Odejuma
Podcast Description
Odejuma recognizes the magic of storytelling! From personal experiences to stories of adventure. From tales of resilience to finding joy in the simple things, this podcast seeks to gather pieces of wisdom to inspire, entertain, and educate. Because there is power in the stories of everyday people, and these stories are worth telling.
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The podcast focuses on themes such as personal growth, resilience, love, and identity, with episodes showcasing guest stories and experiences. For example, one episode explores Wana Udobang's journey in using storytelling to address societal themes, while another highlights the importance of sharing food memories in creative processes. Odejuma aims to inspire and educate its audience through the power of storytelling.
Odejuma is an intimate storytelling podcast that centers Black voices from around the world, exploring identity, belonging, and becoming. Hosted by Harry Itie, the show creates space for honest, unguarded conversations about love, community, memory, and the journeys that shape who we become.
In this episode of Odejuma, Harry chats with Will Rhem Jr., a dancer, choreographer, poet, and teacher raised in the Gullah Geechee culture of South Carolina. Will has danced on Broadway and taught at Columbia, but this conversation lives somewhere quieter. He talks about tending the self like a garden, the parts of him left untended that kept growing anyway, and the childhood he had to walk back through to write his poetry collection, ‘Abandoned Gardens Still Grow.’ He reflects on Gullah Geechee identity, truth-telling as his first calling, and turning healing into a short film called ‘Bloom.’ It is an unhurried conversation about resilience, self-love, and what it means to grow in the dark. He closes the episode with a reading of one of his poems, and it is worth hearing in his own voice and will definitely leave you with something to sit with.
Connect with Will on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/willrhemjr/
Buy his book here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-gardens-still-grow-will-rhem-jr/1147522239
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