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Episode 2.5 - The Tea ... On So Many Things (Wana Udobang)

Why Here

English - November 13, 2020 14:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MB
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Stories are some of the most powerful tools we have to shape our world.  Native Nigerian Wana Udobang tells them on many different canvases. She's a journalist, a poet, an artist and a political activist whose work has been featured on the BBC, CNN and other renowned outlets. Her three spoken word albums focus on the themes of body, self-love, sexual agency, sensuality, female injustice and marginalization. On this week's episode of Why Here, she joins hosts Benton Whitley and Tristan McAllister from Lagos to talk about #EndSARS, a youth uprising, LGBTQIA rights, radical self love and what #BlackLivesMatter looks like from afar.