This episode is titled “Law and Disorder x Law and Order”
Zavier Bawo Ayida is delighted to have hosted Milambo Makani and Panashe Jinga. Special congrats to my man Troy Banxz who is currently charging up following his graduation in his Masters at Bournemouth University.
Get ready for stories that are about to blow your mind. Black Excellence only.
Milambo is a lawyer at an international law firm and is building several social enterprises. One of these enterprises include Knockout Crime, which he co-founded with Dwayne Mukasa. This initiative seeks to help young people involved in knife crime, gun crime and gang culture. He is also building another social enterprise called the Widening Access Network, which helps young people achieve their aspirations, so that they can see careers and choices that are beyond their environment and life.
Milambo is also a co-host of a Podcast called Starting Up, Starting Out with Jessica Agboola which shares more of their stories whilst giving strategies and tools for entrepreneurs to thrive in the business world.
Outside of work, Milambo is an amateur boxer. He trains five times a week and competes against other boxing clubs. In 2016, he won a silver medal at the Tyne and Wear Boxing Championships and another silver medal at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Boxing Championships. In 2017, he won a gold medal at the BUCS Boxing Championships.
Panashe Jinga is a Corporate Lawyer, who grew up in the council estates of Leeds. In 2016, Panashe was offered a scholarship by an elite international law firm which aims to increase the disproportionate representation of black men in large city law firms. His youth was plagued by stop and searches by the police and being exposed to roads. Panashe is a blooming graduate from LSE with with a First Class Honours in Law.
A former actor, featuring in Television Shows such as Waterloo Roads. Panashe continues to experiment and learn the craft of Rap. With interests in HipHop and Spoken Poetry. Panashe has accumulated over 15,000 plays on online platforms and has performed at renowned venues, such as Cambridge Junctions, opening up to the likes of Big Narstie.
At this very moment in his life, his primary focus is impacting young people in the London black community who share the struggles that he experienced during his upbringing. Panashe has pursued his passion of improving disadvantaged areas by working at the Houses of Parliament, where he was able critically analyse government policies and give back to his local community.
Show Notes
Survival: Knife, Gun Crime and Gang Culture in the UK. Milambo and Panashe living and breathing the life of the streets.
Having role models of drug dealers and gang members to a mentor who showed Milambo the way.
The State Vs The Citizen: how power can influence whether a young black man is successful. Leveraging your blackness as an asset to empower your people.
When the Cards Are Stacked Towards You: Get Resourceful Milambo deconstructing how role models have helped lead him in the right direction.
Semiotics, Language and Public Speaking.
Motivation Vs Discipline
The Social Construct of Power.
Mirroring and Networking x The Power of Sport: Structure and cascading effects of playing Sports. How it transfers to different areas of your life. What teamwork in sports has taught Panashe.
Strategies Knockout Crime has in place.
and much more!
Connect with Milambo: @milambomakani, @knockout_crime and @wideningaccessnetwork.
Connect with Panashe: @panashhhh
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