Race Beyond Borders
31 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsRace Beyond Borders is a podcast by the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity. It exists to raise new questions about race & Blackness across time and beyond geographical divides.
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Racial Elimination and Racial Reassignment
December 07, 2023 06:56 - 54 minutes - 75.1 MBOn our season finale we examine “wildcards”, a term among futurists for seemingly improbable events that, were they to happen, would set the trajectory for the future. The episode features two of such possibilities: the elimination of race and of widespread racial reassignment. Featuring assistant professor of English at the State University of New York in Oneonta Sheena Mason, and writer Jess Row. Listen now. Subscribe to journey with us into the future of Blackness. Hosted b...
Rhythms of Race
October 05, 2023 07:12 - 31 minutes - 45.8 MBIn this episode, we look at the future of Blackness from another lens - how it can be trapped in the rhythmic call and response with whiteness. Nigel Richard chats to Nigerian writer, Bayo Akomolafe. They explore these patterns of race-making and ways of reimagining Black experiences. Bayo Akomolafe wears many hats- a post-humanist thinker, philosopher, psychologist, professor and poet. He's a renowned author of two books, “These Wilds Beyond Our Fences” and “We Tell Our Own S...
Young Africa
September 08, 2023 00:10 - 45 minutes - 62.6 MB"I find that listening to young people is like listening to the future,” Nigel says setting up our latest episode, which features the perspectives on the futures of race from young African people. Our guests, who are students of the groundbreaking African Leadership Academy, are among the millions of people below the age of 25 who make up 60 per cent of Africa's population and make it the world's youngest continent. They offer glimpses at how young Africans make sense of race now and...
Mixed Feelings with Remi Adekoya
August 04, 2023 04:00 - 43 minutes - 62.8 MBIn this episode, Nigel chats with Remi Adekoya, author of Biracial Britain, about the complexities of race. Together, they explore demographic trends, biracial identity and corresponding shifts in the way Blackness is lived and expressed in the United Kingdom. Journey with us beyond the borders of time to explore how the nuance of biracial identity could impact how race is lived in the future. Hosted by: Nigel Richard Special thanks: Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame, La...
Masquerading Blackness Online
June 29, 2023 08:26 - 46 minutes - 65.3 MBWe continue this season’s exploration of the ideas, people, and places shaping the future of Blackness. In this episode, Nigel Richard chats with New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins about the construction of Black identity online. Their conversation responds to Jenkins' Mother Jones article, "Black or Bot?", where she unpacks how Blackness is exploited online for political gain. Tune in and journey with us beyond the borders of time. Hosted by: ...
Pan-Blackness
May 18, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 42.8 MBIn the first episode of season 3, we feature a Zimbabwean new media artist based in London, Kumbirai Makumbe. They use sculpture, digital audio-visual installation, video and images to interrogate the multi-dimensionality of "in-betweenness" and Blackness. Our Host, Nigel Richard speaks to Makumbe about Black quantum futures, the multiplicity of Black experiences and how the digital sphere provides new territory on which to map the multiverse of Blackness, beyond the boundaries ...
Season 3 Trailer
May 04, 2023 06:56 - 2 minutes - 5.08 MBIn Season 3 of Race Beyond Borders, we look at the future of Blackness through the lens of technology, art, innovation, changing demographics and geopolitics. Journey with us through conversations with artists, organisers, young people and other thinkers about Blackness today and tomorrow. Hosted by: Nigel Richard Special thanks: Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame, Nolwazi Laetitia Mbuli, Yasmeen Rubidge, Modupeola Oyebolu, and Daryl Hannah. Produced by: The Good People at Between ...
Prequel: The Future of Blackness
April 04, 2023 19:43 - 52 minutes - 72.1 MBIn this prequel, Nigel Richard has conversations with two exceptional thought leaders about the future of Global Blackness. Our guest, Geci Karuri-Sebina, an urban-policy maker and Associate Professor at the Wits School of Governance, reveals tools that can assist us in planning and contemplating the future. Also joining the conversation is Rasheedah Phillips, director of The Housing Policy Link and Sci-fi author. She is the founder of The Afrofuturist Affair and Black Quantum F...
Finale | Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame | Nigel Richard
August 02, 2022 06:27 - 57 minutes - 79.5 MBIn our final episode, we share the most enlightening moments in our journey across the Black diaspora #BlackExperience. Hosted by: Nigel Richard & Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame Special thanks to Laetitia Mbuli, Modupeola Oyebolu, Anna Luiza Braga, Daryl Hannah. Produced by: The Good People at Between Productions Website: MOYA
Bermuda | Quito Swan
May 13, 2022 08:05 - 39 minutes - 57.4 MBIn our penultimate episode of Season 2, we travel to the North Atlantic island of #Burmuda. Join us as we explore #Blackness across the #Black Pacific and Oceania with our guest, Quito Swan. Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli Guest: Quito Swan Special thanks to: Laetitia Mbuli, Modupeola Oyebolu, Nigel Richard, Anna Luiza Braga, Daryl Hannah. Produced by: The Good People at Between Productions Website: MOYA
Black Diaspora: From Bermuda to Oceania
May 13, 2022 08:05 - 39 minutes - 57.4 MBIn our penultimate episode of Season 2, we travel to the North Atlantic island of #Burmuda. Join us as we explore #Blackness across the #Black Pacific and Oceania with our guest, Quito Swan. Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame Guest: Quito Swan Special thanks to Laetitia Mbuli, Modupeola Oyebolu, Nigel Richard, Anna Luiza Braga, Daryl Hannah. Produced by: The Good People at Between Productions Website: MOYA
Mexico & Dominican Republic | Miguel Valerio
March 31, 2022 02:00 - 30 minutes - 32 MBThe Black experience in Mexico - we explore the history of African kings and queens in colonial Mexico and uncover the power of Black Joy. Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli Guest: Miguel Valerio Special thanks to: Laetitia Mbuli, Modupeola Oyebolu, Nigel Richard, Anna Luiza Braga, Daryl Hannah. Produced by: The Good People at Between Productions Website: MOYA
Black Royalty and Joy in Latin America
March 31, 2022 02:00 - 30 minutes - 32 MBThe Black experience in Mexico - we explore the history of African kings and queens in colonial Mexico and uncover the power of Black Joy. Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame Guest: Miguel Valerio Special thanks to: Laetitia Mbuli, Modupeola Oyebolu, Nigel Richard, Anna Luiza Braga, Daryl Hannah. Produced by: The Good People at Between Productions Website: MOYA
Iran: “Blackness is a Surprise”
February 24, 2022 04:00 - 40 minutes - 34.7 MBThe Black experience in Iran - we find out what it means to be proudly "Siyah" in the Middle East. Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame Guest: Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda Special thanks to: Laetitia Mbuli, Modupeola Oyebolu, Nigel Richard, Anna Luiza Braga, Daryl Hannah, Sidney Scott. Produced by: The Good People at Between Productions Website: MOYA
Iran | Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda
February 24, 2022 04:00 - 40 minutes - 34.7 MBThe Black experience in Iran - we find out what it means to be proudly "Siyah" in the Middle East. Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli Guest: Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda Special thanks to: Laetitia Mbuli, Modupeola Oyebolu, Nigel Richard, Anna Luiza Braga, Daryl Hannah, Sidney Scott. Produced by: The Good People at Between Productions Website: MOYA
Colombia | Manuel Gutierrez & Ana Maria Gonzalez-Forero
January 21, 2022 04:00 - 45 minutes - 43.1 MBThe Black experience in Colombia - what’s the current racial conversation & how far do they still need to go? Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli Guest: Manuel Gutierrez & Ana Maria Gonzalez-Forero Special thanks to: Laetitia Mbuli, Modupeola Oyebolu, Nigel Richard, Anna Luiza Braga, Daryl Hannah, Sidney Scott. Produced by: The Good People at Between Productions Website: MOYA
Colombia’s Politics of Blackness
January 21, 2022 04:00 - 45 minutes - 43.1 MBThe Black experience in Colombia - what’s the current racial conversation & how far do they still need to go? Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame Guest: Manuel Gutierrez & Ana Maria Gonzalez-Forero Special thanks to: Laetitia Mbuli, Modupeola Oyebolu, Nigel Richard, Anna Luiza Braga, Daryl Hannah, Sidney Scott. Produced by: The Good People at Between Productions Website: MOYA
Pit-stop
December 17, 2021 13:02 - 2 minutes - 9.32 MBSo far, our journey towards discovering the Black experience across the globe has taken us to Italy & Martinique. We’re taking an end-of-year break, but will be back for our next leg of the journey. In Episode 3, we’ll travel to Colombia – 21 January 2022.
Martinique | Roseline Armange
November 09, 2021 03:27 - 28 minutes - 29.6 MBThe Black experience in Martinique - a tale of an identity influenced by colonisation and claimed through liberation. Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli Guest: Roseline Armange Special thanks to: Laetitia Mbuli, Modupeola Oyebolu, Nigel Richard, Anna Luiza Braga, Daryl Hannah, Sidney Scott. Produced by: The Good People at Between Productions Website: MOYA
Decoloniality in Martinique
November 09, 2021 03:27 - 28 minutes - 29.6 MBThe Black experience in Martinique - a tale of an identity influenced by colonisation and claimed through liberation. Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame Guest: Roseline Armange Special thanks to: Laetitia Mbuli, Modupeola Oyebolu, Nigel Richard, Anna Luiza Braga, Daryl Hannah, Sidney Scott. Produced by: The Good People at Between Productions Website: MOYA
Italy | Adama Sanneh
October 19, 2021 07:13 - 35 minutes - 41.1 MBThe Black experience in Italy - from growing up isolated within your own race to forging a unique identity & helping others embrace their own. Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli Guest: Adama Sanneh Special thanks to: Laetitia Mbuli, Modupeola Oyebolu, Nigel Richard, Anna Luiza Braga, Daryl Hannah, Sidney Scott. Produced by: The Good People at Between Productions Website: MOYA
Crafting a Black Italian Identity
October 19, 2021 07:13 - 35 minutes - 41.1 MBThe Black experience in Italy - from growing up isolated within your own race to forging a unique identity & helping others embrace their own. Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame Guest: Adama Sanneh Special thanks to: Laetitia Mbuli, Modupeola Oyebolu, Nigel Richard, Anna Luiza Braga, Daryl Hannah, Sidney Scott. Produced by: The Good People at Between Productions Website: MOYA
Season 2 Trailer
September 30, 2021 09:30 - 1 minute - 6.37 MBIn Season Two, Race Beyond Borders explores race across the world in search of underexplored experiences of blackness. Released monthly, each episode features a guest who takes us through the political and the personal dimensions of Black life in their countries. In charting the global African diaspora ranging from Italy to Iran, Martinique to Colombia, this season will raise new questions about what it means to be Black beyond conventional notions and beyond white supremacy.
Philosophy and the Dignity of Black Life
November 24, 2020 21:04 - 33 minutes - 62.1 MBDr Mutinda Nzioki and Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame discuss the politics and potential of philosophy in Africa. They reflect on the centring of western philosophical thought and the marginalisation of the non-European “other” in the discipline. Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame Guest: Mutinda Nzioki Website: MOYA
Queues Define the Working Class
November 18, 2020 06:20 - 27 minutes - 51.1 MBQueues Define the Working Class by Race Beyond Borders Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame Guest: Mosa Phadi Website: MOYA
How do we attack racialised inequality?
November 10, 2020 17:46 - 21 minutes - 39.3 MBHow do we attack racialised inequality? Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame Guest: Stephen Menendian Website: MOYA
Access ain’t Inclusion
November 03, 2020 17:55 - 32 minutes - 60.2 MB“What’s the point of opening doors to a more diverse group of students if they’re going to continue to have a separate and unequal experience on campus? That’s the fundamental question that universities do not typically ask themselves.” Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame Guest: Anthony Jack Website: MOYA
Science, Systemic Racism, and the Spectrum of Black Hair
October 27, 2020 21:30 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBScience, Systemic Racism, and the Spectrum of Black Hair by Race Beyond Borders. Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame Guest: Malebogo Ngoepe Website: MOYA
Of Police Brutality & Political Theatre
October 20, 2020 17:10 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBOf Police Brutality & Political Theatre by Race Beyond Borders Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame Guest: Jonny Steinberg Website: MOYA
What is the African in African-American?
October 12, 2020 21:35 - 28 minutes - 26 MBIn the inaugural episode of Race Beyond Borders, we sat down with hip-hop artist, Akua Naru, who is really a theorist of the Black experience. She is known for her sagacious and prophetic lyrics as well as her classic jazz-hop sound. Paying homage to James Baldwin, Alice Walker and Tricia Rose, her music is steeped in the rich intellectual ancestry of poets, writers and thinkers who have shaped and colored the Black American experience. Through her expansive repertoire, her music invites us ...
Podcast Launch Trailer
October 09, 2020 14:28 - 1 minute - 1.42 MBIn our very first season, Race Beyond Borders will explore race across different domain of knowledge – from the perspectives of an underground womanist hip-hop artist from the East Coast, to an exploration of police brutality in South Africa and the United States, to the science and bio-mechanics of Black hair, all the way to uncovering philosophy’s relationship to race, and so much more. Join us. Hosted by: Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame Website: MOYA