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B.B.C. Radio and it is my. Time is coming to term is past the hour and I am into our 1st story for the 2nd hour they say in total and dreaming cards now if your thinking about how to best juggle a lot of ups and downs have you come across a set of cards there's a possible help while this guessing that may could be helpful Dr Erica McCann is has produced a set of cards which can be used by all ages in person development on therapy issues based on the ancient African drink symbols believed to date back to the 18th hundreds now these symbols represent popular proverbs Well they recorded historical events and express certain behaviors or attitudes relevant to the African Diaspora Dr McInnes says the cards are way of engaging people and started conversations they're not religious but spiritual and linked to mother or mining or. Nickel psychologist and I have no doubt so I think and I'm stunned that no DI self a drink or cards are part of a newbie a well being practice that you do so what is the Nubia well being that mean before you tell us about the a drink or symbols on your cards well my computer. Wellness and healing and what I'm doing I'm looking at the best of. Thoughts So as a template for living and. Live in the here and now so it means I draw on influences from ancient term ages but also from going on the and the the West African coast as well and tell us about these cards and how you've incorporated a drink or symbols and what are they for but those who want to really are I think for symbols is ancient African wisdom in symbolic form so on the cards we've got the traditional name as well as the name in English and they represent concepts that are important in the life of Africans for some of them we said to God so willingly for to the universe for them the city learning from the past just one case for some of them assertive concepts such as and I say which is an ON see the spider which you finding and you making culture which is where my parents are from but also gone Maine and African culture describe some of the symbols then for those who've never seen them please you know well for example the Franco system though that has a bed with an egg in its mouth we had turned backwards walk face facing forward and is because a can people believe that learning from our past avoids mistakes in the future so you've got to look to your past to understand where you are and where you can get today and in terms of the symbols that people might relate to in their day to day one and they look back at the traditional African was not called and was about to ask for that stuff symbolizes feminine qualities can win beauty and the driver was a prized possession of a Can women used to come and pluck their hair and so there are the qualities that are associated with those symbols and there's something in here about defiance and the symbol for that is that I have talked about what it looks like Iran is what can be translated as enduring resourcefulness and that's a symbol of a certain And the 3rd is a hardy plant that can grow in difficult places and it symbolizes someone who is in Jos many adversity is and at last is much difficulty so these no dice of cards how many are there. How does one use them do you have to throw dice How do they work. Well over 60 it think for singles but I selected 58 to use in the pack and what you use them for is you can use them for ice breakers in group work that you're doing put them down on chairs and people pick one up and then talk to the person next to them about what it means to them you can use the individual aid in terms of meditation you can sort through and choose ones that your attracted to and attacks meditate on them I use them in therapy with clients as part of engagement so getting them to reveal themselves ask them to store food a different card and to pick out ones that they're attracted to and to tell me why and it helps people open conversation start to share about themselves through the symbols and the meaning in the words and what it means to them and the concept of psychology for those you want from really with a person watching food and seeing where the characters go to see their piece every night again what's the about how does it benefit people in a day to lay why should it matter psychology a way Knoebels is one of the African sense a cycle of it he's talked about as being 2nd Jared in sense of being those who want to limit eliminate the spirit and to get people to be their best selves so it's not just about faith and wellness it's about getting to the divine stuff the best self that you can date and Euro centric concepts can be very helpful for some black people but for other black people the African sense of concepts that are resonating with the struggles and the experiences that permeates African people whether they're on the continent or in the diaspora those sorts of symbols and to start conversations and think about wellness from that perspective and which is about it's a deeper spot and this always volved in the 800 in Africa who created it the adding pressure to move form well the Ashanti. People in the A can people use the symbols traditionally on cloth or on pottery and it was a way of them expressing the the different symbols and what they meant but it was also associated funerals as well in the early days but now. Across different parts of Africa have just come back from the Gambia and I saw it in the symbols there and people sometimes use them is there in the logos because they're trying to incorporate that sort of character that sort of ideal in their mission and what they're doing but think about having them in a pack of cards that is easy to carry with you easy to use there's more information on the back of each card about what each symbol stands for but on the front you've got the symbol and you've got the wording of what it means a just that it's very accessible for people and people can you can use it in day to day life there isn't a game I search but people are young people could play a game snappily 2 packs of the book bought 2 packets of the cards and look for when the same symbol is snaps and then start our discussion about what that symbol means and if people abuse them with young people randomly ask them to choose a card and then to talk about what that card means to them and the type of comes that is a model of value that you want to create with young people with it i community so it is good from that point of view and there's also some cards in the stitches one for jealous A and well for our games in those cards can stimulate people talking about aspects of their character they may want to improve on or parts of their carrots that the words are no and no longer relevant to them or even things that they don't like about other people so there's a range of emotions concepts are covered by the particular things because I've been selected that people are saying that finding useful and a star is passed as individuals trying to be personal development and in Greek. There that was Dr Eric Kalmus there speaking to the U.K. Blacks and Devon daily about those cuts sounds interesting. B.B.C. Radio. Mic song is quite a long one and sweet mother Africa we play this for the lady in group I do a couple see here is a great lady the great what can a community and I think we probably as a tribute is a great song it's a long one but does this to the great big really does bring out the flavor of sounds Africa. You know why. African. Music. To hear from the Fela Kuti and Femi Kuti of course and bring music in as I said to to you before if you're a regular listener to the show over the years we have some great African acts coming to the day and I see some my favorite acts and some of became a favor right here on my doorstep and I went to a big event that less than a month from not as one can couple years back that was pretty cool too where I thought I'd just give you mean side yes last week Sunday on the show we had 3 people dropping that was it was Shereen K. And hard Q. And they were talking about doing an event call the food arts and music a fan fest which took place yesterday just under him for him way if you know where that is that's in between what used to being the old moon on square boats the alleyway that goes up there and as you get to the top and just before you get to the turnoff that used to go into the bus station underneath that subway bit there was great food great music poetry performers dancers. Arts and Craft I went down for about an hour or 2 yesterday and it was really really good to see the whole community coming out when I saw the whole community but lots of members of the community who come out to this event some people aren't seen for years and some people just got introduced to Bill that was a real call event that took place there yesterday and bit further down there and there's a there's a graffiti was graffiti along the walls but con a really well professionally done and there's a picture of the star from Prodigy Keith who passed a what well you pass away just what could weeks go and bury him last week someone's done a really good idea take a picture of him off think a poster there are some social media but yeah it was a great event nevertheless. Then I got looked after you know Connor local celebrity thing I was like looked after would like a drink Yes and just want to do some video footage for the event or sink in we got something to eat I was like yeah yeah thank you very much so I had something to eat them a come do it some more to wait for a religious one or you know video this fame to show people what I've done so stick up on some social media and their inspiration lives to check them out and you'll see me walking through the event or speaking to a few people as well to give a flavor of the vent so if you're into the social media the Facebook thing things under inspiration live I put up a couple of videos there and it gives a snapshot of the day so it wasn't bad it's also it was nice to be invited and to go along was pretty cool. As on cue as usual Mark Percy's there is here to give us the latest traffic in travel. Radio Northampton. $43.00 road works are still causing a few queues both ways outside Welden with temporary lines to the east of the Stamford road roundabout the worst of those is those delays are heading westbound the M one is running well across North Hampton shit tonight but heading up into Leicestershire and accidents causing huge northbound for 3 miles from Junction $24.00 Colleville a lorry and a car have collided closing 2 lanes that's going to add 20 minutes to your journey and on the railways buses are replacing trains between Coventry and Birmingham International because of a track fault but trains from North Hampton are getting away on time if you spot a problem call us on our 8030 double for double 5 that's the latest on Percy thanks so much take care. Great stuff is so we're going to keep things rolling Yvie seeming L.B.'s ready and no phantom possible cracking music in a couple stores this from between now and the top of the Iowa got a couple of message to read out as well so the coming to. This is Gyptian a sing in. Sounds Egyptian there the theme of the day mama of that type of thing going on throughout the show we've enjoyed it some of. The text messages. I want. When this name again as usual he said he saw that Portsmouth won the trophy Today's a bit of a tongue twister but Sam that he says he hopes Rachel is OK and he's loving the change so well yet right to is on form today David and also and the text him as well thank you very much for your messages to enjoy music well music can chat here through him till 10 o'clock the senior member on the top of the hour Keith skews will be here from $10.00 to $1.00 with great music and memories of the yes the yeah great stuff well it's going to our next story here at 25 minutes now to the hour of time clocks are saying and this really is all about a groundbreaking all women of color production of Shakespeare which is the 2nd play now certainly in London it sees the story of the king being played for the 1st time by a black woman an actress a diversion and was previously seen on T.V. Shows like Casualty Eastenders Holby City and Dr Who and now she's taking our Army our comic role of Richard the 2nd as well as CO directing the plane as she told you can't Braxton there we want she wanted to tell the story with the new woman of color teen. Titans and played by wonderful but I don't think I want to call it at all and certainly there's an effort they all women of color shape that busy produced in this country the soul who was the idea was the and what symbolism it was my idea of what the director of the globes woman called Michelle Terry about just one project that one didn't work out but she said Have a look at it to the 2nd and see what you think and to direction thank you so I went for a 100 days so this is a place of great pleasure but this one has got this to dial this speech in which is this great big feels like a big romantic speech about the double resisted ambled island surrounded by the shining So Sesame became the ready juice into. To talk about who we are as a nation at this time when there is so much simple prole and chaos in government about what features this country has I went to the shelter I want to all women of color company and she said he could have played Richard and I said. Because I'm an actress why was I want to play this fantastic and that's why I got my friends and that legend to come and co-directors me and that Kylie's Irish heritage she is the new artistic director of the push the in the she's an amazing director we did a play a softer sickle to practical godmother a couple of years ago and we really loved working together the reason I wanted to do it was the women of color was it seemed to make a chat to talk about England at this time in the 21st century in the middle of break there Windrush and grab for me to it felt like it would be a really interesting way to go with it to reflect on who we are what our national identity is and have to story come out of the people who are generally at the bottom of the heap which is where men and people of color women of color as well what was trickling through things for me was this is a play about the country and what make this country is sort of became clear to me when I was talking to my daughter last summer I love my football I'll always have you know will come I'll have the Ghana flag hanging from the kitchen window and the flak if that job hanging from the kitchen window to see me by says the team qualifies and garlic didn't qualify last year so I just had a great gulf like a State George hanging from my winter my daughter lives in Tanzania and says she for a minute has advantages not really and I'm just so much like I'm having math like generations of my family have contributed to the prosperity and well being of this country you know about hundreds if you got family members who were in. Isn't going to cheer in the 2nd world war and I'm sure that right across what we said and you know many of our testers were expensive same thing I suppose I wanted to sort of reinforce the idea that those of us who have tested some and. We're not Johnny come lately to the prosperity of this country we can contribute a few centuries to the transparency of this country Mon way or another and so I've got to get a cost of oil in to they will have ancestors through it some point lost somewhere else and somebody from this country went to that somewhere else and profited from the encounter and I wanted to reflect that in the storytelling of intent with apologies to the people of the state so everything about this production all the company somebody backstage the costume designer the lighting designer the composer the musicians the 5 directors a voice coach everybody's all of color I just wanted to say it's absolutely doable and we're going to jail so we've got actors of Chinese heritage of Caribbean heritage of African heritage of Southeast Asian heritage of Israeli Palestinian heritage but apart from that I just wanted to say we are part of the story of this nation for centuries so we're going to tell the story for once I wanted to say women of color can fulfill all the see trickle rows of stage backstage and in support of the on stage and backstage work it's not hard to employ as you just have to be residual there's lots of really good and I wanted to say to the audience I wanted to say this is your story to do not feel intimidated by Shakespeare do not feel that it's not for the likes of you and do not feel that you are not welcome in this house based in potations is to everybody regardless of your income or your background or your education this story we will tell in such a way that we make it for everybody and we want you to come. And train car. Of the all woman of color production of Richard the 2nd and you can see the play at this one a make a play else at Shakespeare's Globe in London and it runs from now until the 21st of April and so many people I know do go to London Birmingham and Manchester to see great plays and grace of so it's great that we are hearing stuff like that that was the U.K. Black they haven't daily They're speaking to bring them is that information we're 19 to the top of the hour so for some more cracker music coming your way and of course just one more story to fill in and then a little bit of a what's on as well this coming to this then a mix track up when should we beam Soumitra be. Yes we should be playing in June we get to go. If you remember we had Jr on the ground. He's been with new shows the remodeling and remake. You. Bad remakes there from the Grammy Award winner June a good skier and mama used to say right time for us to just throw in one more story a bit of a one song for we wrap up this evening it's all about more Fanchon Cher an