Jìgìjìgì: Africulture Podcast

Where have you been??! Let’s welcome ourselves back to the soil, having deployed these techniques we’ve come to understand. What did we learn? Works Referenced: Tackling food insecurity through urban farming A youth-led program in Charlotte’s West Boulevard neighborhood combats food insecurity Odù to Sow Seeds To “God made the Soil, but we made it Fertile” Dr. Isaac Zama – Amba F...

Dr. Isaac Zama – Amba Farmer’s Voice Part 3 To conclude the illustrious interview with Dr. Isaac Zama we begin our talk about “Humanure” and we receive our challenge for 2022! Works Referenced Amba Farmer’s Voice Amba Farmer’s Voice Facebook Page Amba Farmer’s Voice YouTube Channel How to Make Your Own Organic Fertilizer With Urine (Piss) Part 1 Ambazonia Future Fertility:...

Dr. Isaac Zama – Amba Farmer’s Voice pt 2 In this second part of our interview with Dr. Zama we move through the different possibilities for food, pidgin, and how libations connect us to the soil. This particular segment is powerful and it is my honor to share it with you all. Works Referenced Amba Farmer’s Voice Amba Farmer’s Voice Facebook Page Amba Farmer’s Voice Y...

Dr. Isaac Zama – Amba Farmer’s Voice pt 1 Dr. Isaac Zama honors us with his wisdom and knowledge as he ushers in the second season of the podcast. Dr. Isaac Zama founded Amba Farmer’s Voice and through that is how I found him. His program showcase no-to-low-cost method of natural farming tailored to the people of Ambazonia. In this conversation we spoke a lot about the different...

Urban Agriculture and Climate Change: “The New Normal” Join Instructor Mason Trappio to gain an understanding of how climate change affects the urban farmer and the growth of new crops. This course informs the urban and peri-urban farmer about how climate change affects them and provides strategies for how to successfully adapt. Our growing environments are affected, to varing degrees,...

Smelling Funk to Power You mean to tell me this whole time I’ve been making funky compost, it could crank a crankshaft?? Meaning, in this episode we discuss how we arrived at our next experiment, Anaerobic Digestion and the creation and opportunity of Biomethane. Enjoy! Works Referenced: Composts When Odors Warn: What Does the Nose Know? Microbes with characteristic smells (good and bad) Res...

Charles Southward of IGH Gardens Charles is the founder of IGH Gardens in Los Angeles, California. I first came across him by way of his instagram account, a picture linked below with him and a bag of blood meal and the shiniest Swiss Chard I have ever seen. I am really excited for you to hear his wisdom! Works Referenced Interview with Voyage LA In God’s Hands Instagram – IGHgardens C...

“God made the Soil, but we made it Fertile” It is my sincerest pleasure and honor to share with you some excerpts from three articles that have been what I started this podcast to find. We add two new terms to our conceptual soil vocabulary, ߕߕߎߔߏߟߋ (tutupole), and ߔߐߙߑߟߟߋ (porleilei). ߕߕߎߔߏߟߋ (tutupole) means “dump site soils” in Loma and refers to the places, and the soil...

Mushrooms as ߛߊ߲ߞߐߝߊ (Sankɔfa) We relay the entire history of the soil, and highlight the role of fungi and of the mushroom plays. Later we shift to the role you play as you create this healthy black soil. Asante Sana ߊߛߊ߲ߕߌ ߛߣߊ M edase Paa   ߡߍߘߊߛߋ ߔߊ Modupe O ߡߏߘߎߔߋ ߏ Thank you for listening to Jìgìjìgì ߖߜ߭ߌ߬ߖߜ߭ߌ߬ Where have you been??! Dr. Isaac Zama – Amba Farmer’s Voice Part 3 Dr....

Bioremediation Wrap Up: Helping Nature Do The Damn Thing Part 4 In our final episode in the series of Bioremediation, we finally express the reasons why we shared this information and reviewed the overall point of these practices. Works referenced Rhizofiltration and Rhizodegradation – Helping Nature Do His Thing part 3 Bioextraction/Phytostabilization – Helping Nature Do Her Thing Part 2 Bioremed...

Rhizofiltration and Rhizodegradation – Helping Nature Do His Thing part 3 – JP035 From PNW, to South Korea, from Silver Spring to Charlotte we discuss these two different techniques for cleaning and building healthy black soils! Works Referenced Paul Stamets – Excerpt from Mushrooms as Planetary Healers. Phytoremediation of levonorgestrel in aquatic environment by hydrophytes Umb...

Bioextraction/Phytostabilization – Helping Nature Do Her Thing Part 2 Fascinating experiments in Nigeria change our plans for growing lead out of the soil. Enjoy! Works Referenced EDTA Chelation Surface Tension Soap Shear Stress in Fluids F–k Yeah Fluid Dynamics Blog Phytoremediation of Lead Polluted Soil by Glycine max L Compost and biochar assisted phytoremediation potentials of Mori...

Bioremediation – Helping Nature Do It’s Thing JP-033 – The beginning of a series on Bioremediation. We give a short overview of how we can use life to clean life. We end with a story of a graduate thesis I abandoned because it wasn’t going to get me a doctorate. Works Referenced Phytoremediation of levonorgestrel in aquatic environment by hydrophytes Umbrella Papyrus RIP to...

Sustainability From the Seed to the Sleeve – JP032 Wrangler Jeans has partnered with select farms in southern US states to practice sustainable agriculture in their production of a line of jeans and t-shirts. In doing this they’ve inverted the value-added model and added value back into the production. Listen in to this short overview. Works referenced: [Podcast] Wrangler Jeans Endorse...

What Makes the Healthiest Soils Black? – JP031 We’ve stated before that its scientifically true that the healthiest soils are black. We give the how and the what behind the Why. Works Referenced: Black Soils are key to achieving Zero Hunger and for climate change adaptation Harbin Communique Launching the International Network of Black Soils International Symposium on Black Soils 2nd M...

Michael Carter Jr. – JP030 Carter Farms is a century farm in the Piedmont region of Virginia that specializes in growing ethnic, African tropical vegetables organically. Michael is the only other person that we know that has grown on The Continent, Afrika, and back here. This is a powerful episode. Works Referenced (Articles, Books, Videos) Super-Natural: Building tenure, wealth, and equity...

Two Analogies to Help You Groove – JP029 Two conversations we had recently resulted in two analogies to help you acclimate your fingers to the soil. When you think of your lawn, think of your scalp, and your hairline Allow your plants to move-in to their New Home Check the transcripts below, or listen, to get the full context. Where have you been??! Dr. Isaac Zama – Amba Farmer’s...

10 Things I Don’t Know (About plants, farming, and the soil) – JP028 I thought it would be a good idea, to mark it a place in time, to be able to say, here are 10 things I don’t know about plants, farming, and the soil (and the soul). Join me in learning what I don’t know, won’t you? The Ten Things I Don’t Know are Succulents Bonsai and other manicured plants Gr...

Shrooms? In My Buckets?? – JP027 We’ve been hunting mushrooms all spring. Our greatest bounty was in our own backyard! We update you with what’s been growing in our coffee since last summer. Enjoy! Works Referenced: Compost Esoterracisms: Time “heavily berried Holly trees” Eating and Healing: Traditional Food As Medicine Google Books Preview to exactly the page we quo...

Conflict – JP026 We take umbrage with the promoted hippie-nature of interacting with nature. We offer some molecular biology of course to make our point. Enjoy. Works Referenced Tomatoland ߛߊ߲ߞߐߝߊ (Sankɔfa) – JP024 Calcium Oxalate crystals formed within the leaves of the Acacia in response to herbivory Asante Sana ߊߛߊ߲ߕߌ ߛߣߊ M edase Paa   ߡߍߘߊߛߋ ߔߊ Modupe O ߡߏߘߎߔߋ ߏ Thank you for listening t...

Odù to Sow Seeds To – JP025 In this strange, strange time, We go into the woods and read from the Odù Ifá. Just some short Ifá Ẹsẹ that you can sow seeds to. If there are any, short interpretations are given following the footnotes from the original author. Enjoy! Works Referenced ߛߊ߲ߞߐߝߊ (Sankɔfa) – JP024 Esoterracisms: Weeds? Ifa Divination Poetry I Lift Up My Arms In Joyful Satisfac...

ߛߊ߲ߞߐߝߊ (Sankɔfa) – JP024 Traditional Afrikan Spiritual Systems are at the foundation of an “African Natural Farming” technique. Wait a second, are we sure there isn’t a name for that already? Works mentioned: Che Axum’s appearance on Jìgìjìgì Silver Sprung’s appearace on Jìgìjìgì Towards ANF Our Instagram page, for the Philosophical Backgrounds post Brother Obs...

Rooting DC 2020 Urban Agribusiness: Growing Money on Trees – JP023 Mandela and I were honored to facilitate a workshop at Rooting DC 2020. Our workshop was titled Urban Agribusiness: Growing Money on Trees . Enjoy! Workshop Slides (with notes of most everything we said) Rooting DC Resources (links to everything we referenced) Asante Sana ߊߛߊ߲ߕߌ ߛߣߊ M edase Paa   ߡߍߘߊߛߋ ߔߊ Modupe O ߡߏߘߎߔߋ ߏ T...

Microbes by Marco – JP022 Marco is an avid practitioner of Korean Natural Farming. He grows his own inputs, teaches (us on the podcast) others how to make them on his Instagram page (linked below) and also sells his surplus inputs at MicrobesByMarco. Fans of the podcast will notice that I referenced him at our talk at Rooting DC . Works Referenced: Chris Trump’s YouTube Channel Biochar...

Towards ANF – JP021 In today’s episode I take a critical position towards Biodynamic Farming, one that I had had long suspicions of, despite it’s results. By sharing this critique, we have developed our own goal, we share that goal, and we look forward to your contributions to that goal. Works Referenced: Organic Farming in Nazi Germany: The Politics of Biodynamic Agriculture 193...