⁣Link Up Podcast — Episode 2 | Featuring Baba Kofi and Mama Abena (The Shakirs)

Hosts: Niara Esi Ìjèawelē Ọmọlará Kwento & Bakari Kwadwo Ọbatayé Kwento

* with an Abibitumi 20 year tribute from Ɛna Nkanyezi *

Akɔaba, Woezɔ, Oɔbaake (welcome) Black to the Link Up Podcast, where we connect with Abibifoɔ (Black People) doing Black powerful work across Abibiman (the Black Land) and the diaspora.

In this episode, we Link Up with Baba Kofi and Mama Abena (The Shakir's) — a Blacktacular couple who share their journey from life in the snakkkes to repatriating home to Ghana. Their story moves through family, community, raised consciousness, the Marcus Garvey influence, Nation of Islam experiences, travel across the Black Land, and the deeper process of (the 4 R's) relocating, repatriating, reclaiming Blackness, and recovering from life inside the “snakkkes”.

This is a conversation about more than moving. It is about coming home, building family infrastructure, recovering humanity, and demonstrating over conversation.

Feel free to share your thoughts, and Link Up!

if you like the music featured during the episode, check out https://www.abibitumi.com/kwento-xpr/

Date: Saturday, May 18, 2024
Time: 2:00pm EST

Join us for an exciting Zoom event where guest lecturer Aziz Fall of the Mossi Warrior Clan explores the ancient linguistic and cultural connections between KMT (ancient Egypt) and West Africa.

Whether you're fascinated by the history and languages of ancient Kemet and West Africa, curious about the origins of Ma'at, or have an interest in comparative linguistics, Honor & Ma'at: From KMT To West Africa promises to be an engaging and enlightening experience for all.

About Our Guest Lecturer

Aziz Fall is an independent researcher in African studies focusing on pre-colonial West Africa and its wider connections to Classical African Civilizations through language and culture.

Living between Senegal, West Africa, and the U.S., Aziz is particularly interested in N. West Atlantic languages, Coptic, and the Medu Netcher. Aziz attended college at Kent State University with a focus on language studies, he has also studied the Egyptian Hieroglyphs under the tutelage of Seba Wujau Iry Maat at Seshew Maa ny Medew Netcher and continues to be a life long student of the language.

Through his MADDU initiative, and from having a background in the arts, entrepreneurship, and community organizing, he has also been interested in finding creative ways to engage the larger community through popular media as well as in-person workshops with scholarship centered on classical African history and culture.

O Banga collaborates with Jessie on this groovy bouyon masterpiece, blending the Dominican 🇩🇲 and Hatian 🇭🇹 culture.
Woulé meaning: To roll/whine.

Song: Woulé
Artists: O Banga, Jessie
Written by: O Banga, Jessie
Produced by: O Banga
Label: Red Koat Music Group

Stream song: https://unitedmasters.com/m/woul?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZnRzaARpnw9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAacQb2mvQYEVcx7GjH4H1G9Av9iUE9P6dHiOidaLKWMzoUX_I15g70UvTsBJIA_aem_ht_17txCZadaeA-3GmqlRw

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