S3 EP5: Creating a Life of Freedom and Choice with Kewulay Kamara

We are excited and grateful to welcome back Kewulay Kamara, a fan favorite, master storyteller, and worldly scholar.

Today's conversation is about freedom as a guiding principle in creating the life you want. We often talk about our hopes, dreams, goals, and the life we want, but we often don't connect these aspirations to freedom. However, living the life you wish usually means knowing and creating the freedom(s) you desire.

In our conversation, we discuss the meaning and personal sense of freedom—what it is like to live the value of freedom. Kamara shares a fresh perspective on studying, learning, and working so you can be free. He walks us through the practice that has helped him to dream his desired life into existence and find the people who align with his values to dream with him. Kamara also shares how his current work with UNESCO, in collaboration with the University of Makeni in Sierra Leone, builds on the innate human capacity to imagine the future. To him, we can have freedom and agency over our futures, starting with the stories we tell in the present. 

“What you have to practice is the idea of humility. Humility and freedom are together. Humility means you're not trapped in things other people might be, like money, name, fame, and status. Yeah, if you have fame and money, you can use it, but does it mean it will define you? You have to be something else.” - Kewulay Kamara

We hope this conversation encourages you to reflect on what freedom(s) you desire most in life. When you know this, your thoughts, words, and actions can align with your desired reality. 

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Kewulay Kamara is a poet, multi-media storyteller, and lecturer with wide experience in culture, government, academia, and media. He is the founder and Executive Director of Badenya, Inc., a non-profit cultural and educational organization that established the Dankawalie Secondary School in Sierra Leone. Kamara serves on UNESCO’s Steering Committee on Foresight and Strategic Planning. He spends his time between New York and Sierra Leone, where he has led various development and cultural preservation initiatives for more than twenty years.

You can find out more about Kewulay here:

Kewulay’s Documentary

Kewulay’s Instagram

Kewulay’s Website

Kewulay’s Youtube

Here are the information we mentioned in the episode:

Living 4D with Paul Chek EP 183 - The Life You Want and How to Creat It

Kume S1 EP9 - Hidden Assumptions

Kume S1 EP10 - Nanfule: The World Will Not Remain the Same

Rootless (save 15 percent on your purchase of the Starter Kit by using code KUME15).

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Drc. Jaèy is the technical director of this episode. This episode was produced by Kume House LLC and the AMBC.