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Episode 3 - Are you there Mbombo? It's me, Erika.
Come with me and you'll be in a world that was vomited into creation...
This episode is about Mbombo, child labor, and Black History Month.
Special thank you to Dr. Wehmeyer for all of his help with the stories featured in each of February's episodes.
Stephen C. Wehmeyer is a Folklorist and Mythologist with a doctorate from UCLA. His research interests center on the African-Atlantic diaspora, with a particular focus on vernacular religion, material culture, and ritual practice. His work has been published in a number of scholarly journals (including African Arts, Southern Quarterly, and Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft (Penn), as well as several edited volumes. He’s been actively involved in four major museum exhibitions focused on Afro-Atlantic religious traditions, and his essays can be found in several of their respective published catalogs. Professor Wehmeyer currently teaches at a small private college in Vermont, where he continually strives to get students to explore areas of cultural intersection and interactivity.
His Academia page can be found here.
Techdren is the organization I mentioned briefly while thanking Dr. Wehmeyer in the episode.
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COTECCO Project Information
CECC hearing on child labor and forced labor in the DRC
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Bumba Vomits Up The Universe - Oxford Reference
Mbomba Story - Wikipedia
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Irish Slave Myth - Wikipedia
Irish Slave Myth - Bunk History
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By LiveLaughLoreCome with me and you'll be in a world that was vomited into creation...
This episode is about Mbombo, child labor, and Black History Month.
Special thank you to Dr. Wehmeyer for all of his help with the stories featured in each of February's episodes.
Stephen C. Wehmeyer is a Folklorist and Mythologist with a doctorate from UCLA. His research interests center on the African-Atlantic diaspora, with a particular focus on vernacular religion, material culture, and ritual practice. His work has been published in a number of scholarly journals (including African Arts, Southern Quarterly, and Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft (Penn), as well as several edited volumes. He’s been actively involved in four major museum exhibitions focused on Afro-Atlantic religious traditions, and his essays can be found in several of their respective published catalogs. Professor Wehmeyer currently teaches at a small private college in Vermont, where he continually strives to get students to explore areas of cultural intersection and interactivity.
His Academia page can be found here.
Techdren is the organization I mentioned briefly while thanking Dr. Wehmeyer in the episode.
*
COTECCO Project Information
CECC hearing on child labor and forced labor in the DRC
*
Bumba Vomits Up The Universe - Oxford Reference
Mbomba Story - Wikipedia
*
Irish Slave Myth - Wikipedia
Irish Slave Myth - Bunk History