The first half of a conversation about decolonisation with Dr Yonah Matembe and Amy Blake from the Challenges group (formerly Chief Executive of Classrooms for Malawi.) They discuss Neocolonialism, Afro Colonialism and decolonising ones own self first. An introduction to a huge topic that we hope to explore further in the series.

This episode includes the song Tamba Wenga by the Bhundu boys on the album Muchiyedza (Out of the Dark)

https://soundcloud.com/bhunduboys/sets/muchiyedza-out-of-the-dark

https://thechallengesgroup.com/

https://classroomsformalawi.co.uk/

https://www.scotland-malawipartnership.org/events/open-lecture-decolonising-the-curriculum-why-what-and-how

Here's a starting list of decolonisation resources and articles list (please let us know what to add)

Reading University Decolonise the Curriculum Resource

Decolonising the University of Bristol blog

MMU decolonising the curriculum toolkit

Tackling Racism is Hard blog

Books:

My Grandmother'd Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem (2021)

Living While Black by Candice Carty Williams (2021)

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire. London: Two Roads. By Akala (2018)

Me and White Supremacy. London: Quercus by Saad, L.F. (2020).

‘Why I Am No Longer Talking to White People About Race’ by Reni Eddo- (2017)

Films/TV:

A United Kingdom

Daryl Davis’ Ted Talk

The Color of Fear by Lee Mun Wah,

‘Black and British: A Forgotten History’ David Olusaoga (iPlayer)

The Ants and the Grasshopper

Provokative photography collage Art:

https://www.instagram.com/ugurgallen/