Ep 34: The Importance Of Re-evaluating Values We Blindly Accept, Lanaire Aderemi, Poet & Author

Those African Chicks - Exploring Identities of African Women

Lanaire is a 19year old Nigerian Writer, Spoken Word performer and new author who recently published her first Poetry anthology called “Of Ivory And Ink”. Of Ivory And Ink is ollection of specially shortlisted poems from 2012-2015. When on stage, Lanaire goes by the alias Verse Writer; she has written over eighty poems and has won a myriad of awards. Her works speaks on socio-political issues regarding feminism, neo-colonialism, hypermasculinity and other forms of injustices.

TOPIC DISCUSSED

• Privilege of attending Creative African Schools
• Discovery of poetry
• Favorite work created and why
  • Recent Poem “Remember To Resist”
• African Feminism
  • Aba Women’s Riot 1929
• Occupying Your Space as a Black Women
  • Malick Sidibe
  • Njideka Akunyili Crosby – I Refuse To Be Invisible
• Dark Girls Documentary
  • Skin Bleaching in Nigeria

HER WORK

• Of Ivory & Ink (DM to order ofivoryandink )
• Lanaire Aderemi SoundCloud

ON SOCIAL MEDIA

• Twitter @LanaireA
• Instagram @ofivoryandink

QUOTE CARD

“Develop Your Own Independent Assessment of Reality” – Lanaire

“To Find Yourself, You Have To Think For Yourself” - Chimamanda

PRODUCTION

Produced & Edited – Mude Productions

Music – Deep Hat, YT Audio Library

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