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“Resilience is when people have the tools to change.” - Aaliyah O. Ibrahim
In this episode, I spoke with Aaliyah O. Ibrahim, a multidisciplinary artist and international development practitioner about the complexity of Nigerian identity, resilience as a practice of change and unity and freedom as practices of difference. Anchoring our conversation was Professor Bedour Alagraa’s concept of ‘The Interminable Catastrophe’. 🍲 01:19 Exploring the Interminable Catastrophe 09:57 The Otherways, the Otherwise 12:36 Making History and Self-Awareness 16:46 ‘I’m not a healer as much as I am sensitive and I want to be well.’ 18:57 Interruption 22:56 Land, Indigeneity, Language and other claims to Nigerianness 34:49 Resilience and Change 38:51 ‘Our intellectual class is getting too comfortable with its nervousness.’ 43:38 Afrobeats to whose pockets? 🍲 Mentioned in the episode: How can Nigeria make Afrobeats pay? (Eniola Olatunji, African Business) 'Afrobeats to the World' gets its biggest challenge (Joey Akpan, Afrobeats Intelligence) “Are you sure, sweetheart, that you want to be well? … Just so’s you’re sure, sweetheart, and ready to be healed, cause wholeness is no trifling matter. A lot of weight when you're well.” - Toni Cade Bambara, The Salt Eaters 🍲 “i don't pay attention to the world ending. it has ended for me many times and began again in the morning.” ― Nayyirah Waheed, Salt 🍲 Website: sweetmedicine.me Newsletter: studiostyles.substack.com. Instagram: @ss.studiostyles Support Sweet Medicine: https://flutterwave.com/donate/olt4tbjytsjr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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