Episodes
Monday Dec 11, 2023
HAP 136 - Civilization Reclaimed - African-Centered Thought
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
How writers like George G.M. James, John Henrik Clarke, Cheikh Anta Diop, Yosef ben-Jochannan, and Chancellor Williams prepared the way for the Afrocentricity of Molefi Asante and captured the imaginations of hip hop artists and intellectuals like Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
HAP 135 - Mastering Ceremonies - Sylvia Wynter
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
Sylvia Wynter offers a bold and provocative assessment of the role of the humanities in understanding humankind.
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
HAP 134 - The Marx Brothers - Cedric J. Robinson
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Cedric J. Robinson reflects on the power and limitations of Marxism while charting the past and prospects of black radical thought.
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
HAP 133 - John Drabinski on Edouard Glissant
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
The author of an important book on Glissant joins us to talk about his approach to this major Caribbean thinker.
Monday Oct 16, 2023
HAP 132 - French Creolizing - Edouard Glissant and the Creolité Movement
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Poet, novelist, playwright and philosopher Edouard Glissant, his theory of "creolization", and the Creolists who were influence by him.
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
HAP 131 - Mixed Messages - Black British Cultural Studies
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Stuart Hall pioneers “cultural studies,” offering tools for analysis of films, television, fiction and music that were put to use by followers like Paul Gilroy and Hazel Carby.
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
HAP 130 - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on... Himself!
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
The great Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o joins us to speak about his career, his influences, and the power and politics of language.
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
HAP 129 - Afrophone Home - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
How one of Kenya's greatest writers came to argue that African literature should be written in African languages.
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
HAP 128 - Marginal Comments - bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
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.
Monday Jul 03, 2023
HAP 127 - Knowing the Difference - Audre Lorde
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
In poetry and prose, especially her collection "Sister Outsider," Audre Lorde explores ideas of difference, eroticism, and feminist theory.