Amarachi Iheke is a doctoral researcher at Kings College London writing a dissertation on Azanian (South African) resistance anthems. This Saturday, I bring you a really powerful conversation I had with her that lasted four hours and meandered through many issues from standards of beauty, to corporal punishment, gerontocracy in Nigeria, the civil war, class and the Nigerian spirit world. It was my first recorded conversation in the series and exemplifies what I set out to do with these researchers and practitioners: get them to apply their academic expertise to everyday issues in our everyday Nigerian lives. The casual violence, the emotional repression, the cycles of harm and irresponsibility on one hand and everyday remedial acts of courage, storytelling and curiousity on the other hand.
03:04 Healing vs. Reconciliation
05:58 The Legacy of the Nigerian-Biafra War
12:00 Beauty Standards and the Burden of Appearance
17:53 Cultural Expressions and Radical Empathy
20:54 Courage and ‘Strength’ in Nigeria
36:59 The Cycle of Bullying and Power Dynamics
46:08 Biafra, the idea and symbol
50:29 Spirituality and Collective Responsibility
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