Dr. Anthony Okeregbe and Dr. Serawit Debele

Abstract

Abstract: Cluster fellow Dr. Anthony Okeregbe talks with his host Dr. Serawit Debele, leader of the Cluster's Junior Research Group on Intersectionality, about his recent project entitled "The Child’s Right to ‘Sex’: Negotiating Sexuality Pedagogies in Entangled Moral Spaces".

People & roles

Guest(s): Okeregbe, Anthony; Debele, Serawit B.

Origins & context

Title: Dr. Anthony Okeregbe and Dr. Serawit Debele
Language: English
Podcast series: Cluster Conversations
Date: January 31, 2023

Rights & access

Extent: 23 minutes, 19 seconds

Identifiers & sources

has URL: https://www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/1_4-Public-engagement_-engagement1/Podcasts/ClusterConversations/Episode-2/index.php

Further details

Episode number: 2

Full text

[music] Sarah Ait-Belkacem: Cluster Conversations, a podcast by Africa Multiple. Sarah Ait-Belkacem: Hello, hi everyone, good afternoon, uh or depending where you are joining us from today, good morning, good evening. My name is Sarah Ait-Belkacem, I am a junior research group leader here at the Africa Multiple cluster of excellence, University of Bayreuth. Today I am joined by my colleague from the University of Lagos, Anthony Okereke, who is a philosopher and also a member of the cluster at the ACC Unilag. We're going to talk a little about the work he does here as a fellow of the Bayreuth Academy, part of the cluster, and I'm a proud host of Anthony's. And yeah, I'm going to invite you to say, you know, a few words about you and what you are working on currently and yeah. Anthony Okereke: Yeah, thank you very much, Sarah. I'm Anthony, as Sarah Ait-Belkacem just stated. I'm glad to be at the University of Bayreuth. Yeah, I am here on a two-month fellowship granted by the African Cluster Center, University of Bayreuth, for two months, as I said. And I'm working on a project and the title of my project is Children's Moral Feelings About Sex and Wellbeing in the Light of the Child Rights Act and Entangled Sexuality Pedagogies. So that is what I'm working on. And I've been gracious to be handled by Sarah Ait-Belkacem, my able host. Sarah Ait-Belkacem: Um, yeah, thank you very much, Anthony. Uh, I mean, you just touched on the topic that connected the two of us because my work also focuses on an aspect of sexuality and, um, of course gender relations on the African continent. Although I'm not focusing on Nigeria, I look at Ethiopia, Sudan and Tunisia together with my research team. So that's what attracted me to, um, you know, work with you and to host you here. And after having listened to you a couple of times, I have realized it's the right decision that I made. But, um, I think I'd like to maybe to invite you to say a bit more about what it is that you are,… Read the full text about 3,104 words