to discuss the principal of conscientization...