EverydaySeh Sarah S

This episode I had the pleasure of interviewing Nonso Morah, a poet and spoken word artist who indugled me with a conversation surrounding poetry and its intersections with community, resistance and liberation.

Read more about Nonso below, and make sure you follow me on all platforms (on my Linktree) to stay up to date with all upcoming episodes. Happy Listening :)


"Nonso Morah, a spoken-word poet and youth advocate from Alberta, Canada, has earned acclaim as the 2022 Spoken In The City Poetry Slam champion and a 2023 OG-500 Poetry Slam finalist. She's a 2023 RBC Future Launch Scholarship recipient, drawing inspiration from her Nigerian-Canadian background. Her poetry unearths life's subtleties, delving into identity, transformation, and societal shifts. Her poetry will be featured in Unbound: An Anthology of New Nigerian Poets Under 40, to be co-published by Griots Lounge Publishing and Narrative Landscape Press, Lagos in March 2024. Amidst role as her political staffer in Canadian governance & non-profit coordinator, she's pursuing a Conflict Studies and Human Rights degree at the University of Ottawa. She can be reached through her website, www.nonsomorah.ca."

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. End the occupation now.

May the oppressed know freedom and liberation and let us always keep the words the oppressed alive. May their words remain ingrained in our minds, in our hearts, in our actions.



We can because we must.



Poets/Writers/Activist mentioned:

Dr. Refaat Alareer

Mosab Abu Toha

Assata Shakur

Patrice Lumumba

Sarah Lubala

Naomi Shihab Nye

Nina Simone

@/blkchimera

Langston Hughes

Mohammed Hamza

Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi

Suheir Hammad

Hey y’all! Hope you have been doing well. This week I have an amazing interview in store for you. I was lucky enough to have Mayaspoken join me to discuss, gentle parenting, intergenerational trauma, the agency of children, and how we all can implement different strategies to ensure that children feel and know that they are protected, safe and respected. This episode does deal with conversation surrounding abuse and trauma, so please take care of yourselves as you listen. Happy listening !

A little bit about Maya : MayaSpoken is an award winning spoken word artist, singer-songwriter, educator, author, activist, speaker and single mother. Through her love for words and spoken word poetry she shares messages of overcoming, healing, resilience and Black liberation while creating spaces for other poets to do the same. Maya is the 2023 Canadian Individual Spoken Word Champion.
Follow Maya on all platforms at @MayaSpoken !

Guess who's backkkkkk! You know I had to give y'all another interview style episode and this time it's with one of my besties :)



This episode, Yanaminah and I tackled the intricate and many times difficult aspects of being an eldest daughter in an African household. The expectations, the burdens, the resentment, the hyper independence, the frustrations, people pleasing and everything in between. In the end, we did chat about what care can look like, what boundaries look like when you finally say "no" to the expectations that we're placed onto you, what community can do to aid with that care, and what importance friendship and community has when one is letting go of intergenerational traumas. The conversation was healing for the both of us, and we hope it can be for you too. Happy listening :)



Here is a bit more about Yanaminah, who you can find on everything as @yanaminah



"Yanaminah is dedicated to addressing anti-black racism through public education, amplifying storytelling through community engagement, and empowering Black ideas within arts and cultural spaces. She’s currently the Community Guest Curator at the Ottawa Art Gallery."

Hey yall! I am back with another one :) Happy New Year to all of you and welcome back to EverydaySeh. This episode I discuss community, what it means to me, looks like to me and what are some ways that larger forms of community need to improve to ensure everyone is safe, cared for and loved.

Enjoy and as always, share the episode and follow me on other platforms to get more !

“Gentrification is not solely about removing people. It is removing the cultural and community support people have built with each other.”

These are just some of the very insightful words Joyce shared with me during our podcast episode which dealt with the topic of gentrification, urban planning, development and their interconnections with anti-blackness, land back and immigration.

Joyce, who is currently studying Urban Planning at Queens University, graciously accepted to come on my podcast and discuss an issue that I know has probably impacted many of you watching this short clip. Not only were her words insightful, they were mind opening and profound. Thank you Joyce for taking the time to discuss this topic with me as it is one that impacts Black folks globally. Community is further destabilized when people are removed from their homes not only because of the physical displacement, but the communal and cultural one as well.

As always, catch the rest of the episode on all platforms by going to the link in my bio. You can also find the information on where to reach me in my Linktree too :). Make sure you also reach out to Joyce (@shakenawanyi on IG) if you have any follow up questions. This is Part 2 to this amazing 2 part episode !



Enjoy!