In this episode, Anton and BC discuss MacArthur fellow Joseph Drew Lanham, THE farmer Ken Sparks, and their personal experiences gardening, hiking, and cam ...
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Episode #41 – Farmer Ken Sparks
BC and Anton welcome visionary agriculturalist Ken Sparks for a conversation about food deserts, community gardens, and the future of urban farmi ...
Wakanda Welcomes a New Museum
It is impossible for us to be more excited about the opening of the new Museum of Science and Technology in Addis Ababa. Engage.
And Kenya WILL code!
Coding is now officially part of Kenya's primary and secondary curriculum. You can learn more here: www.cioafrica.co
Home is Everything
Much respect to this brother for doing what needs to be done. Learn more about Raymond Smith, Gradient Space, and his aspirations in real estate here: Than ...
PASTEL Green
Nigerian bookkeeping company, Pastel, raises $5.5 million. Learn more here:
MAGIC VILLAGE
Check out this AMAZING 3D architectural rendering tool made by Alan Wyatt. Now if we can pair this technology with some large scale 3D printing, Wakanda might ...
Nahom Teklu’s Evolving Journey
"The personal experience I have gained in working with different professionals in the construction sector gave me a chance to nurture my knowledge on integrate ...
Dawit + Nahom = FIRE
Check out architecture prophets Dawit Benti and Nahom Teklu in this wonderful conversation about heritage and urbanism in Addis. See and hear what a pure vibra ...
Shout Out: RASHIQ FATAAR
Rashiq is an urbanist and the founder and director of Our Future Cities. Our Future Cities works with communities, governments, and business to create more vis ...
Coffee Over Ice Cube
Black Enterprise reports that Ice Cub is teaming up with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters for a promotion around Friday coffee consumption. You know how we do i ...
Kenya StartUps! Kenya…StartUps!
TechCrunch reports that Kenya has the highest funding growth so far in 2022. Shout out to our sister, Ciiru Waweru, founder of Funkidz, even though she has not ...
Freetown. Really?
A very important story from the New York Times regarding the future of Sierra Leone. Communities will decide for themselves whether or not to engage in mining ...
The OSIB|VIAIE
Who is in the SKY IS BLACK Hall of Fame of Artists? For us, an entire wing must be dedicated to our brother and breathtaker, FANUEL LEUL. If you haven't se ...
Black Homes Matter
In the big picture, the development of affordable housing is critical for the global, Pan-African community. We will continue to highlight key players, and ke ...
Cash Rules Everything
One of the primary objectives of SKY IS BLACK is to empower entrepreneurs of African descent. We believe venture capital has a HUGE role to play in fulfilling ...
Making BAD
We revere Malene Barnett and the Black Artists + Designers Guild. What's not to love? Malene Barnett founded BADG in 2018 to create a space where Black artists ...
The African Skyline
The future of Addis, preserving contemporary architecture, and signature Ethiopian design were just some of the issues we discussed with architect and professo ...
Say Her Name, Say Her Name
During the podcast, we've mentioned a few talks from renown architect, Mariam Kamara. See and hear for yourself why the former David Adjaye protégé is making ...
Just Phenomenal
We are enthralled with author-architect Lesley Lokko. And with good reason. She is the founder of the African Futures Institute, which has a mission to transfo ...
Amharic for All
What African language will you learn? Even if you already speak one, there's always joy in learning something new. For those interested in Amharic, one of th ...
See What Eyes See
We’ve only begun to explore and celebrate the work of artist Aida Muluneh. She is featured in the upcoming book In the Black Fantastic, by writer Ekow Eshun, ...
Ohio, stand up. Ohio, stand up!
Black Tech Week is almost here. Coinciding with the Cincinnati Music Festival, Black Tech Week is designed for tech professionals, funders, enthusiasts, and al ...
SPOTLIGHT: Aisha Nyandoro
Aisha Nyandoro is Chief Executive Officer of Springboard To Opportunities, gaining national attention, in part, for being the designer of Magnolia Mother's Tru ...
We’re Coming Home!
Some of us, at least. On June 13, the Smithsonian Institution voted to return a portion of Benin's artistic heritage to Nigeria. Their statement reads: ...
Freedom Yet?
We are extremely excited about the National Juneteenth Museum, designed by architect, Darren James. To learn more about the museum, and the holiday, and the i ...
Boston Uncommon
The United States city of Boston became the first American city to apologize for its ties to slavery and the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. While it's the first ...
Back on the Block
The international Pan-African community is celebrating the reopening of London's historic Africa Centre. Located on Great Suffolk Street in Southwark, the Afr ...
See What We’ve Been Missing
With Lin Manuel Miranda as Executive Producer, this has to be good, right? We haven’t yet seen it, but you can check out the trailer for directors Saul W ...
AFROPOLITAN
What do we make of the new digital enclave, Afropolitan? Only time will tell. Either way, their manifesto certainly deserves our attention. "We are bu ...
In the Black Fantastic
We are so excited about the upcoming book and exhibition from writer-curator Ekow Eshun. Here's the description of the upcoming book, which you can find in th ...