Glocal Citizens

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we have another fellow Stanford Alumni – #chocolatecardinal, with a mini masterclass as a great follow-up to my conversation with creative director, Francis Brown. Sasheen Artis, born a New Yorker in Harlem, currently based in Los Angeles, California, is bi-coastal in her lifespan to date, spending her entire adult life on the West Coast. She started her career in the entertainment industry as a temp and is now a two-time Emmy winning producer and the Founder & CEO of Plenty of Pie, a curriculum-based talent incubator and media production accelerator offering leadership development, practical producers skills training, mentorship, and access to production & distribution resources to emerging and mid-career creatives of color. Sasheen has worked with such newsmakers and celebrities as President Barack Obama, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, actor/director Robert Duvall, singer/songwriter Annie Lennox and director Jonathan Demme. Her latest film, Birthing Justice, addressing Black maternal health outcomes, debuted at the Congressional Black Caucus, screened for 200 countries at the United Nations and is used as a continuing education course by the American Medical Association. It currently airs on PBS. She is also dedicated to service as a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Producers Guild of America, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. and serves on the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation Digital Media Entertainment Advisory Council. Be sure to spread the word via the links below about her upcoming inaugural Plenty of Pie Talent Incubator Cohort - Deadline is April 30th. Where to find Sasheen? www.plentyofpie.net On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook What’s Sasheen watching? Maigret Blood of the Vine Nordic Thrillers Other topics of interest: About CUNY - aka City College in Harlem Hankcock Park, Los Angeles Silver Lake, Los Angeles Los Feliz, Los Angeles Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles Ted Milner’s Executive Temps About Blockbuster What are lenticulars? About The Division The Tavis Smiley Show About Aerospace Engineer, Hal Walker Prentice Penny Sasheen’s Emmy-winning episodes of Lost L.A. - Three Views of Manzanar and Discovering the Universe The Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act About fellow Stanford Alum and basketball standout Darren Allaway Color Congress

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we have another fellow Stanford Alumni – #chocolatecardinal, with a mini masterclass as a great follow-up to my conversation with creative director, Francis Brown. Sasheen Artis, born a New Yorker in Harlem, currently based in Los Angeles, California, is bi-coastal in her lifespan to date, spending her entire adult life on the West Coast. She started her career in the entertainment industry as a temp and is now a two-time Emmy winning producer and the Founder & CEO of Plenty of Pie, a curriculum-based talent incubator and media production accelerator offering leadership development, practical producers skills training, mentorship, and access to production & distribution resources to emerging and mid-career creatives of color. Sasheen has worked with such newsmakers and celebrities as President Barack Obama, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, actor/director Robert Duvall, singer/songwriter Annie Lennox and director Jonathan Demme. Her latest film, Birthing Justice, addressing Black maternal health outcomes, debuted at the Congressional Black Caucus, screened for 200 countries at the United Nations and is used as a continuing education course by the American Medical Association. It currently airs on PBS. She is also dedicated to service as a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Producers Guild of America, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. and serves on the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation Digital Media Entertainment Advisory Council. Be sure to spread the word via the links below about her upcoming inaugural Plenty of Pie Talent Incubator Cohort - Deadline is April 30th. Where to find Sasheen? [plentyofpie.net](www.plentyofpie.net/demystify-entertainment) On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook What’s Sasheen watching? Maigret Blood of the Vine Nordic Thrillers Other topics of interest: About CUNY - aka City College in Harlem Hankcock Park, Los Angeles Silver Lake, Los Angeles Los Feliz, Los Angeles Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles Ted Milner’s Executive Temps About Blockbuster What are lenticulars? About The Division The Tavis Smiley Show About Aerospace Engineer, Hal Walker Prentice Penny Sasheen’s Emmy-winning episodes of Lost L.A. - Three Views of Manzanar and Discovering the Universe [The Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act](lin https://tcf.org/content/data/black-maternal-health-momnibus-tracker/) About fellow Stanford Alum and basketball standout Darren Allaway Color CongressSpecial Guest: Sasheen Artis.

April Greetings Glocal Citizens! As you listen to this week’s episode you may catch a hint of showers as part of the sound track for this conversation with long-time collaborator, Takoradi, Ghana’s own Francis Brown. As the saying goes, showers bring flowers and in this two-part conversation we’re definitely cultivating a bouquet of beauty and insights. Francis is one of the first professionals that I worked with when I arrived in Ghana; at that times he was a student at Ghana’s National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI). Since then, his career has flourished as founder and creative director of AnimaxFYB Studios in Ghana. He is an award-winning filmmaker trained in a number of different cinematic mediums, and has over ten years experience in the audio-visual industry. He is a member of the International Academy of Arts and Sciences (EMMY), a Jury at MIPCOM in Cannes and a frequent speaker on different film and television forums around the world. He was shortlisted for the 42nd Student Academy Awards (Oscars), won Best Animation Film at the Africa International Film Festival 2016 (AFFRIF), Best Creative Artist 2017 at the Black British Entertainment Awards, animator of the year at the 2017 Ghana UK Based Awards (GUBA) and also Best Animation at the 2018 Ghana Movie Awards. In 2019, face2face Africa named him one of the five African animators who can give their Hollywood counterparts a run for the money. In 2021, his short 3D animated film ‘ROOM 5’ was nominated at Annecy International Animation Film Festival making him the only West African director to be nominated for the year and one of four films from Africa. He is a regular feature at Meta Cinema Forum, the largest Africa and Middle East film and cinema convention. He is also a planning committee member and artistic director of the Afrotino music festival where Latino and African performers will be meeting in a series of cross-country concerts in Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia and Mexico. Where to find Francis? animaxfybstudios.com On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook On YouTube What’s Francis watching? Afro Samurai The Boondocks Tales of the Black Freighter and Watchmen SWAT Kats Jonny Quest Other topics of interest: About Takoradi, Ghana Watch Mmofra! Koliko Animation Academy How to use “Omo” About DCI theaters iRokoTV ShowMax Cinema in GhanaSpecial Guest: Francis Y. Brown.

April Greetings Glocal Citizens! As you listen to this week’s episode you may catch a hint of showers as part of the sound track for this conversation with long-time collaborator, Takoradi, Ghana’s own Francis Brown. As the saying goes, showers bring flowers and in this two-part conversation we’re definitely cultivating a bouquet of beauty and insights. Francis is one of the first professionals that I worked with when I arrived in Ghana; at that times he was a student at Ghana’s National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI). Since then, his career has flourished as founder and creative director of AnimaxFYB Studios in Ghana. He is an award-winning filmmaker trained in a number of different cinematic mediums, and has over ten years experience in the audio-visual industry. He is a member of the International Academy of Arts and Sciences (EMMY), a Jury at MIPCOM in Cannes and a frequent speaker on different film and television forums around the world. He was shortlisted for the 42nd Student Academy Awards (Oscars), won Best Animation Film at the Africa International Film Festival 2016 (AFFRIF), Best Creative Artist 2017 at the Black British Entertainment Awards, animator of the year at the 2017 Ghana UK Based Awards (GUBA) and also Best Animation at the 2018 Ghana Movie Awards. In 2019, face2face Africa named him one of the five African animators who can give their Hollywood counterparts a run for the money. In 2021, his short 3D animated film ‘ROOM 5’ was nominated at Annecy International Animation Film Festival making him the only West African director to be nominated for the year and one of four films from Africa. He is a regular feature at Meta Cinema Forum, the largest Africa and Middle East film and cinema convention. He is also a planning committee member and artistic director of the Afrotino music festival where Latino and African performers will be meeting in a series of cross-country concerts in Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia and Mexico. Where to find Francis? animaxfybstudios.com On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook On YouTube What’s Francis watching? Afro Samurai The Boondocks Tales of the Black Freighter and Watchmen SWAT Kats Jonny Quest Other topics of interest: About Takoradi, Ghana Watch Mmofra! Koliko Animation Academy How to use “Omo” About DCI theaters iRokoTV ShowMax Cinema in GhanaSpecial Guest: Francis Y. Brown.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This month we’ve traveled to three continents on our herstory tour and our final destination is the west coast of the US by way of The Gambia. My guest, Kadiatou Sibi, started in the world of work after finding her voice (literally), in university when she began traveling the world as a lead singer of the band, Belizbeha. Following a successful career in media, entertainment, and teaching, she focused on entrepreneurism to launch A Web of Wellness (AWOW). With over 24 years of experience as an Ayurvedic Wellness and Performance Coach at AWOW, Kadiatou helps clients achieve optimal health and well-being through personalized diet, lifestyle, and meditation practices. She is a board-certified Ayurvedic practitioner by the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA), and a Chopra Certified Health Teacher and Student at Chopra Global, where she learns from the renowned Deepak Chopra and his team of experts. Her involvement with the National Ayurvedic Medicine Association includes participation on the DEI committee reflecting her dedication to inclusivity within the field. Additionally, she has authored articles, led DEI workshops, and extended her expertise to cater to a diverse clientele. This conversation was a breath of fresh Spring air and I hope that many of the tips that Kadi has to offer in conversation and at AWOW will help you to build better, wholistic wellness practices for you and your loved ones. Where to find Kadi? On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook On YouTube What’s Kadi watching? Needle in a Haystack The Banker What’s Kadi reading? Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy Other topics of interest: Belizbeha Band Reunion About Julangel. Gambia About Leimert Park and Africa Town About Nasya in Ayurveda About the Chakras What is the Dark NIght of the Soul? About Redlining and Its Legacy About Juneteenth What is NLP? Ayurveda Daily Routine About the Gut MicrobiomeSpecial Guest: Kabiatou Sibi.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week, we’re flashing back to my trip to Cape Town last November. I met my guest, Yaliwe Clarke through sister-to-sister connection, literally. Her sister and mine are friends and as we (my sister and I) were in SA together our meeting was inevitable. Yaliwe, who is of Zambian and British parentage found her way to South African nearly two decades ago from Zambia, where she spent most of her life. She is the immediate past Director of the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Prior to this, since 2000, she worked with civil society organizations and interacted with a wide range of social justice activists, peace-builders/conflict resolution practitioners, diplomats, and peace and security personnel in over 11 countries in Africa. She is a skilled conflict resolution practitioner, trainer, and facilitator who has experience in assisting nonprofit organisations, and government officials across the African continent, particularly during her time as a Senior Trainer at the Centre for Conflict Resolution, based in Cape Town. Alongside this work, Yaliwe has taught and written on African Feminism, peace, security, and development at the University of Cape Town since 2008. She has a Ph.D. in Social Development that investigated the micro-politics of women’s ‘peace activism’ in northern Uganda. She is also interested in post-conflict reconstruction processes; social change processes in times of crisis; and notions of respectable femininity, marriage, pleasure, and (hetero)sexuality in Africa. In entrepreneurship, she is co-founder of Maliya Tours & Transfers which focuses on travelers seeking out sites and histories in South Africa that are distinct from those in other countries and based on hers and her co-founder's experiences living in the Western Cape. If you’re ever in the Western Cape, definitely book your tours with Maliya. We did and they did not disappoint! Where to find Yaliwe? Maliya Transfers & Tours On LinkedIn What’s Yaliwe reading? Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown Other topics of interest: Sara Longwe and her Women’s Empowerment Framework About Roy Clarke Nigeria’s Women’s War On Uganda’s Long Civil War Klein Goederust Winery Pregs Govender’s Podcast - Love and Insubordination Mont Rochelle About Table Mountain Xhosa Expressions About the Lotus Sutra About the Ōbaku School of Zen BuddhismSpecial Guest: Yaliwe Clarke.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s episode and herstory really hit close to home. We recorded this interview on Ghana’s Independence Day, March 6th--or 6th March as we say in Ghana. And while days like this are meant to be celebrations of freedom and recognition of the work and struggles that went into the founding of the republic, my enthusiasm was half-hearted. If Africa, Africans and all people of the African Diaspora are honest with ourselves we have to accept that decolonization is an unfinished job. There is work to do. I, like my guest this week accept it and for me, I am reminded and empowered to ramp up the why of Glocal Citizens and my passion for manifesting a new world. My guest, Brooklyn sistren, and neighbor, Valerie White is as committed and has shown this commitment in a 30+ year career dedicated to economic and social empowerment across the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Valerie is currently Senior Executive Director of LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation) NY where she is responsible for leading the expansion strategy promoting LISC's statewide efforts to create an economic and community development ecosystem addressing deep-rooted systemic inequities. She is also broadening her scope of impact knowledge sharing with groups such as United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa). Where to find Valerie? On Linkedin On Facebook On YouTube How is Valeries unwinding? Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Visit Going Dark the Guggenheim Museum Other topics of interest: About Fishkill, NY About the Brooklyn Navy Yard Steiner Studios Brooklyn's Hip Hop Closet About Shirley Chisolm Laura Blackburn Speaks A litlle bit about the saying Ride or Die Life Wellness Center in Brooklyn On the Buffalo Shooting then and now Micron Chip Project On Malik Yoba Professor Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o What is BRIC?Special Guest: Valerie White.

Women’s Month Greetings Glocal Citizens! If it’s March then it’s all about herstories here on the podcast and first up we’re in London by way of Hopkinsville, Kentucky with mental health futurist, Sara Reed. She is an empathic leader, mental health futurist, and practitioner in psychedelic-assisted therapy. I came across Sara’s work when listening to a session the Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Global Summit last year, and my curiosity was piqued hearing Sara describe her work and it’s impact. She has spent her early career examining the ways culture informs how we diagnose and treat mental illnesses. As an advocate for health equity in psychedelic medicine, Sara hopes to make treatments more safe, affordable, and effective to those in need. Before joining the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College in London as a the lead Psychedelic Research Therapist in Psychopharmacology, she participated as a study therapist with the MDMA therapy for PTSD clinical trials sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). While working with MAPS, she advocated for health equity in psychedelic therapy and co-led the first ever MAPS MDMA-assisted psychotherapy training for clinicians of color. In addition to her appointment at Imperial College, she is Co-founder and Curriculum Development Specialist with the Women’s Global Empowerment Initiative. As well as founder and creative executive at Minds iHealth Solutions, where she co-facilitates psilocybin truffle retreats in the Netherlands and works in private practice with patients with mood and anxiety disorders using ketamine as an adjunct to psychotherapy. She lectures on topics fusing culturally sensitive practices with psychedelic-assisted therapy and advises organizations on anti-oppressive and inclusive practices. Where to find Sara? www.sarajreed.info On LinkedIn What’s Sara singing to? Jennifer Hudson Whitney Houston Other topics of interest: About Hopkinsville, Kentucky South Croydon Tabitha Brown What is a Skilled Workers visa? Hinge Dr. Monica Williams On Ketamine On MDMA and Sassafras Plant origins of LSD On Australia’s Psychedelics Policy On Oregon’s Decriminalization of Psychedelics Dr. Gabor Maté On 12-Step Programs for mental health Breathwork techniques About The Peach Cobbler Factory Correction Note: In our conversation about plant derivatives of some synthetic medicines Sara mentioned that DMT is present in Ibogaine. She wanted to be sure that listeners are aware that it is not. While they are close relatives, DMT is not in Ibogaine. Read more about it here.Special Guest: Sara Reed.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast it’s flashback February. Inspired by last year’s Black History Month compilation episode, for this week, also dedicated to Black History Month, I’ve selected glocally speaking, mindset hacking and solution-scaping excerpts from conversations over the past year. Starting with the Science Mercenary, Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi on how reconceptualizing our ideas on time and how the evolutionary continuum of human intelligence need not be as complicated as we think. Cognitive-Behavioral Research Scientist, Dr. Juleen Christopher reinforces his thoughts by introducing us to her mindset hack, a technique called positive intelligence and how a commitment to telling ourselves and living a story contrary to those embedded in social injustice are at the bedrock of her activism. Cultural practitioner, Kobby Graham furthers the story as he elaborates on his mindset hack - collaboration and how its revival in the African psyche is critical to progress. Communication specialist and cultural curator, Samba Yonga then illustrates how our African histories reinforce this collaborative ethic and is using her museum as the narrative activism necessary to reinform a new now. Finally, glocally speaking, the Money Maker, Eric Collins, puts his money where his mouth is investing in the change that he and his partners at Impact X Capital intend to see in black communities across Europe. The common thread in my selections is activism which is the why of Black History Month. Waking each morning in parts of the world rife with injustice is itself an act of courageous resistance. We must challenge ourselves to uplift untold stories and unheard voices, so that by valuing global Black histories, we can collectively build, simply put, a better today. That is the definition of Glocal Citizenship. Visit the links above for full episodes and extended show notes.Special Guests: Eric Collins, Hakeem Oluseyi , Juleen Christopher, Kobina Ankomah Graham, and Samba Yonga.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! I’m back in Accra and it’s HOT and HUMID, but thankfully not so dusty--I’ve successfully evaded the Harmattan! A significant contrast to the environs for my guest this week who dials in from her hometown of London, England. Raised between London and Brooklyn with roots in Jamaica, Aruba and Donimica, Marlea Edwards was drawn to the creative arts from theatre to photography, storytelling, mythology and anthropology from an early age. She is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary creative artist and creative consultant with a key focus on visual storytelling and connecting to audiences. She is CEO and founder of Me + You Films, a boutique production company. As a global, independent professional creative director, producer, director, writer, filmmaker, and edit producer, her early career and work includes working on award-winning BBC shows like Top Gear, Strictly Come Dancing and Eastenders 25 Live, to the London 2012 Olympic Games, London and New York Fashion week and Lenny Kravitz’s Strut Tour. Other Brands and Clients include Endemol, BBC, Tom Ford and Tom Ford Beauty, Gucci, DVF, Kohl’s, FarFetch, Lush Cosmetics, Preen and ITN Productions. Her latest project, Garms: Black Culture's Influence on British Fashion, a one-off documentary deep dive into the world of Black British fashion and culture premiers this week on Wednesday, February 21st. Currently writing and freelancing for award-winning brands and production companies, her own and others, when she’s not working with commercial clients she creates artwork with an African spiritualist theme focused on the female form. Where to find Marlea? marleaedwards.com On LinkedIn On Instagram On Vimeo On Twitter On [IMDb](= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4237999/?ref_=nmbio_ov ) What’s Marlea listening to? André 3000 Cleo Sol Sampha What’s Marlea watching? One Day on Netflix Champion on Netflix Dreaming Whilst Black Other topics of interest: About Queens Park, London About Wembley, UK About Prospect Park, Brooklyn About Miss Lou, Jamaican poet laureate the london stage school Who are Key Workers in the UK? BET UK’s Cicela Deane London Fashion Week About Bianca Saunders About Martine Rose About Tolu Coker About Labrum About Althea McNish Liberty London About Nicholas Daley Priya Ahluwalia Cortez Streetwear Windrush then and now 4 -7 - 8 BreathingSpecial Guest: Marlea Edwards.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! Kicking off February, we have a double-header in conversation with another Stanford Alum and fellow “Track Girl.” Born in Vietnam and raised in New York, Dana Weeks is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of MedTrans Go, a healthcare technology start-up based in Atlanta, GA. Prior to MedTrans Go, she co-founded the Black Angel Tech Foundation, created to support and increase the number of underrepresented minorities in technology. She has also held positions at AT&T, Pfizer, and in several innovative entrepreneurial ventures. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Westminster Schools of Atlanta, and has served as Treasurer of the Atlanta Chapter of Jack & Jill, a Board Member for Blue Owl Capital, and a Board Member for the Alliance Theater of Atlanta. She also serves on several Task Forces and Committees at both Stanford and Columbia Business School, including serving as a co-chair of the Stanford LEAD Council, a member of the Stanford Humanities & Sciences Council, and a founding member of the Women’s Circle at Columbia Business School. It was lovely catching up on the many paths Dana has walked since our days hop, skipping and jumping at the Stanford Stadium. Where to find Dana? https://www.medtransgo.com/ On LinkedIn On Facebook What’s Dana watching? The Hallmark Channel Other topics of interest: About the Peace Corps Lusophone Africa Islands of Cape Verde Who is Jodi Kantor? iPhone's launch @ AT&T Atlanta Influences EverythingSpecial Guest: Dana Weeks.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! Kicking off February, we have a double-header in conversation with another Stanford Alum and fellow “Track Girl.” Born in Vietnam and raised in New York, Dana Weeks is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of MedTrans Go, a healthcare technology start-up based in Atlanta, GA. Prior to MedTrans Go, she co-founded the Black Angel Tech Foundation, created to support and increase the number of underrepresented minorities in technology. She has also held positions at AT&T, Pfizer, and in several innovative entrepreneurial ventures. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Westminster Schools of Atlanta, and has served as Treasurer of the Atlanta Chapter of Jack & Jill, a Board Member for Blue Owl Capital, and a Board Member for the Alliance Theater of Atlanta. She also serves on several Task Forces and Committees at both Stanford and Columbia Business School, including serving as a co-chair of the Stanford LEAD Council, a member of the Stanford Humanities & Sciences Council, and a founding member of the Women’s Circle at Columbia Business School. It was lovely catching up on the many paths Dana has walked since our days hop, skipping and jumping at the Stanford Stadium. Where to find Dana? https://www.medtransgo.com/ On LinkedIn On Facebook What’s Dana watching? The Hallmark Channel Other topics of interest: About the Peace Corps Lusophone Africa Islands of Cape Verde Who is Jodi Kantor? iPhone's launch @ AT&T Atlanta Influences EverythingSpecial Guest: Dana Weeks.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s episode comes to us courtesy of a dinner hosted by EP 22/23 guest, Kwame Acheampong. Kwame and my guest, Stephen Newton are longtime colleagues that recently rejoined forces at Aleph Group, Inc., a global digital advertising platform that connects brands with every digitally connected user in Africa where Stephen currently serves as the Managing Director Sub-Sahara Africa. With Jamaican lineage, born and raised in the US Mainland and Virgin Islands, Stephen departed the US in 1998 and currently calls Cape Town, South Africa home. With over 25 years of C-suite experience, Stephen is a seasoned leader and connector in the digital innovation space, especially on the African continent. His expertise spans various sub-sectors of the digital ecosystem, such as connectable devices, affordable data, local and relevant content, promoted content, ubiquitous payment mechanisms, and trusted delivery mechanisms. He has led the launch and commercialization of some of Africa's biggest digital players, such as Google, InMobi, Positivo BGH, and Datafree. He also serves as the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Illuminate Africa Group Ltd, a consultancy that facilitates Africa expansion goals for businesses. He is passionate about empowering African youth and entrepreneurs with digital skills and opportunities. Where to find Stephen? Aleph’s Digital Ad Expert Portal On LinkedIn On Facebook On X What’s Stephen reading? Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life by Jim Kwik The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer Other topics of interest: About Kenya’s Joseph Mucheru About Nikesh Arora Positivo BGH LexisNexis Nordstrom America Online - AOL On SDG goal 4.1 What is an Ad Exchange On DoubleClickSpecial Guest: Stephen A. Newton.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! I am sincerely grateful to my community of Glocal Citizens, especially as former guests have been delivering on sharing life experiences with me and the podcast in their communities. My guest this week is someone I met last December in Ghana while catching up with Nydia Swaby in Accra and I’m happy to share her story. Washington, D.C native, Tara Aura Purnell is a meditation guide, ritual artist, certified yoga teacher, and wellness-prenuer empowering people to feel better more of the time. She curates wellness events for marginalized communities as Co-Founder of Blind Seed, which nurtures growth for city-dwellers with an interest in clean living and self-expansion. As an adolescent equity and inclusion activist, after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, she went on to become a writer, creative producer and brand marketing strategist before shifting her focus to health and healing arts. Her current work as a wellness organizer, pleasure activist and food justice advocate centers inclusive, holistic approaches to collective care and wellbeing. Where to find Tara? taraaura.com On LinkedIn On Instagram What’s Tara reading? Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor Other topics of interest: About Wtrmln Wtr About Hurricane Maria Where to find La Cucina Guava-Chili Tea The Mix Accra Friday Night Lights hosted by Glocal Citizen Kobby Graham and friends The Higher Self Podcast EP125 On Santería in Cuban Culture What is a Glockenspiel?Special Guest: Tara Aura Purnell.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! “The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. On Monday of this week, we celebrated global visionary, activist and minister, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For many, it is a time to reflect on how far the US and the world have progressed concerning civil/human rights for Black and colonized peoples. Dr. King’s work, especially as the Civil Rights Movement began casting a wider net on the levers of social and economic exclusion, was very much focused on supporting workers--dignity in labor. My guest this week has us fully engaged in reflection as he has spent his career focused on labor. Born and raised in Denmark, Tobias Bavnsgaard is an experienced International advisor and development program manager with more than a decade of international experience working and living in developing countries. After living in Mozambique, Tanzania, Bangladesh and a stint back in Denmark, he and his family are currently based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. From early in his career, unions played a key role affording him a strong background in labor organizations and working with development projects and programing in the civic and social sectors on the local, national and international levels. His international profile began to take shape in 2012, with the production of “The Good Growth,” a documentary making a critical assessment of the social impacts of economic growth by comparing the reality in Brazil, Philippines and Ghana against each other and to the Danish context. The documentary has been translated into English, Spanish, French and Arabic to reach a wide base of international trade union leaders and activists. With the advent of a more digitized world, the future of work and the evolution of work spaces are very necessary ongoing conversations. I hope this episode provides a foundation of knowledge and framwork for how to consider solutions leading to better long-term outcomes for global workers. Where to find Tobias? On LinkedIn On Instagram What’s Tobias listening to? Den Yderste Grænse / The Outer Limits Podcast Other topics of interest: Dr. King’s Last Campaign About the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) Tesla Strike in Sweden About the Toyota HiAce and transporting the masses On Civil Conflict in EthiopiaSpecial Guest: Tobias Bavnsgaard.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on we’re moving into the new year with some wise words and insights in Part 2 of my conversation with Ghanaian investor and developer of new businesses, Eric Osiakwan. With 25 years of experience spanning 32 countries in Africa gained through a number of successful tech start-ups, Eric is a leading pioneer of internet in Africa. Having worked in multiple countries building internet service providers (“ISP”) and ICT businesses, some of his successful exits include iBurst in South Africa, One2Net in Uganda, and BusyInternet in Ghana, to name a few. Eric also founded and ran the Africa ISP Association for eight years, during which the ISP industry grew by almost 120 percent. He then moved on to leading efforts to build submarine cables on the continent. Eric was part of a public-private partnership in Kenya that built and launched the TEAMS submarine fibre cable, the first to connect East Africa to the rest of the world. He subsequently contributed to the building of terrestrial fibre networks in Ghana and Nigeria. As we learned in Part 1 of the conversation, he Co-Founded Angel Africa List, Angel Fair Africa and currently heads Chanzo Capital, a venture and growth capital firm, investing capital, capacity and community in high-tech startups and scaleups in Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. Where to find Eric? ericosiakwan.com On LinkedIn On [Facebook](Eric Osiakwan) On [Instagram](Instagram (@eosiakwan)) On X What’s Eric reading? Works by Cheikh Anta Diop Other topics of interest: How Greater Accra (Tema) is the geographical center of the Earth About Panafest and Kojo Yankah On Ghana’s Joseph Project Year of Return Full Circle Africa Economic Conference Stripe Payments Platform Safaricom and the roots of Mobile Money United Nations Economic Commission for Africa: African Information Society Initiative(AISI) UNDP Internet Initiative for Africa What are Internet Exchange Points? The African Internet Service Providers Association ICANN and Esther Dyson About TEAMS Bongo Hive About the BenBen App On Eric’s book KINGS of Africa’s Digital EconomySpecial Guest: Eric Osiakwan.

New Year Greetings Glocal Citizens! Thank you to all that land here with us weekly to #listenandlearn about #DynamicDiasporans living, working and playing worldwide. I look forward to a new year of conversations that will include taking deeper dives into the whys and ways of reimagining global impact economics alongside continuing to travel far and wide with our guests. Stay tuned! This week, I’m joined by Monroe France the inaugural Vice Provost for Institutional Inclusive Excellence Tufts University and a professor of practice at the Jonathan Tisch College of Civic Life. Previously, Monroe served as the Senior Associate Vice President for Global Engagement and Inclusive Leadership in the Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation at New York University (NYU). Monroe’s career at NYU spanned nearly 20 years and he has 25 years of progressive experience in higher education, non-profits, corporate sectors, arts and creative industries, as well as social responsibility, humanitarian, and philanthropy initiatives as an educator, professor, professional trainer, consultant, strategist, and keynote presenter. Monroe has provided DEI, leadership and strategic consulting for executive managers across the globe at organizations such as the American Eagle Outfitter (AEO) and Unilever Global, the executive team for American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, and the management team at the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) in Washington DC. He works regularly with UN Women and has served as a consultant to a number of United Nations affiliates globally. Monroe has written articles and given lectures across the globe on the future of higher education and work. When he was at NYU, he founded and was the primary principal for the Global Inclusive Leadership and Management Institute and NYU’s Environmental and Justice Institute. Monroe’s background spans higher education, non-profits, corporate sectors, arts and creative industries, as well as social responsibility, humanitarian, and philanthropy initiatives. Monroe currently serves on the board for Global Black Pride and the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy where he serves as lead strategist for DEI. Monroe is a member of Future Talent Council where he serves on their DEI Task Force, Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding, and Future Skills think tanks. Monroe is also a professor at NYU Abu Dhabi J-term and a visiting thought leader for Woxsen University in India. He was most recently a visiting scholar for the University of Southern Maine’s school of business. Often described as a change maker, innovator, global thought leader, strategist, visionary, and a life-long learner I think you’ll agree once you have a listen. Where to find Monroe? On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook What’s Monroe watching? HGTV Investigation Discovery TV Other topics of interest: NYU Accra Labone Dialogues University of Free State, South Africa About the 2003 Northeast Blackout About Occupy Wall Street Lambda Legal Posse Foundation

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s guest is fast becoming a cultural icon across her chosen disciplines. Ghanaian by ancestry and born in German and spending a formative part of her life in England, Nana Oforiatta Ayim is a writer, filmmaker, and art historian. She is Founder of the ANO Institute of Arts and Knowledge, through which she has pioneered a Pan-African Cultural Encyclopaedia, a Mobile Museums Project, and curated Ghana’s first pavilion at the Venice Biennale. She published her first novel The God Child in 2019, and in German in 2021. She has made award-winning films for museums such as Tate Modern, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The New Museum. She is the recipient of various awards and honours, having been named one of the Apollo ’40 under 40’; one of 50 African Trailblazers by The Africa Report; a Quartz Africa Innovator in 2017; one of 12 African women making history in 2016 and one of 100 women of 2020 by Okayafrica. In 2020, she was appointed to the Advisory Council of Oxford University’s Cultural Programme and was a Principal Investigator on the Action for Restitution to Africa programme. She received the Ghana Woman of the Year Award in 2021. And in 2022 she was awarded the world’s biggest history prize from the Dan David Foundation for outstanding early and mid-career scholars and practitioners in the historical disciplines. Over the years it has been a treat to watch Nana’s vision come into being and even better was the chance to sit with her in one of her places of peace in Osu, Accra. Where to find Nana? https://www.nanaoforiattaayim.com/ On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook On X What’s Nana watching? Past Lives Other topics of interest: About [Akyem, Ghana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akyem ] Aburi, Ghana About Piet Mondrian Gus Casely-Hayford John Picton About the Liverpool Biennial Ousmane Sembène Mooji The Renoir CinemaSpecial Guest: Nana Oforiatta Ayim.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week is a fellow podcaster and we met as fellow members of a global #BWiD (Black Women in Development) Connect networking group. Born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe, Fiona Gambanga is a global health professional with more than seven years’ experience in qualitative and quantitative research, public health program planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. She has supported countries such as Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe in health workforce planning, diagnostics implementation research and UHC implementation and planning. Currently based in Kigali, Rwanda, Fiona is also the creator, host, and producer of the podcast Utano Public Health Chats, a program focused on educating young people about the field of public health in Africa and navigating careers in the field. For those of you planning a trip to Kigali anytime soon, you’ll want to listen in for some local lingo and recommendations for the foodie in you. Where to find Fiona? On LinkedIn On Instagram On X On Facebook What’s Fiona reading? The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Finding Me by Viola Davis The Urgent Life: My Story of Love, Loss and Survival by Bozoma Saint John Other topics of interest: US Student Acheivers Program - USAP What are A Levels? About December 1st - World AIDS Day On spoken English across the globe On Zimbabwe in 2011 and 2023 The Viber App Heaven Restaurant, KigaliSpecial Guest: Fiona Gambanga.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! In some circles, my guest for this two-part episode could be thought of as a spy by a different name. With roots in Jamaica, and raised between the Middle East, Europe and the United States, Suki Fuller, an intelligence advisor, author, acclaimed international keynote speaker and Fellow of The Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows is a women that is usually intent on not being watched. She is the Founder of Miribure, Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of DC Analytics and Storyteller for Group of Humans. She is a contributing author to A Practical Guide to Competitive Intelligence. Suki is a fierce supporter of intelligence, ethical tech, #SafetyTech, Security, Privacy and Surveillance. Her eclectic 20-year career within strategic intelligence and technology has taken her from the US Department of Defense to teaching business students in China. She currently resides in London, where she is an intrinsic part of the tech community as a Board Advisor for Tech London Advocates / Global Tech Advocates, which includes key positions as Co-Lead TLA Women in Tech, and Vice-Chair for GTA Black Women in Tech. Suki was recently named by the Most Influential Woman in UK Tech by Computer Weekly 2023. There’s so much more to this #dynamicdiasporan, I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Where to find Suki? On LinkedIn On X On Instagram What’s Suki reading? Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzeneger Cobalt Red: How the Boll of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara The Mircostress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems--and What to Do About It by Rob Cross and Karen Dillon Decentering Whiteness in the Workplace: A Guide for Equity and Inclusion by Janice Gassam Asare Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup’s Quest to End Privacy as We Know It by Kashmir HIll What’s Suki watching? Beckham on Netflix The Power on Amazon Prime Other topics of interest: Balham, London Surrey, United Kingdom Some Jamaican Patios to practice About Rastafarianism Pismo Beach, California Royal Air Force Lakenheath, an American Air Force Base in the UK Penn State’s Behrend College About Chi Chi’s Restaurant Mercyhurst University - Intelligence Studies Agatha Christie’s Poirot Twitter and SXSW About Robert Baker Innit? IA Safety Bill The Pod Generation FilmSpecial Guest: Suki Fuller.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week, we interrupt our scheduled Part 2 conversation with Suki Fuller to give some shine to a milestone event taking place in Cape Town, South Africa. Co-founded by my guest, Ghanaian, Eric Osiakwan, Angel Fair Africa, happening November 28th - December 1st, brings selected and curated entrepreneurs to pitch to a room of angel investors with the intent of doing deals. Eric is an entrepreneur and investor with 25 years of ICT industry leadership across Africa and the world, He has worked in 32 African countries setting up ISPs, ISPAs, IXPs and high-tech startups. He Co-Founded Angel Africa List, in addition to Angel Fair Africa and Chanzo Capital, he also currently serves on the board of Farmerline – some of which are his investments. While we made the connection in Cape Town, a funny thing happened on the streets of Brooklyn with another Glocal Citizen, Chinedu Echeruo (EP79) last summer that put an Aha! smile on our faces. #BorderlessMindset in action! This week our conversation is centered on all things Angel-Investing-Meets-Entrpreneurship as Eric and his team kick off Angel Fair Africa @10. Stay tuned for Part 2 of our conversation where we’ll get t o know more about Eric’s Glocal Citizenship journey. Where to find Eric? www.angelfairafrica.com On LinkedIn On Facebook On Instagram On XSpecial Guest: Eric Osiakwan.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! In some circles, my guest for this two-part episode could be thought of as a spy by a different name. With roots in Jamaica, and raised between the Middle East, Europe and the United States, Suki Fuller, an intelligence advisor, author, acclaimed international keynote speaker and Fellow of The Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows is a women that is usually intent on not being watched. She is the Founder of Miribure, Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of DC Analytics and Storyteller for Group of Humans. She is a contributing author to A Practical Guide to Competitive Intelligence. Suki is a fierce supporter of intelligence, ethical tech, #SafetyTech, Security, Privacy and Surveillance. Her eclectic 20-year career within strategic intelligence and technology has taken her from the US Department of Defense to teaching business students in China. She currently resides in London, where she is an intrinsic part of the tech community as a Board Advisor for Tech London Advocates / Global Tech Advocates, which includes key positions as Co-Lead TLA Women in Tech, and Vice-Chair for GTA Black Women in Tech. Suki was recently named by the Most Influential Woman in UK Tech by Computer Weekly 2023. There’s so much more to this #dynamicdiasporan, I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Where to find Suki? On LinkedIn On X On Instagram What’s Suki reading? Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzeneger Cobalt Red: How the Boll of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara The Mircostress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems--and What to Do About It by Rob Cross and Karen Dillon Decentering Whiteness in the Workplace: A Guide for Equity and Inclusion by Janice Gassam Asare Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup’s Quest to End Privacy as We Know It by Kashmir HIll What’s Suki watching? Beckham on Netflix The Power on Amazon Prime Other topics of interest: Balham, London Surrey, United Kingdom Some Jamaican Patios to practice About Rastafarianism Pismo Beach, California Royal Air Force Lakenheath, an American Air Force Base in the UK Penn State’s Behrend College About Chi Chi’s Restaurant Mercyhurst University - Intelligence Studies Agatha Christie’s Poirot Twitter and SXSW About Robert Baker Innit? IA Safety Bill The Pod Generation FilmSpecial Guest: Suki Fuller.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week I’m joined by a longtime friend as we both were about to hit the road for weekend adventures fitting our global missions. Photographer, Dante Bowen Hendricks found his calling as a young boy in Guyana when his uncle gifted him a rotating globe that sparked Dante's fascination with world cultures. After immigrating to Brooklyn as a teen, Dante set aside his passion for photography to work in his family's shipping business. But a trip back home reignited his love for the art. Dante dove into developing his skills, studying at the International Center of Photography. Though he does commercial work digitally, Dante prefers shooting personal projects on film. He's exhibited in New York as well as Baltimore and is new local, New Orleans. He is also a co-contributor along with fellow Brooklyn-bred photographer, Phillip Moi-Thuk-Shung to Inferno, a forthcoming book of photo essays. Dance and spiritual traditions are among Dante's favorite subjects. His distinct style retains a sense of childlike wonder, conveying cultures with sensitivity and nuance. Listen as Dante shares his globetrotting journey of discovering both himself and the world through his lens. Where to find Dante? On Instgram On Threads On Facebook On YouTube What’s Dante reading? Unreasonable Behavior: An Autobiography by Don McCullin Slightly Out of Focus by Robert Capa Ceasar: Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy Napolean: A Life by Andrew Roberts Other topics of interest: Geography of Guyana About Flatbed Trucking Talk like a Trucker Guyanese Metemgee About Seawall Sundays Fuji GW690 Cameras Lika Cameras Kodak Potra Knotting Hill Carnival Ndyuka People Chevalier FilmSpecial Guest: Dante Bowen Hendricks.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s episode is like the jetway bridging me between my two locations this week. From my Continental base in Accra, South Sudanese-Ethiopian-American, Nyamal Tutdeal, who is a conflict resolution and healing practitioner, joins us again to talk about, among other things, one of her homelands--Ethiopia, where I found myself (in Addis Ababa) for the weekend. Many may recall meeting Nyamal on the podcast prior to her move to Accra, and now after a nearly two years, she’s an “Accra-an.” With over a decade of work experience under her belt, Nyamal has developed and managed various programmes related togender, peace, security, and antiracist/race relations. She is a staunch advocate for women's empowerment, human rights, refugees, immigrants, displaced communities, and the fight against early child marriage. Nyamal is a Co-Director and Co-Founder of the NyaEden Foundation. She also works as an Adjunct Professor at both Arcadia University and Webster University in Ghana, where she provides academic support and teaches Introduction to Human Rights, Refugee and Migration Movement, Advocacy, NGO and Civil Society at Webster University Ghana campus. Nyamal is also involved in teaching Conflict Transformation, Restorative Justice, Mediation, and Conflict Coaching in the International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) program at Arcadia University. Prior to her relocation to Ghana, Nyamal served as the Director of Equity and Inclusion for CORA Services. Nyamal has a B.A. in Human Relations and an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution. Nyamal is now at the head of her own consultancy, The Nyamal Group which she launched this year. Where to find Nyamal? On LinkedIn On Instagram On X On Facebook Shades of Injera What's Nyamal reading? Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku What’s Nyamal watching? About Star Wars and the Ashoka TV Series Other topics of interest? About the Nuer People Demographics in Ethiopia Civil Conflict in Ethiopia On Empire, here are some articles that analyze empire and colonization as major drivers of present-day inequality: "The Empire of Inequality: Introduction" by Himadeep Muppidi - Discusses how colonial empires created enduring global inequality through exploitation, extraction of wealth, and imposition of power structures. "The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa" by Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias Papaioannou - Economic analysis finding that artificial colonial borders continue to impact economic development and inequality across African nations today. "The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation" by Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson - Research arguing colonialism set up institutions that continue to affect world inequality. "Imperialism and Colonialism" by Battiston et al. - Reviews how empires led to concentration of wealth and power for imperial nations that remains evident in 21st century global inequality. “How Western Colonization Launched Capitalism with Violence and Ruin" by Nicholas De Genova - Discusses direct links between violent colonization, slavery, genocide and the rise of global capitalism and inequality. “The Impact of Colonialism on African Economic Development” by Joshua Settles - Analysis of economic exploitation, extraction of resources, and disruption of existing systems during European colonization of Africa. SAD - Seasonal Effective Disorder 54th NAACP Image Awards Sheryl Lee Ralph’s dress and designer, Pistis Ghana South Sudan’s Political Structure South Sudan’s Vice Presidents and Fourth VP, Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior About Hope Resoration South Sudan About the South Sudanese Civil War About South Sudan’s Minister of Interior, Angelina Teny Bella Afrik in Accra The Mix AccraSpecial Guest: Nyamal Tutdeal.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week I had the opportunity to catch up with Christa Eiise Sanders, an International Education professional with over 20 years of progressively responsible and diverse experience within the field of higher education. She is currently the Campus Director at Webster University in Accra, Ghana. A graduate of Spelman College and Columbia University, her expertise includes strategic planning, program development, counseling (with a focus in multiculturalism/diversity); academic oversight, advising and planning. She also has a strong background in creating and managing study abroad programs in Africa and Europe. Growing up in an Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania with educators as parents, academics and higher education have been a mainstay in Christa's life and have opened the door to living ans working in Spain, Germany, and now Ghana. Her publications and research stress understanding of cultural factors on a worldwide scale. and with extensive travel and study experience spanning over 65 countries she is also a polyglot; her languages include Spanish, German, Portuguese and beginning Twi. Where to find Christa? blackwomenabroad.org On [LinkedIn](lhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/christa-sanders-elise/) On Instagram On Facebook Topics of interest: About Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania On Jamestown, Accra About the funeral rights of Ga Manye Naa Dedei Omaedru III Brief history of the Ga people’s migration to Accra About the Orthodox Coptic Church About Quaker Schools About Ashesi University’s Patrick Awuah About Robert F. Smith ArtX LagosSpecial Guest: Christa Elise Sanders.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week I have the pleasure getting to know a longtime friend even better from insights into his professional world. An internationally recognized recording artist, vocal coach, songwriter/writer, style influencer, and entrepreneur, Ghanaian-Cuban-American, Jeremiah Abiah inspires artists around the world to learn, love, and live their voice. His creative talents and expertise have made him a sought-after coach for national and international singers, actors, rappers, and public speakers. His influence and involvement have launched the careers of many musicians currently on the charts. As a singer, producer and writer, his recording contributions have been nominated for Grammy Awards, the Latin Grammys, the NAACP Image Awards and the 2020 Oscar Awards with Cynthia Erivo. He works with an array of celebrated artists such as Common, Brandy, Robert Glasper, Ro James and others. He launched TheABIAHway, an artist development platform, to enlighten, inspire, and empower music artists globally and expanding his influence in the music industry. His work has launched the careers of many current music artists on the charts and on Broadway. Clients include Sony, RCA, Atlantic, Columbia Records as well as numerous Broadway and Opera Stars. This former Professor of Voice at Berklee College of Music can be seen on the stage at music festivals, concert halls and teaching Masterclasses worldwide. In 2020, he debuted his popular new Facebook Live talk show, Inside the Singer’s Voice where each episode is an intimate conversation between great singers about great singing. As you’ll hear, there’s much, much more to Jeremiah’s own voice and story. Where to find Jeremiah? On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook On X On YouTube Topics of interest: About George Michael Opera Greats William Warfield and Leontyne Price Rochester School of the Arts About Patricia Seymour Alexander About the Art Song Repertoire NAACP ACT-SO Acheivement Program Eastman School of Music New England Conservatory About The Chi’s Ntare Mwine Otter.ai Ain’t Too Proud, The Musical About Michael Swanson Ron Simon’s SimonSays Entertainment About Pamela Cooper’s, The Cooper Company About Shanice What is the “Whistle Tone?” About Gospel Great, Yolanda Adams Laylah Hathaway Mint Condition’s Stokley Williams Claude Kelly R&B and Soul Legends Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross and Barry White About Bill T. JonesSpecial Guest: Jeremiah Abiah.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! For this week’s episode I found myself in a hidden gem of a community in East London with a not so hidden gem in the European investment space, Eric Collins. Eric, born an raised in the southern United States, has called London home for the nearly 10 years. He is a serial entrepreneur, investor, technology executive and host of Channel 4 business show, The Money Maker, which is based on the highly successful US show The Profit on CNBC. Eric has spent much of his career building the value of digital companies through innovative strategies at public and private companies including AOL, TimeWarner, Tegic/Nuance Communications, MobilePosse, SwiftKey/Microsoft and most recently, Touch Surgery, where he was COO. He sits on the boards of companies in San Francisco and London, including Tech Nation. In 2011, President Obama, a fellow Harvard Law School classmate, appointed him to the Small Business Administration’s Council on Underserved Communities. Eric is also a brand ambassador for luxury car manufacturer, Audi, and the youth charity The Prince’s Trust. In 2018, The Financial Times named him among the UK’s top 100 BAME leaders in technology. Since 2019, he has been voted one of the most influential Black people in Britain on The Powerlist. In his award-winning book, We Don’t Need Permission: How Black Business Can Change Our World (Penguin), Eric argues investing in Black and underrepresented entrepreneurs is the surest, fastest socio-economic game changer there is. And with his work as a Founder and CEO of Impact X Capital we believe him! Where to find Eric? www.impactxcapital.com On LinkedIn On X On Instagram What’s Eric reading? J. Califoria Cooper What’s Eric watching? Purlie Victorious The Lehman Trilogy Other topics of interest: Revisit fellow Glocal Citizen Natasha Moore Greensboro, North Carolina Tuskegee University Bennett College North Carolina A&T State University On Charles Blow’s The Devil You Know Roger Fisher’s Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving On the Black Power Movement About the inaugural SBA Council on Underserved Communities and Chair, Cathy Hughes Audra McDonald & Brian Stokes Mitchell Perform 'Wheels of a Dream' From RAGTIME First Black Mayor of Charlotte Harvey Gantt Former Governor of Virgina Douglas Wilder GiveBLACK About Ric Lewis No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency About MarshmallowSpecial Guest: Eric Collins.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! Did you miss us? We missed you! September threw me for a bit of a loop with travel and wifi access which resulted in a brief break. My travels took me on a Northern Lights adventure through remote Alaska where we actually experienced the North Pole! Then it was a return to summer in the southern U.S. with a grounding trip to Atlanta, Georgia. I’m back in NYC for this two-part episode and taking a stroll down a few Brooklyn memory lanes with my guest, Ky Adderley is a leadership and education expert, mentor, super connector; and networking guru, a persistent link between people and their dreams. He has conducted school reviews and training for teachers and principals on three continents – North America, South America, and Africa – working to increase the number of quality schools and leaders available to low-income children worldwide. He has been a leader in the education sector for 20 years, and has more recently pivoted in the direction of sports management. Coming from a family known for professional athletes he is no stranger to sports and operations. He was an All-American high school and collegiate runner at Georgetown University going on to run as an Olympic hopeful before hanging up his spikes to focus on giving back to the communities that raised him. Also an advocate for social justice education, he has been nicknamed by some: “Know Justice, Know Peace.” Ky has recently taken on a new role as Vice President of Maven Sports Group. We know this too will be a smashing success for Ky--Congratulations!! Where to find Ky? www.kyadderley.com On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook On X What’s Ky reading? The Art of War by Sun Zu Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months by Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington Other topics of interest: Germantown, Pennsylvania Mount Airy, Pennsylvania Frank Gagliano Ganas! meaning Teach for America KIPP and David Levin Kung Fu Theater Capoeira Cannonball Adderley Professional Football Hall of Fame Cornerback Herb Adderley Nasifr Adderley About Cash Money Records Father Raymong Kemp About Ky's work with Danielle Fazio About Match Fit AcademySpecial Guest: Ky Adderley.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! Did you miss us? We missed you! September threw me for a bit of a loop with travel and wifi access which resulted in a brief break. My travels took me on a Northern Lights adventure through remote Alaska where we actually experienced the North Pole! Then it was a return to summer in the southern U.S. with a grounding trip to Atlanta, Georgia. I’m back in NYC for this two-part episode and taking a stroll down a few Brooklyn memory lanes with my guest, Ky Adderley is a leadership and education expert, mentor, super connector; and networking guru, a persistent link between people and their dreams. He has conducted school reviews and training for teachers and principals on three continents – North America, South America, and Africa – working to increase the number of quality schools and leaders available to low-income children worldwide. He has been a leader in the education sector for 20 years, and has more recently pivoted in the direction of sports management. Coming from a family known for professional athletes he is no stranger to sports and operations. He was an All-American high school and collegiate runner at Georgetown University going on to run as an Olympic hopeful before hanging up his spikes to focus on giving back to the communities that raised him. Also an advocate for social justice education, he has been nicknamed by some: “Know Justice, Know Peace.” Ky has recently taken on a new role as Vice President of Maven Sports Group. We know this too will be a smashing success for Ky--Congratulations!! Where to find Ky? www.kyadderley.com On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook On X What’s Ky reading? The Art of War by Sun Zu Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months by Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington Other topics of interest: Germantown, Pennsylvania Mount Airy, Pennsylvania Frank Gagliano Ganas! meaning Teach for America KIPP and David Levin Kung Fu Theater Capoeira Cannonball Adderley Professional Football Hall of Fame Cornerback Herb Adderley Nasifr Adderley About Cash Money Records Father Raymong Kemp About Ky's work with Danielle Fazio About Match Fit AcademySpecial Guest: Ky Adderley.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast I have the pleasure of hosting a social innovator who intersects not only my local experiences in Brooklyn and Accra, he is the husband of my guest on Episode 139, Asmeret Berhe-Lumax and on the Advisory Committee of Episodes 42/43 guest, Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo’s African Health Now. A fellow Ghanaian, Stanley Lumax is currently the Executive Brand Marketing Director at JP Morgan Chase, where he manages the Sapphire and Freedom Unlimited portfolios. Prior to this role, he partnered with Complex Media Networks to create Climate, an agency built to help brands harness the power of youth culture. He has also worked with brands such as Nike Basketball, National Basketball Association, Converse, Beats By Dre’, Brooklyn Nets, Pepsi, Budweiser and a host of other brands that have impacted popular culture. He’s taken this experience and applied it to his desire to bring the African Diaspora together. In 2019, he partnered with celebrated Senegalese chef, Pierre Thiam to open a West African concept restaraunt called Teranga, which has been celebrated as one of the top 20 places to eat in New York City. A fun and engaging conversation, be sure to check out the other topics of interest below for insights on some of the many topics we cover in our discussion. Where to find Stanley? On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook On X/Twitter What’s Stanley listening to? The Joe Budden Podcast Earn Your Leisure Podcast A Dose of Black Joy and Caffeine with Justin Adu Jungle Brothers Q-tip Big Daddy Kane KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions What’s Stanley watching? Ladies First: A story of Women in Hip-Hop Other topics of interest: Ga People in Osu, Accra About Ebbets Field, Brooklyn About Bronwsville, Brooklyn Tracy Towers, The Bronx About US Immigration Policy in 2017 About Abiola Oke About Luol Deng About Nana “Pops” Mensah-Bonsu About And1 Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hang About SLR CamerasSpecial Guest: Stanley Lumax.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast I have the pleasure of hosting the gentleman who opened the invitation to what is now Glocal Citizens. As you listen to the episode, you’ll understand more about how my guest’s investment ethic and a particular investment in a start-up podcasting network four years ago are at the intersection of our collective coming to being on this page. Born into multiracial family in Trinidad & Tobago, now based in Southern California, my guest is investor, influencer and friend, Garnet Heraman. With over 25 years experience at the intersection of innovation, diversity and technology, Garnet is a frequent speaker at events around the world; his portfolio has been featured in Time Magazine, BuzzFeed, Forbes, Bloomberg, HuffPost, Thrillist, WSJ, Institutional Investor, Inc., Entrepreneur, GMA, Travel+ Leisure + O, Oprah Magazine. He is co-founder and managing partner of Aperture VC, the US’s largest fintech fund backed by multiple Fortune 500 companies. He is also co-founder of FUEL OZ.Capital, an opportunity zone sponsor of innovation hubs to drive inclusive development. Previously, he was co-founder of Aegis Investment Partners, a private equity boutique specializing in growth capital for corpvc backed companies. He is an investor or board member at numerous ventures and is co-owner of the sustainable apparel brand, Karina Dresses. Garnet’s non-profit work includes the Brookings Institute (advisor); the Columbia Venture Community; TiE New York, where he was a founding board member; The CORO Foundation, which named him to their prestigious Leadership New York Program in the 2000-1 cohort and; Rhizome.org, the world's first digital art space on the web. Where to find Garnet? ApertureVC.com On LinkedIn What’s Garnet reading? The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Other topics of interest: About the Woolworth Building About Aperture’s William Crowder Carla Harris Fred Wilson Joanne Solomon Wilson Union Square Ventures Digitial NYC: Wired to the World Program Philip McKenzie Comcast Catalyst FundSpecial Guest: Garnet Heraman.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! We’re traveling from Canada to the north of Ghana and back again in this two part conversation with Ghanaian-Canadian, Hawa Kombian. As an intentional, passionate and creative leader who enables organizational founders’ and their teams to achieve operational sustainability and social vibrancy by building results-driven cultures of connection, Hawa is squarely focused on bridges all the dimensions of leadership toward more impact and sustainable presents for her clients. Having a background in communications, and humanitarian pursuits with organizations leading in innovative technology and social change, her experience spans education, digital health, and leadership development across government, non-profit, and social enterprise sectors. She is an empathetic systems-builder, which means she seamlessly flows between cultivating authentic relationships with people to draw out their strengths, and creating strategic processes that allow teams to collaborate and achieve success together. You can find her public speaking at events and podcasts on people and organizational management; blogging about personal, and professional strategy; and coaching leaders on how to strategically make an impact in their organizations and communities. Work with her via Hawa Kombian Consulting Where to find Hawa? On LinkedIn On Instagram On Soundcloud On Twitter What’s Hawa watching? BoJack Horseman SpongeBob SquarePants Other topics of interest: Gambaga in Northeast Ghana Bunkpurugu in Northern Ghana About the new International Tamale Airport Youth Alive Ghana African Leadership Group eHealth AfricaSpecial Guest: Hawa Kombian.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! We’re traveling from Canada to the north of Ghana and back again in this two part conversation with Ghanaian-Canadian, Hawa Kombian. As an intentional, passionate and creative leader who enables organizational founders’ and their teams to achieve operational sustainability and social vibrancy by building results-driven cultures of connection, Hawa is squarely focused on bridges all the dimensions of leadership toward more impact and sustainable presents for her clients. Having a background in communications, and humanitarian pursuits with organizations leading in innovative technology and social change, her experience spans education, digital health, and leadership development across government, non-profit, and social enterprise sectors. She is an empathetic systems-builder, which means she seamlessly flows between cultivating authentic relationships with people to draw out their strengths, and creating strategic processes that allow teams to collaborate and achieve success together. You can find her public speaking at events and podcasts on people and organizational management; blogging about personal, and professional strategy; and coaching leaders on how to strategically make an impact in their organizations and communities. Work with her via Hawa Kombian Consulting Where to find Hawa? On LinkedIn On Instagram On Soundcloud On Twitter What’s Hawa watching? BoJack Horseman SpongeBob SquarePants Other topics of interest: Gambaga in Northeast Ghana Bunkpurugu in Northern Ghana About the new International Tamale Airport Youth Alive Ghana African Leadership Group eHealth AfricaSpecial Guest: Hawa Kombian.

Hi there Glocal Citizens! If you like the idea of being bold, you’ll love the idea of “Beaming Bold”after listening in on thes conversation with my guest, Aurda Gordon. Audra’s journey began in the beautiful islands of St.Vincent and the Grenadines where she was born and Brooklyn, New York where she was raised. She is now now an expat living in Hong Kong for almost 12 years. As a Wealth Management and Business Development Professional with extensive experience in retail banking and retail fashion, she is a self-starter who has excelled in senior roles in customer experience, relationship management, and strategy consulting in Hong Kong, New York, and Ghana. She has a proven track record of spearheading initiatives that strengthen the mission, brand, and financial position of enterprises; including those which were self-founded. A serial entrepreneur, she is the founder of Beam Bold – a vibrant resort wear brand focused on size inclusion and reducing textile waste. She is also founder of Global Identity Partners – a coaching and retail business consultancy. Another stamped and sealed Glocal Citizen, her passion for travel has taken her to 76 countries across six continents. Although she enjoys seeing much of the world, she has a strong connection to the African continent having visited 26 countries and frequently travels there. As she puts it, on her Audraverse platform, this probably explains why her ideal meal would be; jollof rice wrapped in a roti with some dim sum on the side. Where to find Audra? audraverse.com beambold.com On LinkedIn On [Instagram]([https://www.instagram.com/audraverse/?hl=en) On Facebook On X On YouTube What’s Audra reading? The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listenby Donald Miller Other topics of interest: About the Wan Chai neighborhood Causeway Bay in Hong Kong Sham Shui Po Garment District Fashion Connect AfricaSpecial Guest: Audra Gordon.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we’re taking a trip to the stars and back with astrophysicist, author, STEM educator, multi-patented inventor, voice actor, TV personality, science communicator, and keynote speaker, Hakeem Oluseyi. Another fellow Stanford University Alum, Hakeem recently served as the Space Science Education Lead in the Space Mission Directorate at NASA headquarters. His work has resulted in 11 patents, and more than 100 publications covering contributions to astrophysics, cosmology, plasma physics, and the development of space missions, observatories, focal plane instruments, detectors, semiconductor manufacturing, and ion propulsion. He has co-hosted and contributed to several shows on Science Channel and Discovery International including Outrageous Acts of Science, How the Universe Works, Space's Deepest Secrets, Strange Evidence, You Have Been Warned, The Planets and Beyond, and Strip the Cosmos. He regularly appears on news programs and has won or been nominated for several awards for science reporting including an Emmy nomination and four Webby Awards. His memoir A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars was released in 2021. Hakeem sees his professional mission as advancing humanity's understanding of the universe through scientific inquiry; passing on the detailed knowledge of this process and its results to the next generation; and service to humanity and country. True to his mission, he is doing all of the above not only in the U.S., but across the planet and into the cosmos. Where to find Hakeem? On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook On Twitter What’s Hakeem Listening to? Philosophize This! Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History Curtis Mayfield Other topics of interest: The DMV Wealthiest Counties in the United States IMAP - Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe Roddenbery Entertainment About Musician, Eminem Mangaia Island National Society of Black Physicists Mythology by Edith Hamilton Nairobi Planterium What's an Error Bar On Dark Matter About the physicists~ About Charles McGruder Willie Rockward Stephon Alexander About Cynthia McINtyre Arthur B.C. Walker, Jr. Pius Okeke Thebe Medupe Saul PerlmutterSpecial Guest: Hakeem Oluseyi .

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we’re taking a trip to the stars and back with astrophysicist, author, STEM educator, multi-patented inventor, voice actor, TV personality, science communicator, and keynote speaker, Hakeem Oluseyi. Another fellow Stanford University Alum, Hakeem recently served as the Space Science Education Lead in the Space Mission Directorate at NASA headquarters. His work has resulted in 11 patents, and more than 100 publications covering contributions to astrophysics, cosmology, plasma physics, and the development of space missions, observatories, focal plane instruments, detectors, semiconductor manufacturing, and ion propulsion. He has co-hosted and contributed to several shows on Science Channel and Discovery International including Outrageous Acts of Science, How the Universe Works, Space's Deepest Secrets, Strange Evidence, You Have Been Warned, The Planets and Beyond, and Strip the Cosmos. He regularly appears on news programs and has won or been nominated for several awards for science reporting including an Emmy nomination and four Webby Awards. His memoir A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars was released in 2021. Hakeem sees his professional mission as advancing humanity's understanding of the universe through scientific inquiry; passing on the detailed knowledge of this process and its results to the next generation; and service to humanity and country. True to his mission, he is doing all of the above not only in the U.S., but across the planet and into the cosmos. Where to find Hakeem? On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook On Twitter What’s Hakeem Listening to? Philosophize This! Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History Curtis Mayfield Other topics of interest: The DMV Wealthiest Counties in the United States IMAP - Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe Roddenbery Entertainment About Musician, Eminem Mangaia Island National Society of Black Physicists Mythology by Edith Hamilton Nairobi Planterium What's an Error Bar On Dark Matter About the physicists~ About Charles McGruder Willie Rockward Stephon Alexander About Cynthia McINtyre Arthur B.C. Walker, Jr. Pius Okeke Thebe Medupe Saul PerlmutterSpecial Guest: Hakeem Oluseyi .

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s episode comes to you from Dakar, by way of New York City and [Banjul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjul "smartCard-inline) in The Gambia. My guest, Gambian-American, Begay Downes-Thomas was born and raised in New York City to Gambian parents and currently calls Dakar, Senegal her base. She has more than 20 years of experience as a senior advocacy strategist in strategic communication, partnerships, and media in the development sector - specifically in strategies, branding, and resource mobilization at the country and regional level in Africa and internationally. She currently leads Global Partnerships at SEED Project in Senegal and is a brand experience curator. As you’ll learn in our conversation, Begay shares great perspectives on the power of leveraging your network, intentional preparation, and purpose-driven partnerships in establishing a work-life balance as a global nomad. Where to find Begay? On LinkedIn On Instagram On Twitter On Facebook What’s Begay listening to? Yousou N’Dour Feel Better, Live More Podcast Senegalese Musicians Other topics of interest: Oukam, Senegal Wolof Glocal Speak, Jàmm rekk and other greetings About Senegal’s first President, Léopold Sédar Senghor About Amadou Gallo Fall About the NBA Academy in Senegal About Talibés About [Mbalax Music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbalax )Special Guest: Begay Downes-Thomas.

Summer Solstice Greetings Glocal Citizens! I’m fresh off of a couple of weeks of ramping up the summer in Europe where the sun was truly a superstar right alongside my guest for the next few episodes. James Barnor is a Ghanaian photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been discovered by new audiences. In his street and studio photography, Barnor represents societies in transition in the 1950s and 1960s: Ghana moving toward independence, and London becoming a multicultural metropolis. He has said: "I was lucky to be alive when things were happening...when Ghana was going to be independent and Ghana became independent, and when I came to England the Beatles were around. Things were happening in the 60s, so I call myself Lucky Jim." He was Ghana's first full-time newspaper photographer in the 1950s, and he is credited with introducing color processing to Ghana in the 1970s. It has been said: "James Barnor is to Ghana and photojournalism what Ousmane Sembène was to Senegal and African cinema." Barnor has spoken of how his work was rediscovered in 2007 during the "Ghana at 50" jubilee season by curator Nana Oforiatta-Ayim, who organized the first exhibition of his photographs at Black Cultural Archives (BCA). Appreciation of his work as a studio portraitist, photojournalist and Black lifestyle photographer has been further heightened since 2010 when a major solo retrospective exhibition of his photographs, Ever Young: James Barnor, was mounted at Rivington Place, London, followed by a series of exhibitions including in the United States and South Africa. His photographs were collated by the non-profit agency Autograph ABP during a four-year project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and in 2011 became part of the new Archive and Research Centre for Culturally Diverse Photography. Barnor's photographs have also in recent years had showings in Ghana, South Africa, France - (Paris Photo 2011, Galerie Baudoin Lebon; Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière), The Netherlands, the UK and the US. The first monograph of his work, entitled James Barnor: Ever Young, was published in 2015, including an extensive conversation between Barnor and Margaret Busby with Francis Hodgson. I’m honored to be able to share his story--the history, the craft, the artistry and the humor of Uncle Jim. Where to find James? On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook In the New York Times What’s Uncle Jim watching? America’s Got Talent Britain’s Got Talent Other topics of interest: About Two Coronations Accra earthquake 1939 A brief history of housing in Ghana 1942 Shipwreck What is Akpeteshie? On Kodak’s Baby Brownie Camera Other Kodak cameras Ghana’s Daily Graphic Letterpress vs the Next-generation Press Ghana's Prized Boxer Roy Ankrah About British Accra and the Seaview Hotel Krobo Edusei World University Service - Canada Drum Magazine Achimota School Medway College of Arts - Kent Oko KolamashieSpecial Guest: James Barnor.

Summer Solstice Greetings Glocal Citizens! I’m fresh off of a couple of weeks of ramping up the summer in Europe where the sun was truly a superstar right alongside my guest for the next few episodes. James Barnor is a Ghanaian photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been discovered by new audiences. In his street and studio photography, Barnor represents societies in transition in the 1950s and 1960s: Ghana moving toward independence, and London becoming a multicultural metropolis. He has said: "I was lucky to be alive when things were happening...when Ghana was going to be independent and Ghana became independent, and when I came to England the Beatles were around. Things were happening in the 60s, so I call myself Lucky Jim." He was Ghana's first full-time newspaper photographer in the 1950s, and he is credited with introducing color processing to Ghana in the 1970s. It has been said: "James Barnor is to Ghana and photojournalism what Ousmane Sembène was to Senegal and African cinema." Barnor has spoken of how his work was rediscovered in 2007 during the "Ghana at 50" jubilee season by curator Nana Oforiatta-Ayim, who organized the first exhibition of his photographs at Black Cultural Archives (BCA). Appreciation of his work as a studio portraitist, photojournalist and Black lifestyle photographer has been further heightened since 2010 when a major solo retrospective exhibition of his photographs, Ever Young: James Barnor, was mounted at Rivington Place, London, followed by a series of exhibitions including in the United States and South Africa. His photographs were collated by the non-profit agency Autograph ABP during a four-year project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and in 2011 became part of the new Archive and Research Centre for Culturally Diverse Photography. Barnor's photographs have also in recent years had showings in Ghana, South Africa, France - (Paris Photo 2011, Galerie Baudoin Lebon; Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière), The Netherlands, the UK and the US. The first monograph of his work, entitled James Barnor: Ever Young, was published in 2015, including an extensive conversation between Barnor and Margaret Busby with Francis Hodgson. I’m honored to be able to share his story--the history, the craft, the artistry and the humor of Uncle Jim. Where to find James? On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook In the New York Times What’s Uncle Jim watching? America’s Got Talent Britain’s Got Talent Other topics of interest: About Two Coronations Accra earthquake 1939 A brief history of housing in Ghana 1942 Shipwreck What is Akpeteshie? On Kodak’s Baby Brownie Camera Other Kodak cameras Ghana’s Daily Graphic Letterpress vs the Next-generation Press Ghana's Prized Boxer Roy Ankrah About British Accra and the Seaview Hotel Krobo Edusei World University Service - Canada Drum Magazine Achimota School Medway College of Arts - Kent Oko KolamashieSpecial Guest: James Barnor.

Summer Solstice Greetings Glocal Citizens! I’m fresh off of a couple of weeks of ramping up the summer in Europe where the sun was truly a superstar right alongside my guest for the next few episodes. James Barnor is a Ghanaian photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been discovered by new audiences. In his street and studio photography, Barnor represents societies in transition in the 1950s and 1960s: Ghana moving toward independence, and London becoming a multicultural metropolis. He has said: "I was lucky to be alive when things were happening...when Ghana was going to be independent and Ghana became independent, and when I came to England the Beatles were around. Things were happening in the 60s, so I call myself Lucky Jim." He was Ghana's first full-time newspaper photographer in the 1950s, and he is credited with introducing color processing to Ghana in the 1970s. It has been said: "James Barnor is to Ghana and photojournalism what Ousmane Sembène was to Senegal and African cinema." Barnor has spoken of how his work was rediscovered in 2007 during the "Ghana at 50" jubilee season by curator Nana Oforiatta-Ayim, who organized the first exhibition of his photographs at Black Cultural Archives (BCA). Appreciation of his work as a studio portraitist, photojournalist and Black lifestyle photographer has been further heightened since 2010 when a major solo retrospective exhibition of his photographs, Ever Young: James Barnor, was mounted at Rivington Place, London, followed by a series of exhibitions including in the United States and South Africa. His photographs were collated by the non-profit agency Autograph ABP during a four-year project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and in 2011 became part of the new Archive and Research Centre for Culturally Diverse Photography. Barnor's photographs have also in recent years had showings in Ghana, South Africa, France - (Paris Photo 2011, Galerie Baudoin Lebon; Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière), The Netherlands, the UK and the US. The first monograph of his work, entitled James Barnor: Ever Young, was published in 2015, including an extensive conversation between Barnor and Margaret Busby with Francis Hodgson. I’m honored to be able to share his story--the history, the craft, the artistry and the humor of Uncle Jim. Where to find James? On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook In the New York Times What’s Uncle Jim watching? America’s Got Talent Britain’s Got Talent Other topics of interest: About Two Coronations Accra earthquake 1939 A brief history of housing in Ghana 1942 Shipwreck What is Akpeteshie? On Kodak’s Baby Brownie Camera Other Kodak cameras Ghana’s Daily Graphic Letterpress vs the Next-generation Press Ghana's Prized Boxer Roy Ankrah About British Accra and the Seaview Hotel Krobo Edusei World University Service - Canada Drum Magazine Achimota School Medway College of Arts - Kent Oko KolamashieSpecial Guest: James Barnor.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we have another two-part conversation, with one of Ghana’s foremost creative culture practitioners. Aseye Tamakloe is a filmmaker and lecturer at the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) and a PhD candidate at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana Legon - both in Accra. She has worked as editor, director and producer on a number of local and international productions. As a freelance editor, her works include, award-winning films such as Perfect Picture, by Shirley Frimpong–Manso, Chronicles of Odumkrom:The Headmaster, by Ernest Kofi Abbeyquaye, Who is Afraid of Ngugi by Malian filmmaker, Manthia Diawara, and Freetown by US filmmaker, Garret Barty. She is a co-programmer for the Film Africa Festival, London’s biggest celebration of African and African diaspora cinema presented by the Royal African Society. She was also the Festival Manager and Director of the European Film Festival, Ghana. (EUFFGH). She is the founder and festival director of Ndiva Women’s Film Festival which aims to create artistic platforms for the presentation and preservation of work by, for and about women. And, most recently she is director and editor of the documentary film When Women Speak. Keep reading for a wealth of further insights into topics discussed during our conversation. I learned so much about African cinema history and present, and I have a feeling from this session with this Glocal Citizen, you will too! Where to find Aseye? When Women Speak Film On [LinkedIn](linkedin.com/in/aseye-tamakloe-28729a2a) On Instagram On Facebook On Twitter On YouTube Who is Aseye reading? Paulo Coelho Ama Ata Aidoo [Kofi Awoonor]((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofi_Awoonor "smartCard-inline") Leila Aboulela Okyeame Literary Magazine Toni Morrison Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Who is Aseye listening to? Culture Amakye Dede Opera Greats Other topics of interest: Film, Form and Culture by Robert Kolker Alice Guy-Blaché D.W. Griffith Mr. Mensah Builds a House The Boy Kumasenu GFIC - Ghana Film Industry Corporation 1966 Coup d’Etat in Ghana Hamile: The Tongo Hamlet I Told You So Five Fingers for Marseilles Ghana Academy of Film and Television Arts Fescpaco Black Star International Film Festival NCWD in action Gen Z (Zoomers) vs Millennials Abantu Ghana About Desiderata Poem Special Guest: Aseye Tamakloe.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we have another two-part conversation, with one of Ghana’s foremost creative culture practitioners. Aseye Tamakloe is a filmmaker and lecturer at the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) and a PhD candidate at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana Legon - both in Accra. She has worked as editor, director and producer on a number of local and international productions. As a freelance editor, her works include, award-winning films such as Perfect Picture, by Shirley Frimpong–Manso, Chronicles of Odumkrom:The Headmaster, by Ernest Kofi Abbeyquaye, Who is Afraid of Ngugi by Malian filmmaker, Manthia Diawara, and Freetown by US filmmaker, Garret Barty. She is a co-programmer for the Film Africa Festival, London’s biggest celebration of African and African diaspora cinema presented by the Royal African Society. She was also the Festival Manager and Director of the European Film Festival, Ghana. (EUFFGH). She is the founder and festival director of Ndiva Women’s Film Festival which aims to create artistic platforms for the presentation and preservation of work by, for and about women. And, most recently she is director and editor of the documentary film When Women Speak. Keep reading for a wealth of further insights into topics discussed during our conversation. I learned so much about African cinema history and present, and I have a feeling from this session with this Glocal Citizen, you will too! Where to find Aseye? When Women Speak Film On [LinkedIn](linkedin.com/in/aseye-tamakloe-28729a2a) On Instagram On Facebook On Twitter On YouTube Who is Aseye reading? Paulo Coelho Ama Ata Aidoo [Kofi Awoonor]((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofi_Awoonor "smartCard-inline") Leila Aboulela Okyeame Literary Magazine Toni Morrison Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Who is Aseye listening to? Culture Amakye Dede Opera Greats Other topics of interest: Film, Form and Culture by Robert Kolker Alice Guy-Blaché D.W. Griffith Mr. Mensah Builds a House The Boy Kumasenu GFIC - Ghana Film Industry Corporation 1966 Coup d’Etat in Ghana Hamile: The Tongo Hamlet I Told You So Five Fingers for Marseilles Ghana Academy of Film and Television Arts Fescpaco Black Star International Film Festival NCWD in action Gen Z (Zoomers) vs Millennials Abantu Ghana About Desiderata Poem Special Guest: Aseye Tamakloe.

Greeting Glocal Citizens! This week we’re visiting the US’s Golden State in a back-to-the-future kind of moment. A New York native, my guest, Kaigani Turner and I both honed our “tech cred” during our years on the Stanford University campus somehow laying the foundation, plotting, programming and piecing together a present in the media space. Now a digital media innovator with over 25 years of experience most of which was spent living and working in London, Kai has been active in the NFT space since 2017 and is a thought leader in defining #Media3 as the intersection between web3 and media and entertainment. He is an Executive Producer of I'm New Here – a documentary film chronicling over 90 key artists and personalities in the NFT space. While at Sony Pictures Entertainment, he filed three patents related to blockchain and NFT technologies, after which he worked in Emerging Experiences and Product Content Innovation at Netflix where his projects included Love, Death and Robots and Martin Scorsese's The Irishman as well as the new Netflix Games Platform initiative, all while maintaining a focus on how to discover and promote Franchise IP on the service. In 2021 he left Netflix to join the Web3 space full-time and is an advisor to multiple web3 companies including Doodles, National Lampoon and NFT42 (Avastars, VeeFriends, Sotheby's). He created MeebitsDAO and helped to launch a number of successful NFT projects (like Savage Droids, Boss Beauties, Super Geisha, and Lobby3). Also a generative artist with multiple art ‘drops' and collaborations on Art Blocks--his first Art Blocks collection went for auction at Sotheby's, Kai’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor is as founder at the artist incubator, mxtter.art. Mxtter (pronounced “matter”) helps accelerate the careers of artists around the world, showcasing up and coming artists from diverse communities and is host to collaborative, experimental and generative art collection. Where to find Kai? On LinkedIn On Twitter On Instagram On Facebook What’s Kai reading? The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron What’s Kai watching? Babble Bop! Other topics of interest: Lake Arrowhead, California Sapient today About Moo Words on Bespoke Art Blocks CryptoKitties Decoded Special Guest: Kaigani Turner .

Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week is Ghanaian-Briton, DJ, lecturer, cultural writer and researcher Kobina “Kobby” Ankomah Graham. Raised between the alternate realities of Ghana and Britain, he is passionately curious about music, African culture, and counterculture. Through almost two decades of lecturing, researching, public speaking, developing creative projects, curating music and freelance writing, he has championed arts and culture. He has explored this idea in settings ranging from classrooms to international conferences, and in numerous workshops, panels, podcasts, publications, and dance floors. Along the way, he has been profiled by platforms like the BBC, written for others like The Guardian, received a Miles Morland African Writers Scholarship and DANIDA funding for Ph.D. research on Ghana’s alternative music scene. In doing these things, he is creating pathways for young African creatives, cultural practitioners and journalists to follow. These sentiments come through poetically in this two-part conversation offering wonder-filled insight into a life lived in Accra in view of an evolving arts and culture scene impacting both the local and global creative landscapes. Where to find Kobby? kobbygraham.com On LinkedIn On Instagram What’s Kobby reading? A Quick Ting on Afrobeats by Christian Adofo The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time by Arianna Huffington Harmattan Rain What’s Kobby watching? The Power Citadel Star Trek: Strange New Worlds African Queens on Netflix Cleopatra on Netflix What’s Kobby listening to? TedEd Big Think Soulection Radio Oroko Radio Other topics of interest: Koforidua, Ghana Mmofra Channel JDilla Kweku Ananse Ovation Magazine About Dust Magazine PinkPanthress Ashesi University Webster University JoyFM What happened to Damilola Taylor? About the murder of Stephen Lawrence Buduburam Refugee Camp Professor John Anarfi University of Ghana’s Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) Kasapreko Company, Ltd Ghana Some notes on Pidgin English What is Detty December Ebo Taylor Asakaa Boys Black Sherif Amaarae Efua Sutherland Esi Sutherland-Abby KiDi’s latest release, I lied Worlasi Gabriel Myers Hanson Pigeons & PlanesSpecial Guest: Kobina Ankomah Graham.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week is Ghanaian-Briton, DJ, lecturer, cultural writer and researcher Kobina “Kobby” Ankomah Graham. Raised between the alternate realities of Ghana and Britain, he is passionately curious about music, African culture, and counterculture. Through almost two decades of lecturing, researching, public speaking, developing creative projects, curating music and freelance writing, he has championed arts and culture. He has explored this idea in settings ranging from classrooms to international conferences, and in numerous workshops, panels, podcasts, publications, and dance floors. Along the way, he has been profiled by platforms like the BBC, written for others like The Guardian, received a Miles Morland African Writers Scholarship and DANIDA funding for Ph.D. research on Ghana’s alternative music scene. In doing these things, he is creating pathways for young African creatives, cultural practitioners and journalists to follow. These sentiments come through poetically in this two-part conversation offering wonder-filled insight into a life lived in Accra in view of an evolving arts and culture scene impacting both the local and global creative landscapes. Where to find Kobby? kobbygraham.com On LinkedIn On Instagram What’s Kobby reading? A Quick Ting on Afrobeats by Christian Adofo The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time by Arianna Huffington Harmattan Rain What’s Kobby watching? The Power Citadel Star Trek: Strange New Worlds African Queens on Netflix Cleopatra on Netflix What’s Kobby listening to? TedEd Big Think Soulection Radio Oroko Radio Other topics of interest: Koforidua, Ghana Mmofra Channel JDilla Kweku Ananse Ovation Magazine About Dust Magazine PinkPanthress Ashesi University Webster University JoyFM What happened to Damilola Taylor? About the murder of Stephen Lawrence Buduburam Refugee Camp Professor John Anarfi University of Ghana’s Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) Kasapreko Company, Ltd Ghana Some notes on Pidgin English What is Detty December Ebo Taylor Asakaa Boys Black Sherif Amaarae Efua Sutherland Esi Sutherland-Abby KiDi’s latest release, I lied Worlasi Gabriel Myers Hanson Pigeons & PlanesSpecial Guest: Kobina Ankomah Graham.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! Kicking off the midway point between the Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice--the reason behind the ancient observation of May Day, we have a two-part conversation that likewise offers interesting perspectives on the contemporary observation of May Day - International Workers' Day and the difference that mindset can have on the fruits of one’s labor. My guest for these discussions is Dr. Juleen Christopher. A dual citizen of the United States (by way of the US Virgin Islands) and the British Virgin Islands, in 2018 Juleen firmly reset her roots in the BVI with the purchase of St. Bernard’s Hill House, a 5-star luxury villa experience in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. In her other world, she is the Founder and Inspiration Strategist of Beyond The Fork, a consultancy aimed at helping companies, their leaders and their employees navigate interpersonal challenges and work more effectively as teams. Since arriving in the mainland US from her native St. Croix, she has become a cognitive-behavioral research scientist because she is passionate about working with tools to help guide and empower individuals to become accountable for their holistic health and well-being through education, understanding, and personal growth. This work has taken her from the American south to the East Coast and now to the midwest where she calls now calls Minneapolis, Minnesota home. There is so much more to get to know about this dynamic Glocal Citizen so be sure to tune in and check out the links below! Where to find Juleen? www.stbernardshillhouse.com On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook What’s Juleen reading? Alphabet Murders Series by Sue Grafton Works by Zadie Smith What’s Juleen watching? African Folktales Reimagined Kim’s Convenience Never Have I Ever on Netflix La Reina del Sur What’s Juleen listening to? Angelique Kidjo Biggest Afrobeats Artists Bossa Nova Other topics of interest: About my Ayurveda Treatments in Ghana About the British Virgin Islands Governance in the BVI Who is a Belonger? About Jerry Blackwell Redemption Botanicals Minnesota Equity & Justice Project Positive Intelligence Special Guest: Juleen Christopher.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! Kicking off the midway point between the Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice--the reason behind the ancient observation of May Day, we have a two-part conversation that likewise offers interesting perspectives on the contemporary observation of May Day - International Workers' Day and the difference that mindset can have on the fruits of one’s labor. My guest for these discussions is Dr. Juleen Christopher. A dual citizen of the United States (by way of the US Virgin Islands) and the British Virgin Islands, in 2018 Juleen firmly reset her roots in the BVI with the purchase of St. Bernard’s Hill House, a 5-star luxury villa experience in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. In her other world, she is the Founder and Inspiration Strategist of Beyond The Fork, a consultancy aimed at helping companies, their leaders and their employees navigate interpersonal challenges and work more effectively as teams. Since arriving in the mainland US from her native St. Croix, she has become a cognitive-behavioral research scientist because she is passionate about working with tools to help guide and empower individuals to become accountable for their holistic health and well-being through education, understanding, and personal growth. This work has taken her from the American south to the East Coast and now to the midwest where she calls now calls Minneapolis, Minnesota home. There is so much more to get to know about this dynamic Glocal Citizen so be sure to tune in and check out the links below! Where to find Juleen? www.stbernardshillhouse.com On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook What’s Juleen reading? Alphabet Murders Series by Sue Grafton Works by Zadie Smith What’s Juleen watching? African Folktales Reimagined Kim’s Convenience Never Have I Ever on Netflix La Reina del Sur What’s Juleen listening to? Angelique Kidjo Biggest Afrobeats Artists Bossa Nova Other topics of interest: About my Ayurveda Treatments in Ghana About the British Virgin Islands Governance in the BVI Who is a Belonger? About Jerry Blackwell Redemption Botanicals Minnesota Equity & Justice Project Positive Intelligence Special Guest: Juleen Christopher.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we’re back on the trailblazing path and once again, it is all about Destination Africa! Our guides are my guests, the Ghanaian-Briton duo Abena and Ekow Richardson, the co-founders of Destination Africa, which, through programs, workshops, dvds, channels, live streams and other merchandise offers a wealth of knowledge in African languages, culture, heritage and lifestyle. With backgrounds in software engineering, the hair and fashion industries, and professional basketball the Destination Africa journey began for Ekow once he became a father with the decision to apply his passions to inspiring and empowering the next generation of young leaders. As a homeschooling mum, Abena is also the main facilitator for Destination Africa. She uses her energetic, coordinated, innovative, loving, exciting, and disciplined teaching style to deliver results while her partner uses his IT skills as the technological mind behind all things Destination Africa. Together this family affair is one to watch as a primer on planning a relocating a family and a business in uncertain times. Where to find the Richardsons? www.destinationafrica.com On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook On Twitter On Youtube On Whatsapp Other topics of interest: Exotic Park, West Legon Winneba, Ghana San kofa a yenkyiri About Fante people in Ghana A survey of Ghana’s Parliament About civics education in Africa Kumapim Royals International Band’s Time Changes Special Guests: Abena Richardson and Ekow Richardson.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! For this two-part conversation, I catch up with Oakland-based serial cultural entrepreneur, Isis Asare. Born in Harlem, New York to Ghanaian parents Isis, a fellow Stanford University alum, has called New York, Houston, Ghana (as a Peace Corps volunteer), Seattle, and now Oakland, California home at various times in her life. She once described herself as using her over-priced education, love of technology, and acumen for experimentation to hack Hollywood. And this is where her first entrepreneurial enterprise—Sistah Sinema emerged. With Sistah Sinema her goal was to be a part of a movement to create a global market for independent film fostering deep, engaging discussions about the difficult issues of gender, sexuality, race, and class. In 2015 she successfully exited by selling the platform to community investors. With over a decade of finance and business development experience at Fortune 500 companies such as T-Mobile, Microsoft, Shutterfly, and Amazon, in 2019 she went on to launch Sistah Scifi, the first Black-owned bookstore focused on Afrofuturism, Indigenous Futurism, Science Fiction, and Fantasy in the United States. Between 2019 and 2020, Sistah Scifi sales increased tenfold through expanding physical book selection; launching private label shirts, sweatshirts, and bags; and offering audiobooks and ebooks. Sistah Scifi has been featured in The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, BookRiot, Buzzfeed, VentureBeat, and Facebook's Boost My Business. Sistah Scifi has also hosted author interviews with John Jennings, NK Jemisin, LL McKinney, Jewelle Gomez, and Nisi Shawl to name a few. Sistah Scifi has developed strong collaborations with major international publishers such as Hachette/Orbit, Akashic, Abrams, Macmillan/Tor.com, and Simon and Schuster. Tune in to hear even more exciting now and nexts for Isis and the Sistah Scifi brand! Where to find Isis? www.sistahscifi.com On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook On Twitter On TikTok On YouTube What’s Isis reading? Skin Folk: Stories by Nalo Hopkinson The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris What’s Isis watching? Good Trouble The Last of Us What’s Isis listening to? Therapy for Black Girls Podcast Float by Janelle Monáe Other topics of interest: Keta, Ghana Lovers and Friends Show Ujamaa and the theme House \@ Stanford University Bronze Restaurant - Washington, D.C. African Folktales Reimagined Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and on Television Logan’s Run Octavia E. Butler An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Beauty in Truth Documentary Pariah Film Uhura on Star Trek Marcus Books, Oakland American Writers Museum Northwest African American MuseumSpecial Guest: Isis Asare.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! For this two-part conversation, I catch up with Oakland-based serial cultural entrepreneur, Isis Asare. Born in Harlem, New York to Ghanaian parents Isis, a fellow Stanford University alum, has called New York, Houston, Ghana (as a Peace Corps volunteer), Seattle, and now Oakland, California home at various times in her life. She once described herself as using her over-priced education, love of technology, and acumen for experimentation to hack Hollywood. And this is where her first entrepreneurial enterprise—Sistah Sinema emerged. With Sistah Sinema her goal was to be a part of a movement to create a global market for independent film fostering deep, engaging discussions about the difficult issues of gender, sexuality, race, and class. In 2015 she successfully exited by selling the platform to community investors. With over a decade of finance and business development experience at Fortune 500 companies such as T-Mobile, Microsoft, Shutterfly, and Amazon, in 2019 she went on to launch Sistah Scifi, the first Black-owned bookstore focused on Afrofuturism, Indigenous Futurism, Science Fiction, and Fantasy in the United States. Between 2019 and 2020, Sistah Scifi sales increased tenfold through expanding physical book selection; launching private label shirts, sweatshirts, and bags; and offering audiobooks and ebooks. Sistah Scifi has been featured in The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, BookRiot, Buzzfeed, VentureBeat, and Facebook's Boost My Business. Sistah Scifi has also hosted author interviews with John Jennings, NK Jemisin, LL McKinney, Jewelle Gomez, and Nisi Shawl to name a few. Sistah Scifi has developed strong collaborations with major international publishers such as Hachette/Orbit, Akashic, Abrams, Macmillan/Tor.com, and Simon and Schuster. Tune in to hear even more exciting now and nexts for Isis and the Sistah Scifi brand! Where to find Isis? www.sistahscifi.com On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook On Twitter On TikTok On YouTube What’s Isis reading? Skin Folk: Stories by Nalo Hopkinson The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris What’s Isis watching? Good Trouble The Last of Us What’s Isis listening to? Therapy for Black Girls Podcast Float by Janelle Monáe Other topics of interest: Keta, Ghana Lovers and Friends Show Ujamaa and the theme House \@ Stanford University Bronze Restaurant - Washington, D.C. African Folktales Reimagined Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and on Television Logan’s Run Octavia E. Butler An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Beauty in Truth Documentary Pariah Film Uhura on Star Trek Marcus Books, Oakland American Writers Museum Northwest African American MuseumSpecial Guest: Isis Asare.