Sweet Medicine
Studio Styles
Podcast
Episodes
Listen, download, subscribe
"Memory will break your heart, memory will also heal you." - Didi Cheeka
Didi Cheeka is a filmmaker, archivist and critic. In this profound conversation, we explored shared values as the glue for true belonging, Nigerians’ collective trauma, engaging history and archival studies with a psychoanalytic lens, one problem with the concept of ‘post-colonialism’, and much more. There’s a place where he says: “Each tear that is shed, that could have been avoided, is an accusation.” The spirit of apathy hates to see this one coming. 🍲 04:57 How he came to memory work 08:02 Taught to forget, to be numb, to fear difference, to avoid our internal truths 12:48 Values 19:18 Is dialogue enough? 21:19 Belonging and Community, how Nigerian Marxists coped after the fall of the Berlin Wall 27:52 Post-Colonialism vs. Post-Nationalism 34:57 The Healing Power of Archives 🍲 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.
Sweet Medicine RSS Feed
