Diaspora Wars Part 1: The Multicultural Revolt of 1811 (featuring W. Kamau Bell and Carvell Wallace)
Drapetomaniax: Unshackled HistoryShow Notes
In 1811 after Haiti achieved the most successful slave revolt in history, the French were shook and their former colony of New Orleans was facing its own uprising. On the mainline with Black Heaven, Michael gets to the bottom of how a diverse population of Haitians, West Africans, and generational African-Americans secretly plotted and organized nearly 500 enslaved people to escape and kill their captors.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media.
This episode featured:
Kwaku W. Kamau Bell
Charles Deslondes Carvell Wallace
Special thanks to our voice actors:
James Brown Jason Vives
Commercial VO Andrea O’Brien Vives
Kwamina Qianna Gamory-Pijeaux
Mainline Singer Blu Radway
Harry Kenner Moses Shyola
Black Twitter 1/Ad lib 1 Reginald Gardiner
Black Twitter 2/Ad lib 2 Dallas Rico
Black Twitter 3/Ad lib 3 Particia Kihoro
Black Twitter 4 Latoya McFarlane
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Writers Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Terrence
Sound Engineer Ean Herrera
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Patricia Kihoro
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
Includes music from Epidemic Sound
Songs featured in this episode include:
“Where the Party At” by John Runefelt
“Welcome Party People” by John Runefelt
“Limbaka” by Omri Smadar
“Legendary Run” by River Lume
“Terems” by Amrit Sagie
“Wave Art” by Gal Lev
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