This page contains all my podcasts – some of them were made strictly for Black Looks whilst others for Pambabzuka News – there is no copyright on either – just acknowledge your source. Also on this page are interviews of me.
All audio files are stored on Internet Archives under Sokari Ekine
African Perspectives – Discussion with Muna Ali on LGBTIQ in Africa
Interview by Muna Ali: African LGBTI Perspectives: 11 July 2010
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Interview by Simon Columbus: SMS Uprising – Mobile phone activism in Africa at Republica, Berlin April 2010
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Voudou Priestess Madame Evonne Auguste - Sokari Ekine Voudou Priestess Madame Evonne Auguste spoke to Sokari Ekine last August, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Madame Auguste is a member of Famm Voudou pou Ayiti (Voudou Women for Ayiti). In the interview she explains that Voudou is both a religion and a philosophy and speaks about the relationship between voudou and liberation theology. She also discusses the some of the reasons behind the demonetisation of the religion and why Famm Voudou pou Ayiti want to establish their own school. Keywords: voudou; haiti; liberation theology Downloads: 14 |
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Patterson Ogon discusses the Niger Delta - Sokari Ekine Discussion with Patterson Ogon of the Ijaw Council for Human Rights based in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State Nigeria. Keywords: nigeria; niger delta; ijaw; mend; obasanjo; rivers state; bayelsa state; shell; chevron Downloads: 105 |
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RASA Community Radio - Sokari Ekine Interview with Molefi Ndovu on RASA community radio in Soweto Keywords: radio; community radio; soweto; south africa; indymedia Downloads: 83 |
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Changes in the Niger Delta – Part 1 - Sokari ekine Interview with Niger Delta historian on the violence in the Niger Delta. Keywords: niger delta; MEND; nigeria; bayelsa; odi; kaiama; ijaw; ogoni Downloads: 130 |
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Ben Caesar - sokari ekine interview with South African rap artist, Ben Caesar on gender violence Keywords: planB; south africa; gender violence; cape town Downloads: 84 |
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Sindy Mkhize of the Abahlali baseMjondolo Shackdwellers - Sokari Ekine Sindy Mkhize discussing Abahlali shackdwellers movement Keywords: shackdwellers; south africa; durban; social movements; land rights; human rights; informal locations Downloads: 60 |
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African Perspectives: Discussion with Muna Ali on David Kato - Sokari Ekine Sokari Ekine interview by Muna Ali for African Perspectives, THRY Canada. 17th February 2011 Keywords: David Kato; Uganda; LGBTI; Queer Politics Downloads: 62 |
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Blood and Oil: Testimonies of Violence from the Women of the Niger Delta - Sokari Ekine Testimonies on state and multinational violence by women of the Niger Delta between the period 1990-2000 based on field research undertaken in Rivers, Baylesa and Delta States in February 2000. The research was undertaken by the author together with Jennifer Pere both of Niger Delta Women for Justice. Keywords: Nigera; Niger Delta; Violence; Women; Shell; Elf; Chevron Downloads: 90 |
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Evonne Auguste - Sokari Ekine Interview with Voudou Priestess, Evonne Auguste in Port-au-Prince, August 2007 Keywords: voudou; haiti; ayiti; liberation theology; jean bertrand aristide; religion Downloads: 141 |
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Sexuality and Social Justice - Sokari ekine Sexuality and Social Justice” is an art as activism project consisting of portraits and interviews with a selection of participants at the World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya in January 2007. Participants were primarily chosen because of their work as activists in the area of sexuality and social justice. They were drawn from a broad section of regions across the globe and a broad range of activism from sexual minorities, to HIV/AIDS, women women with disabilities, lesbians and LGBTI activists… Keywords: WSF; sexuality; social justice; HIV/AIDS; sexual minorities; Kenya; Africa; India; Nigeria; Uganda; Mali; sex worker; transgender; lesbian; LGBTI Downloads: 107 |
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LGBTIQ: African Perspectives - Sokari Ekine African Perspectives radio interview with Sokari Ekine[www.blacklooks.org], GKACK and Behind the Mask discussing LGBTIQ Africa. The programme link is: http://afri-perspectives.blogspot.com/2010/07/july-11-sexualities-in-africa.html Keywords: LGBTIQ; Queer; Africa; Sokari Ekine Downloads: 40 |
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Police Torture in Nigeria - Sokari Ekine Interview with Damien Ugwu of the Nigeria CLO on torture. Keywords: nigeria; Civil Liberties; torture; police Downloads: 111 |
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Sexuality and Social Justice - Sokari ekine “Sexuality and Social Justice” is an art as activism project consisting of portraits and interviews with a selection of participants at the World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya in January 2007. Participants were primarily chosen because of their work as activists in the area of sexuality and social justice. They were drawn from a broad section of regions across the globe and a broad range of activism from sexual minorities, to HIV/AIDS, women women with disabilities, lesbians and LGBTI activists… Keywords: WSF; sexuality; social justice; HIV/AIDS; sexual minorities; Kenya; Africa; India; Nigeria; Uganda; Mali; sex worker; transgender; lesbian; LGBTI Downloads: 375 |
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Blood and Oil: Testimonies of Violence from Women of the Niger Delta - Sokari Ekine Testimonies made by Women of the Niger Delta on violence committed by the Nigerian State and Multinational oil companies (Shell, Elf, Chevron) during the period 1990-2000. The work is based on field research undertaken by the author and Jennifer Pere both of the Niger Delta Women for Justice in Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta State Nigeria in February 2000 Keywords: Nigeria; Niger Delta; Shell; Elf; Chevron; Violence; Women Downloads: 137 |
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Blood and Oil: Testimonies of Violence from Women of the Niger Delta - Sokari Ekine Testimonies by women of the Niger Delta on State sponsored and multinational violence over a period of 10 years from 1990. The book is based on field research by the author and Jennifer Pere of Niger Delta Women for Justice that was carried out in Bayelsa, Rivers and Delta States in February 2000. Keywords: Nigeria; Niger Delta; women; violence; multinationals; shell Downloads: 152 |
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Damien Ugwu of CLO Nigeria on Police Torture - Sokari Ekine Interview with Damien Ugwu on torture by police in Nigeria Keywords: nigeria; torture; civil liberties; clo; police; violence; human rights Downloads: 144 |
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Sexuality & Social Justice [7] Victor Mukasa of Uganda - Sokari Ekine “Sexuality and Social Justice” is an art as activism project consisting of portraits and interviews with a selection of participants at the World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya in January 2007. Keywords: WSF; sexuality; social justice; HIV/AIDS; sexual minorities; Kenya; Africa; India; Nigeria; Uganda; Mali; sex worker; transgender; lesbian; LGBTI Downloads: 1,043 |
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Sexuality and Social Justice – Phumi Mtetwa - Sokari Ekine Sexuality and Social Justice at the WSF 2007 Keywords: sexuality; social justice; south africa; lesbian Downloads: 827 |
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Sexuality and Social Justice - Sokari Ekine Sexuality and Social Justice – WSF 2007 Keywords: sexuality; social justice; uganda; wsf Downloads: 984 |
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Sexuality and Social Justice [2] Ayaan Ali Hirsi of Kenya - Sokari Ekine “Sexuality and Social Justice” is an art as activism project consisting of portraits and interviews with a selection of participants at the World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya in January 2007. Participants were primarily chosen because of their work as activists in the area of sexuality and social justice. They were drawn from a broad section of regions across the globe and a broad range of activism from sexual minorities, to HIV/AIDS, women women with disabilities, lesbians and LGBTI activists… Keywords: WSF; sexuality; social justice; HIV/AIDS; sexual minorities; Kenya; Africa; India; Nigeria; Uganda; Mali; sex worker; transgender; lesbian; LGBTI Downloads: 1,905 |
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Sexuality and Social Justice [3] Fadzai Muparutsa of Zimbabwe - Sokari Ekine Sexuality and Social Justice Keywords: WSF; sexuality; social justice; HIV/AIDS; sexual minorities; Kenya; Africa; India; Nigeria; Uganda; Mali; sex worker; transgender; lesbian; LGBTI Downloads: 945 |
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Sexuality and Social Justice [4] Fikile Vilakazi - Sokari Ekine “Sexuality and Social Justice” is an art as activism project consisting of portraits and interviews with a selection of participants at the World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya in January 2007. Keywords: WSF; sexuality; social justice; HIV/AIDS; sexual minorities; Kenya; Africa; India; Nigeria; Uganda; Mali; sex worker; transgender; lesbian; LGBTI Downloads: 1,019 |
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Sexuality and Social Justice [5] Elavarthi Manohar - Sokari Ekine “Sexuality and Social Justice” is an art as activism project consisting of portraits and interviews with a selection of participants at the World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya in January 2007. Keywords: WSF; sexuality; social justice; HIV/AIDS; sexual minorities; Kenya; Africa; India; Nigeria; Uganda; Mali; sex worker; transgender; lesbian; LGBTI Downloads: 995 |
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Sexuality and Social Justice [6] Phumi Mtetwa of South Africa - Sokari Ekine “Sexuality and Social Justice” is an art as activism project consisting of portraits and interviews with a selection of participants at the World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya in January 2007. Keywords: WSF; sexuality; social justice; HIV/AIDS; sexual minorities; Kenya; Africa; India; Nigeria; Uganda; Mali; sex worker; transgender; lesbian; LGBTI Downloads: 299 |
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The Abahlali baseMjondolo (Shack Dwellers) Movement - Sokari Ekine Interview with System Cele of the Abahlali baseMjondolo (Shack Dwellers) Movement in Durban South Africa, march 2007 Keywords: shackdwellers; durban; south africa; police violence; poverty; evictions; squatters Downloads: 874 |
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Changes in the Niger Delta – Part 2 - sokari ekine discussion with professor alagoa on the niger delta Keywords: nigeria; niger delta; alagoa; MEND; ijaw; bayelsa Downloads: 893 |
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Interview with Abd Mohammed on Western Sahara - sokari ekine Abd Mohammed from the Western Sahara talks to Sokari Ekine from Pambazuka News about the ongoing occupation of his country by Morocco. Keywords: western sahara; morocco; occupation Downloads: 859 |
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Interview with Busi on Liivng with HIV - sokari ekine interview with HIV and Rape survivor Keywords: south africa; rape; hiv/aids; soweto; hate crime; lesbian Downloads: 3,167 |
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Interview with Soweto’s Chosen Few – Phumla Maskeu - sokari ekine interview with lesbian football team the Chosen Few football coach Keywords: football; soccer; lesbian; south africa Downloads: 1,271 |
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Sexuality and Social Justice – Fadzai - sokari ekine sexuality and social justice at the WSF Nairobi, 2007 Keywords: sexuality; social justice; lesbian; zimbabwe Downloads: 801 |
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Sexuality and Social Justice – Fikile - sokari ekine sexuality and social justice at the WSF Nairobi, 2007 Keywords: sexuality; social justice; south africa; lesbian Downloads: 1,256 |
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Sexuality and Social Justice – Manohar - sokari ekine sexuality and social justice at the WSF Nairobi 2007 Keywords: sexuality; social justice; LGBTI; India; WSF Downloads: 780 |
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Sexuality and social justice – Ayan - sokari ekine sexuality and social justice at the wsf 2007 nairobi Keywords: sexuality; social justice; hiv; fgm; somalia; kenya Downloads: 855 |
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Sexuality and social justice – Bishop - sokari ekine sexuality and social justice at the WSF Nairobi 2007 Keywords: sexuality; social justice; LGBTI; uganda Downloads: 896 |
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I’ve Come to take you home - Sokari Ekine Interview with South African performance poet, Diana Ferrus Keywords: South Africa; Diana Ferrus; Sarah Bartmaan; Poetry |
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INTERVIEWS BY SOKARI
August, 2007, Port-au-Prince Haiti.
Voudou Priestess Madame Evonne Auguste
Madame Evonne AugusteVoudou Priestess Madame Evonne Auguste spoke to Sokari Ekine last August, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Madame Auguste is a member of Famm Voudou pou Ayiti (Voudou Women for Ayiti). In the interview she explains that Voudou is both a religion and a philosophy and speaks about the relationship between voudou and liberation theology. She also discusses the some of the reasons behind the demonetisation of the religion and why Famm Voudou pou Ayiti want to establish their own school.
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May, 2007, Nairobi
Damien Ugwu from the Nigerian Civil Liberties Organisation speaks to Sokari Ekine about endemic police torture in the Nigerian justice system. CLO estimate that five people a day are being extra-judicially killed by the police. Most vulnerable are unemployed youths accused of armed robbery. Damien Ugwu explores the reasons why torture and murder are common place and the cultural and political roots of the problem.
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May, 2007, Nairobi
Sindy Mkhize of the Abahlali baseMjondolo Shackdwellers Movement of Durban speaks to me at the Pan African Mobile Activists workshops held in Nairobi in June 2007. Sindy who is a member of the Abahlali Women’s League discusses the pressure of living under constant attack from local government and local police and also the recent detention of members of the Kennedy Road location on charges of murder. Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement is the largest organisation of the militant poor in post-apartheid South Africa and is presently engaged in fighting the proposed “KwaZulu-Natal Elimination & Prevention of Re-emergence of Slums Bill”. For more see the Abahlali website.
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February 2007, Durban
Molefi Ndlovu from the Center for Civil Society in Durban, South Africa speaks to me about the radical community radio project RASA FM in Soweto. The radio station ran without a license in Soweto for six months in 2005 and was hugely popular with the local community. RASA became a victim of its own success when the power of its appeal proved too big a threat to the corporate media and it was shut down. In this podcast organiser Molefi tells RASA’s amazing story and explores the nature of community media and what is possible with the medium. See Rasa Radio discussion at UKZN for more information.
Music in this podcast is brought to you by Busi Ncube from Zimbabwe, kindly provided by Thulani Promotions.
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February 2007, Durban.
System Cele from shackdweller association Abahlali baseMjondolo, based in Durban, speaks to me about the struggle for rights to land and housing in new South Africa. Five members of her group are now on hunger strike after being arrested in what Abahlali sees as a politically motivated murder charge. In this interview System speaks about why the community are struggling to stay in their area and the obstacles they face in both daily life and political organising. For more on shackdwellers issues and updates on the hunger strike see the Abahlali website.
The music in this podcast is brought to you by Busi Ncube from Zimbabwe and kindly provided by Thulani Promotions
See also the Pambazuka News article An Anatomy of a Hunger Strike by Raj Patel.
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January 2007, Nairobi.
Patterson Ogon from the Ijaw Council for Human Rights and Ifieniya Lott, a women’s rights activist speak to me about the environmental justice issues people face in the Niger Delta. As the recent elections have been criticised for widespread rigging particularly in the Niger Delta region, this podcast reflects on the problems people are encountering and what the future holds. For more information on the issues see Black Looks: Niger Delta and Environmental Rights Action.
The music in this podcast is brought to you by Busi Ncubi
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Sexuality and Social Justice Interviews at the WSF Nairobi, January 2007 – All portraits by Gabrielle Le Roux Follow the link for interviews and portraits.
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January 2007, Nairobi
Abd Mohammed discuses the ongoing occupation of the Western Sahara by Morocco – recorded at the WSF, Nairobi 2007.
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October 2006, Johannesburg
Phumla Masuku, the manager of a South African lesbian women’s football team speaks to about the team she founded, The Chosen Few. Based in Soweto the team have encountered much homophobia and racism but successfully made it to the international Gay Games in Chicago where they won the Bronze Medal.
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November 2006, Cape Town
Emerging South African rapper Ben Caesar discusses violence and rape in South Africa and performs his rap “I Stand Against”.
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November 2006, Johannesburg
Mpho (Busi Sigasa) is a 24 year old lesbian identified woman who was raped last October and as a result is now HIV+. She discovered she was positive in April this year and started on ARVs in August because her CD4 count was very low at 90. Like many women in a similar position in South Africa, Mpho is struggling not only with additional medical complications such as diabetes and thyroid problems but the side affect of the drugs, the stigma and having to find the sheer mental will to get through each day. In this interview she talks about how being raped and contracting HIV has impacted on her life. She also discusses her dreams for the future of being a photo journalist and living her life.
Busi passed away on March 12th from Diabetes complications. Remembering my sista Busi.
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September 2006, By Phone to Port Harcourt
Professor Ebiegberi Alagoa is Emeritus Professor of History at the Univeristy of Port Harcourt and has published 5 books on the Niger Delta. I recently spoke with him about the changes that have taken place in the Niger Delta since the excecution of Ken Saro Wiwa in 1995, the rise of militancy in the region and the the governorship of Diepreye Alamieyeseigha – ex Governor of Bayelsa State.
Listen to Podcast, Part 1 and Podcast, Part 2
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April 2006, Geneva
At the ILGA conference in Geneva in April 2006, I had the opportunity to meet and talk with other African Human Rights Defenders and LGBT activists. Rose (Phumla) Masuku who works with FEW (Forum for the Empowerment of Women) in Soweto spoke on her work and being a lesbian in South Africa.
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