SOUL SNACK™

RawBean

From The Nairobi Podcast Studio™, Soul Snack™ is Africa's greatest weekly podcast of spoken-word poetry from across the continent. E-mail: thesoulsnack@gmail.com fanpage: tiny.cc/etvkcz facebook: tiny.cc/v6vkcz Instagram: tiny.cc/q7vkcz #Soulsnackpod

Episodes

  1. 11/27/2019

    MECIRIA

    On the season finale of Soul Snack volume 1, The Divine Bandit quenches the soul with the words of a dying language, striking the hearts and minds of those who discern it.

    48 min

  2. 11/13/2019

    MÍXD GRēēNS

    KAMAUU is a New York-based artist, rapper, poet, and thinker whose heritage traces back to an assortment of West African tribes like the Tikar of Cameroon and Kru of Liberia. His music doesn't always conform to genre-tags but his latest project TheKAMAUU-CASSETTE:ŭRTH Gōld is lush and soulful. KAMAUU Is The Quiet Warrior Making Otherworldly Music.

    48 min

  3. 11/06/2019

    3 AM

    Kivuva is a 90's soul who prefers to write his language, an extroverted introvert of some sort, a keen observer and cracker of codes. On this episode, we discussed Africa-China relations, agitation, voter apathy, and the role youth play in national politics.

    35 min

  4. 10/30/2019

    WEWE NI?

    Passionate, Evocative and Compelling, Raya's stage presence and eloquent imagery can transport you from your furthest destination to her wildest dreams. She specializes in developing philanthropic awareness and truly personal messages into her dynamic audience and sharing food for thought in doggy bag portions. She believes in generosity, in all of generosities languages and in the true power of all forms of true love. We discussed systemic racism, classism, sexism and her experiences growing up in Kenya as a mixed-race person.

    37 min

  5. 10/16/2019

    SHE COMES FIRST

    B.nab is a lover of rhymes and a good old romantic story. She strives to assert her own voice, in a society that tries to make their voices hers.

    35 min

  6. 10/09/2019

    ON THE INFLATION OF CURRENCY, 1919

    Martin begins with a poem written by Robert Lee Frost, On The Inflation of Currency 1919. Drawing ironic parallels with the current local and international economic state. Martin Namu is a techie with a penchant for words and an inability to resist the impulse to start fires. He is an old soul with a jarful of 2 bob opinions and a paintbrush of colourful language. Like Trump, take him seriously but not bigly literally.

    47 min

  7. 10/02/2019

    MY BOYS ARE DYING

    Mufasa is a poet and spoken-word artist based in Nairobi, Kenya. Known for his highly emotive voice and animated delivery that sparks an electric frenzy among his audience, He is a campaigner for social justice and human dignity, and believes in creative expression for social change. Listed by Badilisha Poetry Xchange as one of the top 10 African poets of 2018, Mufasa is also a multiple Slam champion, judge and workshop facilitator at Poetry Slam Africa, a competition that aims to recognise poets and spoken-word artists discussing a range of current issues affecting Africa and the world at large.

    26 min

  8. 09/25/2019

    BEFORE I LET YOU IN

    You have both been working up an appetite. Doors locked, lights out, clothes off, tossing, turning, exhausted and ready to surrender your bodies, she whispers... "Before I let you in..." Camilla, an introvert, found a home on stage, her worst nightmare.

    25 min

  9. 09/18/2019

    FOOL'S MATE

    In chess, Fool's Mate is the checkmate in the fewest possible number of moves from the start of the game. Only achievable by Black on move 2 by the queen, and only occurs if White makes an extraordinary blunder. Myra has the fire in her gut and adventure in her bones. She would like to be many things, but mostly proud of herself.

    47 min

  10. 09/11/2019

    THEY DO NOT KNOW

    Tshepo, which means Hope in Sepedi, was born in Limpopo, South Africa and currently resides in Jo'Burg. He is a poet at heart, and his heart is in Africa, he is a patriot. We had a candid conversation on xenophobia, femicide, patriarchy, Karabo Mokoena, the #AreWeNext protests sparked by the brutal murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana, and the adoption of Swahili into the South African education curriculum.

    53 min

  11. 09/04/2019

    HISIA ZA SANAA

    An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way but an artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Elliepoet is Charles Bukowski with a microphone and the muse is partly to blame for whatever pours out of him. Elvis Wanjohi makes art, and art makes him.

    28 min

  12. 08/27/2019

    FORBIDDEN SWEETNESS

    Based in Nairobi, Kenya. Eudiah's poetry oozes passionate emotions of lust, ecstasy and intense intimacy, effortlessly drowning you in a flood of irresistible desire.

    24 min
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About

From The Nairobi Podcast Studio™, Soul Snack™ is Africa's greatest weekly podcast of spoken-word poetry from across the continent. E-mail: thesoulsnack@gmail.com fanpage: tiny.cc/etvkcz facebook: tiny.cc/v6vkcz Instagram: tiny.cc/q7vkcz #Soulsnackpod

Information

  • Creator
    RawBean
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © RawBean
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