Introduction by Ebenezer Bosomprah, Luce Graduate Fellow and PhD student at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.
African knowledge systems today are a product of many experiences, including Pan-Africanism and decolonisation, especially when it comes to responding to models of knowledge promoted by modern European universities. It is within such knowledge systems that healing of different sorts takes place. These issues among others are fundamental to the discussions you are about to listen to in this podcast by the Inclusive Leadership Institute.
CIHA blog co-editor Akosua Adomako Ampofo, who describes herself as a scholar-activist in this episode of the Inclusive leadership podcast, discusses how her work as an activist is informed by her faith, including a commitment to what she calls a Social Gospel. At the heart of this Social Gospel are questions of identity and power within families, political and religious spaces, and also the knowledge industry. The Inclusive leadership podcasts, guided by the aim of being able to tackle complex challenges through the practice of inclusive leadership, provide a space for conversations on these issues.
In this episode, Adomako Ampofo discusses some of her experiences and activist work inside and outside the academy around issues related to African Knowledge systems, masculinities, race, colonialism, LGBTQ+ and popular culture. She points to practical ways by which these issues can be questioned, and the way healing can flow from these conversations. Through this conversation with Joerg Scmitz, curator of the Inclusive Leadership podcasts, she communicates her message of discovering and leveraging our individual agency as learners and healers. Activism is a learning and healing process that allows individuals to experience healing in many aspects of their lives and also bring healing to the lives of others. I invite you to take a listen to these 42 minutes of intellectually stimulating conversation and the CIHA Blog looks forward to your comments.
(all credit goes to The Inclusive Leadership Institute)
