Podcasts
This page contains all the podcasts made by me - some of them were made strictly for Black Looks whilst others for Pambabzuka News - there is no copyright on either - just acknowledge your source.
All audio files are stored on Internet Archives under Sokari Ekine
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
Fikile Vilakazi -South Africa. Director of the Coalition of African Lesbians
Bishop Christopher Senyonjo - Uganda. Integrity
Victor Mukasa - Uganda. Director of Sexual Minorities Uganda [SMUG]
Phumi Mtetwa - South Africa/Ecuador. Fundación de Acción, Estudios y Participación Social (FEDAEPS)
Coordinator of The International Network LGBT South-South Dialogue and Represent of the SSD in the International Council of the World Social Forum.
Ayaan Ali Hirsi - Kenya/Somalia. Human Rights Activist - Somalia Girls Human Empowerment
Elavarthi Manohar - India. Director of Sangama Campaigns, Bangalor
Fadzai Muparutsa - Zimbabwe. Programme Manager, Gays and Lesbians Zimbabwe [GALZ]
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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 Plan Be 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.
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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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Tags: Racism
LGBTI
Sexuality & Social Justice
Durban + South Africa
Human Rights
Nigeria
Niger Delta
MEND
Shell
Abahlali
Community Radio
World Social Forum
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