Everyday Ubuntu

This week, we're so excited to introduce the women behind the Instagram account 'No White Saviors'. No White Saviors is an advocacy campaign led by a majority female and majority African team of professionals based in Kampala, Uganda. In this episode, host Mungi Ngomane speaks to Alaso Olivia and Kelsey Neilsen about their work that aims to disrupt and deconstruct the traditional power structures between the African continent and the Western world. Hear all about the "White savior industrial complex," and how White people approach the African continent and its people as if they are heroes swooping in to save the day. Furthermore, Kelsey, a self-described 'White savior in recovery' explains what recovery means and shares suggestions for how White people can be less 'White savior' and more co-conspirators and accomplices. To learn more about the No White Saviors team and their work visit https://nowhitesaviors.org/.

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This week, Mungi is joined by Faisal Saeed Al Mutar. Faisal was raised in Baghdad and has firsthand experience with authoritarian regimes. An outspoken writer and activist, he survived the Iraq Civil War, the murder of his brother, and several kidnapping attempts before becoming a refugee in the United States in 2013. Faisal has founded several initiatives, including the popular Facebook page Global Conversations, which curates discussion on controversial topics regarding human rights, counter-extremism, and international affairs. In 2017, he founded the nonprofit organization Ideas Beyond Borders, which aims to prevent extremism before it takes root. The organization does this by providing the Arabic world with access to translations of works of science, women’s rights, and enlightenment literature often suppressed by authoritarian regimes and dictatorships. Faisal is a practitioner of counter-extremism on an international scale, having spoken across the globe on his experience using education and technology as a tool to combat extremism. In this episode, he speaks with Mungi about his experience navigating authoritarianism and civil war, what kept him going amidst all the fear, the importance of mental health, and "the racism of lower expectations". To learn more about Ideas Beyond Borders, visit www.ideasbeyondborders.org

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This week, southern belle, author, and creator Candice Marie Benbow joins Mungi to discuss her work that intersects beauty, baking, faith, feminism, and culture- including a strong emphasis on giving voices to Black women’s shared experiences of healing. Candice has written for various outlets and in 2015, she started the Red Lip Theology podcast to encourage women to embrace themselves. Her first book, “Red Lip Theology: Essays at the Intersection of Faith and Black Feminism”, is currently slated for release in 2022. In May 2016, following the release of Beyoncé’s visual album Lemonade, Candice created the #LemonadeSyllabus hashtag and social media campaign, with contributions from over 70 Black women. Candice released the syllabus as a free downloadable resource of over 250 works centered around the lives of Black women and within the first week, it was downloaded over 40,000 times and has reached over 600,000 downloads. Tune in to hear Candice and Mungi embark on a conversation between friends exploring truthfulness, lessons from the global pandemic, the problem with jealousy and envy, and the importance of granting grace to ourselves and others. To learn more about Candice, visit www.candicebenbow.com.

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Dr. Aminata Cisse is a board-certified psychiatrist, specializing in the treatment of mental health disorders. As well, she is credited as a creative and writer. One of her most recent pieces, published on her blog 'Am Tarr Musings' explores the fetishism of interracial relationships. This week, host Mungi Ngomane and Aminata have a candid conversation about improving the lives of Black women, what Black women can use to cultivate joy in their lives, and the way our systems need to change in order to allow Black women to thrive. The two have an intimate conversation about their relationships, and Aminata poses the question that she believes all Black women in interracial relationships should ask themselves: “Have I bought into whiteness?” Listen for all this and to hear more about her business, Am Taar Wellness, and her integrated approach to holistic healing and psychiatric care, centred around the needs of women from the African Diaspora. To learn more about Aminata and her work, go to www.amtaarwellness.com

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The Rt Honourable David Lammy joins host Mungi Ngomane to discuss politics in the UK, his new book, and how he derives so much hope from young people. David has been in the UK Parliament for 21 years and is the Labour MP for Tottenham, Shadow Lord Chancellor, and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice. In addition to his captivating speeches, he is renowned for his role in securing justice for the victims of the Windrush Scandal as well as victims of London's Grenfell Tower Fire. It's no surprise that in 2018, he won both GQ's and the Political Studies Association's Politician of the Year. You may also know David from his work in spearheading the fight against Brexit, pushing for more equal access to universities, and demanding the decolonization of education curriculums and international aid. Listen to this episode to hear what sustains him in difficult moments and see why — not unlike all of us— his greatest fear for humanity is the climate emergency.

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Shannon Sedgwick Davis joined host Mungi Ngomane to discuss her work as the CEO of the Bridgeway Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to ending and preventing mass atrocities around the world. As an attorney and passionate advocate for social justice, Ms. Sedgwick Davis has guided the Bridgeway Foundation to pioneering solutions to seemingly intractable issues. More recently, Ms. Sedgwick Davis and the Bridgeway Foundation have been credited for their pivotal role in mobilizing awareness, civilian protection, and recovery efforts against the Lord’s Resistance Army and its leader, Joseph Kony; the first-ever indictee of the International Criminal Court. Sustained by the strength of the human heart, Shannon is working every day to champion human rights for those facing great danger and harm. You can read more about Shannon and the true story of the unconventional collaboration and approach she built to stop Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army in her book To Stop a Warlord: My Story of Justice, Grace, and the Fight for Peace.

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Kamal Ahmed is a senior leader at BBC News—formerly an Editorial Director and member of the News Group Board, he was also the on-air Economics and Business Editor, for the BBC both nationally in the UK and globally. In this episode, he tells host Mungi Ngomane about his experience at the Equality and Human Rights Commission where he, along with his team, evolved the outlook on diversity and inclusion; moving from a problem to be solved to an advantage to grasp. If you only take one thing from this episode, it should be to be an active listener, and to iterate: be willing to have conversations. This is so crucial in today's world so we don't find ourselves in the same place 30 years from now; the time for change is now.

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Prepare for your mind to be blown. In this conversation, Mungi is joined by endurance swimmer and UN Patron of the Oceans, Lewis Pugh. Lewis has completed a long-distance swim in every ocean in the world... no small feat. In this episode, Lewis shares when and why he started swimming--an answer you won't have seen coming. Lewis's point of view is a vital reminder of the importance to preserve and conserve our oceans as part of a bigger conversation around the climate crisis, including an explanation on why humans need to stop eating fish. You'll be amazed by Lewis's achievements, and you'll leave informed thanks to his insights and vast knowledge, along with his advice on how to differentiate inspiration and motivation. To learn more about Lewis and his work visit lewispughfoundation.org

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Dr. Paula Cordeiro of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies joins Mungi on this week's episode of Everyday Ubuntu to discuss all things education. Her work goes beyond borders, sharing how crucial it is for everyone around the globe to have access to quality education. In this episode, you'll see how these issues are not confined to any specific nation. For instance, even with all of the developments in the U.S, there is still gross inequity and lack of access. Aside from academia, Dr. Cordeiro is also the VP of Education for Edify, an organization whose mission is to improve and expand sustainable Christian-centred education globally. Edify understands that schools need loans, education technology, and training to truly improve and expand. As a lifetimes learner, her greatest fear for humanity is that we will not learn from our history around conflicts, and repeat avoidable mistakes. To learn more about Edify, please visit edify.org.

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This week, Everyday Ubuntu host Mungi Ngomane is joined by Saskia Niño de Rivera, a Mexican-American advocate for human rights. In this episode, Niño de Rivera spoke about the organization she founded, Reinserta, and the work it does to reform the penitentiary system in Mexico. Reinserta works with girls, boys, adolescents, and young people who have been exposed to traumatic situations due to the criminal justice system. The organization's intervention is focused on reducing risk factors in their development. This is because they know that coming from a family with a criminal history, or growing up inside a prison should not be a life sentence and predestine them to a lifetime of crime. Reinserta has had a direct positive impact on more than 2,600 people in the prison system, working annually with around 180 adolescents and young people in conflict with the law and in the process of reintegration. The organization also works with more than 200 women deprived of both liberty and their children. Saskia has become an authority on the prison system in Mexico and shares some of her important learnings with podcast listeners. To learn more about Reinserta, visit reinserta.org

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