Best Serendipity Institute for Black Arts Podcasts (2024)

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Zita Holbourne FRSA 20:32

2h ago20:32

20:32

Pawlet Brookes talks with Zita Holbourne where they discuss Holbournes journey as a multidisciplinary artist and activist. Listen as Holbourne describes the impact of austerity and how her work has helped fight the impact it has had on Black communities as well as her visions for the future. Music by NWAKKE.…

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Bernardine Evaristo OBE FRSL FRSA 21:18

2h ago21:18

21:18

Pawlet Brookes talks with Bernardine Evaristo as they discuss Evaristo’s influence on the literature landscape and how her influences have helped her become an award winning writer. Listen as Evaristo describes the life lessons she has learnt along her journey so far as well as some of her visions for the future. Music by NWAKKE.…

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Brenda Emmanus OBE 27:32

2d ago27:32

27:32

Pawlet Brookes talks with Brenda Emmanus where they discuss Emmanus’ journey within the media and on television. Listen as Emmanus describes the life lessons she has learnt and her plans in helping young people feel empowered along their journey too. Music by NWAKKE.By Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage

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Hilary S Carty OBE 14:26

4h ago14:26

14:26

Pawlet Brookes talks with Hilary Carty as they discuss Carty’s journey through leadership. Listen as Carty describes the inspirations behind her career and how the life lessons she has learnt can encourage people to feel empowered and secure in their decisions. Music by NWAKKE.By Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage

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Christine Buckley 11:47

4h ago11:47

11:47

Pawlet Brookes talks with Conor Buckley, Christine Buckley’s son. Listen as they discuss Christine’s influence on speaking out against abuse within the Catholic Church, from her own experience and in helping others. As well as the life lessons that Conor has learnt from his mother’s experiences. Music by NWAKKE.…

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Alison Buchanan 29:03

2h ago29:03

29:03

Pawlet Brookes talks with Alison Buchanan as they discuss her journey through the operatic industry. Listen as Buchanan, describes her accomplishments throughout her journey as well as some of the life lessons she has learnt along the way. Music by NWAKKE.By Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage

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Dr Beverley Bryan 38:07

3d ago38:07

38:07

Pawlet Brookes talks with Beverley Bryan as they discuss Bryan’s journey through activism. Listen as Bryan describes the groups and people she worked with and the life lessons she has learnt throughout her journey. Music by NWAKKE.By Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage

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Dr Peggy Brunache 25:00

4d ago25:00

25:00

Pawlet Brookes talks with Peggy Brunache where they discuss Brunache’s journey in archaeology. Listen as Brunache shares the importance of making archaeology and history more accessible, especially to Black women, as well as the life lessons she has learnt throughout her journey so far. Music by NWAKKE.…

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Dr I. Stephanie Boyce HON CAUSA, LLB (HONS) LLM DIPICARB FCG FRSA FKC 9:32

5d ago9:32

9:32

Pawlet Brookes talks with I. Stephanie Boyce where they discuss Boyce’s journey in becoming the first Black President of the Law Society. Listen as Boyce shares the life lessons she has learnt throughout her journey and the importance of diversity in every profession. Music by NWAKKE.

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Rosina Osei Bonsu 55:53

6d ago55:53

55:53

Pawlet Brookes talks with Kofi, Sheila, Jude, Salma and Laura, as they remember Rosina Osei Bonsu. Listen as guests tell stories of Bonsu’s life and career through dance and yoga and the influence she had on them. As well as discussions around her legacy and how she will be remembered.

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Pauline Black OBE DL 15:56

7d ago15:56

15:56

Pawlet Brookes talks with Pauline Black as they discuss how music has influenced her life and career. Listen as Black talks through the influences in her life, her visions for the future as well as sharing life lessons.By Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage

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Mavis Best MBE 17:58

8d ago17:58

17:58

Pawlet Brookes talks to Isha Dibua, Mavis Best’s granddaughter. Listen as Dibua describes Best’s story with her pivotal role in bringing the Sus Law to an end and how her passion within her community and life lessons have influenced her own career and life story. Music by NWAKKE.By Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage

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Carmen Beckford MBE 30:26

9d ago30:26

30:26

Pawlet Brookes talks with Asher Craig, friend and colleague of Carmen Beckford. Listen as Craig discusses her personal relationship with Beckford and the legacy that Beckford has left in Bristol. Music by NWAKKE.By Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage

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Ekua Bayunu 23:39

4d ago23:39

23:39

Pawlet Brookes talks with Ekua Bayunu as they discuss navigating life as a creative in politics. Listen as Bayunu shares some of the life lessons she has learnt throughout her journeys as well as her proudest moments. Music by NWAKKE.By Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage

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Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu OM DBE FRCN 20:59

11d ago20:59

20:59

Pawlet Brookes talks with Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu as she shares her journey as a nurse and educator. Listen as Anionwu talks through her personal experiences and how she began her career in healthcare particularly, with her work with sickle cell. As well as the life lessons she has picked up along her journey. Music by NWAKKE.…

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Ifrah Ahmed 20:16

6d ago20:16

20:16

Pawlet Brookes talks to Ifrah Ahmed as she talks through her journey as an activist and educator against female genital mutilation specifically in Ireland and Somalia. Listen as Ahmed describes the people she has worked with, how they are helping bring an end to female genital mutilation and the importance of creating platforms to speak out and adv…

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Baroness Valerie Ann Amos LG CH PC 10:51

13d ago10:51

10:51

Pawlet Brookes talks to Baroness Valerie Ann Amos as they discuss empowerment and inspiration for emerging voices. Listen as Baroness Amos talks through her experiences in becoming Master of University College Oxford and the work she is doing to create opportunities for young people. Music by NWAKKE.…

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Hoda M Ali 28:18

7d ago28:18

28:18

Pawlet Brookes talks to Hoda Ali as they discuss her journey as an activist and educator against female genital mutilation. Listen as Ali talks through her personal journey as an FGM survivor and how her story has helped and can help many women and young girls. Music by NWAKKE.By Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage

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100 Black Women Who Have Made A Mark Trailer 1:30

20d ago1:30

1:30

Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage presents 100 Black Women Who Have Made A Mark. Celebrating Black women who have made a significant positive change across a diverse range of sectors including activism, arts, education, politics, science and technology. This podcast series complements the 100 Black Women Who Have Made A Mark exhibit…

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You say art, I say heART! Exists in the margins - outside of the frame - the freedom of the non-canon. 36:32

3M ago36:32

36:32

Andrea Woods Valdés joins Pawlet Brookes to discuss the manifest point You say art, I say heART! Exists in the margins - outside of the frame - the freedom of the non-canon. Black Manifesto! Aftermaths recognise not just a moment in time, but a continued need to keep action and activism alive. In this podcast, hosted by Pawlet Brookes and created b…

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ON loadshedding, climate nonhumans activist — another empty frontier — Africans populate the Mediterranean Sea! Wake up 42:38

3M ago42:38

42:38

“ON loadshedding, climate nonhuman activist - another empty frontier - Africans populate the Mediterranean Sea! Wake Up” with Dorothéé Munyaneza. Black Manifesto! Aftermaths recognise not just a moment in time, but a continued need to keep action and activism alive. In this podcast, hosted by Pawlet Brookes and created by Serendipity Institute for …

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ON care, self-care or pure rampant narcissism 27:08

6M ago27:08

27:08

This episode of Black Manifesto! Aftermaths explores the theme “ON care, self-care or pure rampant narcissism” with Makeda Thomas. Black Manifesto! Aftermaths recognise not just a moment in time, but a continued need to keep action and activism alive. In this podcast, hosted by Pawlet Brookes and created by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and …

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Black theory IS action - when was the last time you DID, MADE, LIVED 23:24

7M ago23:24

23:24

nora chipaumire envisages ten more commandments of the Black Manifesto, that recognise not just a moment in time, but a continued need to keep action and activism alive. In this podcast, hosted by Pawlet Brookes and created by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage, Black women from around the world respond to nora’s provocations, addres…

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Elders - wisdom is nothing unless you share — what is the Black creative elder group doing to nurture emerging knowledge industries 37:45

8M ago37:45

37:45

nora chipaumire envisages ten more commandments of the Black Manifesto, that recognise not just a moment in time, but a continued need to keep action and activism alive. In this podcast, hosted by Pawlet Brookes and created by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage, Black women from around the world respond to nora’s provocations, addres…

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YOUTH – creative repudiation – who else must DEGAGE??? With nora chipaumire 31:44

9M ago31:44

31:44

Black Manifesto! Part 2 – Aftermaths with nora chipaumire and Pawlet Brookes YOUTH – creative repudiation – who else must DEGAGE??? nora chipaumire envisages ten more commandments of the Black Manifesto, that recognise not just a moment in time, but a continued need to keep action and activism alive. In this podcast, hosted by Pawlet Brookes and cr…

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Black Manifesto! Part 2 Aftermaths - The Manifesto 2:53

10M ago2:53

2:53

nora chipaumire introduces the Black Manifesto! Part 2 Aftermaths.

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READ! Will ya! Educate your damn self with Dr Anita Gonzalez 23:21

3y ago23:21

23:21

READ! Will ya! Educate your damn self. That’s the tenth and final commandment of Black Manifesto. In this episode, Pawlet is joined by Anita Gonzalez, PhD, a professor of performing arts and African American studies at Georgetown University and a co-Founder of their Racial Justice Institute. Anita offers her reflections on international collaborati…

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Race matters - remember who created it - long live James Baldwin with Cynthia Oliver 26:11

3+ y ago26:11

26:11

We’ll start with an easy question, “Does race matter?” In this episode, Pawlet Brookes and Cynthia Oliver explore the ninth commandment, “Race matters, who created it? Long live James Baldwin.” Cynthia Oliver is a Bronx born, Virgin Island reared, award winning choreographer and performance artist. In her conversation with Pawlet, Cynthia reflects …

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family is all who can THINK with you with Dr L’Antoinette Stines 36:06

3+ y ago36:06

36:06

Family is all who can THINK with you. In this episode, Pawlet Brookes is joined by Dr L’Antoinette Stines, the renowned Jamaican director, choreographer, author, actor, dancer and founder of L'Acadco: A United Caribbean Dance Force. Dr Stines reflects on the people whom she considers family, the importance of building connections with people from a…

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Platform yourself and know when to de platform yourself comrade with Project X 37:06

3+ y ago37:06

37:06

Platform yourself and know when to de platform yourself comrade. In this episode, Pawlet Brookes explores the seventh commandment with Project X Co-Directors Mele Broomes, Ashanti Harris, and Rhea Lewis. Based in Scotland, Project X is platforming dance of the African and Caribbean Diaspora. Responding to a series of provocations, the discussion co…

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Opacity - own it with Dr S. Ama Wray 27:17

3+ y ago27:17

27:17

Édouard Glissant said it, I repeat - Opacity - own it. In this episode, Pawlet Brookes and Dr S. Ama Wray discuss the sixth commandment of Black Manifesto, the relationship between the mind and the body, Dr Wray’s Embodiology® movement, and the indigenous and African Diasporic influences that led Dr Wray to create Embodiology®.…

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Recognise state craft* for the witchcraft it is with Dr Gladys M Francis 36:53

3+ y ago36:53

36:53

*stolen from Julia Raynham This fifth commandment of nora chipaumire’s Black Manifesto is the spark for a dialogue between Pawlet Brookes and Guadeloupean Dr Gladys M Francis. Francis is a scholar and facilitator of academic and artistic collaborations and a native of Guadeloupe who lives and teaches in the United States. In this episode, Francis e…

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Refuse to dumb it down with Maya Taylor 29:00

4y ago29:00

29:00

Refuse to dumb it down. In this episode, highly sought-after choreographer and movement director Maya Taylor takes us on a journey of self-affirmation, explains her practice of overcoming fear, and contextualises the fourth commandment of Black Manifesto, “Refuse to dumb it down.” Maya also shares insights into how she built her career without comp…

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Free the feminine in u with Yinka Esi Graves 30:02

4y ago30:02

30:02

Free the feminine in u. In this episode, Pawlet Brookes and Black-British flamenco dancer and artist Yinka Esi Graves explore ideas of freedom and individual truths and how they can be expressed through the body and dance. Graves examines the links between her personal background and her work beyond flamenco and how these experiences have shaped he…

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Shape shift! You can with Annabel Guérédrat 28:45

4y ago28:45

28:45

Shape shift! You can. In this episode Pawlet Brookes explores the second commandment of the Black Manifesto with Annabel Guérédrat, Martiniquan performance artist and co-founder of the Festival International d’Art Performance (FIAP) in Martinique. Guérédrat discusses the role of shapeshifting and metamorphosis in her work, life, and spiritual pract…

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THINK, darn it! with nora chipaumire 26:15

4y ago26:15

26:15

THINK, DARN IT. This series will bring together Black women from around the world to discuss the 10 Commandments of nora chipaumire’s “Black Manifesto.” nora is a renowned artist, performer, and choreographer whose work challenges and embraces stereotypes of Africa, the Black performing body, art and aesthetics. In this episode, Pawlet Brookes spea…

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Trailer: Black Manifesto! 3:21

4y ago3:21

3:21

Black Manifesto, the 10 Commandments: Black Women Speak Out, is a 10-part podcast series hosted by nora chipaumire and Pawlet Brookes. Black Manifesto brings together voices of Black women from around the world as a collective conversation, making the invisible visible, and addressing how we work to reshape a new world in which Black women are seen…

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