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Link Up Podcast — Ep 12 | Ft Agya Kwadwo and Mama Kenya (Love, Land & Legacy)
Link Up Podcast — Ep 12 | Ft Agya Kwadwo and Mama Kenya (Love, Land & Legacy) Kwento xpr 24 Nhwɛso • 2 nna a atwam

⁣Link Up Podcast — Ep 12 | Ft Agya Kwadwo and Mama Kenya (Love, Land & Legacy)
Hosts: Niara Esi Ìjèawelē Ọmọlará Kwento & Bakari Kwadwo Ọbatayé Kwento

Akɔaba, Woezɔ, Oɔbaake (welcome) to another episode of 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, Agya Kwadwo comes back as Link Up’s first returning guest, this time with Mama Kenya — the “air under his wings” — to tell the fuller story behind the work, the balance, and the family foundation that has helped shape their path. They bring us through their 31 years journey of love, family, consciousness, and return.

We discuss Agya Kwadwo’s New Jersey upbringing, Mama Kenya’s roots in Newport News, Virginia, their Hampton University love story, their marriage on Hampton’s campus, military life, raising children, and the powerful role of Know Thyself Bookstore in Tacoma as a community space that deepened their consciousness. The conversation also moves through Agya Kwadwo’s first trip to Ghana, the spiritual connection to his great-grandmother, buying land for generations yet unborn, joining the xmnw Medjay Community, Mama Kenya preparing for her first Sankɔfa Journey, and the legacy they are building so their children and future generations have an ancestral option to return, grow, and live as whole Black people.

This is a conversation about raised consciousness becoming raised behavior, Black love as institution, and the work required to bring the whole family Black home.

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Tribal Odyssey: The Wodaabe
Tribal Odyssey: The Wodaabe Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi 136 Nhwɛso • 5 mfe a atwam

Wodaabe are nomads, migrating through much of the Sahel from northern Cameroon to Chad, Niger, and northeast Nigeria. The last nomads in the area, the Wodaabe number between 160,000 and 200,000. Other around them - the Hausa, Fulani, and Tuaeg - regard the Wodaabe as wild people. The Wodaabe refer to the Fulani with equal disdain as Wodaabe who lost their way.The seasons dictate Wodaabe migrations. From July to September, the short rainy season, sporadic storms cause floods. Most of September and October are hot and dry, November to February is cold. The hottest months, March to June, are also dry. During the short rainy season, Wodaabe lineage groups come together and hold their ceremonial dances, the Geerewol, Worso, and Yakke. The rest of the year the Wodaabe split up into small lineage groups.LivelihoodThe Wodaabe's main economic activity is cattle-herding. Cattle provide milk products that, along with cereal obtained through trading, are the basis of the diet. Beef is eaten only during ceremonies. The Wodaabe also keep goats and sheep for milk and meat and use camels and donkeys for transportation.During the dry season, milk production is lowest, and the need for cereal grains especially acute. At thee times, however, the cows are in their poorest condition and grain prices are highest. Thus, Wodaabe sell their cattle at cutrate prices. Moreover, droughts in the 1970s and early 1980s depleted the herds, so many Wodaabe have had to resort to earning wages in towns or herding cattle for their sedentary neighbors.While these activities allow Wodaabe llineage groups and individuals to survive the dry season, they don't rebuilt the herds. The depletion of the herds means the Wodaabe can't use their traditional way of aiding members of the tribe who lose their cattle - by loaning a cow for several years, with the borrower keeping the calves.Cultural SystemsThe Wodaabe divide themselves into 15 lineage groups. Membership is based on both blood-lines and traveling together in the dry season.Membership in a lineage groups determines who can marry whom. The only marriages that may occur between members of the same groups are Koobegal marriages arranged during the partners' childhood and formally recognized by the council of elders. Subsequent Teegal marriages are by choice of the partners.Lineage-group membership doesn't exclude people from Teegal marriages, but such marriages often cause friction. They usually involve "wife-stealing," often with the consent of the woman but never with that of her husband. Teegal marriage is also a source of friction between the new wife and previous ones. More wives means that fewer resources, such as milk from the husband's herd, are allocated to each. Eloping in a Teegal marriage that carries little stigma allows a Wodaabe woman considerable freedom, but she must leave her children with the ex-husband. The system guarantees the children's place in society while permitting spontaneity and flexibility to the parents.The Wodaabe believe in various bush spirits that live in trees and wells and are reputed to be saddened by how people have treated them. All spirits are intertwined in taboos pertaining largely to ecology. Some spirits are dangerous.The Wodaabe have acquired some knowledge of Islam and invoke the name of Allah in times of death or difficulty. However, what constitutes the notion of Allah for the Wodaabe is ambiguous.More central is a set of values concerning beauty, patience, and fortitude. Physical beauty - a long nose, round head, light skin, and white teeth - is one ideal quality, particularly for men but for women as well. Wodaabe sometimes wear makeup to enhance these attractions.Central cultural institutions are the dances - Geerewol, Worso, and Yakke - held during tribal gatherings in the rainy season. During tribal gatherings, flirtations occur and Teegal marriages are negotiated. In the dances, the men of a lineage engage in a beauty contest judged by three young women from an opposite lineage. These young women are picked as judges by the male tribal elders on the basis of their fortitude and patience. They appraise the men on appearance, charm, and dancing ability.SUGGESTED READINGSCarol Beckwith and Marion Offelin, Nomads of Niger, H.N. Abrams, 1983.Carol Beckwith, "Niger's Wodaabe: People of the Taboo," National Geographic, October 1983.Marguerite Dupire, "The Position of Women in a Pastoral Society" in Women of Tropical Africa, ed. by Denise Paulne, University of California Press, 1982.

The Next Quantum Leap: Here, There, and Everywhere | 2015
The Next Quantum Leap: Here, There, and Everywhere | 2015 Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi 19 Nhwɛso • 5 mfe a atwam

Often viewed as “spooky” or downright bizarre, quantum mechanics is fueling a powerful new era of amazing technology. In this program, today’s top quantum physicists discuss the information shake-up underway—and predict when we can expect a quantum computer of our own.

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Original Program Date: May 31, 2015
Host: Bill Blakemore
PARTICIPANTS: Artur Ekert, Daniel Gottesman, Seth Lloyd, Eleanor Rieffel

Quantum Physics Is Everywhere: A Quantum Comedy. 00:00

Participant Introductions. 04:48

Quantum teleportation... Beam me up Scotty. 06:11

The record distance of teleportation. 11:33

What is post selection time travel? 15:45

How is our quantum data protected? 17:27

How would quantum codes be unbreakable? 20:28

Quantum computers how close are we? 25:09

Quantum tunneling is happening today. 31:30

The array of problems that quantum algorithms may solve. 36:24

Quantum computation and how it's different now. 40:08

What powers will quantum technology have ten years from now? 44:30

The amount of data we are collecting doubles every year. 47:15

Is it possible to have more than two particles entangled? 54:59

Slavery and Capitalism: The Business Behind the Atlantic Slave Trade — Who Really Profited?
Slavery and Capitalism: The Business Behind the Atlantic Slave Trade — Who Really Profited? Kwabena Ofori Osei 4 Nhwɛso • 1 da a atwam

The Atlantic slave trade wasn't just a moral catastrophe — it was the most profitable business operation in human history. For over three centuries, a vast financial machine connected three continents, generating wealth that built cities, funded banks, bankrolled the Industrial Revolution, and created dynastic fortunes that are still compounding today.

In this video, we follow the money. From the Portuguese trading posts of the 1400s to the boardrooms of Lloyd's of London. From the sugar plantations of Jamaica, where enslaved workers had a life expectancy of seven years, to the grand townhouses of Liverpool, where merchant families lived in extraordinary luxury funded by human cargo. From the Royal African Company — a crown-backed corporation that branded enslaved people with its initials — to the Bank of England, whose early governors profited directly from the slave economy.

We examine the triangular trade not as a historical diagram, but as a fully integrated global financial system. We look at who invested, who insured, who extended credit, and who collected the dividends. We explore how slave trade profits became the seed capital for Britain's Industrial Revolution, how New England merchants ran closed-loop supply chains of rum, sugar, and enslaved people, and how the British government paid slave owners £20 million in compensation when slavery was abolished — a debt so large that British taxpayers were still paying it off in 2015.

This is the story of who really profited from the Atlantic slave trade, and why the financial architecture they built is still shaping the world today.

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The UN Just Admitted Africa Is About To Outgrow The Entire World — Here's The Proof
The UN Just Admitted Africa Is About To Outgrow The Entire World — Here's The Proof Nana 22 Nhwɛso • 6 abosome a atwam

Africa's economy is growing faster than Asia in 2026 — and the African geopolitics behind this shift involve China's zero tariff trade deal, AGOA's uncertain future, and a $40 trillion Afri-Caribbean market most people have never heard of.This week on The Strategic Lens, we break down four stories that are quietly rewriting the rules of global trade and African economic power — and what it means for Africans, the diaspora, and anyone paying attention to where real growth is happening right now.TO JOIN OUR MEMBERSHIP CLICK THE LINKhttps://www.patreon.com/AfricaTodayClub763Here is what we cover:The UN, IMF, and African Development Bank all dropped reports this month — and they all agree. Africa is projected to grow at 4.4% in 2026, outpacing Asia at 4.1% and leaving the global average of 2.7% in the dust. Twenty-one African countries are growing above 5%. Four of them — Ethiopia, Rwanda, Senegal, and Niger — are hitting that 7% poverty-reduction threshold economists say actually changes lives. But here is the catch nobody is talking about: African governments are spending 27.5% of their revenue just on debt interest payments. The growth is real. The debt trap is realer.Then there is the avocado. One fruit shipment from Limpopo, South Africa to Shanghai, China — and why it represents something much bigger than fruit. South Africa grows 160,000 tons of avocados a year. For decades, 95% of exports went to Europe, the UK, and Russia. That is changing fast, and the implications for thousands of rural South African farmers are enormous.China just announced zero tariff access for 53 African nations, effective May 1, 2026. No political conditions. No renewal anxiety. Meanwhile, the US renewed AGOA — but only for three years, down from the traditional ten. We break down what this trade war between East and West actually means for African leverage, and why the real danger is not the deal itself but what Africa exports under it.And finally — the $40 trillion Afri-Caribbean market. Africa and the Caribbean share history, culture, and DNA. They barely share trade. Less than 1% of total trade flows between the two regions. But that is starting to change. We cover the Afri-Caribbean Investment Summit, the first ever direct flight from Nigeria to St. Kitts and Nevis, and why this South-South corridor might matter more than any deal with China or America in the long run.⚠️ DISCLAIMERThe Strategic Lens produces content for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing presented in this video or its accompanying materials constitutes financial, investment, legal, or political advice. All statistics, projections, and data cited are drawn from publicly available reports by institutions including the IMF, African Development Bank, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and other named sources at the time of production. Figures are subject to change as new data becomes available. Viewers are encouraged to consult the original source documents — linked in the member resources section — before drawing conclusions or making decisions based on any information presented here. The views expressed are those of the host and do not represent the official position of any government, institution, or organization referenced in this content.

Oil-Rich UAE Is Buying Up Large Swaths of Africa for Carbon Credits to Keep Polluting
Oil-Rich UAE Is Buying Up Large Swaths of Africa for Carbon Credits to Keep Polluting Kwabena Ofori Osei 47 Nhwɛso • 3 mfe a atwam

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As _Democracy Now!_ broadcasts from COP28 in Dubai, we look at how the United Arab Emirates is using its vast oil money to buy up the rights to land in many African countries in order to sell carbon credits to major polluters, a plan that critics characterize as a new form of colonialism. "After failing to mitigate at the source," wealthy polluters now "want to, basically, buy, on the cheap, African land," says Power Shift Africa's Mohamed Adow about wealthy nations' failure to deliver on climate finance and turn to a "land grab" on the African continent. "What they're doing is actually commodifying nature," says Adow, who describes carbon credits as an "imaginary concept" amounting to "permits to pollute."

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Britain Created Iraq to Control Its Oil — Then Installed Its Own King
Britain Created Iraq to Control Its Oil — Then Installed Its Own King Kwabena Ofori Osei 19 Nhwɛso • 16 nna a atwam

Britain didn't discover Iraq. It invented it. After World War One, the British Empire stitched together three Ottoman provinces that had never been a single country, installed a foreign king who had never set foot on Iraqi soil, staged a referendum with a 96% approval rate, and locked in control of one of the largest oil reserves ever found. This is the full story of how Iraq was manufactured — not for the people who lived there, but for the petroleum beneath their feet.

From the secret Sykes-Picot Agreement to the Cairo Conference of 1921, from Churchill's air bombing campaigns to the Turkish Petroleum Company's 75-year concession, this video traces the real forces behind Iraq's creation. It's a story of broken promises, imperial cartography, puppet monarchies, and oil — always oil.

The consequences didn't end in 1932 or 1958. The borders drawn in hotel rooms by colonial officials who never lived in the region shaped every crisis Iraq has faced for over a century — and the world is still living with the fallout.

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Why We Need to Decolonize the Way We Heal in Our Community
Why We Need to Decolonize the Way We Heal in Our Community Baka Omubo 15 Nhwɛso • 1 bosome a atwam

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Sunumi Brown is a visionary leader in psychedelic education. Her groundbreaking work has been featured in TEDX, Oakland Hyphae, Forbes for her course with Doubleblindmag on Psychedelics and Maternity, and in The Guardian’s article “The Black Mothers Finding Freedom In Mushrooms.”

What if the greatest obstacle to healing isn't the pain itself—but the way we've been taught to think about healing?

In this thought-provoking conversation, we explore why healing was never meant to depend on a single solution. From stillness and breathwork to music, community, and other holistic practices, our guest explains why true healing happens when we move beyond a "one-size-fits-all" mindset and embrace a more interconnected approach.

Whether you're interested in mental health, spirituality, personal growth, or community wellness, this discussion challenges conventional ideas and offers a fresh perspective on what it really means to heal.

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La source de la rumba congolaise
La source de la rumba congolaise Kɔrɔ Naka 22 Nhwɛso • 6 mfe a atwam

La ” Nkoumba ” appelée plus tard à Cuba Rumba est une danse de nombril qui prend sa source en l’Afrique Centrale, plus précisément dans le Royaume Kongo et en République Centrafricaine chez ” Mbati “, un groupe ethnique du sud ouest du pays. En ” Mbati “, tout comme en ” Moukongo “, ” Nkoumba ” désigne le nombril. Chez les “Bakongo” groupe ethnique situé au sud du Congo Démocratique de l’Angola et chez les ” Mbati ” de Centrafrique, la danse de nombril est une expression folklorique charnelle permettant à un couple de danseurs de se produire nombril contre nombril.

Lorsque les esclaves noirs Africains débarquent à Cuba il y a 5 siècles avec la danse ” Nkoumba “, le colonisateur Espagnol supprime l’Africanité de cette expression culturelle, populaire et la baptise Rumba pour l’approprier. Du point de vue linguistique, Cuba conserve à ce jour plusieurs mots d’origine Africaine, et ce en dépit de nombreuses transformations constatées dans l’héritage culturel des anciens esclaves. La Rumba conserve à ce jour quelques mots bantou et yoruba dont on entend dans certaines chansons Cubaines. Lorsque la Rumba est revenue en Afrique entre les années 40 et 50, après avoir été longtemps un moyen d’expression artistique et de revendication des noirs qui dénoncent l’injustice dont ils sont victimes à Cuba, elle a été réappropriée par les Africains. Avec l’évolution du temps, les musiciens Africains intègrent leur folklore dans ce riche patrimoine culturel et l’enrichissent d’autres courants musicaux.

Societal Inferiority Complex: Nigeria's Low Self-Esteem Crisis
Societal Inferiority Complex: Nigeria's Low Self-Esteem Crisis Kwabena Ofori Osei 13 Nhwɛso • 11 nna a atwam

#icymi From iPhone 17 replicas to car model “upgrades,” Nigeria's infamous "I-better-pass-my-neighbour" cultural meme has graduated from simple nuisance to driver of real economic jeopardy.

Fuelled by a debilitating societal inferiority complex and high levels of extreme poverty, a new trend of disturbingly obsessive brand awareness has created a booming "insecurity economy," characterised by after-market smartphone design modification, "car model upgrade" body kit installation, Indian temple hair importation, and many other dodgy activities built exclusively around exploiting the insecurities of 230 million poor people.

Already a struggling, sub-industrialised economy with IMF-imposed economic austerity, Nigeria has now become an economic opportunity for unscrupulous suppliers in industrialised countries, as Nigerians haemorrhage their money on a desperate quest to signal imaginary status to one another.

It’s time for a cultural shift. Scientific education, economic empowerment and spiritual awakening must displace obsessive, spiritually bankrupt, low-level consumerism. If this will be Africa's century, the continent needs its most populous country to break free from this psychological trap.

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