HITW117 | Bayo Akomolafe | Trickster Makes and Unmakes the World

This episode has been a long time coming. Over the past five years, Bayo Akomolafe has consistently been the most frequently requested guest. At last, the gods conspired to bring us together to howl about the Trickster in global traditions and what their role might be in the unmaking of the old world and the ongoing creation of the new.Our conversation takes us on a far reaching journey from the rich cultural soil of ancient Africa to the desolate plains of modernity and trails off on a delightfully blasphemous note, suggesting that within the figure of Yeshua hides the Yoruban trickster deity (Y)Eshu(a).Please join us as we unravel and revel in the complexities of the Trickster and their role in making and unmaking the world.Topics: Eshu, trickster, colonization, whiteness, language, ecology, post-activism