E197 – Ebyän Zanini on Matriarchal Leadership, Collective Liberation and Sacred Activism // Mother Tongue

Nov 23, 2023

“True leadership is not self serving, is not serving only itself and the few loved ones around it, or its people even, it’s actually for and connected to the greatest good and the well being of all possible.” Ebyän Zanini

E197 – Ebyän Zanini on Matriarchal Leadership, Collective Liberation and Sacred Activism

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How can we flourish new forms of activism and leadership to create collective liberation?
 
 
“True leadership is not self serving, is not serving only itself and the few loved ones around it, or its people even, it’s actually for and connected to the greatest good and the well being of all possible.” Ebyän Zanini
 
In this episode Amisha Talks with Ebyän Zanini, a writer, visual storyteller, and poetess of Somali-Italian descent. She is the founder of ‘Mother Tongue’ and teaches at the intersection of decolonisation, eco-sensuality, and feminine mysticism. Ebyän’s offerings are deeply inspired by the animist spirituality of her Nubian ancestral heritage weaving us closer to the enchantment that is available in all Life.
 
We explore
:: antidotes to oppressive systems
:: ‘medicines’ of collective liberation
:: redefining activism into forms of daily practice and art as activism
:: harnessing guilt and shame as powerful emotions to guide us through transitions and birthing new worlds
:: collective expansion of resilience
:: non-binary consciousness
:: how to be a sacred activist at a time of genocide
 
“Take each moment as a treasure, to use it wisely, to let our spirituality be informed by the deep grief in our world, by the collective trauma, to not turn away from historical horrors of present day works, to lead to informed spirituality today.” ~Ebyän Zanini
 

 

Ebyän Zanini is a writer, visual storyteller, and poetess of Somali-Italian descent. She is the founder of Mother Tongue and teaches at the intersection of decolonisation, eco-sensuality, and feminine mysticism. Ebyän’s offerings are deeply inspired by the animist spirituality of her Nubian ancestral heritage, weaving us closer to the enchantment that is available in all Life.

 

To connect or work with Ebyän, visit mother-tongue

To connect or work with Amisha, visit amisha.co.uk

artwork video: Yonas Tadesse

 

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