Conscientization 101 Podcast Ep.044-Dr. Marimba Ani's Yurugu

EP.044: Ideopraxis Series Dr. Marimba Ani’s Yurugu Part 1

Ideopraxis, a term coined by renowned African scholar Ayi Kwei Armah, means "the translation of ideas systematically embraced into structured behavior and lifestyle. Ideopraxis is the yardstick that separates revolutionary performers from... Read more »
Conscientization 101 Podcast Ep.041-Cyclonious The Revival Pt 1

EP.041: Cyclonious The Revival Part 1

A revival is as an improvement in the condition or strength of something. Considering this definition, Cyclonious The Natural Disaster's latest album The Revival is aptly titled. Quite possibly his magnum opus,... Read more »

Ayi Kwei Armah Speaks About His Acclaimed African Novel The Healers

 Ayi Kwei Armah’s novel, The Healers, is a novel that was/is key to the development of Conscientization 101 web magazine. The text can be found in our library as a quintessential... Read more »

EP.021: Big Frizzle Family First, Africa 4 Africans Edition! Part 1

What's up everyone, we're back! For our relaunch we are happy to present our dialogue with Big Frizzle! Big Frizzle is a multi-talented lyricists, singer, writer, and student/teacher of African history and... Read more »

Intellectual Warfare by Dr. Jacob H. Carruthers

Testifying that the foundation of modern Western thought, theory, and practice can be traced back to ancient African thought, theory, and practice, Intellectual Warfare exposes the African influence on Greek and Roman... Read more »

Yurugu: An Afrikan-Centered Critique of European Cultural Thought and Behavior by Dr. Marimba Ani

Yurugu removes the mask from the European facade and thereby reveals the inner workings of global white supremacy: A system which functions to guarantee the control of Europe and her descendants (the... Read more »

Sanhat by Shemsw Bak

SANHAT, among Africa’s oldest written literary texts, comes from the time of King Sehotepibre, three thousand eight hundred years ago. Sanhat, an officer returning from Libya after a military expedition, hears messengers... Read more »

KMT: In the House of Life by Ayi Kwei Armah

Mourning a lost friend, Lindela, the narrator of KMT, Ayi Kwei Armah’s seventh novel, plunges into history, seeking meaning in life’s flow. Loving companions – an Egyptologist and two traditionalists – show... Read more »

Why Are We So Blest? by Ayi Kwei Armah

What a farce, scholarships! The blood money never went to any of us for our intelligence. It was always payment for obedience. BEFORE THE WHITE MEN CAME. Ten pages of blood and... Read more »

Osiris Rising by Ayi Kwei Armah

Osiris Rising, Ayi Kwei Armah’s sixth novel, is structured after Africa’s oldest narrative, the Isis-Osiris myth cycle. Traveling to Africa on a search for lifework and love, Ast, a scholar that is... Read more »