I Changed My Name When I Was 19

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Qaoma, you changed your name from eand roberts to calme. Why? Because i was experiencing the same things as malcolm x in the 19 forties and early 20s. I found that being called sub human by someone who once enslaved some one in my family illegitimate. So i went on a genalogical study,. took our family back to the slaivh fort that we came from my great, great great grandfather. And then, and then i, i what they say in the trade is, i reclaimed my name.

Chris Hirst, Global CEO of advertising group Havas Creative, cuts through the bullshit and gets to the heart of modern leadership in this straight-talking podcast brought to you by Intelligence Squared. In this episode Chris speaks to Kwame Kwei-Armah, the Artistic Director of the Young Vic theatre in London. He is also an actor, playwright, singer and broadcaster. From 2011 to 2018 he was the Artistic Director of Baltimore Center Stage, and he was Artistic Director for the Festival of Black arts and Culture, Senegal, in 2010. His series of eight short films, Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle, was shown on BBC4 in 2019. He is a patron of Ballet Black and a visiting fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University. If you enjoyed this podcast please let us know what you think by rating and reviewing No Bullsh*t Leadership on Apple Podcasts.

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