Show Notes
Why are we afraid of the novel, the new--and how do we handle that fear? What can we learn about Afrofuturism through a non-Western lens? Who are we as parents, and what does being a parent mean? Host Elena Fernandez Collins discusses these questions and more with Safiyah Cheatam & Adetola Abdulkadir of OBSIDIAN.
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This episode was recorded in the unceded territory of the Akimel O’odham people. Colonizers named this place Mesa, Arizona.
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