My African Cliches (English)
338 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsOn the back of the bird Sankofa, this mythical bird that flies forward, head turned back, carrying in its beak an egg that symbolizes the future, this podcast takes you to every episode in the glorious history of African continent. Develop your knowledge of African history to better understand the continent today.
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The almost "eternal life" of the stuffed African of Banyoles
October 26, 2020 03:00 - 9 minutes - 13.6 MBMy African cliché of the day is a question “How many? ". How many generations of tourists from all over the world had seen “El Negro”? How many have left this museum with the simplistic association at the head of "Black or African = barbaric?" ". did I just say Barbaric? Who is really is the barbaric here? Is it the Bechuana? or rather those who stole a dead buried body, who stuffed it, those who sold it, bought and exhibited it, those who took a picture of him without batting an eyelid, th...
S6 E7: The making of the “African barbarian” cliché: the stuffed African of Banyoles
October 26, 2020 03:00 - 9 minutes - 13.6 MBMy African cliché of the day is a question “How many? ". How many generations of tourists from all over the world had seen “El Negro”? How many have left this museum with the simplistic association at the head of "Black or African = barbaric?" ". did I just say Barbaric? Who is really is the barbaric here? Is it the Bechuana? or rather those who stole a dead buried body, who stuffed it, those who sold it, bought and exhibited it, those who took a picture of him without batting an eyelid, th...
Origins of the Ghana/Ivoiry Coast rivalry: the West African Wager, With Prof. Elisa Prosperetti (Part 2)
October 12, 2020 05:58 - 9 minutes - 13.6 MBIn contemporary African history, most narratives revolve around the year 1960. But what if I say, 1957? what do you say? Independence of the first sub Saharan African country, Ghana? Yes, that’s right. Anything else? Let’s listen to the answers by Prof. Elisa Prosperetti, History professor, specializing in modern African and world history, and currently a visiting assistant professor at Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, United States, where she teaches a range of courses on African histo...
S6 E6: Origins of the Ghana/Ivory Coast rivalry: the West African Wager, With Prof. Elisa Prosperetti (Part 2)
October 12, 2020 05:58 - 9 minutes - 13.6 MBIn contemporary African history, most narratives revolve around the year 1960. But what if I say, 1957? what do you say? Independence of the first sub Saharan African country, Ghana? Yes, that’s right. Anything else? Let’s listen to the answers by Prof. Elisa Prosperetti, History professor, specializing in modern African and world history, and currently a visiting assistant professor at Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, United States, where she teaches a range of courses on African histo...
Regional rivalry between Ghana and Ivoiry Coast: the west-african wager story ( Part 2)
October 12, 2020 05:58 - 9 minutes - 13.6 MBIn contemporary African history, most narratives revolve around the year 1960. But what if I say, 1957? what do you say? Independence of the first sub Saharan African country, Ghana? Yes, that’s right. Anything else? Let’s listen to the answers by Prof. Elisa Prosperetti, History professor, specializing in modern African and world history, and currently a visiting assistant professor at Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, United States, where she teaches a range of courses on African histo...
Origins of the Ghana/Ivoiry Coast rivalry: the West African Wager. (Part 1)
October 12, 2020 03:06 - 9 minutes - 12.8 MBIn contemporary African history, most narratives revolve around the year 1960. But what if I say, 1957? what do you say? Independence of the first sub-Saharan African country, Ghana? Yes, that’s right. Anything else? Let’s listen to the answers by Prof. Elisa Prosperetti, History professor, specializing in modern African and world history, and currently a visiting assistant professor at Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, United States, where she teaches a range of courses on African histo...
S6 E5: Origins of the Ghana/Ivory Coast rivalry: the West African Wager, With Prof. Elisa Prosperetti
October 12, 2020 03:06 - 9 minutes - 12.8 MBIn contemporary African history, most narratives revolve around the year 1960. But what if I say, 1957? what do you say? Independence of the first sub-Saharan African country, Ghana? Yes, that’s right. Anything else? Let’s listen to the answers by Prof. Elisa Prosperetti, History professor, specializing in modern African and world history, and currently a visiting assistant professor at Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, United States, where she teaches a range of courses on African histo...
Origins of the Ghana/Ivoiry Coast rivalry: the West African Wager, With Prof. Elisa Prosperetti
October 12, 2020 03:06 - 9 minutes - 12.8 MBIn contemporary African history, most narratives revolve around the year 1960. But what if I say, 1957? what do you say? Independence of the first sub-Saharan African country, Ghana? Yes, that’s right. Anything else? Let’s listen to the answers by Prof. Elisa Prosperetti, History professor, specializing in modern African and world history, and currently a visiting assistant professor at Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, United States, where she teaches a range of courses on African histo...
Of course, there is a season 3!
September 28, 2020 02:52 - 7 minutes - 10.6 MBHello, you, yes you, hello to you. You, who are still listening to me after 2 seasons of this podcast. This is a special episode to start this new season. An episode to ask you my listener; How are you doing? Did you have a good summer? Is everything around you fine despite the current pandemic? A special episode for you my dearest listener; You who wrote to me during this summer just to say THANK YOU. You who sent words of encouragement to keep up with the PODCAST You who ask...
A special Sankofa flight for you...
September 28, 2020 02:52 - 7 minutes - 10.6 MBHello, you, yes you, hello to you. You, who are still listening to me after 2 seasons of this podcast. This is a special episode to start this new season. An episode to ask you my listener; How are you doing? Did you have a good summer? Is everything around you fine despite the current pandemic? A special episode for you my dearest listener; You who wrote to me during this summer just to say THANK YOU. You who sent words of encouragement to keep up with the PODCAST You who ask...
S6 E4: Did you all miss us?
September 28, 2020 02:52 - 7 minutes - 10.6 MBHello, you, yes you, hello to you. You, who are still listening to me after 2 seasons of this podcast. This is a special episode to start this new season. An episode to ask you my listener; How are you doing? Did you have a good summer? Is everything around you fine despite the current pandemic? A special episode for you my dearest listener; You who wrote to me during this summer just to say THANK YOU. You who sent words of encouragement to keep up with the PODCAST You who ask...
Goodbye Season 2! Welcome to "My African Cliches, Le Quiz"!
July 03, 2020 09:08 - 2 minutes - 3.04 MBHello dear friends! What are you doing this Saturday July 4th around 9pm Nairobi time? Whatever your plans, if you have 10 min on Saturday evening, then you will be delighted to learn about the latest addition to the “My African Clichés” family: My African Clichés THE QUIZ NIGHT This is a live quiz, which lasts 10 min, during which you will answer multiple choice questions, about the history of Africa. You will learn and have fun at the same time as other people located everywhere. Quick...
Pleeease decolonize African public space!
July 03, 2020 08:23 - 9 minutes - 13.3 MBMy African Cliché of the day is a British man, called Lawrence. No no, not Lwrence of Arabia, but Lawrence Westgaph, a young British political activist, from Nigerian and Jamaican descents, who has set up a fundraising campaign to finally erect a statue in Liverpool to honor African slaves’s role in building the UK economy. He also produced the BBC program "Read the signs» that examines the history of Liverpool street names. Now let’s remind ourselves that statues just like street and cities...
S6 E3: Pleeeazzzzz decolonize African public space!
July 03, 2020 08:23 - 9 minutes - 13.3 MBMy African Cliché of the day is a British man, called Lawrence. No no, not Lwrence of Arabia, but Lawrence Westgaph, a young British political activist, from Nigerian and Jamaican descents, who has set up a fundraising campaign to finally erect a statue in Liverpool to honor African slaves’s role in building the UK economy. He also produced the BBC program "Read the signs» that examines the history of Liverpool street names. Now let’s remind ourselves that statues just like street and cities...
Decolonize African public space first!
July 03, 2020 08:23 - 9 minutes - 13.3 MBMy African Cliché of the day is a British man, called Lawrence. No no, not Lwrence of Arabia, but Lawrence Westgaph, a young British political activist, from Nigerian and Jamaican descents, who has set up a fundraising campaign to finally erect a statue in Liverpool to honor African slaves’s role in building the UK economy. He also produced the BBC program "Read the signs» that examines the history of Liverpool street names. Now let’s remind ourselves that statues just like street and cities...
S6 E2: Cops Brutality towards African Americans: A problem for Africans?
June 15, 2020 03:00 - 9 minutes - 12.6 MBMalcolm X's words sound even better in 2020: "Their problem is our problem”. Ask Mrs. Kadiatou Diallo, the mother of the young Guinean Amadou Diallo, a 23-year-old boy, who had just announced to his mother who stayed in Guinea, that he had now worked enough to finally pay for his expensive university studies in America. Outside his home, unarmed, he was shot dead by New York police, riddled with 41 bullets. His death provoked violent protests in the United States. A year later, the 4 police ...
Cops Brutality towards African Americans: A problem for Africans?
June 15, 2020 03:00 - 9 minutes - 12.6 MBMalcolm X's words sound even better in 2020: "Their problem is our problem”. Ask Mrs. Kadiatou Diallo, the mother of the young Guinean Amadou Diallo, a 23-year-old boy, who had just announced to his mother who stayed in Guinea, that he had now worked enough to finally pay for his expensive university studies in America. Outside his home, unarmed, he was shot dead by New York police, riddled with 41 bullets. His death provoked violent protests in the United States. A year later, the 4 police ...
Cops Brutality on African Americans: A problem for Africans?
June 15, 2020 03:00 - 9 minutes - 12.6 MBMalcolm X's words sound even better in 2020: "Their problem is our problem”. Ask Mrs. Kadiatou Diallo, the mother of the young Guinean Amadou Diallo, a 23-year-old boy, who had just announced to his mother who stayed in Guinea, that he had now worked enough to finally pay for his expensive university studies in America. Outside his home, unarmed, he was shot dead by New York police, riddled with 41 bullets. His death provoked violent protests in the United States. A year later, the 4 police ...
S6 E1: Great Britain abolished slavery: Autopsy of a British delusion.
June 01, 2020 03:30 - 8 minutes - 12 MBEPISODE 30: Great Britain abolished slavery: Autopsy of a British delusion On the list of people who ended slavery, the British government does not appear high up on the list, if at all it appears. The people who ended slavery, the real heroes of abolition, were first and foremost, the slaves themselves who revolted countless times everywhere in multiple slavery locations. That was the case of Mulato Solitude and Louis Delgres in French Caribbean, Toussaint Louverture in Haiti, Carlota Luc...
Britain abolished slavery: Autopsy of a British delusion.
June 01, 2020 03:30 - 8 minutes - 12 MBEPISODE 30: Great Britain abolished slavery: Autopsy of a British delusion On the list of people who ended slavery, the British government does not appear high up on the list, if at all it appears. The people who ended slavery, the real heroes of abolition, were first and foremost, the slaves themselves who revolted countless times everywhere in multiple slavery locations. That was the case of Mulato Solitude and Louis Delgres in French Caribbean, Toussaint Louverture in Haiti, Carlota Luc...
Great Britain abolished slavery: Autopsy of a British delusion.
June 01, 2020 03:30 - 8 minutes - 12 MBEPISODE 30: Great Britain abolished slavery: Autopsy of a British delusion On the list of people who ended slavery, the British government does not appear high up on the list, if at all it appears. The people who ended slavery, the real heroes of abolition, were first and foremost, the slaves themselves who revolted countless times everywhere in multiple slavery locations. That was the case of Mulato Solitude and Louis Delgres in French Caribbean, Toussaint Louverture in Haiti, Carlota Luc...
Trilogy of Africa's impact on the world: What America owes to the Africans on the Amistad!
May 18, 2020 03:00 - 9 minutes - 12.7 MBMy African cliché of the day is a tribute to Repats, these African men and women of the diaspora who, like these valiant captives of the Amistad, sometimes give up a very a comfortable life, to return to Africa. According to a study by Inspir Afrika Magazine, their 3 main reasons are: the desire to have an impact on the continent - interesting professional opportunities and family and social pressure; But once back, the adaptation process can be brutal, so that around 15% leave. Many of thos...
S5 E15: Trilogy of Africa's impact on the world: What America owes to the Africans on the Amistad!
May 18, 2020 03:00 - 9 minutes - 12.7 MBMy African cliché of the day is a tribute to Repats, these African men and women of the diaspora who, like these valiant captives of the Amistad, sometimes give up a very a comfortable life, to return to Africa. According to a study by Inspir Afrika Magazine, their 3 main reasons are: the desire to have an impact on the continent - interesting professional opportunities and family and social pressure; But once back, the adaptation process can be brutal, so that around 15% leave. Many of thos...
The Great Return: What America owes to the Africans on the Amistad!
May 18, 2020 03:00 - 9 minutes - 12.7 MBMy African cliché of the day is a tribute to Repats, these African men and women of the diaspora who, like these valiant captives of the Amistad, sometimes give up a very a comfortable life, to return to Africa. According to a study by Inspir Afrika Magazine, their 3 main reasons are: the desire to have an impact on the continent - interesting professional opportunities and family and social pressure; But once back, the adaptation process can be brutal, so that around 15% leave. Many of thos...
S5 E14: Africans in the United Nations: Samir Amin, the lighthouse in the night
May 04, 2020 03:30 - 8 minutes - 11.7 MBIn the short list of Africans who have significantly impacted the United Nations, today I am featuring an Egyptian giant, giant way before Mohammed Salah, but largely unknown to the African public, despite having influenced the creation and transformation of several UN agencies such as UNECA, IFAD, UNTAD, all of which still exist today. The creation of these agencies symbolises a silent revolution that changed the very philosophy of the United Nations system today. To find out more about h...
Africans in the United Nations: Samir Amin, the lighthouse in the night
May 04, 2020 03:30 - 8 minutes - 11.7 MBIn the short list of Africans who have significantly impacted the United Nations, today I am featuring an Egyptian giant, giant way before Mohammed Salah, but largely unknown to the African public, despite having influenced the creation and transformation of several UN agencies such as UNECA, IFAD, UNTAD, all of which still exist today. The creation of these agencies symbolises a silent revolution that changed the very philosophy of the United Nations system today. To find out more about h...
Disrupting the United Nations System: The Legacy of Samir Amin
May 04, 2020 03:30 - 8 minutes - 11.7 MBIn the short list of Africans who have significantly impacted the United Nations, today I am featuring an Egyptian giant, giant way before Mohammed Salah, but largely unknown to the African public, despite having influenced the creation and transformation of several UN agencies such as UNECA, IFAD, UNTAD, all of which still exist today. The creation of these agencies symbolises a silent revolution that changed the very philosophy of the United Nations system today. To find out more about h...
From Amadou Mbow ( UNESCO) to Tedros Gebreyesus ( WHO): Same battle?
April 20, 2020 03:30 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBFrom Amadou Mbow ( UNESCO) to Tedros Gebreyesus ( WHO): Same battle? My African cliché of the day is a vision, M’Bow’s vision of UNESCO. He saw UNESCO as a means to create a world order based on justice, dignity for all, equity, respect for diversity and the preservation of culture heritage. How many African leaders today still have a vision and stand for it? Mbow’s life’s work has won him widespread acclaim and over 70 awards, medals and honorary degrees and citizenships from around...
S5 E13: Africans in the United Nations: Pr Amadou MBOW, the man who awakened UNESCO!
April 20, 2020 03:30 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBFrom Amadou Mbow ( UNESCO) to Tedros Gebreyesus ( WHO): Same battle? My African cliché of the day is a vision, M’Bow’s vision of UNESCO. He saw UNESCO as a means to create a world order based on justice, dignity for all, equity, respect for diversity and the preservation of culture heritage. How many African leaders today still have a vision and stand for it? Mbow’s life’s work has won him widespread acclaim and over 70 awards, medals and honorary degrees and citizenships from around...
Africans in the United Nations: Pr Amadou MBOW, the man who awakened UNESCO!
April 20, 2020 03:30 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBFrom Amadou Mbow ( UNESCO) to Tedros Gebreyesus ( WHO): Same battle? My African cliché of the day is a vision, M’Bow’s vision of UNESCO. He saw UNESCO as a means to create a world order based on justice, dignity for all, equity, respect for diversity and the preservation of culture heritage. How many African leaders today still have a vision and stand for it? Mbow’s life’s work has won him widespread acclaim and over 70 awards, medals and honorary degrees and citizenships from around...
S5 E12: Currency of beauty in Africa: the origins of colorism!
April 13, 2020 09:07 - 8 minutes - 11.9 MBWhat is your definition of beauty? “Is it a combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight” as defined the oxford dictionary? Obviously, definitions of beauty vary across countries, cultures, religions and language. Some are more introspective, others based on physical aesthetics and others on social status. When we impart this oxford definition of beauty into an African context, it takes on a more complex meaning, particul...
Currency of beauty in Africa: the origins of colorism!
April 13, 2020 09:07 - 8 minutes - 11.9 MBWhat is your definition of beauty? “Is it a combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight” as defined the oxford dictionary? Obviously, definitions of beauty vary across countries, cultures, religions and language. Some are more introspective, others based on physical aesthetics and others on social status. When we impart this oxford definition of beauty into an African context, it takes on a more complex meaning, particul...
The currency of beauty: to the origins of colorism!
April 13, 2020 09:07 - 8 minutes - 11.9 MBWhat is your definition of beauty? “Is it a combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight” as defined the oxford dictionary? Obviously, definitions of beauty vary across countries, cultures, religions and language. Some are more introspective, others based on physical aesthetics and others on social status. When we impart this oxford definition of beauty into an African context, it takes on a more complex meaning, particul...
S5 E11: Black ‘guinea pigs’ in history: the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study
April 06, 2020 03:30 - 8 minutes - 12.1 MB“The United States government did something that was wrong — deeply, profoundly, morally wrong, it was an outrage to our commitment to integrity and equality for all our citizens. To the survivors, to the wives and family members, the children and the grandchildren, I say what you know: No power on Earth can give you back the lives lost, the pain suffered, the years of internal torment and anguish. What was done cannot be undone. But we can end the silence. We can stop turning our heads away...
Black ‘guinea pigs’ in history: the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study
April 06, 2020 03:30 - 8 minutes - 12.1 MB“The United States government did something that was wrong — deeply, profoundly, morally wrong, it was an outrage to our commitment to integrity and equality for all our citizens. To the survivors, to the wives and family members, the children and the grandchildren, I say what you know: No power on Earth can give you back the lives lost, the pain suffered, the years of internal torment and anguish. What was done cannot be undone. But we can end the silence. We can stop turning our heads away...
S5 E10: The month of heroines: FEMICRITURE. A home for African female writers! (Part 2)
March 26, 2020 07:57 - 5 minutes - 7.22 MBFOR AFRICAN FEMALE WRITERS.. ” You need to read to open up your world” is a phrase I often heard when I was a child. But in the era of so-called social networks, the supremacy of WhatsApp, fake news and Facebook pages, it seems that fewer and fewer adults are reading books. And this observation is even more striking for the younger generation. Do young Africans still read books? What do they read? Which African authors do they read? Where do they read or find the books? Want the answers?...
The month of heroines: FEMICRITURE.. A home for African female writers! (Part 2)
March 26, 2020 07:57 - 5 minutes - 7.22 MBFOR AFRICAN FEMALE WRITERS.. ” You need to read to open up your world” is a phrase I often heard when I was a child. But in the era of so-called social networks, the supremacy of WhatsApp, fake news and Facebook pages, it seems that fewer and fewer adults are reading books. And this observation is even more striking for the younger generation. Do young Africans still read books? What do they read? Which African authors do they read? Where do they read or find the books? Want the answers?...
THE MONTH OF HEROINES: FEMICRITURE.. A home for African female writers ( Part 2)
March 26, 2020 07:57 - 5 minutes - 7.22 MBFOR AFRICAN FEMALE WRITERS.. ” You need to read to open up your world” is a phrase I often heard when I was a child. But in the era of so-called social networks, the supremacy of WhatsApp, fake news and Facebook pages, it seems that fewer and fewer adults are reading books. And this observation is even more striking for the younger generation. Do young Africans still read books? What do they read? Which African authors do they read? Where do they read or find the books? Want the answers?...
The month of heroines: FEMICRITURE.. A home for African female writers ( Part 2)
March 26, 2020 07:57 - 5 minutes - 7.22 MBFOR AFRICAN FEMALE WRITERS.. ” You need to read to open up your world” is a phrase I often heard when I was a child. But in the era of so-called social networks, the supremacy of WhatsApp, fake news and Facebook pages, it seems that fewer and fewer adults are reading books. And this observation is even more striking for the younger generation. Do young Africans still read books? What do they read? Which African authors do they read? Where do they read or find the books? Want the answers?...
The month of heroines: FEMICRITURE, a home for African female writers. (Part1)
March 23, 2020 03:57 - 8 minutes - 11.8 MBFOR AFRICAN FEMALE WRITERS My African cliche of the day is a Bantu saying which says I quote: "Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu",which means in French: "A human is human because of other humans".It essentially means that Our humanity depends on the humanity of our fellow humans. No individual, no group can be human all alone. We rise together above the animal, or not at all. This saying is one of the favorites of an African writer, a great African intellectual, Prof Chinua Achebe, who left us almo...
THE MONTH OF HEROINES: FEMICRITURE, A HOME FOR AFRICAN FEMALE WRITERS.
March 23, 2020 03:57 - 8 minutes - 11.8 MBFOR AFRICAN FEMALE WRITERS My African cliche of the day is a Bantu saying which says I quote: "Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu",which means in French: "A human is human because of other humans".It essentially means that Our humanity depends on the humanity of our fellow humans. No individual, no group can be human all alone. We rise together above the animal, or not at all. This saying is one of the favorites of an African writer, a great African intellectual, Prof Chinua Achebe, who left us almo...
The month of heroines: FEMICRITURE, a home for African female writers.
March 23, 2020 03:57 - 8 minutes - 11.8 MBFOR AFRICAN FEMALE WRITERS My African cliche of the day is a Bantu saying which says I quote: "Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu",which means in French: "A human is human because of other humans".It essentially means that Our humanity depends on the humanity of our fellow humans. No individual, no group can be human all alone. We rise together above the animal, or not at all. This saying is one of the favorites of an African writer, a great African intellectual, Prof Chinua Achebe, who left us almo...
S5 E9: The month of heroines: FEMICRITURE, a home for African female writers.
March 23, 2020 03:57 - 8 minutes - 11.8 MBFOR AFRICAN FEMALE WRITERS My African cliche of the day is a Bantu saying which says I quote: "Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu",which means in French: "A human is human because of other humans".It essentially means that Our humanity depends on the humanity of our fellow humans. No individual, no group can be human all alone. We rise together above the animal, or not at all. This saying is one of the favorites of an African writer, a great African intellectual, Prof Chinua Achebe, who left us almo...
The month of heroines: FEMICRITURE, a home for African female writers.
March 23, 2020 03:57 - 8 minutes - 11.8 MBFOR AFRICAN FEMALE WRITERS My African cliche of the day is a Bantu saying which says I quote: "Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu",which means in French: "A human is human because of other humans".It essentially means that Our humanity depends on the humanity of our fellow humans. No individual, no group can be human all alone. We rise together above the animal, or not at all. This saying is one of the favorites of an African writer, a great African intellectual, Prof Chinua Achebe, who left us almo...
THE MONTH OF HEROINES: YOUR WRAP, YOUR STYLE... YOUR IDENTITY ( PART 2)
March 17, 2020 07:24 - 9 minutes - 13 MBAfter having explored the history of this African accessory, the turban, here we are now ready to experience a concrete use of it, thanks to our captain, she, who made it a way of life for the last 10 years, and who shares her experience through her brand and her fabulous headwraps on Instagram. Hello everyone and welcome to this headwrap workshop
The month of heroines: YOUR WRAP, YOUR STYLE... YOUR IDENTITY ( PART 2)
March 17, 2020 07:24 - 9 minutes - 13 MBAfter having explored the history of this African accessory, the turban, here we are now ready to experience a concrete use of it, thanks to our captain, she, who made it a way of life for the last 10 years, and who shares her experience through her brand and her fabulous headwraps on Instagram. Hello everyone and welcome to this headwrap workshop
S5 E8: The month of heroines: YOUR WRAP, YOUR STYLE... YOUR IDENTITY (PART 2)
March 17, 2020 07:24 - 9 minutes - 13 MBAfter having explored the history of this African accessory, the turban, here we are now ready to experience a concrete use of it, thanks to our captain, she, who made it a way of life for the last 10 years, and who shares her experience through her brand and her fabulous headwraps on Instagram. Hello everyone and welcome to this headwrap workshop
The month of heroines: HEADWRAPS, AN AFRICAN EPIC !
March 16, 2020 05:37 - 8 minutes - 11.9 MBYOUR WRAP, YOUR STYLE, YOUR IDENTITY My African cliché of the day is question to you: do you think that if a White American white lady chooses to wear a headwrap, it is cultural appropriation? Is it paying tribute? Is it respect? Is it free advert for that culture? Cultural appropriation refers to when a dominant culture appropriates the codes of a dominated culture, either the colonized peoples or the oppressed minorities. Is it respect when it’s done for fun, and money, while erasin...
S5 E7: The month of heroines: HEADWRAPS, AN AFRICAN EPIC!
March 16, 2020 05:37 - 8 minutes - 11.9 MBYOUR WRAP, YOUR STYLE, YOUR IDENTITY My African cliché of the day is question to you: do you think that if a White American white lady chooses to wear a headwrap, it is cultural appropriation? Is it paying tribute? Is it respect? Is it free advert for that culture? Cultural appropriation refers to when a dominant culture appropriates the codes of a dominated culture, either the colonized peoples or the oppressed minorities. Is it respect when it’s done for fun, and money, while erasin...
The month of heroines: HEADWRAPS, AN AFRICAN EPIC ( Part1)
March 16, 2020 05:37 - 8 minutes - 11.9 MBYOUR WRAP, YOUR STYLE, YOUR IDENTITY My African cliché of the day is question to you: do you think that if a White American white lady chooses to wear a headwrap, it is cultural appropriation? Is it paying tribute? Is it respect? Is it free advert for that culture? Cultural appropriation refers to when a dominant culture appropriates the codes of a dominated culture, either the colonized peoples or the oppressed minorities. Is it respect when it’s done for fun, and money, while erasin...