For the first time in his life a politician canvassed Kehinde for a vote, for the upcoming local elections on May 7th. This is lead to reflection on the the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act and allowing the Louisiana Republicans to draw racist maps for the US midterms. As with most things America is Europe on steroids, where you can see the racism more clearly, but it is no better the UK where the maps are drawn by a commission but the impact is the same.

He also uses the story of the US ruling and the Black ultra-conservative judge as a way to tease the news that will drop next week, that has him tired angry this episode. Tune in next week for the reveal. As part of the West African Road Residency, trip the Convention of African People, the group stopped in Monrovia, Liberia to speak to two longstanding Pan-Africanists in the country Conmany and Madina Wesseh. We share the interview with them and the group. It is a fascinating discussion about the history of Pan-Africanism, Liberia and where do we go from here.

Black Studies at Birmingham City University will be hosting US legal scholar activist Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw on May 24th from 3-6pm to launch her new book Backtalker

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Conmany Wisseh's Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conmany_Wesseh

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Written and hosted by: Kehinde Andrews

Edited by: Kadiri Andrews

Artwork by: Assata Andrews

Kehinde returns to vividly recounts his 2-week journey through West Africa's complex landscape from the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora in Accra, Ghana to the Convention for Afrikan People in Banjul, Gambia. Friend of the pod, newly minted Dr Erika Brown, joins to discuss the 3,000km trip. From harrowing slave castles in Ghana to border crossings that can take hours Kehinde's personal reflections offer a raw, unfiltered view on what it truly means to witness disparities of wealth, infrastructure, and opportunity firsthand—and how these scars shape the collective psyche of the continent.

Before they get into the conversation Erika catches Kehinde up on what has happened since he has been away, discussing the recent media stories of femicide in the US and the pitfalls of financial literacy.

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Written and hosted by: Kehinde Andrews

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Artwork by: Assata Andrews

Following on from last week's episode about reparation Kehinde breaks his usual rules and opens up the Twitter comments. As expected there was some backlash from the American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) and Foundational Black Americans (FBA) to the notion that Africa has a reparations claim due to the damage done to the continent due to slavery.

While he would usually avoid the 'White noise' in the comments, he felt he had to address the delusions coming from Black folk. After all, Malcolm told us that we need a 'programme of political re-education'. Join him as he explains why he took the step over going into the comments and addresses the terrible ideas that he came across.

He also opens up the mailbag and answers listeners questions. The last pod of every month will be a mailbag so leave your questions in the comments or email mip@blackunity.org.uk

Kehinde's article on reparations 'The Knife is Still in Our Backs: Reparations Washing and the Limits of Reparatory Justice Campaigns' https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dech.12848?af=R

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Written and hosted by Kehinde Andrews

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