This episode is a crossover between the Our Bibles, Ourselves podcast (Hosted by Blessing Omakwu) and the Legally Clueless podcast hosted by Adelle Onyango, the Legally Clueless podcast is dedicated to telling African stories. In this episode, Adelle interviews Blessing, who shares her journey to become a Christian feminist, and her goals for the Our Bibles, Ourselves podcast.
They discuss:
How her father’s death made Blessing revisit Biblical literalism
How the process of getting married made Blessing revisit what that Bible says about women
How religion and the Bible is sometimes misused across the African continent and beyond
Christianity’s role in slavery and colonialism and its potential to dismantle patriarchy
Practicing faith as modern Black + African women
Find Blessing on social media @BlessingOmakwu and Adelle at @adelleonyango