Sound Africa
SOUND AFRICA is a space for creative non-fiction from the African continent. We are licensed by the Composers Authors & Publishers Association of South Africa
Episodes
May 15, 2024 • 17 mins
Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode we speak to one truly remarkable young Kenyan who is bending the rules just enough to make an unjust system work for him.
This podcast was produced in collaboration with The Human Sciences Research Council in partnership with The Mastercard Foundation.https://hsrc.ac.za/https://mastercardfdn.org/
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May 15, 2024 • 26 mins
Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, Emmanuel Ampomah, takes us to Ghana where we hear from young people who have struggled to find a job immediately after graduating.
This series has shown that having a degree isn't always a ticket to employment, and in this episode we hear firsthand that expectations about jobs… ...
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May 15, 2024 • 20 mins
Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, Theresa Ayerigah, takes us to her home country of Ghana to see how innovative young Africans are turning food into profit.
This podcast was produced in collaboration with The Human Sciences Research Council in partnership with The Mastercard Foundation
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May 7, 2024 • 24 mins
Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, James Tayali, takes us to Malawi where some young boda-boda drivers, risk their lives to make a living.
This podcast was produced in collaboration with The Human Sciences Research Council in partnership with The Mastercard Foundation.
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May 7, 2024 • 28 mins
Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about about innovative young Africans and their hustles and in this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, Ibrahim Bahati, heads back to his home country of Uganda where art and the hustle come together in unexpected ways.
This podcast was produced in collaboration with The Human Sciences Research Council with support from The Mastercard Foundation
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May 7, 2024 • 29 mins
Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, Anita Owiti, takes us to Kenya to see how innovative young Africans are tackling the environmental crisis and climate change.
This podcast was produced in collaboration with The Human Sciences Research Council in partnership with The Mastercard Foundation
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April 30, 2024 • 26 mins
Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, Zimie Sigenu, goes back to the Eastern Cape of South Africa where we explore the urban-rural divide in South Africa and meet young Africans who are dealing with the harsh realities facing graduates.
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April 30, 2024 • 26 mins
Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, Sabelo Mpisi, takes us to South Africa where land and gender dynamics are forcing some women into the hustle.
This podcast was produced in collaboration with The Human Sciences Research Council in partnership with The Mastercard Foundation.https://hsrc.ac.za/https://mastercardfd...
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April 30, 2024 • 32 mins
Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, Liona Muchenje, heads back to her home country of Zimbabwe where ordinary people have taken the hustle to new heights, as they try to secure theirs and their family’s futures.
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February 14, 2024 • 32 mins
In this final episode Adhel, Saree and Michael adjust to their new relationship.
Credits
Sound track and theme song is Arusu by Hardlife Avenue Stars
Mixing and Sound Design by Neil Lidell
Text and story editing by Brittany Kesselman
Fact-checking by Mustapha Dumbuya
Photography by David Lomuria
Podcast Artwork and Design by Peace Ogwigwiyan
Translations by Alith Ayer
Marketing and Publicity by Didi Khumalo, Mazim Keys & Aman Am...
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February 14, 2024 • 31 mins
In this episode we are introduced to Adhel Ring - Michael's friend who later becomes Saree's co-wife.
Credits:
Sound track and theme song, Arusu by Hardlife Avenue Stars
Mixing and Sound Design by Neil Liddell
Text and story editing by Brittany Kesselman
Fact-checking by Mustapha Dumbuya
Photography by David Lomuria
Podcast Artwork and Design by Peace Ogwigwiyan
Translations by Alith Ayer
Marketing and Publicity by Didi Khumalo, M...
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February 14, 2024 • 20 mins
In this first episode of, Arusa - A New Bride, we go back to the beginning when Michael Mading first meets his first wife Saree in California, USA.
Credits
Sound track and theme song is Arusu by Hardlife Avenue Stars
Mixing and Sound Design by Neil Liddell
Text and story editing by Brittany Kesselman
Fact-checking by Mustapha Dumbuya
Photography by David Lomuria
Podcast Artwork and Design by Peace Ogwigwiyan
Translations by Alit...
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February 7, 2024 • 1 min
ARUSA: A New Bride offers a rare look into love and Polygamy through the lived experiences of Michael Mading and his two wives, Saree Mading and Adhel Ring who chose to enter into a polygamous marriage in 2020.
The three-part podcast series tells a story of a married South Sudanese man who returns to his home country with his African-American wife after 30 years living abroad and his subsequent decision to marry a second, South ...
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January 7, 2022 • 25 mins
By engaging with politics, citizens can demand justice and good governance from their governments and leaders. But women political activists face unique challenges. Fatima speaks about why she continues to push for space for citizens voices and women’s recognition in governance.
Follow Fatima on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fatima.mimbire
Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fatima_f2m?lang=en
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December 24, 2021 • 24 mins
Student leader Ruth Yitbarek wants more Ethiopian women to understand their rights and speak up for themselves. She speaks about the Yellow Movement that continues to grow in Ethiopia’s universities and how it challenges abusive societal norms.
Read about the Yellow Movement here: http://www.aau.edu.et/the-yellow-movement/
Follow Ruth here: https://twitter.com/ruth_yitbarek
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December 10, 2021 • 27 mins
How do you prove that the home you fled was unsafe, if you could never report the violence you faced there? Thomars Shamuyarira is a Zimbabwean migrant rights activist living in South Africa. He speaks on South Africa’s restrictive asylum process and the experiences of LGBT people from elsewhere in Africa seeking asylum there.
You can follow the Fruit Basket on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
The Fruit Basket won a prestigious awa...
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November 26, 2021 • 25 mins
What’s it like being a vocal African woman online? Entrepreneur Carol Ndosi discusses the importance of women’s voices on the internet in Tanzania, and how her work led to the creation of support systems for women who are trolled on social media.
Check out Women at Web’s work on Twitter using #WomenatWeb
Check out the Carol and the Launch Pad’s work here: thelaunchpad.or.tz/
Follow Carol Ndosi here: twitter.com/CarolNdosi
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November 12, 2021 • 22 mins
It’s not easy standing up to the most powerful man in the country, but that is what Toufah Jallow did when she accused Gambia’s former president Yahya Jammeh of raping her. Toufah talks about her journey, from healing to activism.
· Check out Toufah’s foundation here: web.facebook.com/iamtoufahmovement/?_rdc=1&_rdr
· Watch HRW’s reporting on Toufah here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P0mQJyzosc
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October 29, 2021 • 25 mins
Ugandan writer Rosebell Kagumire edits an African feminist blog. She discusses the importance of curating these voices and how allies with large platforms influence the current movement. This discussion looks at the media’s role in trivializing sexual violence and the growth of support for survivors.
Follow Rosebell on
Twitter: twitter.com/RosebellK
Instagram: www.instagram.com/rosebellk/
Follow the blog African Feminism here: afr...
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October 15, 2021 • 26 mins
As a young girl, when Lusungu Kalanga saw inequalities in her community, she didn’t have a language for it. Today, she creates safe spaces for girls in Malawi. We talk about how online activism rallied offline organizing in Malawi’s #MeToo movement.
Lusungu on Twitter: twitter.com/Lusukalanga
Growing Ambitions: twitter.com/GrowingAmbition
Feministing while Malawian: anchor.fm/feministingwhilemalawian
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