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  • Episode 291: Pan-Africanism for the Win with Martin Kimani

    Episode 291: Pan-Africanism for the Win with Martin Kimani
    2025/10/14
    Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s conversation dovetails themes that have become very present in my perspectives this past year. Our conversation takes place in one of my locals, which happens to be a new-ish local for my guest - Brooklyn, New York. My guest, Ambassador Martin Kimani is a native of a soon-to-be local for me - Kenya. And we are both decididedly on a #PanAfricaProgress mission. Getting to this point, Ambassabor Kimani has spent his career operating at the intersection of diplomacy, security, and political legitimacy, working across national, regional, and multilateral systems to resolve conflict, build institutions, and negotiate power. As Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the UN, he served as president of the Security Council and the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA, and UNOPS. In his Security Council address of February 2022 (https://www.un.int/kenya/statements_speeches/statement-amb-martin-kimani-during-security-council-urgent-meeting-situation), delivered on the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and viewed by millions, affirmed a core element of his leadership: the ability to bring moral clarity and strategic grounding to moments of international rupture. Earlier, in his career, he directed Kenya’s National Counter Terrorism Centre and served as the President’s Special Envoy for Countering Violent Extremism advising three presidents through national and regional crises, from emergency evacuations to constitutional brinkmanship. This year he stepped into a new role as President and CEO of The Africa Center (https://theafricacenter.org) in New York marking a new phase in his work where diplomacy, strategy, and narrative converge. At the same time his Pan-African portfolio alongside his continued engagement with the United Nations positions him as the current President of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (https://www.ohchr.org/en/permanent-forum-people-african-descent). Where to find Martin? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-kimani-a44849215/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ambmkimani/?hl=en) What’s Martin reading? A Wreath for Udomo (https://50wattsbooks.com/products/a-wreath-for-udomo-peter-abrahams?srsltid=AfmBOooU1jYcu8Lxyc0K8p8sCDK1PSkL0GaLZ0oi3AVTcUN7y8ulaTyx) by Peter Abrahams (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Abrahams) Other topics of interest: About Mombasa, Kenya (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mombasa) Nyeri, Kenya (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyeri) Kiambu, Kenya (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiambu) About the Kikuyu People (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikuyu_people) Ambassador Kimani’s Security Council Speech (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxZlaiuicYM) The First Pan-African Congress in London (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Pan-African_Conference) The Fifth Pan-African Congress in Manchester (https://panafricancongress.org/the-fifth-pan-african-congress/) Who was George Padmore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Padmore)? Necropolitics (https://www.dukeupress.edu/necropolitics) by Achille Mbembe African Nationalism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_nationalism)
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    54 分
  • Episode 1: Coming Soon: Glocal Citizens

    Episode 1: Coming Soon: Glocal Citizens
    2019/11/22
    Greetings Glocal Citizens! Let me introduce myself, I'm your host Florence Amerley Adu. I'm CEO and co-founder of LEAP Transmedia. Our vision is to seeds and sows a fertile ground for improving education and economic outcomes for Ghanaians and Africans across the diaspora. Do you dream about “doing something” abroad? Then consider Glocal Citizens required listening in the due diligence, trusted advisor and inspiration department. In each episode, I visit with dynamic diasporans making local and global impact designing and applying their craft. We explore how their passions have rooted them throughout their lives, while at the same time feeding the branches compelling them to keep reaching “beyond.” We also discuss the personal and professional dimensions of glocal citizenship. Then we round out the discussion with a deep dive into to the business of their business, covering the technical and operational components of the work of “doing something.”
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    2 分
  • Episode 290: Design Thinking in Teaching and Learning with Kalimah Fergus Ayele

    Episode 290: Design Thinking in Teaching and Learning with Kalimah Fergus Ayele
    2025/10/07
    Greetings Glocal Citizens! We’re talking about the business of teaching and learning from a design thinking perspective with my guest, fellow Stanford University alum, visionary educational leader and the founder and CEO of Roundtrip Ticket Home, an organization dedicated to helping educators reimagine school systems through design thinking, Kalimah Fergus Ayele. With almost 30 years of experience in education, her journey began as a Peace Corps Volunteer, teaching Chemistry in East Africa. Her career has spanned five countries, enriching her global perspective on learning, and bringing a deep understanding of urban educational landscapes to her transformative work. Most recently, she served as the Head of NYC Campus for The Winchendon School where she led an innovative educational oasis in Manhattan, guiding high school students through real-world learning and a unique city-wide field study program designed to connect them with their passions. In this conversation we truly experience the roundtrip journey of a little girl growing up in Brooklyn and St. Croix, building on Pan-African rooting from an early age, who manifested her new and now as a global citizen ready for her next adventure. Where to find Kalimah? @roundtrip Ticket Home (http://roundtriptickethome.weebly.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalimah-fergus-ayele/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/kalimahinkemet/?hl=en) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/kalimah.ayele/) What’s Kalimah reading? All the Way to the River (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707805/all-the-way-to-the-river-oprahs-book-club-by-elizabeth-gilbert/) by Eizabeth Gilbert What’s Kalimah watching? aka Charlie Sheen (https://www.netflix.com/title/82024990) on Netflix Orgasm Inc: The Story of One Taste (https://www.netflix.com/title/81487901) on Netflix Other topics of Interest: About St. Croix (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Croix) Sleepy Hollow, New York (https://visitsleepyhollow.com) About the United States Peace Corps (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Corps) About Brooklyn’s African Street Fair (https://www.blackownedbrooklyn.com/stories/international-african-arts-festival#:~:text=The%20International%20African%20Arts%20Festival,people%20from%20across%20the%20globe.) and International African Arts Festival (https://www.iaafestival.org/history) Courageous Conversation + Glenn Singleton (https://courageousconversation.com/about/glenn-singleton/#dipipopup-19366279) About the American University in Cairo (https://www.aucegypt.edu) On Montessori Education (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_education) On Friends or Quaker Schools (https://www.friendsacademy.org/blog/quaker-school-5-reasons) Special Guest: Kalimah Fergus Ayele.
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    54 分
  • Episode 289: When Activism Writes the Story with Myra Vahighene

    Episode 289: When Activism Writes the Story with Myra Vahighene
    2025/09/30
    Greetings Glocal Citizens! In case you missed us last week there’s good reason. My glocal speak for the week was #UNGA80. The streets and sounds of NYC all pointed to the United Nations General Assembly and myriad sideline events. My week was about all thing #PanAfricanProgress and I look forward to sharing stories from the ground in the coming months. One thing is for sure, the giant that is Africa is awake with millions of youth and experienced diasporans ready to keep all of our eyes wide open. Much of that story is alive and well in my guest this week. Myra Dunoyer Vahighene is a storyteller, creative entrepreneur, and founder of Eleza Masolo, a cultural platform born on YouTube in 2020 and officially launched in 2022 to amplify African voices through storytelling, fashion, and visual arts. She authored Nyuma, the Thirsty Fish (https://a.co/d/2dY2FxR), a children's book tackling water justice in Africa, and regularly speaks across the continent — from Abidjan to Nairobi — about youth empowerment, branding, and narrative sovereignty. A Harvard-trained cultural leader, Myra blends Afro fashion, social storytelling, and entrepreneurship to inspire the new generation of African creators across borders. We meet in Nairobi at the New Cities Summit in June of this year where our common passion for elevating storytelling targeting African children forged our connection. Her most recent literary work Ceux qu’on ne sauvera pas (The Ones We Couldn’t Save) (https://a.co/d/iLT8FXs), published on August 10, 2025 is a powerful book blending real-life testimonies, allegory, and prophetic narrative to recount thirty years of war and suffering in her homeland, the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Through this work is a moving tribute and a lasting call to remember the forgotten victims of ongoing conflict. Where to find Myra? Eleza Masolo (https://www.instagram.com/eleza_masolo/?hl=en) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/myra-dunoyer-vahighene-✨-b1b449168/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/myra_dunoyer_vahighene/?hl=en) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/myra.vahighene/) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@ElezaMasolo) Who is Myra listening to? Slimane (https://www.youtube.com/@slimane_music) Other topics of interest: Congo, Kinshasa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo) What’s happening in Goma? (https://acleddata.com/expert-comment/qa-what-happening-and-around-goma) Kivu and the ongoig conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/violence-democratic-republic-congo) The Great Congo River (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43xTvpxWLW4) About DRC’s many ethnic groups (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ethnic_groups_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo) What is an ISBN (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN) France’s AFNIL (https://www.afnil.org) platform Teraanga (https://bbc.com/travel/article/20201115-teraanga-the-word-that-defines-senegal) Lâche (https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/l%C3%A2che) and Faiblesse (https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/faiblesse) in English About The First Pyramid (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_Djoser) of King Djoser Special Guest: Myra Dunoyer Vahighene .
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  • Episode 288: ENCORE Episode | Storytelling for Structural Change with Esther Armah

    Episode 288: ENCORE Episode | Storytelling for Structural Change with Esther Armah
    2025/09/16
    Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we continue to reflect on GlocalCitizens@5 and we’re flashing back to our Womens' Herstory series in March 202. Ghana-based, London-born international award-winning journalist, playwright, global public speaker and entrepreneur, Esther Armah (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/66) – a self-described ‘global black chick’ – has lived, worked, loved, and created across three cities in three countries on three continents – London, New York, and Accra. She is the Executive Director of the Esther Armah Institute of Emotional Justice and she leads a global team in Ghana, Chicago and London. Her most applauded work, which she describes as “more of a purpose than a profession” is centred on the concept of EMOTIONAL JUSTICE. Pubilshed in 2022, her groundbreaking book Emotional Justice: A Roadmap for Racial Healing (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717082/emotional-justice-by-esther-a-armah/) argues that the crucial missing piece to racial healing and sustainable equity is emotional justice—a new racial healing language to help us do our emotional work. She continues to build on this apparatus with complementary storytelling expressed via her breadth of creative media expertise. As part of EAIEJ’s third annual September event HEALING HARM | HEEDING HISTORY, themed WELLNESS in the face of WARFARE she’ll be hosting a screening and dialogue for her short film '...goodbye to the EMOTIONAL MAMMY' later this week. Saturday, 20th September @ 6pm African Film Society East Legon, ACCRA Tickets are SOLD OUT but be sure to follow and sign up for a screening near you! Where to find Esther? www.theaiej.com On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/estherarmah/) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/esther.armah.37) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/eaarmah/?hl=en) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/MegaArmah/featured) Other topics of interest: Million Women March (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Woman_March) Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie_Madikizela-Mandela) Steve Beko (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Biko) Oliver Tambo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Tambo) Women in the ANC (https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/anc-womens-league-ancwl) Truth and Reconciliation Commission South Africa (https://www.justice.gov.za/trc/) New Heritage Theatre Group (https://newheritagetheatre.org/) Danceworks London (https://danceworks.com/) www.iamadinkra.com ICYMI - Nana Amoako-Anin's episodes - Part 1 (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/8) and Part 2 (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/9) Special Guest: Esther Armah.
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    59 分
  • Episode 287: The Fight for Equity in Teaching, Learning and Leading with Dr. Elaine Ruiz Lopez

    Episode 287: The Fight for Equity in Teaching, Learning and Leading with Dr. Elaine Ruiz Lopez
    2025/09/08
    Greetings Glocal Citizens! As the season of academic studies begins in many institutions across parts of the world, including New York City where I have spent many years working with charter schools to open their doors to children and families, it’s a flashback moment for my guest and me to the days when she was first granted a charter to begin her social enterpreneurship journey as a school leader and founder. Dr. Elaine Ruiz Lopez is the Founder and the Chief Executive Officer of the International Leadership Charter High School, a rigorous college prep charter high school in the Bronx, New York where over 95% of its scholars graduate within four years enrolling in the college of their choice. In 2024, she expanded her vision opening a middle school in 2024. Having worked in the field of education since 1980, over ths course of her career she has held various leadership positions in public schools and universities. In 2017, she was one of the recipients of the Distinguished Women Award (Mujeres Destacadas) presented by El Diario, the largest Spanish daily newspaper organization in the country. In 2022 as one of 100 Bronx Power Women. In 2023 she received the Educator of Excellence Award from the Black Latinx Asian Charter Coalition (BLACC). She is a founding member of the Latino Charter Leaders Roundtable and its current Chair. Her first book, The Fight for Equity in the Bronx: Changing Lives and Transforming Communities One Scholar at a Time was published last summer and stands as a testament to years of focusing her vision as a servant leader as well as the manifestation of generations of purpose driven living and adaptating to new shores, creating home in other lands. Where to find Dr. Ruiz Lopez and the International Leadership Charter High School? Buy her book @ here (https://www.drelaineruizlopez.com/)! Saturday (and weekends), September 13th - October 12th, 2025 at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (https://www.bwac.org/) as part of “the art of Nuyorican Soul: A Love Letter from the Diaspora to the Island” exhibition. International Leadership Charter Schools (https://www.ilchs.org/meet-the-ceo) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-elaine-ruiz-lopez-7146bb232/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/internationalleadershipchs/) What’s Elaine reading, watching and listening to? Island Beneath the Sea (https://www.harpercollins.com/products/island-beneath-the-sea-isabel-allende?variant=32132770463778) by Isabel Allende My Grandmother’s Hands (https://resmaa.com/merch/) by Dr. Resmaa Menakem Lupin (https://www.netflix.com/title/80994082) on Netflix CeCe Winans (https://cecewinans.com) Yolanda Adams (https://yolandaadamslive.com/about-yolanda/) Other topics of interest: About Historical Puerto Rico (https://www.hispanicfederation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Puerto-Rico-101.pdf) On Immigrants and Migrants (https://www.gmfus.org/news/migrant-vs-immigrant-how-two-letters-can-change-society) The Bronx is Burning (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladies_and_Gentlemen,_the_Bronx_Is_Burning) and other stories about struggle (http://decadeoffire.com) and settlement in The Bronx (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx) What is the Jones Act (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920)? Finding Your Roots (https://www.pbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/) with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on PBS Find our more about charter schoos via the New York City Charter School Center (https://nyccharterschools.org) Special Guest: Elaine Ruiz Lopez.
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    56 分
  • Episode 286: Reloading Life in Relocation and Retirement with Serene Lewis Lyles

    Episode 286: Reloading Life in Relocation and Retirement with Serene Lewis Lyles
    2025/08/26
    Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s interview was recorded while my guest and I were on the same time zone in Western Europe--she in Portugal and the UK for me. My guest, Serene Lewis Lyles spent most of her 30-year career making complex things simple. She was on the forefront of launching technologies that, today, are foundational to our lives including digital video recording (the predecessor to streaming content), the Internet of Things (now known as “Smart tech”), and high-design vape tech (much to her embarrassment). Fun fact, our paths crossed while we were both based in New York City in the aughts, and we share Colorado and Northern California as places we’ve also called home. After living and working in the States and the UK, she finished her career in San Francisco, as a Senior Director at Meta, leading the content design team behind Facebook and Instagram’s billion-dollar ads business. At Meta, she was also a leader of the employee resource group Black@ Design and founder of the Black@ Content Design Leads group. Since retiring last year, She has now turned her experience of leading people in solving hard problems into a career coaching people through the challenging process of planning for retirement. Her super powers as a coach are being comfortable talking about money, being excited about other people’s dreams, and creating systems that drive action. Where to find Serene? serenelewis.coach (https://serenelewis.coach/) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/serenelewis/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/serenelewis/) On the Experts & Expats Podcast (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2433741/episodes/16857573) What’s Serene reading and listening to? A History of the World in Six Glasses (https://tomstandage.wordpress.com) by Tom Standage Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals (https://www.oliverburkeman.com/fourthousandweeks) by Oliver Burkeman Portuguese Lab Podcast (https://www.portugueselab.com/plp) Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend (https://teamcoco.com/podcasts/conan-obrien-needs-a-friend) Other topics of interest: About Golden Visa Programs (https://www.globalcitizensolutions.com/golden-visa-portugal/) More about international living in Uruguay (https://internationalliving.com/countries/uruguay/) San Francisco’s de Young Art Museum (https://www.famsf.org/visit/de-young) About the Forty Acres and a Mule (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_acres_and_a_mule) Blue Man Group (https://www.blueman.com) About Serene’s Mindset Hack @ 56:43 Special Guest: Serene Lewis Lyles.
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    1 時間 8 分
  • Episode 285: Where Palm Wine Meets Music and Digital Transformation with Emmanuel Agbeko Gamor

    Episode 285: Where Palm Wine Meets Music and Digital Transformation with Emmanuel Agbeko Gamor
    2025/08/19
    Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we’re flashing back to June 2020 when we first met Emmanual Agbeko Gamor (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/e-a-gamor) while he was based in South Africa attending Wits Business School (https://www.wbs.ac.za). Now glocal in his native Ghana and South Africa he continues to evolve on the personal and professional fronts. Widely known as Palmwine DJ, Emmanuel is a trailblazer in Ghana’s music scene, a digital professional, social entrepreneur, and music curator dedicated to preserving and celebrating African musical heritage. With over a decade of experience working remotely and collaboratively with local, regional, and multinational partners, he’s built a career that bridges the digital and physical worlds, creating impactful experiences through music, networking, and community building. As you’ll hear, this phase of E.A.Gamor is on the cusp of big moves in the coming year. #Listenandlearn more! Where to find Emmanuel? Palmwine DJ (https://eagamor.com) On Glocal Citizens (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/e-a-gamor) What’s Emmanuel playing and listening to? M3NSA (https://www.mensaansah.com) Kwan Pa Band (https://www.kwanpagh.com) Ebo Taylor (https://www.jazzisdead.com/ebotaylor-1) Osibisa (https://www.facebook.com/OsibisaBand/) Kyekyeku (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFGpta66GQqZeraJ3NRuEKg) Oher topics of interest: What is Palm Wine? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_wine) On the roots of Palm-wine Music (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm-wine_music) Gome Drum (https://organology.net/instrument/gome/) Jùjú Music (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B9j%C3%BA_music) About EDM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_dance_music) On FutureCasting (https://www.newmarketsadvisors.com/navigating-uncertainty-with-futurecasting.html) About MTN (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_dance_music) and MTN Ghana (https://mtn.com.gh/about-home/) My iMali app (https://www.my-imali.com) Special Guest: Emmanuel Agbeko Gamor.
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    53 分