Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHAP 136 - Civilization Reclaimed - African-Centered Thought
Episode 173
How writers like George G.M. James, John Henrik Clarke, Cheikh Anta Diop, Yosef ben-Jochannan, and Chancellor Williams prepared the way for the Afroc…
2 years ago
HAP 135 - Mastering Ceremonies - Sylvia Wynter
Episode 172
Sylvia Wynter offers a bold and provocative assessment of the role of the humanities in understanding humankind.
2 years, 1 month ago
HAP 134 - The Marx Brothers - Cedric J. Robinson
Episode 171
Cedric J. Robinson reflects on the power and limitations of Marxism while charting the past and prospects of black radical thought.
2 years, 2 months ago
HAP 133 - John Drabinski on Edouard Glissant
Episode 169
The author of an important book on Glissant joins us to talk about his approach to this major Caribbean thinker.
2 years, 2 months ago
HAP 132 - French Creolizing - Edouard Glissant and the Creolité Movement
Episode 170
Poet, novelist, playwright and philosopher Edouard Glissant, his theory of "creolization", and the Creolists who were influence by him.
2 years, 2 months ago
HAP 131 - Mixed Messages - Black British Cultural Studies
Episode 168
Stuart Hall pioneers “cultural studies,” offering tools for analysis of films, television, fiction and music that were put to use by followers like P…
2 years, 3 months ago
HAP 130 - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on... Himself!
Episode 167
The great Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o joins us to speak about his career, his influences, and the power and politics of language.
2 years, 3 months ago
HAP 129 - Afrophone Home - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Episode 166
How one of Kenya's greatest writers came to argue that African literature should be written in African languages.
2 years, 5 months ago
HAP 128 - Marginal Comments - bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins
Episode 165
We bring the story of black feminism up to the turn of the century with the incisive works of bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins.
2 years, 5 months ago
HAP 127 - Knowing the Difference - Audre Lorde
Episode 164
In poetry and prose, especially her collection "Sister Outsider," Audre Lorde explores ideas of difference, eroticism, and feminist theory.
2 years, 6 months ago