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ASCENDING | Africa-Centered Perspectives On Everything with Chief Ayanda Ifadara Clarke
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February 9, 2025
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1:05:54Now PlayingThis special episode of ASCENDING with host April R. Silver features a return guest to this channel. Silver welcomes CHIEF AYANDA CLARKE, an esteemed educator, spiritual health counselor, creative content consultant, and GRAMMY Award-winning master percussionist.
In 2024, Clarke joined Marc Lamont Hill's NIGHT SCHOOL with hip-hop artist Rhymefest (now an elected official in Chicago), and all three men touched on topics ranging from hip-hop to reparations and plenty of points in between. This ASCENDING episode is just as far-ranging! Silver and Clarke explore music, culture, spirituality, and healing, but not from an ordinary lens. They "go in" on whether or not traditional African culture, philosophies, and spiritual practices can uplift the lives of Africa's children, wherever they are in the world. How do we embrace our roots, and do we actually need to do so during all the political turmoil that's thriving right now? These questions are also asked: "What does it mean to be African?" and "How do we get past relegating the continent to the African Safari/Wilderness vibe?
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