Don’t Forget Your Culture is a bi-monthly show exploring issues of culture. and the reparative journey we are all on as members of the global African family. From discussions with reparationists to reasonings with Afro-futurists, each stream aims to grow our understanding of who we are as a people and the work we must do to live and thrive in this age of awakening.

/SEASON 1/

DFYC#1: STANLEY GRIFFIN

At a time when it was still possible to talk to someone face to face without the help of zoom, DTA.LIVE caught up with Dr Stanley Griffin at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, to find out more about how Caribbean memory workers are developing methodologies for recognising, preserving and sharing history that makes sense to their communities.

DYFC#2: STANLEY GRIFFIN (PT.2)

The second part of our conversation with Dr Stanley Griffin at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica exploring the decolonising of the archive from a Caribbean perspective.

DYFC#3: VELMA McCLYMONT

DTA speak with writer, poet and community advocate Dr Velma McClymont. Born in rural Jamaica, Dr McClymont has published four books to date and is currently writing a feminist, historical novel.

DYFC#4: ESTHER STANFORD-XOSEI (PT.1)

@mzxosei is a Reparationist, Jurisconsult, Community Advocate, Educator and Ourstorian of the International Social Movement for Afrikan Reparations. We have so much respect for her work that its hard to put it into words. This show is part one of a two-part series exploring her work towards the liberation and reparation of African people the world over, and in particular, those of us who happen to find ourselves in the UK. Our conversation is intended to help create a foundational understanding of the contemporary reparations movement in the UK for those of us who are not yet familiar with it, or who think that reparations are simply a financial question.

DYFC#5: ESTHER STANFORD-XOSEI (PT.2)

Part two of our conversation with reparationist @mzxosei as she helps us understand the history and the future of the reparations movement and what each one of us can do to get involved.

DYFC#6: PROFESSOR VERENE SHEPHERD

Professor Verene Shepherd is a Social Historian and current Director of the Centre for Reparations Research at The University of the West Indies. In this show we connect with Prof Shepherd to understand the case for reparations from an Africa-Caribbean perspective.

DYFC#7: EVAN NARCISSE

Writer and narrative consultant Evan Narcisse (Rise of the Black Panther) shares his take on preserving cultural integrity in a white industry and the theory of 'chronospatial displacement' that underpins some of his work developing Black characters. This conversation was recorded as part of Counterpoint Art's and OKRE's 'Pop Culture Meets Social Change' retreat.

/SEASON 2/

DYFC#8: HILARY BECKLES

Sir Hilary Beckles is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies and chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission. In this episode,  he goes in deep on the role of African women in resistance to enslavement, reparative justice, the post-independence political landscape of former colonies, and how institutions are now reckoning with their ugly pasts.

DYFC#9: CHARMAINE WARREN

Acclaimed Dance Writer Charmaine Warren talks cultural legacy, dance and how movement translates as an archive for modern healing and learning.