On The Square EP10- Sapelo’s Top Ten of 2021



In this episode of On The Square, our host Dr. Su’ad is joined by the Sapelo Squad! As we round out the podcast series and 2021 we wanted to bring the Squad to you up close and personal so you get to know the people behind the work you’ve come to love. From the neverending pandemic, exonerations in the murder of Malcolm X and the coup in Sudan to the Lox VERZUZ Dipset and Black Muslim women creatives making moves Squad members, Dr. Nisa Muhammad (Internship Coordinator), Jermaine Foster (Web Developer), Aïdah Aliyah Rasheed (Special Projects), Latasha Rouseau (Administrative Coordinator) and Aisha Caruth (Managing Editor), share their thoughts on the year’s wins, losses, and controversies. 

To the question, What’s your Black Muslim Theme Song?, the Squad’s list includes: Rock Dis Funky Joint by the Poor Righteous Teachers, Lost Ones by Lauryn Hill, John Legend’s cover of Redemption Song, A.P.I.D.T.A by Jay Electronica, A Long Walk by Jill Scott and Get By by Talib Kweli.

Check out Squad Bios here!

Credits:

On The Square’s theme music was created by Fanatik OnBeats.

Artwork for On The Square was created by Scheme of Things Graphics.

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“On the Square: Real Talk on Race and Islam in the Americas,” is a podcast produced by Sapelo Square in collaboration with The Maydan. Sapelo’s editors get “on the square” with guests in lively and unfiltered conversations on a wide range of real issues from settler colonialism and the police state to the question of being Black and Muslim in the world. Like our award-winning website, On The Square is a digital space where we come together, exchange, celebrate, debate and always keep it real. On The Square has a home on Sapelo Square: https://sapelosquare.com/onthesquare 

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