The History of Bunce Island: Rice, Slavery, and the Sierra Leone-American Connection

The History of Bunce Island: Rice, Slavery, a...

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Salone Man Badat Is There A Cure?

Salone man get badat (Sierra Leoneans are envious) is not just a national catchphrase, its a widely held Sierra Leonean belief. The expression "Salone man get badat" has been used in presidential speeches and popular culture. President Kabbah once said it in a now-famous speech. ...  عرض المزيد

Sierra Leone's Women: Sex Lives of Uncut Outcasts

In Sierra Leone, just two out of every ten women is uncircumcised. These women, the minority are labelled "gborka" and deemed "unclean" or "not woman enough". Make Sierra Leone Famous places the sex lives of uncut women in focus to discuss the power of pleasure, women's liberatio ...  عرض المزيد

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Special: How Well Do You Cope?
The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

From April 3, 1998: Oprah talks to people who have survived terrible tragedies. Dr. Paul Stoltz, keynote speaker and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Adversity Quotient discusses how to turn obstacles into opportunities and how adversity leads to strength. Dr. Stol ...

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The Cure
The Digital Sisterhood

We know that Allah SWT has not sent down any disease, but that he also sent its cure. And that cure is His book, His words, His guidance. But are we utilising it? In this episode we are joined by Umm Muhammad, who talks to us about the prophetic tradition of Ruqyah - how to reviv ...  عرض المزيد

the role of the artist is to load the gun.
Threadings.

an essay nearly entitled, “the orange trees teach me art-making.” This essay is a continuation of my prolonged look at revolutionary healers in practice to become one— where healing also includes artistry. What is my role as an freedom-minded artist, this side of revolution? C ...

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Lyndsey Stonebridge and Lucas Johnson — On Love, Politics, and Violence (Channeling Hannah Arendt)
On Being with Krista Tippett

Here is a stunning sentence for you, written by Lyndsey Stonebridge, our guest this hour, channeling the 20th-century political thinker and journalist Hannah Arendt: "Loneliness is the bully that coerces us into giving up on democracy." This conversation is a kind of guide to gen ...  عرض المزيد