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Season’s Greetings Glocal Citizens!
This week on the podcast, our first guest, Cordie Aziz is back with fresh insights from her work and life changes since our first conversation. Cordie, now a mother of three is Founder and Executive Director of Enviornment360 an NGO turned social enterprise that has successfully executed sustainable waste management projects in urban and coastal communities in Greater Accra and Kumasi. Cordie’s achievements include creating of the first successful community plastic collection program in Accra; developing the first waste picker-run sorting center in West Africa; and successfully partnering with local and national agencies as the recycling coordinator for the city of Accra, to name a few. We recorded this conversation during the ramp up to their 10th anniversary celebration at their new headquarters. In this conversation, we catch up on how Cordie is designing her work-life balance with purpose, allowing her to continue to evolve as an entreprenuer while staying rooted in her new role as a working mother.
Where to find Cordie?
Check out the show notes (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/252) from her first appearance.
Other topics of interest:
Jackson State University (https://www.jsums.edu)
GhScientific (https://ghscientific.com)
About Australian Aid (https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/australian-aid-brochure.pdf)
What is Verra (https://verra.org)?
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Anniversary Greetings Glocal Citizens!
We’ve been coming together nearly every week for five years!! On this day in 2019, this two-part interview with my first guest launched the podcast. In celebration and commemoration, stay tuned for episodes throughout the year revisiting past guests and catching up “Where are they now?” style. This week it’s a flashback to the very beginning with our first guest, environmentalist and social entrepreneur, Cordie Aziz. It’s delighting that this conversation stands the test of time and is as relevant then as now. Check out the show notes for Cordie’s other episodes to find out more about her then. And come back next week to catch up on Cordie’s now.
Where to find Cordie?
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cordie-aziz-917b9a7/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/environment360/)
On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/intellectualgoddess)
On X (https://x.com/goneiighana)
What’s Cordie reading?
Discerning the Voice of God (https://www.cokesbury.com/9780802450128-Discerning-the-Voice-of-God?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD_t4OyS1wxydHbmB2Eq85Vichy5_&gclid=CjwKCAiAmfq6BhAsEiwAX1jsZ1wS8QDq7tosbeE_VnxrRzxbNt3srDVs2nkUOSFipmwQFEaDq5co3BoCbhcQAvD_BwE) by Priscilla Shirer
Topics of interest:
On Dumsor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumsor)
Kwasia! (https://quizlet.com/gb/414844637/twi-curses-flash-cards/)
Take a trip to Dodowa Market (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp8TmtS1Nbw)
What is waste picking (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_picker)?
About GIZ Ghana (https://accra.diplo.de/gh-en/mittler-giz-1097526)
What is PET (https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/polyethylene-terephthalate)?
A bit about the recycilng lifecycle of a plastic bottle (https://www.rts.com/blog/plastic-bottle-recycling-facts/#:~:text=The%20recycling%20process%20has%20several,goods%2C%20including%20new%20water%20bottles!)
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Saknas det avsnitt?
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Greetings Glocal Citizens!
This week is the finale of our writing as activism series at the 2024 Pa Gya! Literary Festival (https://writersprojectghana.com/pagyafest/). It has been such a pleasure bringing the works and words of these writers to a wider audience. It has been a wonderful multi-generational compilation of wisdom across genres. Joining us this week is Ivana Akotowaa Ofori, a Ghanaian storyteller known also by the alias, “The Spider Kid.” She is a weaver of words in many forms, including fiction, non-fiction and spoken-word poetry. Akotowaa has been nominated for various awards for her prose writing. Her work is included in the Flash Fiction Ghana anthology, Kenkey for Ewes and Other Very Short Stories, and the Writivism anthology, And Morning Will Come.
She is also included in the Africa Risen Anthology 2022 (http://Tor.com) with her short story, “Exiles of Witchery”. Akotowaa’s debut novella, The Year of Return (2023) (https://www.android-press.com/product-page/the-year-of-return-paperback) has been published in the US with Android Press and in West Africa with Smartline Publishers.
Writing aside, Akotowaa spends much of her time looking for excuses to make everything purple and this imaginative, playful spirit definitely shines through our conversation.
Where to find Akotowaa?
On the Ceiling (https://ontheceiling.xyz/)
On Akotowaa’s Blog (https://akotowaa.wordpress.com/)
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivana-akotowaa-ofori-60b54620a/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/akotowaa/?hl=en)
On X (https://x.com/_akotowaa?lang=en)
On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Akotowaavimusic/)
What’s Akotowaa watching?
Dr. Who (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who)
Sherlock (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series))
What’s Akotowaa reading?
The Color Purple by Alica Walker (https://alicewalkersgarden.com/books/book-the-color-purple/)
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair (https://safiyasinclair.com/home-how-to-say-babylon)
Saltwater Slavery by Stephanie E. Smallwood (https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674030688)
Manchester Happened by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (https://jennifermakumbi.net/portfolio-item/manchester-happened-lets-tell-this-story-properly/)
Nightbloom by Peace Adzo Medie (https://www.peacemedie.com)
Other topics of interest:
Black Girls Glow (https://blackgirlsglow.org) and the KOSHKA Sound Residency (https://youtu.be/NAG6rKJEoE4?si=NScETAJX-wS8lMDf)
Burma Camp, Accra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana_Armed_Forces)
About Roald Dahl (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl)
Ananasesem (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1762627273941978&id=142243112647077&set=a.1201015243436520#)
About Kente Cloth (https://umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum/teacher-resources/games-crafts/kente-cloth-project/#:~:text=The%20origin%20is%20explained%20in,use%20materials%20to%20weave%20kente.)
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Greetings Glocal Citizens!
We are nearing the end of our Writing As Activism series @ the 2024 Pa Gya! Literary Festival in Accra. This week, Ghanaian writer and editor winning acclaim as a children's author, poet, broadcaster and novelist, Nii Ayikwei Parkes joins the conversation. Winner of multiple international awards including the ACRAG (Arts Critics and Reviewers Association of Ghana) award, his novel Tail of the Blue Bird won France's two major prizes for translated fiction – Prix Baudelaire and Prix Laure Bataillon – in 2014. Nii Ayikwei is the founder of flipped eye publishing (https://flippedeye.net), a leading small press; serves on the boards of World Literature Today and the AKO Caine Prize; and was chair of judges for the 2020 Commonwealth Prize. Translated in multiple languages, he has also written for National Geographic, Financial Times, the Guardian and Lonely Planet. His most recent books are The Ga Picture Alphabet and Azúcar (https://www.peepaltreepress.com/books/azucar), a novel. Currently Producer of Literature and Talks at Brighton Festival, he is also author of two collections of poetry The Makings of You (2010) and The Geez (2020), both published by Peepal Tree Press.
In this conversation, we journey with Nii Ayikwei through his works, his entreprenuership, his love for food and rum, and much more!
See Nii in converation at Pa Gya! here (https://www.youtube.com/live/fEFByAZDgwo?si=Cp2R4hSp5XcNiOva).
Where to find Nii Ayikwei?
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/niiayikwei/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/niiayikweiparkes/)
On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ayikweiparkes/)
On X (https://x.com/BlueBirdTail)
On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/NiiParkes_A)
On Tik Tok (https://www.tiktok.com/@niiayikweiparkes)
On BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/niiayikwei.bsky.social/post/3kbj5pcnbso2l)
What’s Nii Ayikwei listening to?
Gene Noble (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCRUMqB8CNGlFwJpwjALL-w)
Blues Man Robert Cray (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cray)
The Roots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roots)
Cody Chesnutt + The Roots (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKw_umLS56A)
and Headphone Masterpiece (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Headphone_Masterpiece)
Nii’s Pan-African Activism essential reading list:
Howard W. French, Born In Blackness (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/26/born-in-blackness-howard-w-french-review-africa-africans-and-the-making-of-the-modern-world)
Mongo Beti’s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongo_Beti), The Poor Christ of Bomba (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Poor_Christ_of_Bomba)
Ama Atta Aidoo’s, No Sweetness Here (https://www.feministpress.org/books-n-z/no-sweetness)
Franz Fanon, Black Skin, White Mask (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Skin,_White_Masks)
You Can’t Get Lost in Cape Town (https://web.facebook.com/watch/?v=804875960113686), Zoë Wicomb
Kofi Awoonor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofi_Awoonor), This Earth My Brother
Other topics of interest:
Historic Jamestown, Accra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown/Usshertown,_Accra)
Oto Blohum, Old Accra (https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/geography/old_accra.php#google_vignette)
North Kaneshie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaneshie#:~:text=Kaneshie%20is%20a%20suburb%20in,beginnings%20as%20a%20night%20market.)
Thornton Heath, UK (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Heath)
About Courttia Newland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courttia_Newland)
Learn more about Nii’s uncle Frank Kobina Parkes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Kobina_Parkes)
Nkyinkyim (https://www.adinkrasymbols.org/symbols/nkyinkyim/#:~:text=Nkyinkyim%20is%20an%20Akan%20word,symbol%20of%20dedication%20to%20service.) in the Adinkra (https://www.adinkrasymbols.org)
On Ghana’s Chop Bars (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chop_bar)
About Spanish-Caribbean Rum (https://www.gotostcroix.com/st-croix-blog/spirited-history-caribbean-rum/)
About Rhum Agricole (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhum_agricole)
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Greetings Glocal Citizens!
This week writing as activism is taking us to a land with a long history of activist thought ans action - Ireland. Born and raised in Nigeria, Dagogo Hart migrated to Ireland at an early age to complete his studies and now calls it home along with his young family. He is a poet, playwright, and spoken word artist whose words have wowed audiences from bar basements to electric picnic stages. He started performing in Dublin in 2016 in open mics and poetry slams, which saw him win the Slam Sunday grand slam and become an All Ireland poetry slam finalist. Since then he has performed for festivals like Electric Picnic, St. Patricks, Dublin Fringe, Drogheda literary festival, Cuirt International Poetry Festival, and First fortnight. He is one-third of the collective WeAreGriot - a poetry collective that curates art events around poetry. His personal works include, The Home Project (a series of poetry films), RedBeard Paddy (a poetry short film), Mmanwu (a play in the 2023 Dublin Fringe Festival), See True (a spoken word variety show) and Boy Child (a spoken-word play), the last two co-written with FeliSpeaks, Talkatives; a hip-hop and poetry slam as part of WeAreGriot. As you’ll learn in our conversation and glean from his works, his poetry is inspired by his hometown in Lagos, Nigeria, and his experience since moving to Ireland.
See Dagogo on stage at Pa Gya! 2024 performing his words here (https://www.youtube.com/live/Oovils3mV7o?si=Dl9TE-EqGvvNV0vK) and in discussion about his works here (https://www.youtube.com/live/fEFByAZDgwo?si=s32fQt58aspsPkOQ).
Where else to find Dagogo?
WeAreGriot (https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poets/wearegriot)
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dagogo-dagogo-hart-830774108/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dagogo_hart/?hl=en)
On X (https://x.com/dondagz?lang=en)
What’s Dagogo watching?
Fences (film) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fences_(film))
Shōgun (series) (https://shogun.fandom.com/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dgun)
What’s Dagogo listenining to?
Alice Smith sings “I Put a Spell on You” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz506sFHeJY)
Other topics of interest:
Surulere, Nigeria (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surulere)
Tralee, Ireland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tralee)
Cork, Ireland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork_(city))
Visit Dublin, Ireland (https://www.visitdublin.com/things-to-do/arts-culture) and the Clondalkin Tower (https://www.dublinsoutdoors.ie/round-tower-clondalkin-village/)
The Abbey Theatre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Theatre) and The Gate Theatre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate_Theatre)
Port Harcourt Tourist Beach (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt_Tourist_Beach)
More on Chucky Ar la (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiocfaidh_%C3%A1r_l%C3%A1) Inshallah (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inshallah)
Where are the Irish language speaking towns in Ireland? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaeltacht) Special Guest: Dagogo Hart. -
Greetings Glocal Citizens!
This week our Writing as Activism @ Pa Gya! 2024 continues in conversation with Liberian novelist, journalist, film critic, curator, speaker and lecturer of African Literature and Arts at Leiden University in the Netherlands, Vamba Sherif. Vamba has written several novels, including The Emperor's Son (2024), a novel about emperor Samori Touré, The Witness (2011), Bound to Secrecy (2007), The Kingdom of Sebah (2003), Land of My Fathers (1999), and the memoire Unprecedented Love (2021). He has curated several anthologies, including the bestselling Black: Afro-European literature in the Netherlands and Belgium. His work, which has been translated in many languages, deals with themes such as migration, belonging, love, the history of slavery, colonialism and the African resistance to it, and the mysteries of existence. These are all themes that Vamba brings to vivid life in our discussion.
Click the and check out Vamba’s Pa Gya! session (https://www.youtube.com/live/GIP5DqSjC_k?si=uV_GjrsM0mwn_wJK) centering his latest book The Emperor's Son.
Where to find Vamba?
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vamba-sherif-50767755/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vamba.omarsherif/)
On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/vamba.sherif)
On X (https://x.com/vambasherif)
Vamba’s essential Pan-African activism reading list:
[The Radience of the King)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheRadianceoftheKing) by Camara Laye (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camara_Laye) and excerpt to the introduction by Toni Morrison (https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2001/08/09/on-the-radiance-of-the-king/?srsltid=AfmBOoqxwN5ZH14QIhyQGo80szFC7bLl7aF7ogRxSVSw6N6M5oh1mwJc)
Other topics of interest:
Who was Samori Touré (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samori_Ture)?
Kolahun, Liberia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolahun_District)
Liberia’s First Civil War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Liberian_Civil_War)
About Edward Wilmot Blyden, father of Pan-Africanism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Wilmot_Blyden#:~:text=As%20a%20writer%2C%20Blyden%20has,of%20the%20%22African%20race%22.)
About the Gulf War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War)
Senegalese filmmaker, Ousmane Sembène (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ousmane_Semb%C3%A8ne)
About Groningen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groningen)
Why lekker (https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/dutch-expat-news/why-dutch-always-lekker) is so sweet…
The Comet (https://youtu.be/aQzgZTmwAPc?si=O9t7qHFyV2PeYLYa) by W.E.B Dubois -
Greetings Glocal Citizens!Next up in our Writing as Activism series, this week’s episode, recorded at the 2024 Pa Gya! festival (in case you are wondering, this is the session taking place during our interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urYu7IA0ENE), features Nigerian poet and children’s book author, Aduke Gomez. Aduke embraced writing in the past decade after a career in law and finance. She now utilises her legal and advisory skills to assist in business and creative development. Commencing her career in legal practice with the law firm of Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie, she later worked for many years in various leadership roles within Ecobank Nigeria Ltd and Leadway Pensure PFA. She is regularly called to speak and moderate on topics related to her interest in history and culture and these have included sessions at Cornell University; The Institute of Africa and Diaspora Studies at the University of Lagos; the Lagos State Record and Archive Bureau; the annual conference of the Lagos Studies Association; the Ake Festival; and the Lagos Book and Art Festival (LABAF) amongst others.Her published collection of poems have featured as festival books for both the LABAF and the Ake Festival. And her children's books have also featured at previous editions of LABAF and Akada Children's Book Festival.She is currently the Chair of the Steering Committee of Art4Life (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRWjtk1Z9L6RlaKbZ88sy5w) - an initiative of the Lagos State Ministry of Health established to introduce art and the practice of art into the entire healthcare process. She is a member of the Advisory Board of Open House Lagos as well as the Advisory Board of Lagos Biennial. She volunteers on the Board of Child Life Line (https://www.childlifeline.org/mission) - an NGO established for the welfare of street children.In this conversation we not only get to know how Aduke pivoted into arts and public service, we also get to know more about her local in the context of her paternal ancestor's return from Brazil to Lagos. This speaks volume to the idea of activism as a way of being.Where to find Aduke?On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aduke-gomez-503668/?originalSubdomain=ng)On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/adukegomez/?hl=en)OnX (https://x.com/duksyg)Who is on Aduke’s essential Pan-African reading list?Mariama Bâ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariama_B%C3%A2), in The Paris Review (https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/05/13/feminize-your-canon-mariama-ba/) and more (https://www.ascleiden.nl/content/library-weekly/mariama-ba)Ama Atta Aidoo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ama_Ata_Aidoo)Buchi Emecheta (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchi_Emecheta)Florence “Flora” Nwapa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_Nwapa)Other topic of interest:Return migration: Brazilians in Nigeria (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilians_in_Nigeria)The Nigerian Brazillian Project (https://nigerianbrazilianproject.org/aduke-gomez/)About the Emanicapados of Brazil (https://www.jstor.org/stable/2512522)Who are Tabom peoples? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabom_people)Biola Alabi Media (https://biolaalabimedia.com/about-us/) Special Guest: Aduke Gomez.
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New Month Greetings Glocal Citizens!
The first Tuesday in November represents the official US election day. As polling evolves for higher participation and greater inclusion, most states offer early voting so millions have already cast thier votes. Throughout this year of elections across the globe, the build up to the two where I have a say, the United States and Ghana, has played a critical role in inspiring my most activist self to move the dial in different ways toward manifesting a new world. Coincidentally, this week on the podcast kicks off our Writing as Activism series in coordination with the Pa Gya! Literary Festival in Accra. Recorded live at the eighth installment of the festivaland in the days that followed, starting the panel, Writing as Activism: Ghanaian Voices and Pan-African Perspectives Across Genres, the conversation starts with a distinguished voices covering works of poetry, screenwriting, and nonfiction scholarship with:
Nicole Amarteifio is an acclaimed Ghanaian-American TV/film writer, director, and producer. She successfully launched the hit web series 'An African City’ - dubbed by CNN and the BBC as Africa’s answer to ‘Sex and the City’.
Returning Glocal Citizen, Nydia A. Swaby is a Black feminist artist, researcher and curator. Her practice engages archives, autoethnography, photography, the moving image, and the imagination to explore the gendered, diasporic and affective dimensions of Black being and becoming. In addition to curating artistic programmes, she creates visual narratives, research and performance texts. Nydia's first book, Amy Ashwood Garvey and the Future of Black Feminist Archives, was published by Lawrence Wishart in October 2024 as part of LW's Radical Black Women book series. She is also developing an artist film, Amy and Me in the Archive, which will be screened at the forthcoming Singapore International Photography Festival 2024.
And Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Kwame Dawes, author of numerous books of poetry and other books of fiction, criticism, and essays. His most recent collection is Sturge Town (Peepal Tree Press, UK 2023). Dawes is Professor of Literary Arts at Brown University. He teaches in the Pacific MFA Program and is the Series Editor of the African Poetry Book Series, Director of the African Poetry Book Fund, and Artistic Director of the Calabash International Literary Festival. He is a Chancellor for the Academy of American Poets and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Kwame Dawes is the winner of the prestigious Windham/Campbell Award for Poetry and was a finalist for the 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In 2022 Dawes was awarded the Order of Distinction Commander class by the Government of Jamaica. He is the Poet Laureate of Jamaica (2024-2027).
Click through to find out more about the Pa Gya! Literary Festival and the Writer’s Project Ghana (https://writersprojectghana.com/pagyafest/) and watch this and other festival panels at WPGTV (https://www.youtube.com/@wpgtv3685).
Where to find Nicole?
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleamarteifio/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/amerleyproductions/)
On Facebook (https://web.facebook.com/nicolelovesghana/?_rdc=1&_rdr)
On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/AnAfricanCity)
On X (https://x.com/allthingsafrica)
Where to find Kwame?
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwame-dawes-2a23943b/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/kwame.dawes/?hl=en)
On X (https://x.com/kwamedawes?lang=en)
On Facebook (https://web.facebook.com/KwameDawes/?_rdc=1&_rdr)
Where to find Nydia?
On Glocal Citizens (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/nydia-swaby)
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nydia-a-swaby-85a04132/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nydiaswaby/)
On X (https://x.com/NydiaSwaby)
Other topics of interest and the Essential Pan-African Activism reading list coming soon!
*This audio recording has been edited for clarity from the original video recording.
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Greetings Glocal Citizens!
This week is the final installment in our collaboration with Bisi Bright’s Livewell Initiative and the Women of Africa Post-Pandemic Empowerment and Advocacy Programme with support from Gilead Sciences USA. In a fitting conclusion, Aggrey Aluso, the Director, Africa Region and global policy lead for the Pandemic Action Network, driving strategic advocacy efforts in Africa and globally joins the conversation. Born, raised and currently based in Kenya, Aggrey also serves as the incoming Executive Director of Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA), PAN’s networked advocacy partner, where he is mobilizing advocates to champion an Africa-centric, globally-facing resilience agenda.
He brings over 15 years of experience in advancing intersectional justice, using citizen-led, rights-based approaches in Africa. Previously, he served as an Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa’s (OSIEA) Health and Rights program senior manager. He also coordinated the Open Society Africa (Pan Africa) Vaccine Justice to advance Africa’s vaccine-related research, development, and manufacturing. He served as the University of Manitoba’s Global Institute for Public Health’s East African Policy and Advocacy Manager.
Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic, Aggrey offers excellent insights into the current M-pox crisis as well as a thoughtful discussion on the global policy landscape around elevating health as a human right for all.
All are invited to join this week’s program on Thursday, October 31st at 1PM WAT using this link (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85846014227?pwd=yy9uV1BDt0xefbDsQ4ZbXVmvrWxp9m.1)
Where to find Aggrey?
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aggrey-aluso-108a89130/)
On Instragram (linnk https://www.instagram.com/aggreyaluso/)
On Facebook (https://web.facebook.com/aggrey.aluso/?_rdc=1&_rdr)
On X (https://x.com/aggrealuso)
What’s Aggrey reading?
As a Man Thinketh (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81959.As_a_Man_Thinketh) by James Allen
21 Lessons for the 21st Century and other books (https://www.ynharari.com/book/21-lessons-book/?_gl=1cbq9a_upMQ.._gaNDYxMDg1NjIyLjE3MzAwNzE0MTY._ga_3VXWK7L4ZR*MTczMDA3MTQxNS4xLjAuMTczMDA3MTQxNS4wLjAuMA..) by Yuval Noah Harari
Whats Aggrey watching?
The Lincoln Lawyer (https://www.netflix.com/gh/title/81303831)
New Amsterdam (https://www.netflix.com/gh/title/80241181)
Other topics of interest:
Nyanza, Kenya (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyanza_Province)
More on Mpox (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mpox) and zoonotic diseases (https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/zoonotic-diseases)
UN Summit of the Future (https://www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future)
The Global Fund (https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/)
Kenya Finance Bill Protests (https://www.africanews.com/2024/06/26/kenyas-finance-bill-this-is-what-led-to-the-protest//)
About Wangari Maathai (https://www.greenbeltmovement.org/wangari-maathai)
About the Mpox Joint Action Plan ([https://www.afro.who.int/news/african-cdc-and-who-launch-joint-continental-plan-scale-mpox-outbreak-response#:~:text=Priority%20actions%20are%20outlined%20for,comprising%20members%20from%20key%20partners.&text=About%20Africa%20CDC-,The%20Africa%20Centres%20for%20Disease%20Control%20and%20Prevention%20(Africa%20CDC,prevention%20and%20control%20of%20diseases.](https://www.afro.who.int/news/african-cdc-and-who-launch-joint-continental-plan-scale-mpox-outbreak-response#:~:text=Priority%20actions%20are%20outlined%20for,comprising%20members%20from%20key%20partners.&text=About%20Africa%20CDC-,The%20Africa%20Centres%20for%20Disease%20Control%20and%20Prevention%20(Africa%20CDC,prevention%20and%20control%20of%20diseases.))
The Man Died (https://youtu.be/9nHTlAgL1SM?si=zUHR1lsPkyPIy4xe) Film
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Greetings Glocal Citizens!
I met this week’s guest in Accra at a Women Wellness Africa (https://www.linkedin.com/company/womenwellnessafrica/?originalSubdomain=gh) breakfast early this year and was happy to be able sync our travel schedules to reconnect in one of the places she calls home, London. Marielle Legair is a speaker, certified NLP and hypnotherapy Coach, LinkedIn Top Voice, and LinkedIn Learning Instructor. She's leading career empowerment through cutting-edge neurological research and behavioural science. Her expertise goes beyond coaching, focusing on arming audiences with the tools to break barriers, overcome limiting beliefs, and thrive in their careers. With a background in corporate storytelling, executive visibility, and entrepreneurship, Marielle offers unmatched guidance to individuals and companies seeking to excel and leave a lasting impact. Global giants like Amazon, BP, Diageo, EY, LinkedIn, Macquarie, Microsoft, and Yale University have sought her for inspiring talks and workshops that drive transformative change.
Before founding her company, Marielle honed her skills on both sides of the Atlantic, spearheading impactful C-suite publicity campaigns in London and New York for corporate giants such as Deloitte Global, Grant Thornton, Experian, and Golin. Her strategic acumen in elevating CEOs and senior leaders has earned acclaim in top-tier media outlets like the BBC, CNBC, Forbes, Financial Times, and Glamour.
As you’ll hear, Marielle’s roots are in St. Vincent and the Grenadines which was hard hit by Hurricane Beryl last summer. Follow the links below to connect with Marielle about continuing efforts to support those impacted.
Where to fine Marielle?
marielelegair.com (https://www.mariellelegair.com/)
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mlegair/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mariellelegair/)
On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@mariellelegair)
What’s Marielle reading?
Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One (https://a.co/d/aKsPwYh) by Dr. Joe Dispenza
Steal the Show: From Speeches to Job Interviews to Deal-Closing Pitches, How to Guarantee a Standing Ovation for All the Performances in Your Life (https://a.co/d/5kUIkwi) by Micheal Port
Other topics of interest:
About Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines)
About Nottingham, home of Robin Hood (https://www.visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk)
Historic Clinton Hill, Brooklyn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Hill,_Brooklyn)
30 Rock aka 30 Rockerfeller Plaza (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_Rockefeller_Plaza)
Toastmasters (https://www.toastmasters.org)
About Neuro-Linguistic Programming (https://www.nlp.com/what-is-nlp/)
Creatures of Passage (https://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/creatures-of-passage/) by Morowa Yejidé
Special Guest: Marielle Legair. -
Greetings Glocal Citizens!
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been learning more and more about the Women of Africa Post-Pandemic Empowerment and Advocacy Programme with guests from Egypt to Scotland to Nigeria with a range of business, health and well-being perspectives. This week we’re back in Nigeria with the women that started it all, Glocal Citizen, Adebisi Bright (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/adebisi-bright). Dr. Bisi Bright is an international award-winning scientist, social entrepreneur, health systems researcher, adjunct lecturer, consultant clinical pharmacist, and public health manager. She is 1st Vice Chairman and CEO of LiveWell Initiative LWI, a self-sustaining nonprofit healthcare social enterprise, which has impacted over two million Nigerians and thousands of Ghanaians with health literacy, improved overall health, and wellness.
She is the brain behind the Post-pandemic Womens' Empowerment Programme of Africa which is a Gilead-Sciences, Inc. USA-supported regional program empowering all women in Africa and visiting ten nations with a goal of empowering all the Women of Africa in the post-pandemic era and to equip them tools for mental health and resilience. When we last spoke with Bisi, it was during the pandemic and we got to know how LWI was doing it’s part to equip communities with necessary health supports. In this conversation you’ll learn about the impressive strides the Bisi and her colleagues have made in services and in innovation all while continuing to live well!
Where to find Bisi and more information about the PPWA program?
www.livewellng.org (https://www.livewellng.org)
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bisi-bright-33a22b23/)
What’s Bisi cooking?
Jollof rice (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jollof_rice)
Ogbono soup (https://allnigerianfoods.com/nigerian-ogbono-soup/)
Other topics of interest:
Global Public Health University (https://gphuniversity.org)
Health Technology Assessment (https://www.who.int/teams/health-product-policy-and-standards/assistive-and-medical-technology/medical-devices/assessment)
About Value-based Healthcare (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7185050/)
International Alliance of Patient’s Organizations (https://www.iapo.org.uk)
More about Block Chain technology in healthcare (https://builtin.com/blockchain/blockchain-healthcare-applications-companies#:~:text=Blockchain%20has%20many%20uses%20in,for%20clinical%20research%20and%20development.)
Special Guest: Adebisi Bright. -
Greeting Glocal Citizens!
Next up in our collaboration with LiveWell Initiative for the Women of Africa Post-Pandemic Empowerment and Advocacy Programme is a conversaton centering youth and partnerships with a leading management consultant in Africa, Dr. Adebowale Jeff Johnson. Born and raised in Nigeria, he is the first Youth Performance Consultant in the world. He has worked in six consulitng firms over the span of his nearly 25 years of working experience. Also working with several other organisations in capacities ranging from Human Resource Manager, GM Strategy and Innovation, Business Service Manager, Project Manager, Resource Consultant, Corporate Affairs Manager, and Training Consultant. He is a speaker on national reforms, a seasoned advisor and a human resources generalist. He is currently the Managing Director of Advisory Firm, Purple Prime Limited, with a focus on business advisory and public sector advisory practices. In this lively conversation we get to know about how his research across various sectors informs his work with youth and his public service endeavors.
Visit the LiveWell Initiative (https://www.livewellng.org) for complete event details on upcoming and events and learn more about event supports like Gilead Sciences USA.
Where to find Adebowale?
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-adebowale-jeff-johnson-b70b9415/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/oba_adebowale/)
On Facebook (https://web.facebook.com/debojeffjohnson/?_rdc=1&_rdr)
On X (https://twitter.com/sendebojohnson)
What’s Adebole watching?
Slingshot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingshot_(2024_film))
300 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_(film))
The Bourne Series (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourne_(franchise))
24 TV series (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_(TV_series))
The Bond Series (https://www.007.com/the-films/)
Mission: Impossible (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission:_Impossible#:~:text=Mission%3A%20Impossible%20is%20an%20American,in%201988%20for%20two%20seasons.)
Other topics of interest:
About the Ìjẹ̀bú people of Lagos (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijebu_people)
About Ogun State, Nigeria (https://ogunstate.gov.ng)
An interesting attraction in Kano, Nigeria (https://artsandculture.google.com/story/kano-durbar-festival-nigeria-s-most-spectacular-horseparade/tQLi5tQ-fjobJA)
About Free Education and in Nigeria (https://www.globalacademicgroup.com/journals/nact/Onojete.pdf) and Chief Obafemi Awolowo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obafemi_Awolowo)
About Gbagada Estates, Lagos (https://blog.krent.space/area-guide/lagos/gbagada/)
Psychometric Testing Tools (https://www.pipplet.com/best-software/best-psychometric-tests)
On the Benin Empire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Benin)
On the Oyo Empire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo_Empire)
House of Ga’a film about Bashorun Ga’a (https://www.netflix.com/gh/title/81681233)
Yoruba Dialects (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_language)
WWE’s nWO (https://www.wwe.com/superstars/nwo)
Adebowale’s last thoughts…
“Wisdom is the correct application of understood knowlegde.”
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Greetings Glocal Citizens!
I’m back on the road with this conversation which finds my guest and I in opposite sides of the United Kingdom--me in London, UK and my guest, Dr. Motolani Oyerinde, in Scotland.
Dr. Tolani, joins us in the next installment of our colloboration with Bisi Bright’s (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/adebisi-bright) Livewell Initiative and the Women of Africa Post-Pandemic Empowerment and Advocacy Programme with support from Gilead Sciences USA. She is currently Managing Partner at Crystal Mental Healthcare and Health Education Services as well as Senior Family Health Officer at Livewell Initiative. Over the course of her carreer she has worked assiduously in the areas of training, peer leadership, and corporate health. She has co-facilitated as Faculty Trainer in Hepatitis, at a continental Africa regional rraining program in Hepatitis targeting delegates from 15 African countries. Under the LiveWell Initiative’s Volunteer Membership scheme, she became an award-winning Young Doctor participating in several health outreaches, health fairs and corporate health mIssions. Since the advent of the pandemic, she has been particulalry focused on proviving mental health support via LWIs Telehealth services platform.
Be sure to visit the LiveWell Initiative (https://www.livewellng.org) for up to date information about upcoming events.
Where to find Tolani?
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/motolani-oyerinde-469544164/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/oluwalotolani/)
On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009651049058)
What’s Tolani reading?
Atomic Habits by James Clear (https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits)
Practical Optimism: The art, science, and practice of exceptional well-being (https://www.doctorsuevarma.com) by Dr. Sue Varma
Why Am I Like This? How to Break Cycles, Heal From Trauma, and Restore Your Faith by Kobe Campbell (https://kobecampbell.com/book)
What’s Tolani watching?
Africa Magic TV (https://www.dstv.com/africamagic/en-ng/show/amvca)
Other topics of interest:
About Ogun State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogun_State), Nigeria
Scotland, UK (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Scotland)
The Egocentric and Sociocentric Self (https://prezi.com/d3ok-7qam4mu/the-egocentric-and-sociocentric-self/#:~:text=In%20the%20EGOcentric%20society%20a,of%20others%3B%20self%2Dcentered.)
Suicide Prevention (https://mentalhealth-uk.org/get-involved/mental-health-awareness-days/world-suicide-prevention-day/) Month (https://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/observances/suicide-prevention-month)
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Autumn Greetings Glocal Citizens!
It’s a season of transformation from the vibrancy of summer sun to the rest, retreat and make ready energy of winter. Here on the podcast we’re taking this time to explore new collaborations in conjunction with events happening in the coming months. First up is a collaboration with the Women of Africa Post-Pandemic Empowerment and Advocacy Programme which is an intitaitve of Glocal Citizen Adebisi Bright’s (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/adebisi-bright) LiveWell Initiative based in Lagos Nigeria. This series of conversations with the practitioners partcipating in the progamme is a sneak preview of the upcoming dialogues.
My guest this week, Egyptian pharmacist and entrpreneur, Dr. Wael Ali is a distinguished leader in pharmacy and public health with nearly 25 years of experience spanning clinical research, healthcare management, and international collaboration. As the President of the PharmaHelp Foundation Inc. and the Egyptian Organization of Pharmacy, he drives pharmacy practice transformation and workforce development. His roles as Vice President of FIP’s EMROpharm Forum and Executive Committee Consultant at the University of Sharjah highlight his commitment to advancing pharmaceutical education and practice. He also has extensive pharmaceutical manufacturing experience as a CEO of American Pharmaceutical Industries based in Farifax, Virginia. His expertise spans community, hospital, military and emergency pharmacy practices as well as social and administrative pharmacy functions across Egypt, the Gulf Cooperation Council or GCC, and the USA.
If you ever wondered about what goes on behind the counter in your local pharmacy, this conversation will help shine a light on the many roles and responsibilities your neighborhood pharmacist often takes on. As an added bonus, Wael give us a crash course on the ins and outs of manufacturing and exporting made in the USA products.
Where to find Wael?
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wael-ali-7944b01a7/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/waelaliali1/)
On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Dr.waelaliofficial/)
On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@drwaelali6627)
Other topics of interest:
Historic Cairo, Egypt (https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/89/)
Gulf Cooperation Council (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Cooperation_Council)
On Liposome Manufacturing ([https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169409X20300788#:~:text=Liposomes are manufactured either by,manipulated for size (Section 2.1.](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169409X20300788#:~:text=Liposomes are manufactured either by,manipulated for size (Section%202.1.))
About Medwatch (https://www.fda.gov/safety/medwatch-fda-safety-information-and-adverse-event-reporting-program)
CIF vs FOP Shipping (https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/020215/what-difference-between-cif-and-fob.asp)
International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) (https://www.fip.org)
WHO facts on Hepatitis (https://www.who.int/health-topics/hepatitis#tab=tab_1) Special Guests: Adebisi Bright and Wael Ali. -
Greetings Glocal Citizens!
This week it’s Part 2 of a two-part conversation with serial entrepreneur and diversity activist, Cherron Perry-Thomas. She is founder and president of Green Dandelion Marketing and Sales which grew out of a desire to introduce retailers to innovative plant based products. Since its founding, 20 years ago, Green Dandelion has helped their clients launch more than 2,000 products in grocery and health stores in the mid-Atlantic United States. Clients include manufactures of biodynamic, organic, non-gmo, vegan and fair trade products, helping to solidify their commitment to leaving a positive impact on the planet and all lives. which she further nurtures as co-owner of Plant and People (https://plantandpeople.com), a Black women's owned boutique offering house plants, supplies, plant wellness products, services, and gifts.
A certified Social Impact Strategist, she applies these skills as the Director of Social Impact for The Diasporic Alliance for Cannabis Opportunities (DACO), a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about educational, wellness, and economic opportunities in the cannabis industry and particularly through the Black Cannabis Week (https://www.blackcannabisweek.com/) Initiative which takes place September 22-29, 2024. Whether you’re a “planty” person or not, there’s plenty of green gems to pick up in this conversation.
Where to find Cherron?
On LInkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherron-perry-thomas-mba-643a251a/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/munashe97/?hl=en)
On X (https://x.com/wearedaco/status/1055867698620653576)
What’s Charron running in?
Hoka running shoes (https://www.hoka.com/en/us/)
Other topics of interest:
About Memphis, Tennessee (https://civilrightstrail.com/destination/memphis/)
About Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (https://www.visitphilly.com/articles/philadelphia/african-american-historic-sites-in-philadelphia/)
West Philadelphia History (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Philadelphia)
Ever heard of Purple Hull Peas (https://specialtyproduce.com/produce/Purple_Hull_Peas_4399.php#:~:text=Also%20known%20as%20Pinkeye%20Purple,slightly%20in%20appearance%20and%20flavor.)?
Walter Wallace Jr. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Walter_Wallace)
Who was Fred Hampton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton)?
Black August (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_August_(commemoration))
About to the Roots Picnic (https://therootspicnic.com)
The New Jim Crow (linkhttps://newjimcrow.com) by Michelle Alexander
About the US Farm Bill (https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/farm-bill/index)
UN Report on Drugs 2018 (https://www.unodc.org/wdr2018/)
Cannabis legalization around the world (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis)
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Greetings Glocal Citizens!
This week it’s Part 1 of a two-part conversation with serial entrepreneur and diversity activist, Cherron Perry-Thomas. She is founder and president of Green Dandelion Marketing and Sales which grew out of a desire to introduce retailers to innovative plant based products. Since its founding, 20 years ago, Green Dandelion has helped their clients launch more than 2,000 products in grocery and health stores in the mid-Atlantic United States. Clients include manufactures of biodynamic, organic, non-gmo, vegan and fair trade products, helping to solidify their commitment to leaving a positive impact on the planet and all lives. which she further nurtures as co-owner of Plant and People (https://plantandpeople.com), a Black women's owned boutique offering house plants, supplies, plant wellness products, services, and gifts.
A certified Social Impact Strategist, she applies these skills as the Director of Social Impact for The Diasporic Alliance for Cannabis Opportunities (DACO), a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about educational, wellness, and economic opportunities in the cannabis industry and particularly through the Black Cannabis Week (https://www.blackcannabisweek.com/) Initiative which takes place September 22-29, 2024. Whether you’re a “planty” person or not, there’s plenty of green gems to pick up in this conversation.
Where to find Cherron?
On LInkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherron-perry-thomas-mba-643a251a/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/munashe97/?hl=en)
On X (https://x.com/wearedaco/status/1055867698620653576)
What’s Charron running in?
Hoka running shoes (https://www.hoka.com/en/us/)
Other topics of interest:
About Memphis, Tennessee (https://civilrightstrail.com/destination/memphis/)
About Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (https://www.visitphilly.com/articles/philadelphia/african-american-historic-sites-in-philadelphia/)
West Philadelphia History (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Philadelphia)
Ever heard of Purple Hull Peas (https://specialtyproduce.com/produce/Purple_Hull_Peas_4399.php#:~:text=Also%20known%20as%20Pinkeye%20Purple,slightly%20in%20appearance%20and%20flavor.)?
Walter Wallace Jr. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Walter_Wallace)
Who was Fred Hampton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton)?
Black August (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_August_(commemoration))
About to the Roots Picnic (https://therootspicnic.com)
The New Jim Crow (linkhttps://newjimcrow.com) by Michelle Alexander
About the US Farm Bill (https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/farm-bill/index)
UN Report on Drugs 2018 (https://www.unodc.org/wdr2018/)
Cannabis legalization around the world (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis)
Special Guest: Cherron Perry-Thomas. -
Greetings Glocal Citizens!This week Haiti, the recent Democratic National Convention (DNC) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoHN7K5VdXg), living in the now and ideas that challenge mindset boundaries are hot topic with my guest, Haitian-American, Jodine Dorcé. Jodine has been discovering, branding and promoting arts, music and culture for over a decade. Behind the scenes, she had an impressive career as an award-winning event marketer in the arts, entertainment and consumer product industries. Her achievements include developing and promoting products for Disney Consumer Electronics; leading sponsorship integrations for CurlFest and ONE Musicfest; producing the 2015 ESSENCE Festival and being responsible for the branding of Red Bull as a staple in the Atlanta cultural scene. Currently she is the VP of Live Events at WaitWhat (https://waitwhat.com), a media invention company, recognized for the highest quality, most genre-defining content today.In front of an audience, Jodine has a fearless passion for hosting and being an on-air personality. From her former radio days at WBCX 89.1FM in Atlanta, GA, she was also the host of the world-renowned Apollo Theater’s Music Cafe in Harlem that spotlights emerging music artists. She now serves as a host for Capital Jazz TV while producing and assist in the programming for the Capital Jazz Fest & Supercruise. You can also find her guest hosting various events throughout the country that showcase music, empower women and bring awareness to her beloved home country, Haiti. Join us in the vibe!Where to find Jodine?https://www.jodinedorce.com/On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodinedorce/)On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/jodinedorce/)On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/jodinedorce)On X (https://twitter.com/jodinescorner)On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/jodinescorner)What’s Jodine listening to?Stout (https://www.instagram.com/theestout/?hl=en)Keyon Harrold (https://keyonharroldmusic.com) on NPR’s Tiny Desk (https://youtu.be/ipFtGz0_dAg?si=lXzQDGjLUizpaZMb)Other topics of interest:Tabarre, Haiti (https://haiti.fandom.com/wiki/Tabarre)On Haiti’s Revolution (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution)Perspectives on Haiti in 2024 (https://youtu.be/wBYLkoED5i4?si=Z2vUf7wf_V8YBMl7)East Flatbush (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Flatbush,_Brooklyn) and Little Haiti (https://www.facebook.com/littlehaitibk/) in BrooklynSome Bedford-Stuyvesant (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford%E2%80%93Stuyvesant,_Brooklyn) HistoryOn Sapiens (lin https://www.ynharari.com/book/sapiens-2/)Masters of Scale Podcast (https://mastersofscale.com)Reid Hoffman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_Hoffman)About DNC (Democratic Nationional Convention) Producer, Ricky Kirshner (https://deadline.com/2024/08/dnc-producer-interview-harris-1236047924/)LFG! (https://awario.com/help/social-media-wiki/what-does-lfg-mean-in-social-media/)List of Elections in 2024 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elections_in_2024)Kat Cole (lin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat_Cole) and the Hot Shot Rule (https://katcole.substack.com/p/the-hotshot-rule)Jason Orr on FunkJazz Kafe (lin https://funkatopia.com/funk-news/interview-with-funkjazz-kafe-jason-orr/) Special Guest: Jodine Dorcé.
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Late summer greetings, Glocal Citizens!
It’s that time of year in most of the northern hemisphere - Back to School! Students of all manner from first time learners to adult continuing educationers are migrating to a learning institution near you--Kindergartens, middle and high schools, trade colleges, university campuses and some are taking to phones, tablets or computers for online courses. ’Tis the season for getting the mind ready for a new round of training, building and expansion. So this week, in preparation for the start of classes its a review session with some glocal citizens firmly planted in the business of education. Taiye Ayoola-Adedeji (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/taiye-ayoola-adedeji), author of the innovative, educational and interactive Yoruba-English bilingual book—The Yoruba Sound Book for Children, Ayobisi Osuntusa (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/ayobisi-osuntusa), Executive Director of Sesame Square Nigeria Foundation, a mirror image and partner organization of Sesame Workshop; Nisha Ligon (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/nisha-ligon), Co-founder and Senior Advisor of Tanzania-based, UBONGO, Africa's leading kids' edutainment company and Videographer, Composer, and Musician, Farai Malianga (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/farai-malianga) a tenure track Professor at Florida State University with a focus on Music for dance and choreography all join us with insights on learning education, arts and people. Class is in session, let’s LEAP right in!
Special Guests: Ayobisi Osuntusa, Farai Malianga, Nisha Ligon, and Taiye Ayoola-Adedeji. -
Greetings Glocal Citizens!
It’s Leo season and birthday week for both my guest and me as well as fellow Glocal Citizen and birthday celebrant Muhammida El Muhajir (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/muhammida-el-muhajir), which is how I was introduced to my guest, Ghanaian-born, Rita Kusi. Rita is a highly respected, passionate, and result-oriented strategic human resource professional with 20 years of experience as a generalist in the field. Currently, she serves as the CEO and Senior Consultant at Keeping 'U' Simply Intact (KUSI) Consulting, a boutique Digital HR and Marketing consulting firm providing HR and Marketing services to clients across Africa and the United States. She is also the Team Lead of Execution and Strategy for the Global Conference on Human Resources in Africa (https://gchrafrica.com) (GCHRA), a gathering of visionary human resource, business, and technology leaders to empower Africa’s workforce. Keep watching this space for collaborations around their upcoming conference happening October 24-25, 2024 in Accra, Ghana.
She has distinguished herself as a mentor, coach, and fervent advocate for professional development. Rita is on a mission to revolutionize the role of HR within organizations.
Her career highlights, including being the first black woman to hold a directorial position in a prominent U.S. condominium firm and recognition as one of the 50 most influential young Ghanaians in 2018, underscore her exceptional leadership. In 2023, she was voted and named “Ghana’s Most Respected CEO in HR Management” at the 6th Ghana Industry CEO Awards by The Business Executive.
Where to find Rita?
Visit http://kusiconsulting.com for more on their services.
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritakusi/)
On Instagram (https://instagram.com/ritakusi)
On Facebook (https://web.facebook.com/ritakusi81)
On X (https://twitter.com/miss_kusi)
On TikTok (https://tiktok.com/@ms_kusi)
On Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE3RVASINSAaOcd8CogxIoA/videos)
What’s Rita reading?
Unbroken (https://a.co/d/jjiGtzG) by Trishia Bailey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisha_Bailey)
Other topics of interest:
Where is Bolgatanga “Bolga” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolgatanga), Ghana
Kumasi, Capital of Ghana’s Ashanti Region (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumasi)
Akan Proverbs (https://www.adinkrasymbols.org/pages/the-50-most-important-akan-proverbs/)
Ghana’s Labor Laws in Transition (https://www.ela.law/firms/fatima_freitas/Articles/2024-employment-law-year-in-review-ghana)
About the US Diversiy Visa Lottery Program (https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/diversity-visa-lottery/)
Impact Hub Accra (https://accra.impacthub.net)
iSpace Accra (https://www.ispacefoundation.com)
Who is Gary V? (https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyvaynerchuk/)
About Johnny C. Taylor (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnnyctaylorjr/)
Special Guest: Rita Kusi. -
Greetings Glocal Citizens!
For this week’s episode we’re back in West Africa with Nigerian-American journalist and author, Abi Ishola-Ayodeji. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, Patience is a Subtle Thief, was named one of BuzzFeed's best books of May 2022 and received a coveted Kirkus-starred review. As a journalist, she has showcased her talent across a diverse range of platforms, including http://ELLE.com, PBS, http://Ebony.com, CUNY TV, and more. Her career has seen her cover extraordinary people, communities, and events from New York City to Paris and from Nigeria to Ghana.
In 2017, Essence Magazine named her among its Woke 100 Women for launching Beyond Classically Beautiful (https://www.bellanaija.com/2015/01/beyondclassicallybeautiful-us-based-nigerian-journalist-abi-ishola-creates-photo-story-in-support-of-classic-black-beauty/), an acclaimed photo story and media platform celebrating women of color who defy traditional beauty standards which you’ll learn much more about in our conversation.
After years of struggling to write a complete novel, she adopted a winning plan that helped her finish her manuscript seamlessly. She landed a deal with HarperCollins upon her first submission to a publisher. As she continues to work on her second novel, she is also coaching aspiring authors on how to write and finish the novel of their dreams.
Where to find Abi?
www.aishola.com (https://www.aishola.com)
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/abi-ishola/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/aishola/)
On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/aisholaayodeji)
On X (http://twitter.com/@aishola)
On Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/@AbiIshola)
What’s Abi watching?
The Chi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chi)
Sex Education (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Education_(TV_series))
Game of Thrones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones)
Other topics of interest:
Revisit EP 74 (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/nana-ekua-brew-hammond) Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond (http://nanabrewhammond.com)
All about Miami Gardens, Florida (https://www.miamigardens-fl.gov)
About Ibadan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibadan), Nigeria
Why Ilesa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilesa)? A visti with fellow Glocal Citizen, Funsho Ogundipe (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/funsho-ogundipe)
About Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshood_Abiola#:~:text=Chief%20Moshood%20Kashimawo%20Olawale%20Abiola,aristocrat%20of%20the%20Egba%20clan.) and the stolen election (https://www.thehistoryville.com/mko-abiola/)
More about the Center for Black Literature @ Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn (https://centerforblackliterature.org) and the Wild Seeds Writers Retreat (https://centerforblackliterature.org/wild-seeds-retreat/)
About #imageactivitst, Michaela Angela Davis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaela_Angela_Davis)
About the film The Devil Wears Prada (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_Wears_Prada_(film))
James Baldwin, Toni Morrison and more about Abi’s Glocal Speak (https://speakola.com/eulogy/for-james-baldwin-by-toni-morrison-1987)
About Supacel and sickle cell anemia (https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/10/hit-netflix-show-is-raising-awareness-of-sickle-cell-anaemia)
Special Guest: Abi Ishola-Ayodeji. - Visa fler
