Media engagements, interviews, press appearances:
Challenging the Narrative: The Cost of Media Stereotypes to Africa
Matthew was one of four keynote panelists at the ‘Challenging the Narrative’ summit on Africa at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, Canada’s leading foreign affairs incubator.
We discussed the media's relationship with Africa: how the continent has been rendered invisible by Canadian media, why this relationship was long corrupted by the institution of so-called foreign reporting, and the limits of both the Western view of the continent and the continent's view of itself. How do historical media depictions materially injure people and nations? What is the balance between replacing negative caricatures with feel-good narratives? And why, ultimately, Tigray remains the cipher through which contemporary African affairs should be understood.
Watch the event in full, here.
HOT docs festival, featured speaker
I participated in two feature events at the Hot Docs podcast festival: ‘Non-Fiction and Social Change’ and ‘The Story I Never Thought I Would Tell.
on air festival, brooklyn
ON AIR FEST IS THE PREMIER
SOUND & Storytelling Festival.
Matthew moderated a keynote discussion accompanied by the MOVE Organization’s Mike Africa Jr, debuting ‘The Africas vs America.’
Radio appearances, collected
Live feature interview with New York Public Radio: “The 1985 MOVE bombing in Philadelphia killed 11 people and shattered an entire community. We speak with journalist Matthew Amha, the host of the new podcast: "The Africas vs. America" about how it still resonates today.”
Live feature interview on the CBC’s flagship radio program, The Current: “In 1985, police dropped a bomb in a Philadelphia neighbourhood to target a family of Black radicals known as MOVE. The story is the subject of the new CBC podcast The Africas VS. America. We talk to the podcast’s host Matthew Amha; and Mike Africa Jr., a member of MOVE.”
A snapshot of my conversation with CBC Vancouver’s local afternoon radio program. One of more than 17 radio interviews conducted with local radio stations across Canada.
Television Appearances :In conversation with NBC Boston, via the broadcaster’s national streaming platform.
PODCAST APPEARANCES:Online coveragae & Interviews
Toronto Metropolitan University
Matthew Amha, ‘18, hopes his latest podcast will help humanize stories of violence
CBC News
The Africas VS. America: Remembering one of the deadliest instances of police violence in U.S. history
New podcast asks: Why is the historic bombing of MOVE not part of today’s civil rights dialogue?
In conversation with ‘Aspiretobe,’ a grassroots organization based in Ottawa, Ontario Canada.
Hot Docs Film Premiere