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Isis Semaj-Hall, Ph.D. is the Riddim Writer.
I am a decolonial feminist and cultural analyst with a creative practice that is nurtured by sound.
If you’re new here or haven’t visited in a while, the (r)evolution continues.
Lately, I’ve been writing on di riddim as one half of the Jamaican experimental futurist collective groundsound. Listen to our debut album Working Progress on your preferred platform. And for more on this Gavsborg x Riddim Writer = groundsound offering, read this, this, or this review to see what folks have been saying about our message-driven music.
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"write pon di riddim" 
Beautifully written piece, I love the concept of reading as a way to mourn.
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Thank you. We forget that mourning isn’t just a word to describe being sad about a death/loss. Mourning is a process of coming to terms with it. Reading is a process as well. Reading is a process of taking in information (with emotion) and working through it to find meaning. Read in power!
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Dr. Semaj-H; I started listening to your podcast – Posterity – after the Kgn Creative podcast. I used to follow you on Twitter but closed my account when Covid hit.
I just want to thank you for an amazing, thoughtful and real podcast. Please keep it up, it is needed, the women of Jamaica need you (then men can learn from you), the women in the Diaspora need you. Your work is appreciated.
thank you!
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