ETHSafari is one of Africa's biggest crypto ecosystem conference meets festival. This third Safari, hosted in Kilifi like the first two, is the epitome of sheer ingenuity meeting open & ready minds.

Join the blocktrain with me through light conversations with some curious people, talented builders & fascinating characters.

ETHSafari was Sponsored by big crypto brands Optimism, Nouns DAO, Internet Computer, Lisk, Celo, Mento, Opera Mini, Brave, The Graph, Polkadot, Starkware, AvaLabs, Base, Nodo, Chainsafe, Bitget, Utu, Memoi, ETHAfrica and Digipesa

'The opportunity to redefine identity & creativity on your own terms, you become your NFT and it becomes you.'

This second edition of the Identity series was inspired by the possibilities of ERC 6551, written for the Ethereum.org writers cohort.

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Unbarred is product of purple pages that gives quick takes on the global culture & bare opinions on the new era.

Credits:

Audio Snippet from Tove Lo x Galverse’s anime music video for ‘I Like You’

Background music is "⁠Keep Moving⁠" by ⁠Kinsella Beats⁠.

This audio is a production of Purple pages, both audio and article were recorded, edited and written by ⁠Miss Purple, ⁠find her on ⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠Farcaster⁠⁠⁠.

Links:

Punk 4762: https://twitter.com/punk4762

EIP 6551 Proposal: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-6551

Tokenbound docs: https://docs.tokenbound.org/

Galverse X thread: https://twitter.com/galverseNFT/status/1691246591779516416?s=20

Tove Lo x Galverse ‘I Like You’ music video: https://youtu.be/_Pn5OyGgLiE?si=4hiZNmPDKzDtRUR8

Tokenbound website: https://tokenbound.org/

Tokenbound SDK Repository: https://github.com/tokenbound/sdk

Tokenbound Contracts Repository: https://github.com/tokenbound/contracts

'We need a method of archiving that adds to the physicality of libraries, and transcends time.'

This introspective take was inspired by Ethereum's Infinite Garden metaphor, written for the Ethereum.org writers cohort.

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Unbarred is product of purple pages that gives quick takes on the global culture & bare opinions on the new era.

Credits:

Audio Snippet from Lil Simz's 2017 performance of 'Backseat' on Colors.

Background music is "Keep Moving" by Kinsella Beats.

This audio is a production of Purple pages, both audio and article were recorded, edited and written by ⁠Miss Purple, ⁠find her on ⁠⁠X⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠Farcaster⁠⁠.

'The sassy boys and gals of this new era are taking back control.'

This take was inspired by an X post by Boys Club.

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Journals by Unbarred is a 2 week journal that gives quick takes on the global culture & bare opinions on the new era.

Credits:

Audio Snippet from Common ft Bilal's 15th February 2000 hit track, '6th Sense' from one of my favourite albums, 'Like Water for Chocolate'

Background music is "Dreams" by Dj Quads [DJ Quads' X, Spotify & original upload]

This audio is a production of Purple pages, both audio and journal entry were recorded, edited and written by ⁠Miss Purple, ⁠find her on ⁠X⁠ or ⁠Farcaster⁠.

An extension of the written article aptly titled 'Exploring Freedom & Balance', which was written as part of the Bankless DAO writer's cohort; you can read the article ⁠here⁠.

Feedback is welcome, but remember to be kind 💜

This audio is a production of Purple Pages, both the audio and article were recorded, edited and written by Miss Purple.

Background music produced by Metzmusic.

Audio of Yasiin Bey taken from a video of him taking a stroll on a beach in Morocco while reciting a verse that would later be featured on the BlackStar song "Tribute" and in the latest album 'No Fear of Time' as "Favourite Band".

This second episode is a read of a 2022 African Arguments article by Nyawira Githae and excerpts of 'How To Make a Country' by Lerato Bereng, in collaboration with other artists & experts.

Unbarred is written, narrated, produced and edited by Miss Purple.

Theme Music: "Countdown to Apocalypse" by Soundridemusic

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Welcome to Unbarred with Miss Purple.

The weekly podcast on global culture, technology’s evolution and the financial revolutions taking Africa and the rest of the world by storm.

Unbarred is produced with intention by Purple Pages.

Gm, ge or good day to you all, today is Wednesday the 22nd of March and I want to talk about language. My involvement with communities such as Afropolitan and Bankless Africa has peaked my curiosity on the concept of language, which according to the collins dictionary is a principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture; or a system of communication used by a particular country or community.

Today’s read is from an article by Nyawira Githae which was published in African Arguments. I would like to emphasise that yes, the article is quite old, published on the 8th of June 2022 to be exact, but unsurprisingly, it is still immensely relevant. I will also be reading a few parts from the book ‘How to Make a Country’ that was curated and edited by curator Lerato Bereng.

The link to the article will be in the shownote should you wish to read it yourself, unfortunately the books are not available online but should you want a copy please send me a dm on my twitter and we can work something out.

{read Article}

On the Book, How to Make a Country is a group exhibition curated by Lerato Bereng, featuring Ba Re e Ne Re Literature represented by Lineo Segoete (Lesotho), Zineb Benjelloun (Morocco), Dineo Seshee Bopape (South Africa), Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi (South Africa) and Frida Orupabo (Norway). The book compiles the ideas of the exhibition along with a collection of new Sesotho words.

To learn more about Lerato Bereng and the Exhibition she curated, watch this video by the Frac Poitou-Charentes.

I speak at least 4 languages with a fluid fluency, thankfully, one of them in in fact my mother’s tongue, I am also attempting to learn another 4, 2 of which I know the basics of, and the other 2 to which I am a complete beginner. If you ask me why I do this the answer is simple but heartbreaking, in many instances, my language doesn’t seem to count. I know it sounds dramatic, but how many Sesotho speaking individuals have you met in your lifetime? If your answer is more than 5, you may just be one of the lucky ones. Dramatics aside, language should be both fluid and sturdy, it should be capable of evolution, because in this world, new concepts, new ideas are bound to take root in our everyday lives. The disconnect between Africans is the most palpable in language. I will be laughed at for not understanding any east african languages, because in some people’s eyes, that makes me, less. Thankfully, I know that this is not true.

Which is why projects like the Kamusi DAO have both my heart and my attention. They are an initiative that seeks to create a Kiswahili dictionary for crypto & web3 terms, the ultimate goal is to represent the diverse cultures and languages in Africa. Kamusi DAO is an excellent example of how this technology along with its ability to take on a community driven, inclusive approach can be used to empower communities that are often marginalised.

If you would like to contribute to Kamusi DAO, there is a link to their contribution a form in the shownotes.

Thank you for listening curious take on language. Stay rooted, and wherever you are, remember to dream bigger. Ha e be Khotso. I’ll see you next week.

This very first episode is a tweet read of Yoseph Ayele's personal take on his learning trip across 4 African countries. In the tweet, he references Vitalik's 2022 post on stablecoins and touches on the increasing interest in ZK proofs. 

Unbarred is written, narrated, produced and edited by Miss Purple.

Theme Music: "Countdown to Apocalypse" by Soundridemusic
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Welcome to Unbarred with Miss Purple. The weekly podcast on global culture, technology’s evolution and the financial revolutions taking Africa and the rest of the world by storm. Unbarred is produced with intention by Purple Pages.

GM, GE or good day to you all, today is Friday the 10th of March and I think it is quite serendipitous that the very first official episode is a long read of a thread that talks about the impact of decentralisation in Africa. The thread was written by Yoseph Ayele, whom I got the chance to meet on 2 separate occasions at crypto events in Africa. If you would like to read the thread yourself, I will include the link to the tweet in the shownote.

{read Tweet}

I was particularly moved by this tweet because I live all this as truth. The issues Yoseph touched on, namely currency, trust and simple finance, are issues many of us still live in. As it stands, the loti - which is the currency of Lesotho - to the dollar sits at 18.53, that is insane to me, in 2021, it went as low as 13.57. The globally unspoken truths are that African currencies are on a constant downward spiral, the leaders we have in charge do not often put the people first and making a living for yourself is hard. The globalisation and digitalisation of work has in the past few years changed many lives, mine included.

Decentralisation is not just a fun trend we want to try on, it is a response to the problems that have plagued us for a very long time, it offers solutions to our needs in a way that neither sidelines nor intentionally devalues our worth as a people. As I like to say on the Bankless Africa podcast, there is a new revolution happening, and this time, Africa refuses to be left behind. To close, I would like to reiterate 2 points from Yoseph’s thread, the first is 'wen DevCon Africa', and the second, is nowhere in the world can one find a region's economy that will be able to 10-20x in a few decades!

Thank you for listening. Stay rooted, and wherever you are, remember to dream bigger. I’ll see you next week.

Welcome to Unbarred, the newest podcast project by Purple Pages. 

May this be a beginning to something ethereal.

You can find me on Twitter & Mastodon or even send me an email on purple@misspurple.io if you have any questions.

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Welcome to Unbarred, I am your lovely host Miss Purple, also serving as the producer and creator of the podcast under the umbrella of Purple Pages.

Unbarred is a weekly podcast that touches global culture, the macro, technology’s evolution, crypto & other financial revolutions that have taken Africa and the rest of the world by storm.

Many a times the voices and ideas of those creating within the frays of the smaller communities, the African continent and other economically small regions are gone unheard, unless they are sensational. The goal here is to embody the true spirit of a truly decentralised and people led freedom, to be the voice of the creators and to inspire.

The opinions and views expressed within the show will be a combination of either the author of the articles I will be reading or myself unless otherwise stated. But so that we are always in the clear and you don’t get lost in all the information, when you hear this sound {will be denoted in black on transcript}, that is the article, and when you hear this sound {will be denoted in purple on transcript}, that is my personal take or additional information.

I am excited to begin this journey with you all, it means the world to me that you are here, I hope that together we can usher in a revolution of sorts.

You can follow me on twitter @misspurrple_ so you don’t miss out on any updates, until next time, stay rooted & remember to dream.