The Bristol Conversations – Bayo Akomolafe

We close the Bristol Conversations series with the much-admired teacher, poet and post-activist, Bayo Akomolafe. A public intellectual and writer, Bayo blurs the lines between the personal and the political, prompting a deep rethink of how we can act for change. He is the founder and curator of the Emergence Network and Chief Host of the We Will Dance with Mountains community. He’s involved with many other projects, some of which you will hear about in this episode. In this conversation with Helena Norberg-Hodge, Bayo reflects on the ruptures in modernity that have sparked his own questioning. Going beyond a politics which fetishizes identity and category, he invites us to open up other spaces of power – where the immediate, the understated, and the local are more profound and more promising than grand slogans and ideas. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/1vE5-yFiRUM Find all episodes in The Bristol Conversation series: https://www.localfutures.org/programs/the-bristol-conversations/ This series is produced by Local Futures, an international non-profit organisation dedicated to renewing ecological and social well-being by strengthening communities and local economies. Explore our work: https://www.localfutures.org/ Sign up to Local Futures newsletter: https://www.localfutures.org/sign-up-to-our-newsletter/