NKATA: Dots of Thoughts

I often wake up in the morning with thoughts reeling in my head. Thoughts inspired by a conversation with someone; something I read, heard, listened to (music/podcasts), a film I saw, a photograph I made, an essay/poem I wrote, or in broad terms, an impactful encounter. They exist as disjointed, scattered particles I often refer to as dots of thoughts.Thus, this podcast show is an attempt to articulate, to converse and to put in relation these floating thoughts. While it relies on random impulses, the podcast is structured by thought-prompts focusing on everyday issues across space, time and works of life. Though it is not a live podcast, it somewhat mimics this approach in that for every episode, the conversation, which begins as a monologue, evolves into a dialogue through a phone conversation with someone else in another part of the world (a friend, a colleague, relative, expert in a subject, creator of a work, originator of an idea). This ensures a broadening of the thematic and locational context of the conversation as a way of demystifying distances. It is a weekly show intended to be spontaneous (as much as technical requirements and logistics allow). Future episodes will feature intro/excerpts of new music tracks made by me. Other times, it will reference aural materials sourced from different corners of everyday life. It will be freshly served – nothing preserved in the freezer! Listeners are encouraged to join the conversation by leaving a comment on the episode in their preferred platform of listening. Selected comments will be addressed in a subsequent episode.Emeka Okereke (host)Available on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher, Overcast, etc.

Recent Episodes
  • EP23: On Following The Intangible – with Genevieve White
    Nov 20, 2024 – 01:11:16
  • EP22: "Pleasures in the confusions of boundaries": Transdisciplinary Artistic Practices and Pedagogy – with Lukas Feireiss
    Oct 25, 2024 – 52:08
  • EP21: Dilemma of a New Age: Black Fathers, Resilence, Raising a Child in Berlin - with Alain Missala
    Aug 5, 2024 – 01:19:00
  • EP20: How Can Photography Shape Political Discourse in the 21st Century? – with Jane Tormey
    May 13, 2024 – 38:17
  • EP19: Polyrhythmic Weavings Across Countries, Continents, and Time – with Batila
    Feb 26, 2024 – 53:53
  • EP18: Rooftop Encounters, and "Living Tangier." – with Abdelmajid Hannoum
    Nov 20, 2023 – 58:33
  • EP17: Confronting Germany's past through colonial relics of the Prussian Palaces – with Carolin Alff
    Aug 5, 2023 – 01:02:54
  • EP16: Exploring Existential Complexity: A Dive into 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' with You Kim.
    Jul 6, 2023 – 48:01
  • EP15: Finding Home in the Body Through Dance and Ballet - with Diana Mora
    Feb 18, 2022 – 49:01
  • EP14: Being Palestinian, a Life of Permanent Temporality – with Bahaa Abudaya
    Dec 28, 2021 – 55:17
  • EP13: To Organise a place as if it was a photograph – with Eric Gyamfi
    Jul 22, 2021 – 01:04:42
  • DoTShorts #2: Inner Voice
    May 10, 2021 – 09:19
  • DoTShorts #1: What Are You Working For?
    Apr 28, 2021 – 15:47
  • EP12: Memory, Performance, Healing and Celebration in the Photographic works of Lebohang Kganye.
    Mar 15, 2021 – 47:57
  • EP11: 21st Century Photographers Re-articulate The Continent – with Ekow Eshun
    Feb 21, 2021 – 53:57
  • EP10: Time does not pass. We, on the other hand, pass through it - and make forms of it (Part 3) with J. Redza
    Feb 1, 2021 – 52:38
  • EP09: Time does not pass. We, on the other hand, pass through it – and make forms of it (Part 2) with Jude Anogwih
    Dec 28, 2020 – 53:14
  • EP08: Time does not pass. We, on the other hand, pass through it – and make forms of it (part 1)
    Dec 24, 2020 – 13:54
  • EP07: The Legacy of Queen’s College – A Perspective on Radical Education for Women in Nigeria.
    Sep 28, 2020 – 47:56
  • EP06: Mama Margeret of Afroshop Tropical Markt – 25 Years of Making Life Matter in Berlin.
    Jun 4, 2020 – 34:07
  • EP05: Dalit, A Quest For Dignity – Relating Image-Making to World-Making Through a Photo Book
    May 24, 2020 – 44:50
  • EP04: It Takes Many Trees to Make a Forest – Tribute to Tony Allen
    May 15, 2020 – 37:00
  • EP03: Morrison's Black Book, Chimurenga's Festac '77 – "Unwritable Stories" in a Book Form
    Apr 29, 2020 – 36:07
  • EP02: Neukölln to Bariga from a Bird's View
    Apr 17, 2020 – 01:01:14
  • EP01: Social Distancing and Its Sides of The Coin
    Apr 7, 2020 – 31:54
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