On Our Terms with Ismatou Bah
After growing up in a Guinean-Muslim home in Queens, earning scholarships to attend an elite Prep school and New York University, and eventually landing in the world of tech, Ismatou has felt forced to compartmentalize her various identities and life experiences. But as she charges through her 20s, she’s learned that those disparate experiences are the things that render her perspective unique. So welcome to On Our Terms–the place where those disparate identities converge, convene and come home—featuring your host, Ismatou Bah, the big sister who fucks up so you don’t have to.
Episodes
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
Solo catch-up time. Ismatou takes on the transplant vs. REAL New Yorker discourse, reflections from her boarding school reunion, and being West African in corporate (she got promoted) and what you have to unlearn to thrive. Plus Summer House: the Amanda and Ciara debacle, filtered through her own friendships with white girls in boarding school.
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
Ismatou sits down with content creator Aissatou Baldé, mom of three, full-time worker, and one of the most visible Fulani women on the internet, for a conversation about bodies, beauty, and the things our community refuses to say out loud.
We get into being hyper-visible as a Muslim woman, then dig into the hard stuff: the body shaming Fulani and Guinean communities have gotten away with for to...
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
Tune into Part 2 with Aminatou (@aminathree). Blossoming sibling dynamics, building a (non-traditional) content career as West African woman with no traditional industry backing, and more funny chit-chat. We kept it cute for Part 1, and all I can say is...we tried for Part 2.
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
Aminatou (@aminathree) pulled up to OOT and….DID. NOT. HOLD. BACK. Growing up (Guinean) Fulani under one of the most conservative strains of Islam, leaving the faith, telling her parents to their faces, and still living under their roof. Then we got into her parents, the relationship with her dad, the fracture with her mom, and whether misogyny shapes which parent gets grace and which one doesn...
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
PART 2!!! In today’s episode, Ismatou (On Our Terms) and Sofi (Am I Too Loud?!) sat down to finish the conversation from last week on sex, silence, shame, and everything Black Muslim women were never supposed to say out loud. In this part 2, we dive into relationships, dating and so much more.
From our first boyfriends, to halal dating and to arranged marriages? They're unpacking first crus...
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
IT’S ABOUT DAMN TIME!! In today’s episode, Ismatou (On Our Terms) and Sofi (Am I Too Loud?!) sat down for the conversation they've both been circling for years. The one about sex, silence, shame, and everything Black Muslim women were never supposed to say out loud.
From the sex talk that never happened to the cultural double standards that shaped how they learned about their own bodies, th...
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
For our "Welcome Back & Back to STAY" episode, Ismatou is opening up about Ramadan on her own, returning to her faith with her eyes wide open, and building On Our Terms from scratch as a one-woman show. From unprofessional NYC creatives to the weight of the global ummah, she's holding it all at once and inviting you in.
Follow us on all socials @onourtermspod and your host Ismatou Bah @uotams...
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
Ismatou sits down with Ndeye Peinda. Ndeye is a Senegalese-American beauty, plus size fashion and lifestyle creator known for her bold style and confident presence. Blending fashion-forward looks, beauty tutorials, and relatable storytelling to inspire her followers to embrace their own style with confidence.
She joined Ismatou on the couch to open up about her divorce. Sharing her advice as a mu...
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
Reintroducing an episode that was ahead of its time, this is a conversation with Arewá Basit. A multihyphenate non-binary trans-femme based in Brooklyn. Basit is a performance artist who uses all mediums to put on for the black femmes. I met Arewà through her collective, LEGACY. Since our conversation, Arewà modeled for Amy Sherald's portrait “Trans Forming Liberty”, a re...
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
Ismatou sits down with Anayka She, a native New Yorker to discuss the G-word, gentrification. Anayka shares wonderful insights about the New York City cultural landscape as a full time influencer. Her vibrant personality clearly shines through this conversation.
Anayka She, where talent meets a vibrant personality is the sweet spot you can find Panamanian-New Yorker. She’s an R&B singer...
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
For our “Welcome Back” episode, Ismatou is breaking free from superstitions as she dives deeper into her faith. Refusing to be nonchalant she is vowing to share more of her personality, in hopes of cultivating this community founded on vulnerability and authenticity.
Follow us on all socials @onourtermspod and your host Ismatou Bah @uotamsi on IG.
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Be Brave! What's on your mind?
Ismatou recaps her year on the orange chair, reflecting on the highs, lows, and learnings, and sharing some of her final 2024 takeaways.
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Be Brave! What's on your mind?
Arewà Basit and Ismatou sit down to talk all things chosen family, navigating the holidays, living independently of your family's projections and of course--Arewà's experience on the iconic and historical, all-queer season of MTV's Are You The One?
Follow us on all socials @onourtermspod and your host Ismatou @uotamsi on IG. You can find Arewà on IG @basit_.
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
The full OOT team (Ismatou, Esther, Samantha and Cahleb) break the fourth wall and let you in on what making this podcast was really like, and how their professional and personal journeys with creativity landed them here.
Follow us on all socials @onourtermspod and your host Ismatou Bah @uotamsi on IG.
You can find the OOT team on IG at:
@the.esther.c
@what.son
@cmuulaaa
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
Cahleb returns to the pod, this time in the Orange Chair, to discuss all things friendship with Ismatou from adjusting to changes in relationships throughout your 20s and navigating NYC's social scene, to how Ismatou and Cahleb deal with conflict in their own friendship.
Follow us on all socials @onourtermspod and your host Ismatou @uotamsi on IG. You can find Cahleb on IG @cmuulaaa and f...
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
Ismatou and Flo sit down to talk their respective paths to creativity, finessing your career as a creative, and navigating the tweeters & deleters along the way.
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You can find Flo @flongala on IG and check out her work at HERE.
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
Ismatou and Eni take the couch to talk beauty and brains, the pressure on Black women to be “perfect,” desirability, dating expectations, and more.
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You can find Eni @enigivensunday on all platforms.
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
Ismatou and Amadou sit down to chat queerness in Fulani culture, coming out, and navigating cultural/social dynamics while showing up as your authentic self.
Follow us on all socials @onourtermspod and your host Ismatou Bah @uotamsi on IG.
You can find Amadou on IG @amazouu
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
Ismatou sits down solo to talk about her new hair, dealing with body changes, divesting from the male gaze, and the dramatic story of the day she cut it all off!
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Follow us on all socials @onourtermspod and your host Ismatou Bah @uotamsi on IG.
Be Brave! What's on your mind?
Ismatou, Skylar, & Jasiel sit down and chat all things polyamory - from polyamory in media to polyamory in practice and everything in between.
Follow us on all socials @onourtermspod and your host Ismatou Bah @uotamsi on IG.
You can find Jasiel on IG @allducksrock and Skylar @_skylarrrrrrrrr .
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