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Mettā Podcast - Episode 8: Women In Design

2021-01-15

This episode is brought to you by Hivos East Africa, a development aid organization that provides financial support to organizations working in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. They advocate for and support knowledge sharing, in particular in the field of, social change, digital activism, and rural innovations. In this episode, of their #WomenIn series, Mettā Nairobi discussed Challenging the idea of specialism, Doing design differently, the need for designers to be entrepreneurial, the challenges and opportunities of our digital age, and encouraging emerging designers. The speakers included: Wamuyu Ndegwa - interior and furniture designer, and founder of Tira Studio, Wangari Kamau - Founder of Umba Creations, Ruth Lelei - Founder and Creative Director of White Bull Company Limited, And Lulu Kitololo was the moderator: Lulu is the Founder of Afri-love Fest

Fashion Africa Now Podcast - Side Effects Of Black Intellectual Women: Dr. Natasha A. Kelly

2021-03-02

Dialogues about Black aesthetics are necessary, according to Dr. Natasha A. Kelly. Dedicated to empowering and educating the Black community in Germany, the diaspora and strengthening the bond to Africa. Kelly is an academic, an author, a critical thinker, a visionary and an arts and culture shaker. You’ll hear her blunt perspective on institutional and structural racism, Black women and the Eurocentric gaze, digital racism, vector capitalism and tokenism - just some of the themes touched in this episode. “Colourism is a white aesthetic… Black is Black and Black is beautiful.” While Germany is one of the most progressive European countries, this does not apply when promoting the diversity of BIPoC in academia, fashion and media. However there are those whose work, voice and writings have been around for years and are worth engaging with, particularly after the reignited Black Lives Matter movement. The fusion of rich and diverse sub-nations, cultures, ideas and talents from the African continent, and by extension the African diaspora has produced irresistible trend-setting fashion, styles, aesthetics, sounds and a way of life globally. Yet in the shadows of this allure the conflict between slow fashion, sustainability in Africa and fast fashion is a conversation to be encouraged. “The Fashion Africa Now Podcast will be hosted by Beatrace Angut Oola, an interdisciplinary fashion curator and advocate, out of Germany. Beatrace has spearheaded the conversation around inclusivity, curated exhibitions in Europe and Africa and has also championed the best in class practitioners in Africa and the Diaspora, to name a few of her activities. Fashion Africa Now Podcast is an inspiring engagement that also offers an academic exchange and strives for business relevant topics. An episode will be released every two weeks on Spotify, iTunes, Apple, SoundCloud, Deezer and Stitcher. The F.A.N Podcast is supported by the Future Fashion project – a joint project initiated by the Development Cooperation Foundation (SEZ), of the state of Baden-Württemberg, which is committed to conscious and sustainable textile and fashion consumption. More information: https://fashionafricanow.com/podcast/