Episode 110 - PLEASE can we introduce you to Ida B Wells?

Ida B Wells was a brilliant anti-colonialist activist,
journalist, writer, teacher and a leader within the human rights
movement of her time. Born on 16 July 1862, she grew up during a
time when the legal end of slavery did not translate into an
anti-racist United States of America. Lynchings, for example,
which is a dominant theme of her work, was one mechanism used by
white supremacists to continue instilling fear within Black
people, and to continue social and economic oppression through
that economy of fear. 

In this episode of In The Ring, brilliant historian Vashna
Jagarnath is back. She narrates the life and times of Ida B
Wells, in a manner that is truly compelling, and which I know
will inspire you to do more reading and research of your own,
beyond this podcast.

It is a fitting follow-up on our recent podcast epsiode - episode
104 - with Vashna, which had focused on the story of Juneteenth (
https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/episode-104-slavery-the-cosmpolitan-history/id1561851417?i=1000567120352
).

We have to fight the silencing of Black voices, and popularise
the stories of Black thinkers and important- and ordinary -
historical figures. This is part of our commitment to epistemic
justice. 

It is in that spirit that I hope you enjoy every minute of this
conversation which moves across time and space, drawing links
constantly between the life and times of Ida B Wells, and
contemporary struggles of our own, which can draw on and learn
from those of yesteryear.