• Afeni Shakur On Trial: How To Get Away With Drapetomania (featuring MeLa Machinko)

  • Sep 19 2023
  • Length: 36 mins
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Afeni Shakur On Trial: How To Get Away With Drapetomania (featuring MeLa Machinko)

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  • In the midst of the Black Power movement of the 1960’s, the US government launched a campaign of terror against the Black Panther Party. In 1969, the NYPD raided the homes of multiple members. Twenty-one people (The Panther 21) were arrested, including Afeni Shakur. The young, expectant mother with no formal legal background, decided to act as her own counsel and represent herself during trial. Our very own Negro News Network reports on the astonishing trial of Afeni Shakur. Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media This episode features: Afeni Shakur    Mela Machinko Special thanks to our voice actors: Prosecutor    Andrea O’Brien Vives Trudy Black    Patricia Wongeshi Kihoro Baliff     Nasheema Webster Customer    Noleca Radway Advertisment VO   Rodrick Morrow Advertisment Ad-lib   Sioban Anderson Judge     Jason Vives Ralph White    Charles Ouda Drive-Thru Employee  Janicia Francis Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola Senior Producer Janicia Francis Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna Production Coordinator Homero Radway Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson Writers Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Terrence Audio Engineer Marcellino van Callias Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas Music Supervisor  Patricia Kihoro Theme Song  Freedom by Pharell Williams Music featured in this episode include: Presidential by El Flaco Collective  Metal Under Tension by Hampus Naeselius Things that make you go Hmm by Roy Young Slick City Cruising by John Runefelt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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