Media and Activism: An interview with Adaora Oramah, CEO of AMAKA Studio
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In today’s Episode CYHU continues to explore its theme: Activism, by looking at the role of the media - both traditional and social - in the construction, perpetuation, and deconstruction of biases. We are so excited to be joined by Adaora Oramah, fellow LSE alumna and CEO of AMAKA Studio, a pan African digital media platform. We chat about how to define pan Africanism and what it symbolises as well as the need to shift from using “diversification” to using “amplification” of traditionally underrepresented voices in the media. As always, join us as we fangirl over our guest, go off script and ask random questions chosen by a wheel!
“Being black is inherently political…being anything against the grain is inherently political because A) it has always been politicized and B) we haven’t been given the space to exist in certain environments.”
“I think it’s constant unlearning. As a Black dark-skinned woman I am constantly unlearning things that were taught to me and making sure that I am not repeating that or exporting that through media and representation”.
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