Something to Say with Lola Adesioye

5 months after I was arrested and locked up, after Gbenga Akinnagbe filed false reports of abuse against me with NYPD, the whole case was dismissed. In this episode I delve into what occurred during the 5 months and question the motives of all involved on the prosecutors side.

Earlier this year, in a sad and desperate attempt at revenge and make himself a male victim in the #MeToo movement, actor Gbenga Akinnagbe went to the police and filed several false police reports against me. I was subsequently arrested and locked up for 28 hours. 5 months on, the case has been dismissed. Akinnagbe was lying. This is part 1 of my story.

Should Europe return the artifacts it looted from Africa? As the world looks to return the Benin Bronzes, Lola talks culture and decolonization. A shout out to rapper DMX and a snippet of an interview with an Oscar-nominated writer-director and producer.

National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman in Vogue 

Racism is a public health crisis, says the CDC

The blue wall crumbles in the Derek Chauvin trial. Officers speak out against use of force against George Floyd.  

A tribute to Midwin Charles

Watch A Love Song to Latasha on Netflix this weekend.

This week on "Something to Say with Lola Adesioye", I discuss the UK's report on race, the trial of Derek Chauvin, Lil Nas X's "Montero" video and a book about the 276 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted in 2014.