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WXOX @ Folklife 2025 David Fakunle David Fakunle, Storyteller / Musician Associate Professor Johns Hopkins University Interviewed by Max Selby WXOX Next Wave Academy July 4, 2025 David O. Fakunle, PhD, is a “mercenary for change,” employing the necessary skills and occupying the necessary spaces to help strengthen everyone divested from their truest self.  He has applied artistic and cultural practices such as Black storytelling, African drumming, singing, and theater in the proclamation of truth, collaborating primarily with organizations in the D.C. metropolitan region.  Fakunle is the co-founder and CEO of DiscoverME/RecoverME, an organization that utilizes African oral tradition and storytelling for healing and growth; director of the T.E.A.C.H. (Transforming Equity through Arts, Culture & Health) Department at the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum; and chair of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Learn more about David Fakunle Visit The 2025 Folklife Festival Website Find Smithsonian Folkife on Facebook Follow Smithsonian Folklife Festival on Instagram Check out Smithsonian Folklife Festival on YouTube Return to Folklife 2025 Episode List If you have any questions please e-mail nextwave@artxfm.com

           

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