Yasha womack biography channel

Ytasha Womack is an award-winning author, filmmaker, independent scholar, and dance therapist. She is a leading expert on Afrofuturism, the imagination and its applications and frequently lectures on the subject across the world. Afrofuturism is also a Locus Awards Nonfiction Finalist. Ytasha talked to Aleks about her early love of dance, libraries and the movie The Wiz …and about the icon who inspired her scholarship and art.

She also talks about how she looks to the past and present to help her understand how the future might be. But the imagination is very much the pillar, feeling comfortable thinking about new futures, re-imagining yourself, re-imagining society in a way they value everyone. Aleks Krotoski: Hello, and welcome to Standing On The Shoulders, a podcast in which inspiring people tell us about their giants, the people whose metaphorical shoulders they stand on.

Yasha womack biography channel: A warm welcome to this performance

Across these episodes, you will hear the stories of a number of thinkers and innovators, visionaries who steer clear of well-trodden paths and they build their own elaborate fantastical worlds instead. And a small caveat here, we are on lockdown recording mode. Our guest today is Ytasha Womack. Ytasha Womack: Hello, my name is Ytasha Womack.