Love on a visa
Lineo Segoete with Joshua Chiundiza & Wanlov the Kubolor

In this episode, Lineo Segoete, Joshua Chiundiza and Wanlov the Kubolor explore the politics of love and its many dimensions in the realm of African mobilities and economies. Segoete leads a public discussion, recorded in a live setting during her Open Studio at Njelele Art Station in December 2019, that forms a meditation on the concept of Pan-African love and encompasses the practice of love languages on a budget.  We reflect on the role of culture in love and family matters within circulations across the continent and diaspora, and on a transcontinental love approach through our intertwined histories as the gateway to stronger mutual understanding. Fundamentally, love is a political act ~ could love as a construct benefit from being decolonised and redefined to suit individual choice rather than societal expectation? 

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Lineo Segoete is a storyteller and creative in the form of writer, researcher, photographer and archivist. She was Co-founder and Co-director of ‘Ba re e ne re Literary Arts’, Co-convenor for the Africa Cluster in the global research collective known as ‘Another Roadmap School’ and Hubert Humphrey Fellow at Vanderbilt University in 2016–2017. Segoete is currently the Content curation and distribution manager for Selemela Learning Network, an initiative which focuses on delivering quality education services and resources through collaborative participation. Her independent research practice centres critical literacies, cultural production and heritage preservation. While her writing is mainly creative non-fiction, Segoete identifies as a poet at heart. 

Joshua Madalitso Chiundiza is an audiovisual storyteller from Zimbabwe. His work explores his Chewa, Shona and Nguni heritage, taking the form of music/sound recording & performance, experimental film, digital image composition, text and performance art installation. As an artist and musician, he has exhibited and performed in South Africa, Germany, Norway and France, alongside acts such as De La Soul, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Akala and DJ Oil (Troublemakers). Chiundiza participated in 'Digital Imaginaries - Africas in Production' at ZKM Center for Art & Media Karlsruhe in 2018. He is founder of The Husikisiki Studio (2018) and a founding member of the art collective, The Monkey Nuts (2011). 

Wanlov the Kubolor is the stage name of Emmanuel Owusu-Bonsu, a Ghanaian-Romanian musician who is one half of the music duo, the FOKN Bois.

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image: Lineo Segoete and Joshua Chiundiza with Wanlov the Kubolor who joins virtually in public discussion during the “Love on a visa” open studio at Njelele Art Station on 7 December 2019. (Photo: Tinashe Hwindingwi)

podcast page: njelele.art/love-concept08
Account Balance, FOKN Bois: youtu.be/n7oZndPyjeE

Love on a visa ~ Lineo Segoete, Wanlov the Kubolor & Joshua Chiundiza

B.M.I.A

deter ya with datura
beat by MF DOOM
r.i.p

Deterya

Little mix of 31 Beats made 13 years ago, circa 2001. They're just approximately 31 seconds snippets bounced straight out of the MPC. Mix is hosted by 3rd Person. 

I hope you'll like the throwback vibes, and if there's a beat that you think I should revisit, let me know! Drop a comment to say if you're feeling some of the loops.

Peace

P.S. Props to Cki and SamSky who provided a few samples back then

31 x 31 Second Beat Sketches from 13 Years Ago hosted by 3rd Person

Features I did that were never officially released...I find most to be a waste of energy if not transferred to inspire those who love my words and perspectives and are curious about my lyrical, linguistic, and melodical evolution.

Feel free to ask questions under each track and I will respond and update descriptions whenever I have time.

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Kubolor

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(Prod. @voinoiu.darie) (Mix. @rob.panait)

Yasuke (Prod. @voinoiu.darie)

This song addresses the illegal mining activities in Ghana, Aka Galamsey, which is causing serious environmental issues.

Gifts to Nature

GALAMSEY

Bonjour à vous OU bonsoir à vous, 
Que vous soyez au levant ou au couchant de votre journée ou de votre vie, du monde connu ou même de contrées étrangères, bien à l’est ou complètement à l’ouest… et bien laissez moi vous souhaiter dans tous les cas une bonne arrivée dans mon maquis imaginaire… Si votre cœur a ramené vos fesses dans ce lieu de douce perdition, OU si vos fesses ont ramené votre cœur sur mon dancefloor… Comme le disait le Funkadelic, « Free Your Mind, and Your Ass will follow »… Libérez votre esprit, et vos fesses suivront !
Avec :
01-Wanlov the Kubolor feat. Joseph Ajusiwine - The Soundation (GHANA)
02-Maya Kamaty X Babani Soundsystem Rework - Dark River (LA RÉUNION – ILE MAURICE)
03-Kin'Gongolo Kiniata - Elengi Ya Ko Vivre (RD CONGO)
04-Ammar 808 feat. Mahmoud Lahbib & Mariem Bettouhami - Ah Yallila (TUNISIE) 
05-Nuri - A5dher 1 (TUNISIE)
06-Molotof - SPRAY 03 - Sahrawy (EGYPTE)
07-Ssaru Ft. Joefes - Girl Power (KENYA) 
08-Kamo Mphela - NKULUNKULU (AFRIQUE DU SUD)
09-Serge Beynaud - Taper Dedans (COTE D’IVOIRE)
10- TCHAIKABO X HIMRA X PAYNE INDUSTRY - MOUILLER MAILLOT (COTE D’IVOIRE)
11-Soukeïna, Le Juiice, Kehou Mousso, and Dre-A - Mouiller Maillot (COTE D’IVOIRE)

Technique : RAF Terribile
Production, Animation : Tonton Amo

Chez Tonton #19 Mouiller Maillot

Strange World (feat. Wanlov the Kubolor)

Mike Mago - Cold Groove is out now!

Get it here: https://spinnindeep.release.link/cold-groove!SC

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Wanlov The Kubolor

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