EP.043: Affiong L. Affiong Weapons of Liberation

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Conscientization 101

James Stone and Zari Sundiata

61 episodes

1 month ago

Conscientization 101 podcast is a show published on Wednesdays which features workers, writers, artists, and others who are involved in the process of learning to perceive social, political, and economic contradictions, and are taking action against oppressive elements of reality. Each episode provides information and radical analysis that attacks the roots of the oppressive structures we contend with on a daily basis.

We place the issues of today within the context of the superstructure. This approach is paramount to developing a deeper understanding of society so limiting situations are brought into focus; which will create true resistance for the purpose of revolutionary transformation. While you are getting an in-depth analysis via Conscientization 101 podcast, we make sure to make our show an enjoyable and distinctly entertaining experience!!

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EP.043: Affiong L. Affiong Weapons of Liberation

Conscientization 101

1 hour 23 minutes 12 seconds

7 years ago

EP.043: Affiong L. Affiong Weapons of Liberation

We are proud to be airing a digitally re-mastered lecture from a sister who is dedicated to the struggle and victory of Pan Afrikan liberation, unification and sovereignty, Affiong L. Affiong. In Weapons of Liberation, sister Affiong delves into:

* Mysticism posing as revolutionary practice
* The use of history as a form of escapism as opposed to conscientization
* Power as the ultimate goal of the colonized as opposed to acceptance/assimilation (i.e. "fighting against racism")
* Importance of African identity
* Neocolonialism
* Organizing from below instead of top down
* Language as a political weapon (i.e. using the word "slave" vs. "enslaved"), and much more!

In addition to sister Affiong's lecture, we continue our discussion from our previous episode about a people's conception of time. With the assistance of Jacob H. Carruthers's Intellectual Warfare, and an epistemological curiosity, we denude the iniquitous notion that the imposition of the Gregorian calendar (Western time) should be coterminous to an African (or any other non-western people's) weltanschauung, and much more!
This episode features music from:

* Conscientization 101 - "Decolonize This? Properly Defining Settlers - Part 1" (Instrumental) from our Musical Commentaries collection
* Big Frizzle - "How Media Portrays/Betrays Me" and "Ancestor Veneration" from his album FamilyFirst Africa 4 Africans Edition
* Cyclonious - "Powers Combined" featuring Apex Zero & Black Stax from his album The Revival