Belonging to Blackness

Belonging to Blackness


Latest Episodes

S4, Ep 033 with African American/Visual Studies author Jasmine Nichole Cobb on “New Growth: The Art and Texture of Black Hair”
January 24, 2023

All things Hair and Visuality! Host Yndia is in conversation with Jasmine Nichole Cobb, author and scholar of African & African American Studies and of Art, Art History and Visual Studies on her new b

S4, Ep 032 with Javaka Steptoe, award-winning children’s book author & illustrator, about Black storytelling through art
December 20, 2022

In this episode, host Yndia is in conversation with nationally-renowned childrens book author and illustrator, Javaka Steptoe. Listen in as they discuss several topics, including: the intention and i

S4, Ep 031 with Ruth E. Carter (two-time Academy Award winner for Fashion/Costume Design) about Black futurism and working with Oprah, Spike Lee and Chadwick Boseman 
November 15, 2022

#WakandaForever! Host Yndia chats with Academy Award Winner, costume designer and AfroFuturist, Ruth E. Carter about her almost four-decade long career working on iconic projects for the big and small

S4, Ep 030 with media executive and author Charity C. Elder on “Power: The Rise of Black Women in America”
October 25, 2022

In this episode, host Yndia sits with Charity C. Elder, award-winning journalist and media executive and author of the book, Power: The Rise of Black Women in America. A lovely meditation that celebra

S4, Ep 029 with historical fiction author Natasha Gordon-Chipembere of “Finding La Negrita” on the legacy of African descended storytelling in Latin America and the Caribbean
September 20, 2022

In this Season 4 premiere, host Yndia is in conversation with author, editor and professor of African diasporic literature, Natasha Gordon-Chipembere. Known for her seminal book, Representation and Bl

S3, Ep 028 with Desiree Gordon, cultural strategist and curator on how art and art institutions are tools for social justice, wellness and equity
June 27, 2022

Season 3 finale celebrates June as Caribbean Heritage Month with guest Desiree Gordon, an Antiguan healing artist, singer and cultural strategist, whose work has been recognized by the Smithsonian Ins

S3, Ep 027 on Trusting the Process (Special Topic with Dr. Yndia)
May 24, 2022

Special Topic Episode: Trusting the Process with host Yndia. By popular demand, this episode focuses on what it means to trust the process and why it is important especially when embarking upon a

S3, Ep 026 with Regine Jean-Charles, english professor and author on the significance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s “Trumpet of Conscience” today (Live recording)
April 25, 2022

Part of the year-long Reimagining Together speaker series (Fall 2021- Spring 2022) held at Northeastern University in Boston, Host Yndia sat down with guest Haitian American activist, professor, schol

S3, Ep 025 with Yvonne Blake of Hakim’s Bookstore, the first and oldest Black-owned Bookstore in US about the importance of Black-owned community spaces 
March 21, 2022

In this episode, Host Yndia sits down with legacy owner Yvonne Blake of Hakims Bookstore. Founded in 1959, Hakims Bookstore is the first and oldest Black-owned bookstore in Philadelphia and is consi

S3, Ep 024 with Kevin Adonis Browne, poet, photographer and winner of the Bocas Literary Prize on visual arts and carnival cultures
February 15, 2022

In this episode, host Yndia sits down with photographer, poet, and professor Kevin Adonis Browne, winner of the 2019 Bocas Literary Prize for High Mas: Carnival and the Poetics of Caribbean Culture.