Curious what Postactivism, Transraciality and OntoFugitivity mean in the context of healing and trauma? A man of profound words, poetry, wisdom and healing trauma, Bayo Akomolafe, Ph.D. is an author, celebrated speaker, teacher, and self-styled trans-public intellectual (a concept imagined together with and inspired by the shamanic priesthood of the Yoruba healer-trickster), whose vocation goes beyond justice and speaking truth to power to opening up other spaces of power-with, and queering fond formulations and configurations of hope. Roughly ten years ago, he was invited to be the Special Envoy of the International Alliance for Localization, a project of Ancient Futures (USA).
Bayo has been a Visiting Professor and has taught at many universities worldwide. The convener of the concepts of ‘postactivism’, ‘transraciality’ and ‘ontofugitivity’, Dr. Bayo Akomolafe is a widely celebrated international speaker, teacher, public intellectual, essayist and author of two books, These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home (North Atlantic Books) and We Will Tell our Own Story: The Lions of Africa Speak.
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