Afrikan Digitz

By Afrikan Digitz

Two digital denizens merging Afro-pop culture with academia to create “African Critical Theory” for the everyday millennial.

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On Uncompromising Blackness

Afrikan DigitzDec 09, 2020

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On Uncompromising Blackness

The return is here and its coming in with a bang. In this introductory episode we catch you up on what we’ve been up to, introduce the idea of uncompromising Blackness as an everyday practice and speculate about what constitutes Black futurity. If you missed hearing our lovely voices, you will definitely enjoy the good fun, ‘guerrilla’ theorizing and much needed soul work.

If you wanna get featured in an episode, please send us a voice message about what a Black world looks like for you. Email us at afrikandigitz@gmail.com

Dec 09, 202043:48

On New Seasons

We're B(l)ack! Come aboard a new adventure as we fabulate through Black worlds together.

Dec 05, 202001:42

It’s Been Real: Sharing The Things We Carry From Season 1

Goodbyes are so overrated so instead join us for this last conversation where we blabber on things such as finding contentment, innovating the family structure and creating space for gentleness. We promise not to make you cry! Kwaheri for now ❤️

Feb 12, 202023:22

Claiming Black Aliveness: Communing with Gentleness (and a small section on educating white friends)

This is what happens when two caring hearts sit in front of a microphone: we commune! Join us in this (unplanned) episode where we delve deep on the idea of black aliveness as introduced by Kevin Quashie and ponder what it means to have flowers as armours in a world where resistance is the default for black living. Apologies for the sound production :-)

Feb 05, 202016:14

Let’s Talk About -ISMS!!! : Navigating Wake Work Under White Supremacy

Join us in a conversation with our guests, Betel and Collins, as we navigate our pitfalls in carrying wake work as we confront the isms in both their dominating and liberatory forms. We share our continuing journeys living with racism, sexism, classism but go the extra mile to call ourselves in wherever we fall short! Some shots are fired so you probably don’t want to listen to this as you fall asleep but what we all agree about in the end is that there is an ongoing war and we our dear listeners gotta stay woke coz the neighbour’s creepy!

Jan 29, 202038:53

Embracing the Gris Gris

Reflecting on our relationship with academia and opening ourselves to more ways of knowing by embracing the Gris Gris.

The conversation was born out of an exhibition at Pomona College and if you'd like to know more follow the links below:

Todd Gray's Euclidean Gris Gris

https://www.toddgrayart.com/euclidean-gris-gris

Pomona College Museum of Art Exhibition

https://www.pomona.edu/museum/exhibitions/2019/todd-gray

Christopher Okigbo's Lament of the Drums

https://www.reddit.com/r/truepoetry/comments/4n8ic6/lament_of_the_drums_by_christopher_okigbo/

Jan 15, 202035:22

The Age of Afrikan Denizens: Representing and Recalibrating Afrika in the Digital Era

The revolution will be digitized! In this episode we dive in deep on the subject of digital culture, online activism, and the shifting spatial imaginary of what constitutes Afrikanity in the digital era.

Jan 08, 202042:57

Confronting the Politics of Being Afrikan

For the love of the continent, who is an Afrikan? What is it? In this debut episode we confront the ever complicated politics of being Afrikan born out blood, soil and travel.

Jan 01, 202034:46

Introduction: So what’s Afrikan Dig.it.z again?

Introducing ourselves and our podcast to our broad audience of funkadelic, quirky Afro-enthusiast listeners.

Jan 01, 202013:30