The Sacred

The Sacred

A podcast about the things we hold sacred, and how to talk to people different from ourselves.

Minna Salami on feminism, racism and ‘sensuous knowledge’

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Minna is a social critic, feminist theorist and poet, and she’s founder of the blog, MsAfropolitan. She’s the author most recently of ‘Sensuous knowledge: a black feminist approach for everyone’.

She speaks about her childhood in Nigeria and Finland, her experiences with racism, her deep feminist identity, and what a more holistic approach to knowledge might look like.

You can read a full transcript here: https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2022/01/12/minna-salami-on-feminism-racism-and-sensuous-knowledge


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by Paula on
I love the approach of this episode, exploring where people are coming from to better understand their ideas and things they put out in the world. And I really loved hearing about Minna Salami's ideas and life, very inspiring! I only didn't like the format of this interview so much, with many questions interrupting the flow of the conversation, not allowing much depth to explore a certain issue, and it felt weird / 'wrong' to me that the interviewer rather than the interviewee had the last word. Bringing in the idea of sensuous knowledge: this felt a bit off for me, not in line with the spirit of Minna's work. And I wanted to share my honest reaction with you.

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The Sacred is a podcast about our deepest values, the stories that shape us and how we can build empathy and understanding between people who are very different.

Each episode features a conversation with someone who has a public voice, from academics to journalists, playwrights and politicians. We ask them where they have come from, what they are trying to do and what might help heal our very divided public conversations.

The Sacred is hosted by Elizabeth Oldfield, former director of Theos think tank.

For more information about the people and ideas behind the podcast, visit https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/about/who-we-are or follow us on Twitter @theosthinktank, @sacred_podcast and @ESOldfield.

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