photo credit: kenneth bachor
+ my name is enongo lumumba-kasongo;
+ i am congolese and ivorian from ithaca, ny;
+ i am a rapper and producer under the monikers sammus and mutha brain;
+ i am a postdoctoral fellow at brown university in the music department [starting as an assistant prof. in 2022];
+ i am the director of audio at an r&d game studio called glow up games;
+ i am a member of theKEEPER hip hop collective
+ i am the outreach director and an artist ambassador for theKEEPER digital archive
+ i am a co-producer of a monthly podcast about existing / surviving as a creative;
+ i received my phd in science and technology studies from cornell university in 2019;
+ i am on the advisory board for the sound arts & industry program at northwestern;
+ i’m interested in: afrofuturism, black feminist sound studies / studio studies, video game sound design and performance, and hip hop studies and performance.
