Africanisms
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Sep 28, 2026
Treasure Shields RedmondGUEST
But my primary home where I slept every night until age 18 left for a And then finally left maybe at age 29, 28.
Treasure Shields RedmondGUEST
It was a deep South Black community shot through with hoodoo and lots of charming Africanisms and Southern cultural ways.
Treasure Shields RedmondGUEST
And also a group of Black folks who aspire to the middle class.
Treasure Shields RedmondGUEST
I was raised working poor.
Chris LeeHOST
So what's the story there?
Pete WatsonGUEST
Yeah, so this is a Paraguayan politician, a senator called, I think her name is Celeste Amarilla, who came out with some of the most racist and blatantly racist comments I think I've seen from a politician in South America, really against Kylian Mbappe, but more generally against black footballers, a lot of the kind of racialist tropes of Africanism and racism drums and savagery and barbarism came out.
Pete WatsonGUEST
It was an absolutely outrageous, horrendous, racist statement that is indefensible.
Pete WatsonGUEST
Mbappé responded very diplomatically, actually, criticising the senator, but also saying that this went against the excellent efforts of the football team, the hard work.
CotyHOST
Right.
CotyHOST
And we have... lots and other bits and pieces mixed in with our Africanism, whereas...
CotyHOST
I
JulianHOST
know, I was like, is that a word?
speaker_20UNKNOWN
Come Sunday morning, it was 100% done by your mom.
speaker_20UNKNOWN
Africanism.
speaker_20UNKNOWN
You go to Benny's house.
speaker_20UNKNOWN
Benny's mom does the washing.
Richie MensahHOST
the first thing I want to ask you is, what's your mission? You know, I've seen, I've seen what you do.
Richie MensahHOST
I've seen you talk about a lot when it comes to do with spirituality, when it comes to do with belief, when it comes to do with Africanism, but what would you say your mission is? What are you trying to achieve?
Evelyn Wilson AnnanGUEST
All right.
Evelyn Wilson AnnanGUEST
Thank you for having me on your show.
Michael TwittyGUEST
First of all, those who don't know, John Michael Latch was a professor who was at GW.
Michael TwittyGUEST
He was also part of that enterprising group during the 1970s that started to take African-American folk culture seriously and had learned from You know, all these different disparate elements, elements that recognize the Africanisms in the culture, elements that recognize the uniqueness of African-American folk culture.
Michael TwittyGUEST
And it's part in development of Southern history and Southern folk culture at American period.
Michael TwittyGUEST
So he's sitting there.