Reggae Uprising Podcast
Hosted every Wednesday by artist & songwriter Danieal; uniting the African diaspora's heritage, sharing it's wisdom and uplifting it's history.
To know where you are going, you must first know where your coming from. This show is the bridge ensuring safe passage for the African diaspora's future.
Achieving against all odds and defiance in the face of adversity are a uncoincidentally a re-occurring theme throughout our episodes. The priceless generational wisdom shared, will resonate with knowledge seekers who are the road to empowering themselves.
Our worldwide featured guests include the UK, Jamaica, Uganda, The Gambia, Ireland, Ethiopia, USA, St Criox, Germany, Ghana and Australia. Their works vary from artists, to CEO's, to spiritual workers, to historians, to politian's. No matter where they are from or what they do, their shared appreciation of Reggae music's high frequency is what unites them all. Each guest chooses 7 Reggae selections to compliment their story.
Previous guests include Reggae artist Jah Mason, Second Vice President of The Ethiopian World Federation Incorporated: Reubern Kush, UK's First Arable Black Farmer: David Mwanaka, CEO of Australian Sickle Cell Advocacy Inc: Agnes Nsofwa, Historian & Author: Steve Martin and MP: Paulette Hamilton.
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Reggae Uprising Podcast
Professor Shawn Hailemariam Sobers : Part 1
Part one of a three part feature, this weeks guest is a Visual Anthropologist, Writer, Photographer and filmmaker; Professor Shawn Hailemariam Sobers.
His research has spanned a wide range of topics, including; Rastafari, Ethiopian and Caribbean cultures, Emperor Haile Selassie's time living in Bath, community media, creative education, trans-Atlantic slavery, disability & walking, religion, and photography & generative AI. His recent book, 'Black Everyday Lives, Material Culture & Narrative: Tings in de House', was published by Routledge in 2023.
He co-founded Firstborn Creatives production company in 1999 with Rob Mitchell, and made programmes for BBC 1, ITV West and Channel 4. A notable film is Shawn Directed and Produced the documentary 'Footsteps of the Emperor', with presenter Benjamin Zephaniah, about Emperor Haile Selassie's time living in exile.
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Disclaimer : Reggae Uprising Podcast does not own any of the rights to any of the music or extracts featured. It is used only as a tool of education, upliftment and empowerment for and of people of the diaspora.
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