A Conversation with Dr. Michael Dando

<p>We speak with Dr. Michael Dando in this episode about comics, hip-hop, and education. Dando is a multicultural education scholar focusing on hip-hop culture and the representation of self. In collaboration with Professor John Jennings (writer) and artist David Brame, Dando has revived Lion Man, one of the characters in <em>All Negro Comic #1,</em> created in 1947 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orrin_C._Evans" target="_blank">Orrin Cromwell Evans</a>. &nbsp;The new Lion Man comic offers a new generation of readers a chance to follow the adventures of the seminal black comic character. &nbsp;In this conversation, we explored his vision of the transformative potential for Afrofuturism and how those ideas can inspire youth and transformation education.</p>