Afro-Masculinity Podcast Onyango Otieno

Is it true that homosexuality is unAfrican?

Last March (2021) during Women History Month, I spoke to Ugandan Pan-African Feminist & Socio-Political commentator, writer & editor at @AfriFeminists, Rosebell Kagumire on her spirited journey of becoming and why feminism.

I spoke to Dr. Thema on the journey of homecoming: from her own story of self discovery, living in Liberia, to intertwining psychology, spirituality and spokenword poetry in her work.

We also touched on the reality of relationships in our time and what we could do to begin connecting more authentically, closing with what healing from collective trauma looks like for people of African descent.

Check out her book "Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole Authentic Self" on Amazon. And follow her Podcast "Homecoming Podcast" available on all major Podcasting platforms.

Sex Educator Amirah Zaky talks to me about her experience with vaginismus; how it affected her marriage and being a married Muslim woman who talks about sex.

It’s paramount to note, the majority of abuse against women and girls’ bodies happens in intimate spaces. Mostly at home. In their neighborhoods. With people they trust.

www.youthendfgm.org



You can access Akinyi's podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ljB5C5Y8CHp7RtbuKp0d9?si=246fa0dbd128439f

How is Female Genital Mutilation related to the domestic violence I witnessed in my childhood? I grew up asking myself questions nobody seemed to know answers to, particularly around gender relations. I didn't quite understand my father's violence until later in my mid 20's. 

Youth Hub Africa in partnership with the African Youth Commission with support from the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint program to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation took me and some great African digital storytellers through an intensive workshop on how we can use our platforms to speak up and raise awareness on FGM. And I felt this conversation was certainly connected to the violence I witnessed from men against women in the ways I have discussed on this first episode of a three-part series.



More resources: https://youthendfgm.org/

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