{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68e4c0be965488b63a6987c5/6aba49948ec4e79ce6cb2429?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Dolly Parton | Unproblematic White Queen | Feat. Kelechi Okafor |2","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68e4c0be965488b63a6987c5/1790594937812-8582aeea-bbaf-44ec-ab04-9a9fda0890fa.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What were the taxi drivers of 1990s Accra playing on repeat?</p><p>How does a woman who swore she was &quot;not a bit political&quot; write a hit about being used up and spat out by the system?</p><p>And, what does it take for the most unmistakably white icon in American country music to become the unproblematic queen of a Nigerian girl growing up in Peckham?</p><p><br></p><p>Afua Hirsch hands the Dolly Parton question to her friend Kelechi Okafor — author, podcaster, voice artist and pole studio owner — and Peter Frankopan discovers he is the last to know that West Africa loves country music.</p><p><br></p><p>Part two of two. Missionaries, a banjo with West African roots and a grandfather in cowboy boots in Lagos; the royalties, the military and the art of choosing your hypocrisies; and the day Dolly Parton&#39;s Imagination Library asked for Kelechi&#39;s own picture book, then came back for it a second year. Underneath it all, the question part one left hanging: did everyone give Dolly a pass that Beyoncé never gets?</p><p><br></p><p>Join Legacy Plus for bonus episodes, early access, Q&amp;A&#39;s, fewer adverts and more.</p><p>legacy.supportingcast.fm</p><p><br></p><p>[0:00] The tribute that travelled furthest didn&#39;t come from Nashville</p><p>[2:40] Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves and a cassette player in the headboard</p><p>[4:20] Accra taxis, the banjo, and a secret hundreds of millions already knew</p><p>[8:41] Unpicking &quot;unproblematic white queen&quot;, and choosing what you&#39;re a hypocrite for</p><p>[11:37] The Imagination Library comes calling for Kelechi&#39;s picture book</p><p>[14:35] Dumb Blonde as a business plan, all the way to the bank</p><p>[18:09] Church ladies, queer fans, and the pass Beyoncé never gets</p><p>[23:24] Peckham, Yoruba, and why a songwriter chose books</p><p><br></p><p>Stay connected with Legacy:</p><p>Instagram: @originallegacypodcast</p><p>TikTok: @legacy_productions</p><p><br></p><p>Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas:</p><p>Substack: peterfrankopan.substack.com | afuahirsch.substack.com</p>","author_name":"Original Legacy Productions"}