Wandia Njoya is a scholar, social and political commentator and blogger based in Nairobi, Kenya. She thinks and writes a lot about what pan-African history means for everyday life issues. Her mentors and icons are Frantz Fanon, Micere Mugo, Nikki Giovanni, Lewis R. Gordon and Tiyambe Zeleza - that speaks volumes of how she views the world. Wandia or Mwalimu Njoya as she is fondly known and credits social media for giving her a voice. She uses the gift of teaching to reach the uninformed and gives a voice to the powerless.
We are talking about what it means to be human and the importance of naming how we feel and being authentic; the importance of the soul and of respecting the environment. She sums it well: “the way we treat the universe is the way we treat one another.”
How are you treating the environment? We also mention @SitawaNamwalie on telling Kenyan stories

Episode 50: On Being Human

JS Mbiti's exploration of time from an African perspective gives us a rich resource from which to reflect on current trends in policy, education and work. This podcast takes a sympathetic view of Mbiti's position on the future and uses it to look at how reality distorted by coloniality. Coloniality skips the present and pollutes the past. It justifies suffering in the present for "maendeleo"(development/progress), the brutality of the school system for future "success," or injustice in this lifetime for heaven in the next.

Decolonizing the future: Reflections on JS Mbiti's "Concept of time"

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