876: Bigger Than Me

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When history comes knocking, you have to figure out what to do.

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When history comes knocking, you have to figure out what to do.

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Prologue: Brittany’s job is to answer anonymous calls and
texts from people in the military. This year, she’s gotten more
than usual–most of them are wondering about what to do with
orders they’ve been given. Or orders they’re afraid they’ll
get someday in the future. (9 minutes)

Act One: Jad Abumrad tells the story of the "ideological
genealogy” of Fela Kuti’s anti-colonial politics–his mother. In
late 1940s Nigeria, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti found herself at the
center of a big, historical moment: an uprising led by thousands
of women selling goods in Nigeria’s markets. Jad goes searching
for who she really was, and how she became the person who
galvanized a movement when history demanded it of her. (45
minutes)

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