Bayo Akomolafe is globally recognised for his poetic, unconventional, counterintuitive, and indigenous take on the world's interlocking social and environmental crises. He is the Executive Director of the Emergence Network. A Post-Activist Project making radical and creative inquiries into the frameworks that govern our orthodox modes of responding to crises.

Bayo has authored two books: ‘We Will Tell Our Own Story' and ‘These Wilds Beyond Our Fences: Letters To My Daughter on Humanity's Search For Home.' He considers learning how to be with his daughter, son and their mother, his most sacred work.

Learn more about Bayo Akomolafe’s work

The conversation was real yet touched upon the mysterious, we talked about:

- Post-activism: an invitation to be present with and listen to the troubles in the world

- Questioning concepts of “rightness,” “whiteness” and what it means to be “appropriate”

- The importance of becoming strangers, to “lose our way” to find new ways of living

- Embracing obstacles as gifts and allies on our path

- Finding the extraordinary in the ordinary world

- The failure of our politics in dealing with colonization and racism

You can connect with Bayo and his work on the web here.

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