1st episode – Abdu Ali

Always in the state of interrogation and questioning

Abdu Ali possesses many different creative and revolutionary powers. They create music and poetry as well as curate and organize events that represent far more than a simple club party. According to them, what inspires them to do so are their ancestors as well as various critical thinkers like Audre Lorde or Paulo Freire. What are the ideas that can help a gender non-comforming creative person navigate various forms of oppression and create their own image of the future in collaboration with their community? How important is it for them to create new spaces where marginalized people can be free of western ideologies? What does it mean to create a non-capitalistic and spiritual performance? Why must self care always involve caring for others and what was the source of a life force for Abdu Ali in their hometown of Baltimore. These are some of the topics discussed in the first episode of podcast My Emancipation Don’t Fit in Your Equation presented by Mary C and Institute of Anxiety.

LIST OF REFERENCES

Abdu Ali – F.U.F.M.
Miss Tony – How U Wanna Carry It
Audre Lorde reading Uses of the Erotic
June Jordan reading Poem Against The State of Things
Abdu Ali – DaWon
Abdu Ali – Interlude – To Be Human

www.abduali.com
abdualibmore.bandcamp.com

Concept & narration: Mary C
Title music: Mary C
Translation: Dora Rodriguez
Dubbing: Zeynab Gueye
Visuals: Vladyslav Afanasiev & Jan Brož

MY EMANCIPATION DON’T FIT IN YOUR EQUATION

Podcast series that maps the revolutionary and emancipatory thoughts in current music presented by Mary C and Institute of Anxiety.

Let’s explore revolutionary thoughts and strong emotions in contemporary music, that have the power to move our society. They have always been here but are very often neglected. However, there still are places where they thrive, where new provocative and strong realities emerge and where new pop music arises, along with new revolutions.

Let’s explore the process of evolution and emancipation of electronic dance music and rap.
How do artists, especially those from african diaspora, create? Is it even possible to create when the art should be an absence of fear? What can artists help us learn and unlearn and how can we become connected and free ourselves through listening? Meet the artists who produce music as well as important knowledge, bring communities together and organize a variety of initiatives. How does their emancipation diverge from the current normative equation? The title of the podcast is inspired by Lauryn Hill’s lyrics 'My emancipation don't fit your equation.' appears in her song Lost Ones.

Marie Čtveráčková aka Mary C is a curator, musician, music journalist, producer, and cofounder of ZVUK and Synth Library Prague. From 2011 to 2020 she worked at Radio Wave as the creator and moderator of Scéna s Mary C (The Scene with Mary C), which focused primarily on rap, its context, and its contemporary forms. She is currently focusing on musical education in the area of electronic music and works as a curator and instructor at Synth Library Prague. In 2018 she founded the collective Trigger, which aims to connect women and trans* people in the music scene. She is interested in the use of feminist theory as well as considerations of hiphop culture in informal education and opportunities for community organizing.