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  • Episode 1: Coming Soon: Glocal Citizens

    Episode 1: Coming Soon: Glocal Citizens
    2019/11/22
    Greetings Glocal Citizens! Let me introduce myself, I'm your host Florence Amerley Adu. I'm CEO and co-founder of LEAP Transmedia. Our vision is to seeds and sows a fertile ground for improving education and economic outcomes for Ghanaians and Africans across the diaspora. Do you dream about “doing something” abroad? Then consider Glocal Citizens required listening in the due diligence, trusted advisor and inspiration department. In each episode, I visit with dynamic diasporans making local and global impact designing and applying their craft. We explore how their passions have rooted them throughout their lives, while at the same time feeding the branches compelling them to keep reaching “beyond.” We also discuss the personal and professional dimensions of glocal citizenship. Then we round out the discussion with a deep dive into to the business of their business, covering the technical and operational components of the work of “doing something.”
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    2 分
  • Episode 280: Roots, Routes and Returns with Osei Alleyne Part 1

    Episode 280: Roots, Routes and Returns with Osei Alleyne Part 1
    2025/07/15
    Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we have another gift from the Glocal Citizens community. In this two part conversation we meet Dr. Osei Alleyne. A joint PhD in Anthropology and Africana Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and former inaugural postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Experimental Ethnography at Penn, Dr. Osei also holds an MA in Communications from Temple University. A still active internationally touring professional Canadian Hip hop artist and Spoken word poet of Trinidad & Tobago extract, his field research employs a multi-modal ethnography of Reggae, Rastafari, Afrobeat and Hip-hop performance communities and related social justice movements across the African diaspora, with an emphasis on the black Atlantic nexus between Jamaica and Ghana. We recently met while he was in Ghana working on his forthcoming book, Dancehall Diaspora: Rastafari and Rudeness in the African Postcolony, thanks to consumate connector, Muhammida el Muhajir (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/muhammida-el-muhajir). As Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Production at Temple University, his writing repertoire spans African diasporic art and philosophy movements such as afrofuturism, afropolitanism and afropessimism. In this conversation, Dr. Osei offers an insightful glimpse into the spaces he has navigated in honing this and his other crafts. Where to find Osei? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/osei-alleyne-456406301/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dreadless_dread/) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@oseialleyne7106) What’s Osei watching? First Peoples Documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqTMNdJem00) Other topics of interest: About Trinidad and Tobago (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago) History about Carnivals in the Black Diaspora (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Caribbean_carnivals_around_the_world) The Book of African Names (https://africaworldpressbooks.com/the-book-of-african-names-as-told-by-chief-osuntoki/#:~:text=Price:,want%20to%20claim%20their%20identity.) On Africana Studies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_studies) About Liberia’s Edward Wilmot Blyden (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Wilmot_Blyden) About The Black Star Line (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Star_Line) Garveyism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garveyism), The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Negro_Improvement_Association_and_African_Communities_League) About Ethiopianism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_movement) Alex Haley’s Roots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)) Association of Black Anthropologists (https://aba.americananthro.org) Zora Neale Hurston, Novelist and Anthropologist (https://whyy.org/segments/novelist-zora-neale-hurston-was-a-cultural-anthropologist-first/) About Cheik Anta Diop (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheikh_Anta_Diop) About what was to be Akon City (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akon_City) Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael), Debate 1967 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtDup63f9t4) About Cultural Theorist Stuart Hall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Hall_(cultural_theorist)) About Author and Scholar, Paul Gilroy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gilroy) Martin Bernal and Black Athena (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94shpS4_xQc) Reggie Rockston (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Rockstone) and HipLife (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiplife) About Shatta Wale (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatta_Wale) What is the Theory of Mind (https://www.verywellmind.com/theory-of-mind-4176826) Black Holes and the Macro Universe (https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=108974) Special Guest: Osei Alleyne.
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    48 分
  • Episode 279: On Being a Venture Catalyst with Tina Mbachu Obodozie

    Episode 279: On Being a Venture Catalyst with Tina Mbachu Obodozie
    2025/07/08
    Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s guest, Tina Mbachu Obodozie (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/tina-mbachu-obodozie) first joined me in conversation in 2021, thanks fo the #BWiD Connect Whatsapp group. Since our first chat, she has shifted to a bi-continental lifestyle, based mostly in Nigeria as the new Exectuive Director of the Innovate Africa Foundation (https://www.innovateafricafoundation.org), while also managing her business activities in Canada. As a business and sustainable development expert specializing in business design, social impact assessment, and strategy development, her cross-sector career includes technology, natural resources, and the creative economy, where she has led teams, formed partnerships, and built development programs and incubators supporting market-creating innovations. Tina has worked with organizations like DMZ-a Toronto-based tech incubator and global startup ecosystem as well as Plan Canada, securing millions in funding and driving social and economic change. A recognized thought leader and ecosystem builder, she was named The Peak Emerging Leader 2024 in the Entrepreneurship category. Where to find Tina? @catalyst Venture (https://www.catalystventure.ca/) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tinambachu/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tinambachu/) What’s Tina reading? Conjure Women (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/579838/conjure-women-by-afia-atakora/) by Afia Atakora Other topics of interest: About World Product Day (https://techpoint.africa/news/innovate-africa-fund-product-day/) What is Product Development all about? (https://www.productplan.com/learn/what-is-product-development/) More about Innovate Africa Foundation founder, Christian Idiodi (https://www.svpg.com/team/christian-idiodi/) What is a susu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susu_(informal_loan_club))? Special Guest: Tina Mbachu Obodozie.
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    58 分
  • Episode 278: Designing Love-centered Learning with Laureen Adams

    Episode 278: Designing Love-centered Learning with Laureen Adams
    2025/06/30
    Republic Day Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s guest is another Glocal Citizens connection. In spring 2024, Amma Gyampo (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/amma-gyampo) reached out to me me about connecting me with a like mind in education. That was the beginning of ongoing conversations with Laureen “Laury” Adams. With over 20 years of experience spanning both international and U.S. contexts as a classroom teacher, school leader, coach, designer, and professor, Dr. Laury possesses a unique skill set. This includes shaping innovative curricula, effectively supporting learning communities of all sizes, and coaching leaders to drive impactful change. Her design background informs her expertise in project-based learning approaches, performance assessment, and liberatory praxis. She collaborates with schools and education organizations to design critical, responsive, and loving curricula, assessments, and professional learning opportunities. Laureen is the founder and Executive Director of the Tutu Institute of Education for Liberation. As well as Senior Director of Professional Learning at ASCD Ghana (https://ghascd.org). Among her other roles on boards and consulting she is a Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor at Claremont Graduate University. She recently co-authored This Teachable Moment: Engaging Our Kids in the Joy of Learning (https://www.pblworks.org/for-families) to support parents and caregivers with providing project-based learning experiences at home. Download your free copy and #listenandlearn more about Laury’s work in session at SXSW EDU 2025 (https://schedule.sxswedu.com/2025/speakers/286691). Today, July 1st, Ghana marks its 65th Republic Day (https://nationaltoday.com/ghana-republic-day/). Our conversation speaks to many of the themes we continue to work to realize as the country sheds its colonial character as a sovereign, free republic with Ghanaians leading and steering our social and economic destiny. Where to find Laury? https://www.liberatorylove.com/ On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/laureen-adams-tutu-phd/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/laureenadamsphd/) On Facebook (https://web.facebook.com/laureenadamsphd) What’s Laury reading? One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777485/one-day-everyone-will-have-always-been-against-this-by-omar-el-akkad/) by Omar El Akkad Finding Your Leadership Soul (https://www.ascd.org/books/finding-your-leadership-soul?variant=123025) by Carlos R. Moreno What’s Laury watching? Forever, a new series (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_(2025_TV_series)) Other topics of interest: About Long Beach, California (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Beach,_California) NYC Teaching Fellows Program (https://nycteachingfellows.org) Envsion Academy Charter School (https://envisionschools.org/our-schools/envision-academy/#:~:text=Envision%20Academy%20of%20Arts%20and,in%20college%20and%20in%20life.) Teach for America (https://www.teachforamerica.org) Sponsors for Educational Opportunities (https://www.seo-usa.org) 'Love” in Twi (https://learnakandictionary.com/english-twi/love/) Special Guest: Laureen Adams.
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    49 分
  • Episode 277: Building Biotech Ecosystems for Africans with David Hutchful

    Episode 277: Building Biotech Ecosystems for Africans with David Hutchful
    2025/06/24
    Greetings Glocal Citizens! I met this week's guest last month as a fellow AfroTalks 2025 (https://afrotalks.com) speaker. Our collective charge for the event was to present our ideas about the "how" of Pan-African progress from mindset, to skills development to migration policy and the future of work. While I shared insights from the future of work salon series, our guest this week, David Hutchful participated on a panel discussing skills development. Born in Ghana, David is a passionate technologist, entrepreneur, educator, and design thinking expert dedicated to building tech-driven solutions in emerging markets. With over 25 years of experience in software development, he has led teams to create award-winning innovative platforms that drive business and social impact in Ghana and abroad. As Co-Founder and CTO of Yemaachi Biotech (YC21) (https://www.yemaachi.com/company/), he is working to build the most diverse genomic database to advance precision oncology. Previously, he co-founded Bloom Impact, led technology innovation at Grameen Foundation, and worked at Microsoft Research. His expertise spans Fintech, Health tech, and Biotech, with a focus on leveraging technology for meaningful change--all topics we touch on in our conversation. Where to find David? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhutchful/?originalSubdomain=gh) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dkhutchful/) On Facebook (https://web.facebook.com/dhutchful) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz-BUKLGAqE) What’s David watching? Dept. Q (https://www.netflix.com/title/81487660?source=35&fromWatch=true) on Netflix What’s David riding and a few motorcycle clubs in Accra: Yamaha XSR900 (https://yamahamotorsports.com/models/xsr900) Ultimate Riders MC (https://www.instagram.com/ultimate_riders_mc/) Hotwheels Ghana MC (https://www.facebook.com/hotwheelsghanamc/) Biker Girls GH (https://www.instagram.com/bikergirlsgh/?hl=en) Other topics of interest: Apam, Ghana (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apam) Adukrom, Ghana (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adukrom) About Abelempke, Accra (https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/abelemkpe-a-tale-of-two-cities-within-a-city) What is the Africa Rising Movement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_Rising) about? About Ahaspora (https://www.ahaspora.com) Why did nurses and midwives in Ghana go on strike? (https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/BREAKING-Nurses-and-midwives-suspend-nationwide-strike-1987698) Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) in Ghana (https://www.modernghana.com/news/849705/community-based-health-planning-and-services-chps-in-ghana.html) About Kasapreko (https://kasapreko.com/our-story/) About WACCBIP - West African Centre for Cell Biology and Infectious Pathogens (https://www.waccbip.org) GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation (https://gdpr-info.eu) +233 Jazz Bar and Grill (https://www.instagram.com/233jazzbarandgrill/) Empire of AI (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743569/empire-of-ai-by-karen-hao/) by Karen Hao Special Guest: David Hutchful.
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    1 時間 7 分
  • Episode 276: On Visual Storytelling as a Language for Activism with Michael Soi

    Episode 276: On Visual Storytelling as a Language for Activism with Michael Soi
    2025/06/17
    Greetings from East Africa Glocal Citizens! Well, kind of…this conversation was recorded last weekend from Nairobi on the eve of Father’s Day and a day after the opening of my guest, Michael Soi’s current group exhibition, The Print Press (https://web.facebook.com/michael.soi.7/posts/the-print-press-is-an-exhibit-of-woodcut-prints-by-various-nairobi-based-artist-/10162204021212545/?_rdc=1&_rdr), an exhibit of woodcut prints by various Nairobi based artist at the Alliance Française de Nairobi 13th - 29th of June. I met Michael in his studio at The Go Down Art Centre (https://thegodown.org) when I first visited Kenya in February and after an inspired conversation I wanted to be sure to share his story here. As you’ll hear, he has been working in Nairobi since 1995 after completion of his fine art and art history studies. His distinctive work is inspired by contemporary life in Nairobi providing a photographic diary of Nairobi. It is also a satirical commentary of social, economic and political trends. His work explores relationships – intergenerational, interracial or generally what he calls the economics of love, commercial sex work and popular culture within the context of globalization and consumerism. A wonderful aspect of Michael’s visual storytelling craft is that he’s figured out the hacks that make his art accessible on many levels from the curious observer to the serious collector. Listen and learn more! Where to find Michael? On Artsy (https://www.artsy.net/artist/michael-soi) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/michaelsoistudio/?hl=en) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/michael.soi.7/) What’s Michael watching? About Planetary Parades or Syzygy (https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/planetary-alignments-and-planet-parades/) Other topics of interest: About Machakos, Kenya (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machakos) About Ancent Soi and the 1972 Munich Olympics (https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/arts-and-culture/article/2000140196/the-great-artiste-who-painted-the-1972-olympics-poster#google_vignette) About the Kuona Trust Residencies (http://kuonatrust.org/who-we-are/programmes/) National Museums of Kenya (https://museums.or.ke) About Kenya’s second President Daniel arap Moi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_arap_Moi) Special Guest: Michael Soi.
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    50 分
  • Episode 275: Telling Omitted Truths with Lavinya Stennett

    Episode 275: Telling Omitted Truths with Lavinya Stennett
    2025/06/10
    Greetings Glocal Citizens! We’re picking up more momentum toward African progress sharing the stories of dynamic diasporans making impact in the reparatory justice space. On the eve of Africa Day, I attended the premier screening of Omitted, a short film exploring reparatory justice and the legacies of colonialism by Lavinya Stennett, founder of The Black Curriculum. Raised in the UK with Jamaican roots, she founded The Black Curriculum in 2019 at age 22 shortly after finishing her studies at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) which included a study abroad program in New Zealand. Her learning and experience with indigenous communities in New Zealand joined with her activism as a student at SOAS are the framework for the craft of truthtelling that is at the core of The Black Curriculum. Believing in the power of education, social impact and youth social entrepreneurship, her work has been recognised globally from Vogue and GQ to the historic Freedom of the City of London Award in 2024. She also has written on social and cultural themes throughout the African diaspora for outlets including the Guardian, Black Ballad, Quartz Africa. Expanding her entrpreneurship journey, in 2024 Lavinya co-founded the Racial Impact Collective, an initiative supporting social entrepreneurs and seeking equity in the grant making world. The future is brighter with knowing that there is a generation fo social innovators with creative talents like Lavinya committed to justice for marginalized peoples. Where to find Lavinya? https://www.lavinyastennett.co.uk TheBlackCurriculum.com (https://theblackcurriculum.com) On LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/in/lavinya-stennett-frsa-022290104) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/theblackcurriculum/) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/theblackcurriculum) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ3q6lnCyT5dMgTPbVRjPDw/featured) What’s Lavinya reading? Material World (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/703268/material-world-by-ed-conway/) by Ed Conway Free: Coming of Age at the End of History (https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393867732) by Lea Ypi Other topics of interest: Portland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Parish) and Saint Thomas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Thomas_Parish,_Jamaica), Jamaica Barbados (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados) and the Welcome Stamp Visa (https://www.visitbarbados.org/barbados-welcome-stamp) - Note: the capital is Bridgetown, not Christ Church The SOAS Walter Rodney Prize (https://www.facebook.com/SOASHistory/posts/the-walter-rodney-prizethe-walter-rodney-prize-fund-recognises-student-excellenc/2737891912931953/) Dream New Scholarship (https://www.european-funding-guide.eu/scholarship/dream-new-scholarship) Univrsity of Waikato (https://www.waikato.ac.nz/int/) About the Treaty of Waitangi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Waitangi) and the latest on the protest haka in the New Zealand’s Parliament seen around the globe (linkhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/5/new-zealand-parliament-suspends-maori-mps-who-performed-protest-haka) About Omitted production partner, Transmission (https://www.wearetransmission.com) About Peace First (https://peacefirst.org) Special Guest: Lavinya Stennett.
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    56 分
  • Episode 274: Navigating Creativity with Wana Udobang

    Episode 274: Navigating Creativity with Wana Udobang
    2025/06/03
    Greetings Glocal Citizens! As we hit the halfway mark on 2025 our treat this week is a thought-provoking conversation with Wana Udobang, a multifaceted writer, poet, performer, curator, and storyteller based in Lagos, Nigeria. I met Wana last year during the Pa Gya! Literary Festival in Accra where she faciliated her own unique writing workshop - “Comfort Food” a storytelling and poetry workshop that uses food as a conduit to explore memories, history, joy, and healing which was born out of her culinary quality time during the pandemic. In this lively conversation we cover Wana's extensive body of work which encompasses her journey of becoming a creative professional in Nigeria, her spoken word albums and how she has honed her craft building a framework for entrepreneurship using various storytelling platforms. 00:00:23 Introduction and Opening Remarks 00:04:02 A Short Story About ECG 00:07:56 Introduction and Background 00:11:53 Wana's Creative Journey and Achievements 00:16:00 Life in Lagos and Cultural Insights 00:19:42 The Art of Storytelling and Poetry 00:23:38 Why the Where: Career Path and Returning to Nigeria 00:27:32 Comfort Food Workshops and Creative Collaborations 00:31:43 Glocal Speak 00:35:31 Organizing for Success: Tools and Techniques 00:39:27 Balancing Creativity and Economics 00:43:22 Mindset Hacks as an Ethos 00:47:30 The Role of Fellowships in Professional Growth 00:51:20 What's New and Next? 00:55:15 Reader, Watcher, Listener? 00:59:25 Final Thoughts Where to find Wana? wanaudobang.com (https://www.wanaudobang.com/about) On LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/in/wana-udobang-16063776) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mswanawana) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/misswanawana) What’s Wana reading? Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun (https://sarahladipomanyika.com/work/like-a-mule-bringing-ice-cream-to-the-sun-book.html) by Sarah Lipado Manyika All Fours (https://mirandajuly.com/all-fours/) by Miranda July The Big Leap (https://hendricks.com/resources/big-leaps/the-big-leap/?v=0b3b97fa6688) by Gay Hendricks What’s Wana watching? Conclave (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conclave_(film)) The Substance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Substance) What’s Wana listening to? Florence and the Machine (https://florenceandthemachine.net) Other topics of interest: About the Ibibio people of Nigeria (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibibio_people) Def Poetry Jam (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def_Poetry_Jam) About Nnedi Okorafor (https://nnedi.com) and Akata Warrior (https://www.instagram.com/p/DJhM9rQJxFr/) as seen in the new Forever series on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/forever-judy-blume-show-announcement) Special Guest: Wana Udobang.
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