5 episodes
Finding Uhuru Nthabiseng
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- Sociedade e cultura
The Podcast explores the lives of Africans from around the continent and the diaspora who have a South African heritage or close affiliation with Southern Africa. Through open dialogue with guests talking about heritage, identity, and what it means to be an African, we are all on a journey to find uhuru.
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What Is In A Name
Chris Marteins takes us through his bloodline and how a black South African man has the surname he has.
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An African in America
Joanna Matanga is a Congolese-born Charlotte North Carolina raised woman, whose African roots crossed cultural borders in many ways. I spoke to her about her identity as an African American and the challenges she faced moving to the United States.
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We Were Kings and Queens, Never Porch Monkeys
According to Wikipedia, Pan-Africanism is a worldwide movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all indigenous and diaspora ethnic groups of African descent. We explore this rhetoric with Kaunda Chama and he explains why he is pro Pan Africanism.
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The Gumbo That Is Cyrus Rogers
Southern Africa has its complexities and I am still finding out a lot about a place I call home. A did the virtual covid hangout thing with Cyrus and he schooled me on his heritage and how Cyrus came to be.
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Finding Uhuru A Journey
There is so much to a person than just their name or their birthplace. So much that contributes to who we are as people, things that shape us. Finding Uhuru (finding freedom) I talk to people from various parts of Africa who have a tie to South Africa and we explore their road to finding uhuru.