Defining Ourselves with Dr. Clenora Hudson-Weems

Black History Year

PushBlack

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 26 April 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Feminism, Black feminism, womanism. According to our guest today, author, literary scholar, and professor Dr. Clenora Hudson-Weems, none of these concepts serve women of African descent or the Black community at large. But one theory does: Africana womanism. Based in nature, observation, and community, Dr. Hudson-Weems expounds on what Africana womanism is, what it isn't, and why this framework might be what's needed to pull our people closer to Black liberation. BHY is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company - hit us up at BlackHistoryYear.com and share this with your people! PushBlack exists because we saw we had to take this into our own hands. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at https://BlackHistoryYear.com. Most people do 5 or 10 bucks a month, but everything makes a difference. Thanks for supporting the work. The Black History Year production team includes Tareq Alani, Abeni Jones, Patrick Sanders, Tasha Taylor, William Anderson, Jareyah Bradley, Brooke Brown, Shonda Buchanan, Briona Lamback, Akua Tay, Leslie Taylor-Grover, and Darren Wallace. Our producers are Cydney Smith and Ivana Tucker, who also edits the podcast. Black History Year’s Executive Producer is Julian Walker. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	My people, my people, my people, welcome to Push Blacks Black History Year.
0:16.4	I'm Jay.
0:17.4	We appreciate you all giving us some time today.
0:20.4	You know, when we first developed this podcast, it was our vision to connect you to the history,
0:26.2	thinkers, activists, and ideas that are left out of mainstream conversations.
0:32.3	And sometimes those ideas contradict.
0:35.2	But as our brother, Chairman Fred Hampton, Jr. said earlier this season, we have to heighten
0:41.2	the contradictions and acknowledge the differences that live within our community.
0:48.0	And today we'll do that with our guest, Dr. Klanora Hudson Weems.
0:54.1	Recognizing that feminism and its successors frequently didn't serve the interests of
0:59.6	women of African descent, Dr. Hudson Weems, ideated, observed, and named a theoretical
1:07.2	construct that she believes does, Africana womanism.
1:13.2	An author, scholar, and professor of English at the University of Missouri, Dr. Hudson Weems
1:18.8	first introduced her theory of Africana womanism in the 80s and has since captured a global
1:25.0	audience with works such as her 1993 study, Africana womanism, reclaiming ourselves and
1:32.1	her 2004 book, Africana Womanist Literary Theory.
1:37.6	She'll expand on her theory in a moment, a theory that some scholars cite as controversial
1:43.8	while others praise as radical.
1:47.1	Either way, Dr. Hudson Weems will detail how she believes Africana womanism can lead
1:53.0	us to organize our community towards black liberation.
1:58.7	Let's jump in.
2:12.4	Dr. Hudson Weems, what does black liberation look like to you?
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