Báyò Akómoláfé
[articles, essays, interviews]
We do not act upon the world. We are the world in its unspeakable tensions, contradictions, experimentations, creativities, and messy alchemies.
It is not left to us to save the day.
A politics of the third way
[Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.]
We do not act upon the world.
We are the world in its unspeakable tensions, contradictions, experimentations, creativities, and messy alchemies.
It is not left to us to save the day.
Grounding VUNJA: Fieldnotes from my Journey to the Old ‘New World’
Vunja! [ten artifacts] Imagine other possibilities of being alive! Imagine ruptures and openings in spaces of suffering. Imagine other shapes and genres of being human. Imagine other futures! Vunja...
The Wilds Beyond Climate Justice: Opening Remarks
The Wilds Beyond Climate Justice [ten artifacts] The Wilds Beyond Climate Justice: A gathering at the end of hope was an experimental online event to engage in different activities, actions, and...
The Wandering, Winding Way of the Wound: Sophie Strand and Báyò Akómoláfé
Sounds of SAND The Wandering, Winding Way of the Wound, with Sophie Strand [Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.] An excerpt from the four-day webinar, The Wandering, Winding Way of the Wound with Báyò...
The Revolution will not be Psychologized
The Emerald Podcast The Revolution will not be Psychologized [Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.] In this episode of The Emerald, Báyò joins Josh for a deep-dive discussion into how the Western...
Slowing down and surrendering human centrality
The Green Dreamer Podcast Slowing down and surrendering human centrality [Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.] What does it mean that we have a crisis in form – that our problems go deeper than the visible...
Black lives matter, But to whom?
Black lives matter, But to whom? [Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.] Why We Need a Politics of Exile in a Time of Troubling StucknessWe're thrilled to share an extraordinary new work from our Global...
Why We Need Postactivism Today
Why We Need Postactivism Today [Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.] A talk about racial justice, freedom, the future, and the promise of a different kind of politics altogether. On Saturday, April 29,...
Across Lines: Grief. with Báyò Akómoláfé, Professor Sa’ed Atshan, and Cecilie Surasky
Across Lines: Grief. [Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.; Professor Sa’ed Atshan, and Cecilie Surasky] How do we catch people where they fall? How do we respond to this crisis in a way that doesn’t...
What I Mean By Postactivism
What I Mean By Postactivism [Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.] What am I talking about when I talk about "postactivism"?Postactivism, the concept that informs my notion of making sanctuary, is a matter...
Cracks Leading to Systems Change
My guest today is Báyò Akómoláfé (Ph.D.). Báyò is rooted with the Yoruba people in a more-than-human world, is the father to Alethea and Kyah, the grateful life-partner to lje, son and brother. A widely celebrated international speaker, posthumanist thinker, poet, teacher, public intellectual, essayist, and author of two books,
Contemplating Postactivism: Reframing Our Approach to Social Change with Báyò Akómoláfé
On June 16, Dr. Báyò Akómoláfé (renowned philosopher, writer, activist, professor of psychology, and international speaker) joined us to discuss his novel concept of “postactivism,” which invites us to move beyond the binary thinking of “us versus them” and engage in more nuanced, open-ended, and transformative ways of addressing social and environmental challenges.
The Meaning of Prophecy is to Look Again
The Meaning of Prophecy is to Look Again [Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.] The work of prophecy is to look again, to scavenge the mushy surfaces of celestial-mundane collisions for rare ways of...
The Allegory of the Pit: Or the Irony of Victory
The Allegory of the Pit:Or the Irony of Victory [Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.] Plato simply couldn’t bring himself to trust our error-prone, undependable, and unfiltered biases and opinions to...
What Climate Collapse Asks of Us
What Climate Colapse Asks of Us [Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.] In this (very) long essay, Báyò Akómoláfé investigates the work and contributions of “postactivism” in our unique times by thinking...