SAMMUS (Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo) is a rap artist and producer from Ithaca, NY with Congolese and Ivorian roots. She received her Ph.D. in science and technology studies from Cornell University in 2019. From 2019 to 2022 she received a postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University, initially appointed as a Cogut Postdoctoral Fellow in International Humanities from 2019 to 2020 and as a Mellon Gateway Postdoctoral Research Associate from 2020 to 2022. She is currently the David S. Josephson Assistant Professor of Music in the music and multimedia composition program where she teaches courses on rap songwriting, feminist sound studies, and Black feminist sonic practices. She and Dr. Evans discussed their love for Hip-Hop culture but also it's potential in shaping afro-futurist and afro-optimist perspectives within media studies.
Uncommon Naledge is hosted by Dr. Jabari Evans and edited and produced by Connor Bird.
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Original music for introduction and outro produced by Michael "Double 0" Aguilar.
