Mini Cho is Mozambique's first pro surfer. A seed born of East and African tides where the winds of xenophobia pushed to the sun-kissed beaches of northern Mozambique. Surfing found him through wandering nomads, igniting a passion for activism and community. His sights may be set on the Olympics, but his definition of gold is to empower those aroun…

Our guest is a visionary whose lens captures not just moments but entire worlds. Isac Junior's visionary approach to photography transcends mere snapshots, capturing entire worlds through his lens. With roots in humble beginnings and unwavering family support, Isaac's journey embodies the essence of determination and resilience. Isac shares more th…

Nelson Nhachungue is a remarkable individual who effortlessly wears two hats – a seasoned lawyer and a dynamic influencer making waves in the digital realm. A master of the delicate art of balancing one's private life with the demands of a public persona. He offers a unique perspective on the challenges that arise when your professional world colli…

Luhane Gagnaux is a purebred entrepreneur whose remarkable journey from law to entrepreneurship has been inspiring. Fueled by an unwavering passion for unravelling everyday conundrums, Luhane ventured into the world of mobile app development, crafting a diverse portfolio of applications that tackled various challenges. Some of these ventures proved…

Ximena Calero is an unlikely activist. In this episode, we step into her mystical and thought-provoking world. As we sit down with our extraordinary guest who shares stories of witchcraft, weaving Mozambican culture into the very fabric of her home, she unravels the secrets of listening – not just hearing, but truly learning. At the same time, deep…

Lay Lizzy is a creator mainly known for his music. He embodies steadfast and unwavering positive advocacy within the creative domain, crafting mesmerising art while championing emerging talents. He expertly narrates his journey in his presentation, showcasing his exceptional talent in managing his business ventures while producing captivating music…

On Kubhula RAW, the hosts go back to the basics and dissect various random topics in an unfiltered, unapologetic and unruly way. Judging everyone and everything, and with political correctness and sugar-coating out of the picture, the rawness bubbles to the surface. Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the guest’s own and do …

On Kubhula RAW, the hosts go back to the basics and dissect various random topics in an unfiltered, unapologetic and unruly way. Judging everyone and everything, and with political correctness and sugar-coating out of the picture, the rawness bubbles to the surface. Disclaimer: If you are a caring, kind, sensitive person - this is not for you! Sign…

On Kubhula RAW, the hosts go back to the basics and dissect various random topics in an unfiltered, unapologetic and unruly way. Judging everyone and everything, and with political correctness and sugar-coating out of the picture, the rawness bubbles to the surface. Disclaimer: If you are a caring, kind, sensitive person - this is not for you! Sign…

Matateu Ubisse is a brand strategist who has a unique approach to using the art of storytelling. He has set himself apart in an industry where the main currency is your attention. Describing how the odds didn't keep him from pursuing what he felt he was meant to do, in this conversation, we went down the rabbit hole of movies, Afrofuturism and how …

On Kubhula RAW, the hosts go back to the basics and dissect various random topics in an unfiltered, unapologetic and unruly way. Judging everyone and everything, and with political correctness and sugar-coating out of the picture, the rawness bubbles to the surface. Disclaimer: If you are a caring, kind, sensitive person - this is not for you! Sign…

Elisandro Mendes is an entrepreneur who made Mozambique his home away from home. With an emotional intelligence above par, he brought his dream to fruition and created a community where gentlemen come together and build positive social networks. His childhood and teenage years start in Lisbon after leaving Guinea-Bissau at a very young age. His hea…

Francisco Vinho is a skate activist whose love for skating, combined with a steady grind, drove him to break down barriers and defy the status quo. It takes a particular type of mindset and willingness to, against all odds, build a skate park in one's backyard and make it an extension of the conventional classroom for many girls and boys of the com…

On Kubhula RAW, the hosts go back to the basics and dissect various random topics in an unfiltered, unapologetic and unruly way. Judging everyone and everything, and with political correctness and sugar-coating out of the picture, the rawness bubbles to the surface. Disclaimer: If you are a caring, kind, sensitive person - this is not for you! Sign…

Marcelo Dauane is a full-stack engineer. Using a personality that constantly demands innovation and thrives for growth, he taught his fingers how to speak the only truly universal language. In this chilled and sometimes geeky conversation about his life and more, he explains how someone can go from zero to coding within months in the various boot c…

Djimetta is a hip hop artist. His introvert core and extrovert capabilities bridge the world of reality and imagination, giving birth to unique creativity. Ell Puto also graced us with his presence by being our first guest co-host, and side by side with Djimetta, they took this episode to a whole new level. A few coughs sprinkled on it from everyth…

On Kubhula RAW, the hosts go back to the basics and dissect various random topics in an unfiltered, unapologetic and unruly way. Judging everyone and everything, and with political correctness and sugar-coating out of the picture, the rawness bubbles to the surface. Disclaimer: If you are a caring, kind, sensitive person - this is not for you! Sign…

Marta Uetela is an industrial designer who is a very energetic and positive individual that from a selfless act, started an organisation that is changing the lives of many, one step at a time. She won the second-best green startup in Africa, the number one prize in the 6th edition of the competition SeedStars in Maputo, and the 193rd Commonwealth P…

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Douglas Condzo is a visual artist whose striking art provokes a visceral response in the eye of the beholder it also taps into the humble and quiet personality of this true aesthete. We got him speaking on the different roads and choices that took him from music to where he is now. He took a deep dive and described how the journey of his street pho…

Paulo Chibanga is an innovative entrepreneur who uses deep family values as the underlying foundation for all his work. He transcends the ordinal scale with his never-stop learning mentality. From 3 de Fevereiro school to Jo'burg and then the world, he told us about how his music journey started and how it morphed into what it is today. How 340ml c…

Maxh is a YouTuber with a unique sense of humour and uncomparable clout. His skits present a profoundly personal and comical perspective on a wide range of social phenomena. In a genuinely conversational way, he gave us an insight into how he lives off YouTube and explained how he withdraws the money sent from it—deconstructed the taboo of being a …

Ricardo Pereira is an Environment and Renewable Energy Expert. With a community-based approach and innovative solutions, his work's mission shines a bright light of hope on improving the ecosystems and livelihood of many. Our conversation with Ricardo ranged from how he stumbled into his environmental degree, the wonders of Kenya, being held hostag…

Mafalda is an artist who is on a journey of self-discovery. Her work is one of the mediums she uses to explore emotions concerning her identity. In a very poetic way, the unspoken bond with her ancestors depicted in her art leaves us in awe. From fashion to fine art prints, connecting the dots on her voyage to the down under, we spoke about her Afr…

Mirza is a musical artist and a spiritual man with an enchanting voice representing Mozambique on Portugal's big stages and surroundings. He captivates his audience through the soulful force of gospel, RnB and many other genres. Our conversation ranged over many topics like his days at the Instituto dos Pupilos do Exército, a Muslim man joining a g…

Karina is a green entrepreneur. Her path started in Gaza, passed by Zambézia, Nampula and used Maputo as its launching pad. She's an entrepreneur and author who challenges every adversity head-on without losing her enthusiasm but has truly made the most of it. In this episode, we talk about the origins of Koko Boxes, not being afraid of asking for …

Mauro is a football coach, and the game is deep-rooted in him from a young age. Nothing stopped him from pursuing his dreams and turning his love and passion for the sport into his life's mission. A winner at heart, through adversity and challenges, he is just at the beginning of a long and prosperous career. In this episode, we touch on the humble…

Hernâni Da Silva is dubbed the best Mozambican rapper. With close to two decades in the hip-hop game and scooping many accolades, he does not rest on his laurels and keeps waving the Mozambican flag high one punchline after the other. We started many years back at his Kitabu days when he started rapping, moved on to how he was invited by EllPuto to…

Yuri is a social entrepreneur. His projects transcend popularity, and the drive for social change results in long-lasting benefits for the city and people's lives. We spoke about his relationship with the city council, his inspiration drawn from living abroad, the love for the city that watched him grow and how we all share the responsibility to ma…

Fresh Nunas is a DJ, a jack of all trades and a master of many. His thirst for differentiation and a never-let-go of the African roots attitude distinguished him from the bunch. He started in Maputo, took over New York, touched base in Panama. From washing cars for the Russians, serving tables in SoHo and promoting events in Niger his life has been…

Gabriel is a sales and account manager at Lufthansa Technik Middle East. His stories reminded us that life is full of ups and downs and that no matter how deep the water goes, we have to keep swimming. His tenacity and staying power set him apart, and his mistakes make him human. In his pursuit to accomplish his dream of working in the aviation ind…

Sandro Valigy is an event producer and an entertainment entrepreneur. He made extravaganza his business and with great focus and hard work kept the party going from Mozambique all the way to the Czech Republic, we dive into how he set up his entertainment business, his events, becoming a father, and Mozambican/Czech connections. Links: Sandro on In…

Nyeleti Honwana is the co-founder of Global Black Youth and a program officer at the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. She's compassionate, thoughtful and with great poise, shared the path that led her to live a life, of use to others in this online episode we talk about her journey from Maputo to New York, her college years and getting into activ…

Carla Fonseca is an incredibly multi-talented performance artist. Through a myriad of mediums, her art speaks volumes and forces us to stop and ponder. From Egoli to Xai-Xai and back, she shows no signs of slowing down, in this episode to talk about her Mozambican roots, how Batuk started, building a music catalogue, writing films and much more. Yo…

Rui Fernandes is a tourism entrepreneur. With his eagerness to learn and willingness to teach, we time travelled back centuries on a guided tour of the Atlantic slave trade and much more. We also touched on how he got into tourism and how he's coping with fewer tourists during the pandemic. Links: My Lisbon Tours (Walking Tours) Website My Lisbon T…

Mariana Carrilho is a Mezzo-Soprano. Merely scratching the surface of this remarkable and deep art form, she got us all eager to know more, and it's no surprise that her free, vibrant and full of zest personality took her from Maputo to Barcelona. In this Kubhukla Online episode, we talk about how an out of tune metal concert was one of the catalys…

Ricardo "Kikas" Correia is a PhD Physicist. Smart work, a never settle for less mentality, and a childlike fascination with what's outside his experience took him from Maputo all the way to Harvard and the in-betweens are nothing less than inspirational. What a guy, what a story, and can you believe he wanted to be a professional footballer! We tal…

Welcome to this special milestone! After seventy-seven hours twelve minutes and fifty-seven seconds, we went back in time, not to change it, but to rethink, 'relaugh' and relive a few of many memorable and iconic moments we were lucky to be part of. Please welcome to Kubhula, Episode 50! A million ideas ran through our minds, but after numerous cal…

Fábio da Graça is a marketeer, a football analyst, a musician and more. His motto is 'Brands, Bands and Football' and his spiel will definitely rekindle one's belief that life dreams are worth following regardless of age, background and any other excuse that you might come up with. In this first ‘Kubhula Online’ episode, we talk about his journey i…

Bom dia, bom dia and Happy New Year! Hélio "Link" Pene is an illustrator who is loaded with artistic lines that flow from the heart and reflect what is felt rather than observed, he used the mic as his colour palette to draw us a comic strip of his story. In our first episode of 2021, we discuss his path to becoming an illustrator, his first paid j…

Dygo Boy is the king of entertainment. He took us on a voyage for a perceptive, penetrating and completely captivating look at both his public persona and private life. Confident but not arrogant, honest but not rude, he is living proof that when you stay true to yourself, the sky is not the limit. In this exclusive 3 hour episode, we talk about hi…

Patricia Bettencourt is a social development activator. In an increasingly polarised world, her open-mindedness is a byproduct of her willingness to adapt. A truly natural and eloquent communicator she is a limitless source of meaningful insights that translate into a social paradigm shift of her beautiful work. In this episode, we talk being a veg…

Ruy Santos is the founder of MAKOBO - Plataforma Solidária. More than a canary in a coal mine, he’s a driving force behind social change. Reflecting genuine altruism, and with a humble approach, his contagious sense of solidarity makes everyone believe that no act of kindness goes wasted. In this episode, we talk about malnutrition and illiteracy i…

Cristiana Pereira is a down to earth tale-teller who uses her words to bring awareness to the journey of many. In a charismatic and delightful way, she shared chronicles of her travels around the world, life lessons and her mission to educate the flowers that never wither. She told us about her travels around the world as a backpacker, an emotional…

Behind Your Vision are the awe-inspiring crew behind some of the most artistic videos, photos and short movies that we have seen coming out of Mozambique. With visceral attunement and conceptual understanding, they left us with glimpses of their vision. In this episode, we touch on how they started, their transition from videos to short films, nego…

Elias Pelembe, aka Domingues, is the incredibly gifted footballer who wears the band around his arm and carries the crest by his heart of our beloved national team. Humble and astute, he gave us access to some behind the scenes stories of the most popular sport in the world and his admirable career. In this Kubhula exclusive, we talk pre-game ritua…

Eliana Silva is a remarkable storyteller and children's book author. Her words feel like an emotional bridge between real-life experiences and a fantasy world while her work promotes care and kindness, reminding us that we never too old to learn some valuable lessons. In this episode we discuss her travels, the inspiration behind her book Bina, a D…

Tino Bacela is a gifted young comedian and creative YouTuber from Mozambique. With irresistible contagious laughter, good spirits and atypical outlook on life, he makes the mundane funny and humour therapeutic. In this episode, we touch on dealing with insomnia, the standup comedy scene in Mozambique, cancel culture in comedy, critical thinking, an…

Danilo 'Kloro' Malele has a peculiar point of view and determination to achieve results, this brilliant artist demystified the Mozambican hip hop game and outlined cultural conundrums through this engaging and insightful tête-à-tête where he shared his views with us on the difference in artistic influences from provinces in Mozambique, how to eleva…

Taíla Carrilho is the founder of the NGO Conforme - Consciência Falciforme. A trip down memory lane made for interesting stories with this sublimely gifted, incredibly funny, in love with life courageous woman. In this exciting episode, we take it back to the origins of her love for music, DRP, RUUM Gallery and Conforme which is building awareness …