Aug 23, 2024
Today’s episode opens with Kehinde making the realities of Black studies in the UK plain. Despite winning an award for critical pedagogy, the undergraduate Black Studies degree at BCU is being discontinued due to low recruitment and financial constraints.
We are also joined by Shani Akilah, a Black British Caribbean writer and screenwriter from South London. She is a book influencer, co-founded the Nyah Network, a book club for Black women, and Shani has a Masters degree in African Studies from Oxford University.
Kehinde and Shani, author of short story collection
“For Such a Time as This," discuss the book, her journey into
writing, her creative process and how having academic parents
inspired her career.
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GUEST LINKS
Website
https://shaniakilah.com/
Twitter : https://x.com/_shaniakilah
IG: https://www.instagram.com/_shaniakilah/?hl=en
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THE HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITY NEEDS YOU
Harambee Organisation of Black Unity
(Marcus Garvey Centre + Nicole Andrews Community Library,
Birmingham, UK)
https://www.blackunity.org.uk/
CAP25 - Convention of Afrikan People - Gambia - May 17-19,
2025 (Everyone's Welcome)
On Malcolm X’s 100th birthday, the Harambee Organisation of
Black Unity is bringing together those in Afrika and the Diaspora
who want to fulfill Malcolm’s legacy and build a global
organization for Black people. This is an open invitation to
anyone.
https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/
BUF - Black United Front
Global directory of
Black organizations. This will be hosted completely free of charge
so if you run a Black organization please email the name, address,
website, and contact info to mip@blackunity.org.uk to be
listed.
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SOCIALS
Host: (IG) @kehindeandrews (X) @kehinde_andrews
Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck
@inhisownterms @farafinmuso
Platform: www.make-it-plain.org (Blog) www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964 (YT)
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For any help with your audio visit: https://weylandmck.com/
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Make it Plain is the Editorial Wing of the Harambee
Organisation of Black Unity