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Join host Rogiérs in this insightful analysis of Black history, faith traditions, non-belief and the ways those dynamics play on Black communities in the United States and abroad. This podcast uses an Africana studies framework to examine and celebrate the history of religious dissent in the African diaspora and serves as the companion to the ”LEGACY series” with support from the American Humanist Association.
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Friday Aug 11, 2023
Friday Aug 11, 2023
This week we continue our abroad series-opening with special insights from co-host Verdell Wright on the importance of centering Black narratives of religious freedom and experience. We briefly visit the plight of despised Nigerian atheist/activist Mubarak Bala who in-secret was unjustly sequestered in Nigeria for nearly a year only to be sentenced to 24 years for the invisible crime of blaspheming Allah by clerics in northern Islamic Nigeria.
Finally we center the spotlight in an interview with activist speaker, Mohmmed Cisse -an expat born and raised in Ivory Coast, West Africa. Cisse recounts his upbringing in a cultural milieu heavily controlled by religious affiliations, poor mental heath education, patriarchy and misogyny, and HIV death and stigmatization. However, all is not lost-Cisse discusses his transformative work with The Clergy Project and shares his stories of the bright light of hope for his family and community abroad.
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Show Notes
Host: Rogiérs
Co-Host: Verdell Wright
Written by: Rogiérs
Narration: Rogiérs
Interview: Mohmmed Cisse
Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC
Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC
Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson
Music Licensing: Storyblocks
Additional Music: David “Preach” Balfour (Piano),
Ismael (Gaddafi Mosque-Kampala, Uganda/Call to Prayer), The 1997 Batch”, J Dilla & Vintage Vibez Music Group
Resources & Mentions
Verdell Wright (TikTok @VeeAyeDubz)
TCP, The Clergy Project
“Nigeria: Atheist Activist Mubarak Bala sentenced to 24 years in blasphemy case” (Africa News)
“The Cost of Being an Atheist” BBC Africa Documentary
BBC Kaduna Book Festival 2018-Humanism in Nigeria with Leo Igwe
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