Presented by Tastemakers Africa, The Thread | Conversations Beyond The Return is a traveling series of conversations unpacking the potential for Pan-Africanism in a post-"Year of Return" moment for the culture. Since its inception as an in-person event in Washington, DC The Thread has gone...
With the world literally at a standstill, now more than ever it’s important to check in with our friends and community. How are you coping in these unprecedented times? Need a little pick me up? A real-talk session? We got you! Join Risikat “Kat” Okedeyi and...
"Minding + Tending" by Risikat Okedeyi Just as the closest planet to the Sun is Mercury which rules communication and early learning, the first Orisha to receive our energy in veneration is Ellegba because he carries our prayers to heaven and opens the roads for us to move...
With the world literally at a standstill, now more than ever it's important to check in with our friends and community. How are you coping in these unprecedented times? Need a little pick me up? A real-talk session? We got you. Join Risikat "Kat" Okedeyi...
"Welcome to the Neighborhood" by Risikat Okedeyi FIRST - Let me just say I felt ALL THE LOVE from my social media fam in addition to my real-life family and friends as May the 4th (force) is always with me, lol. In addition to this day...
"Welcome to the Neighborhood" by Risikat Okedeyi April 22,2020, marks the 50th anniversary of celebrating our collective mother (Earth/ Onile). She said this is my year of jubilee, and I am going to make sure I get my year of rest, children gosaadownsomeware! And should we...
With the world literally at a standstill, now more than ever it’s important to check in with our friends and community. How are you coping in these unprecedented times? Need a little pick me up? A real-talk session? We got you!Join Risikat “Kat” Okedeyi and...
In this episode, Kat dissects the Netflix limited series Self-Made: Inspired by the Life of Madame C. J. Walker. What is the responsibility of Black creatives to Black stories, even if they are meant to entertain? Who gets remembered and who gets erased? How do...
Adamaah Grayse is an Astrologer, Trained Organic Farmer, Yoruba Priestess, and inducted "Sacred Woman" of Queen Afua's SMAI TAWI Center. At present, she conducts Astrology workshops in the DMV, and works to send Agriculturalist from the US to work with farmers in developing countries to...
We have been in a COVID-19 panic for about three weeks now, and as I type this, my home state is currently under stay-at-home orders, that for the most part are being moderately adhered to. Like many of the homebound, I too am trying to...
Adamaah Grayse is an Astrologer, Trained Organic Farmer, Yoruba Priestess, and inducted "Sacred Woman" of Queen Afua's SMAI TAWI Center. At present, she conducts Astrology workshops in the DMV, and works to send Agriculturalist from the US to work with farmers in developing countries to...
With the Coronavirus shutting down the world, this call to "do the things that you have always wanted to do" is only adding to what is quite possibly one of the most significant pandemics in this lifetime. In this episode, Kat offers her two cents...