Human Rights & Justice

In Episode 96 of Human Rights and Justice, host Nkechi Taifa interviews author and cultural historian Tony Browder as he honors the life and legacy of the great Asa Hilliard and discusses the ASA Restoration Project’s “From the Nile to the Niger to Your Neighborhood.” Browder is the founder and director of IKG Cultural Resources and has devoted over 35 years researching ancient Egyptian history, science, philosophy and culture. He has traveled to Egypt over 50 times since 1980 and his ASA Restoration Project is funding the excavation and restoration of two 25th dynasty tombs of Kushite noblemen on the West Bank of Luzor, Egypt. Browder is the first African American to fund and coordinate an archeological dig in Egypt and has led 20 archeological missions to Egypt since 2009.

broadcast 8-21-24

Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa interviews Dr. Julius Garvey, son of the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Amy Jacques Garvey on his upcoming new book:  "Justice for Marcus Garvey:  Look For Me in the Whirlwind.”  

Episode 95

Originally broadcast on WPFW Pacifica Radio 8/14/24

Episode 94 of Human Rights and Justice features host Nkechi Taifa and former DC Police Officer Ron Hampton discussing the importance of Black August, the murder in cold blood of Sonya Massey, and the necessity of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.

Broadcast: Originally broadcast August 7, 2024

In Episode 93 of Human Rights and Justice, host Nkechi Taifa discusses the recently released provocative book, “Not in My Name: Reparations Now” with author Hehimetu RaEnkamit, PhD. The show also features the Orisa Feast Community Day with Bokor Iya Mari.

Professor Arun Kundnani and Sister Shafeah join Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa in Episode 91, sharing riveting historical and contemporary insights from the life of Imam Jamil Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown. Professor Kundnani is a writer on issues involving race, Islamopobia, surveillance, political violence and radicalism.  He just completed a biography of H. Rap Brown which will be released in 2026.  Shafeah M’Balia is Southern (US) Regional Coordinator of the Imam Jamil Action Network fighting for the exoneration of wrongfully convicted imam and human rights activist Imam Jamil Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown.  *See Also Heather Gray interview with Prof Arun after prison interview with H. Rap Brown - https://player-widget.mixcloud.com/?f...

broadcast:  July 17, 2024

Clarence Edwards grew up as a Black youth in segregated Washington, DC with no interest in policing, yet ended up becoming a nearly 40-year veteran in law enforcement. He joins Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa in Episode 90 addressing a myriad of issues ranging from the need that policing be reinvented and repurposed from enforcement by law of the Fugitive Slave Act and Jim Crow laws of yesterday, to police killings and brutality today (including the most recent caught on video Hyatt Regency Milwaukee death) -- to his views on Trump’s MAGA, whether democracy as we know it is in jeopardy, and the 2024 presidential election. His commentaries are full of anecdotes, sage wisdom, and life lessons!

Broadcast July 10, 2024

 Human Rights and Justice talk show features historian extraordinaire Dr. Daud Malik Watts, discussing with host Nkechi Taifa, tidbits from his upcoming latest book, “The Big Black Jailbreak:  African American History 1775-1865," describing astonishing numbers of Black Self-Emancipation, including jailbreaks in the American Revolution Period; Jailbreaks in Haitian Revolution Times; Jailbreaks of the 2nd Middle Passage Decades; Jailbreaks During King Cotton & Indian Removals; Jailbreaks of Abolitionism/UGRR/Fugitive Slave Law; and Jailbreaks through Civil War and Contraband Camps!

Broadcast July 3, 2024

Kristi Orisabiyi Williams joins Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa in poignantly discussing the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and the recent trip to Tulsa, OK on the heels of the OK Supreme Court decision denying relief to the two living survivors.  Kristi is a prominent Tulsa community activist, award-winning National Geographic advisor and former chair of the Greater Tulsa African American Affairs Commission. 

Originally broadcast June 26, 2024
Includes Taifa's May 19, 2021 Historical Tribute presented at WO'SE
Human Rights and Justice #88

Esteemed scholars Dr. Wade Nobles, Dr. Joyce King and Dr. Afia Zakiya join Human Rights and Justice host Nkechi Taifa on Juneteenth, sharing issues relating to the concept of Ubuntu and its relationships to the climate crisis, protection of Freedmen’s Settlements, and Black psychology.

Broadcast - June 19, 2024

Human Rights and Justice Episode 86 features host Nkechi Taifa interviewing the phenomenal Kim Poole, a Soul-Fusion Performing Artist hailing from her hometown of Baltimore, and Founding Fellow of the Teaching Artist Institute (TAI), operating in the USA, Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Jamaica, Uganda, Tanzania and The Gambia. Under the TAI umbrella, Kim serves as Chief Visionary of the ARTIZEN conference philosophy aimed at connecting sustainable development to art culture in emerging economies. She coined the philosophy, “Culture is the New Currency,” and began curating reparatory institutions and experiences that promote and preserve the African identity in the Diaspora. This riveting episode is a must to listen to!

broadcast 6-12-2024