Saint Ezekiel s New Sound From Nigeria-U.S. Diaspora
Ezekiel Olumakin, a.k.a. Saint Ezekiel, is a Nigerian-American artist out of Philadelphia. Afropop had not heard of him before this year when he released his debut CD, Everything is Under Alarm
, a fitting title for a 2020 release! So Banning Eyre reached out for an interview, and was pleased to discover a fascinating diaspora story from an artist with a remarkable perspective on events in Nigeria and beyond. Here
’s their conversation. (Feature photo by Ritchie King)
Banning Eyre: To start, just introduce yourself.
Saint Ezekiel: I grew up in West Philly, and in the morning, we would get up and pray and everything was completely in Yoruba and Hausa. Then we would go out into the world and it was English or occasionally some Greek or you would hear some Chinese, or some surrounding language. But when you get back to that doorstep, you re in Africa again. You re in Nigeria. So it was really interesting growing up the way my p
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Moffitt Cancer Center finds a way for researchers and patients to engage with each other
Behind every new cancer treatment and scientific breakthrough is a research team. However, because they spend most of their time in their labs, basic science researchers rarely get to meet the patients who benefit most from their work. A group at Moffitt Cancer Center decided to change that, and with the creation of the Patient Researcher Forum, the cancer center has found a way for researchers and patients to engage with each other.
A new article published in the current issue of
Translational Research allows patients and their caregivers to tour labs where research is being conducted for their cancer type. They get to meet the scientists in the lab and learn about the advances and challenges in that area of research. Next, a group of researchers who have been briefed by a physician on current treatment strategies and outcomes of that specific cancer type sits down with the patient and careg