Who Broke Africa?

Last week I attended The Story Conference, an incredible gathering of creatives that takes place every September in Chicago. There were several incredible speakers…Bob Goff, Erwin McManus, and Anne Lamott to name a few. But one of the highlights for me was seeing a young and incredibly talented spoken word artist, Micah Bournes, perform with the band that I can’t stop listeing to, All Sons & Daughters (don’t forget to buy The Longing EP).

Micah’s poem (yes, I clarified that spoken word pieces can be called poems) “Who Broke Africa?”  is one that will leave you questiong what poverty really looks like and the steps that we should take to ‘fix’ it. Here’s a video of a live performance “Who Broke Africa?” during last year’s The Justice Conference. Take a few minutes to watch it, it’s POWERFUL.

Speaking of conferences, conference season seems to be in full swing and I’m hitting up several of them. Please let me know in the comments if you will be at Catalyst East, Resurgence, or Allume. I’ll be at each and would LOVE to connect!

Have a great weekend! 

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September 28, 2012 in Causes,Life with 8 Comments

About Lindsey: Lindsey recently moved back to Nashville {I know, I know, it's a little hard to keep up these days} to join Food for the Hungry as Director of Speaker and Strategic Partnerships.

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  • http://twitter.com/jburno Josh Burns

    Definitely one of the highlights for me from Story. So awesome that you get to work with Micah :)

    • lindseyrnobles

      Thanks Josh!

  • http://twitter.com/eccle0412 Jackie Anderson

    Thank you for sharing. Lived with my family of 6 for 6 years in Jos, Nigeria. Dislocated hearts.

    • lindseyrnobles

      Yes. Dislocated hearts…I can’t imagine!

  • Angela

    Really enjoyed this. Thank you for sharing.

    • lindseyrnobles

      Thanks Angela!

  • http://www.leighkramer.com/ HopefulLeigh

    I’ll be at Allume. Maybe we should just schedule a coffee date then. ;)

    • lindseyrnobles

      Haha. Yes! Whatever works!