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Episode 232 | Muhammad Muwakil

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On this week’s episode of Corie Sheppard Podcast, we sit with Muhammad Muwakil — poet, performer, and frontman of Freetown Collective.

From his early childhood in Carenage to growing up at the Jamaat al-Muslimeen compound on Mucurapo Road, Muhammad shares a deeply personal account of life before, during, and after the 1990 attempted coup.

He opens up about community, and what justice really meant to him as a child watching the world shift.

We explore how Freetown’s music became a vehicle for honesty, healing, and cultural reflection — and why soca, storytelling, and spiritual…

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