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Conversations about the lives and experiences of Africans on the move.
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A few years ago, With a strong passion to be on radio and television I have faced rejection and failed auditions. Until, I met someone who told me “If you keep encountering close doors, you climb through the window”. I went ahead to take other jobs, but I realize nothing gets me more excited than talking to people. Therefore I decided to launch “Chasing The Grind” podcast with the simple mission of building connection with people through their remarkable stories and untold truth of their hus ...
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A podcast on all things African food! Every other week, Host Yorm Ackuaku delves into the world of African food chefs, curators and bloggers. Interviews with African food entrepreneurs cover new African cuisine, customer experiences, the role of social media in promoting African food and much, much more.
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#CTG9 - Leo Adha (Pidgin English): “Sextape Leak, Lotto writing & Future Plans”
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In this episode Andy sits down with Leo and talked about the Grind, his journey to success, plus pressure of being a father & Sextape leaks and future Plan of becoming a Real Estate Developer. What we Discuss 00:00 Introduction 01:24-10:00 Leo Grind’s 10:08-12:28 Leo’s Dream + Traveling (dzakpa)among the boys 13:10-23:48 Leo’s Family Life 24:23-30:…
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#CTG8 - Emma Lawerencia: “How to Navigate MENTAL HEALTH, while RAISING a GIRL-CHILD”
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In this episode, Andy sits down with Emma Lawerencia Popularly referred to as Naa for her amazing MCeeing ability and dive into a dynamic discussion about her journey with suicidal thoughts, STEPMOTHER emotional abuse, from front desk assistant, selling snacks, going through the media school, unemployment and daughter-mother relationship . This epi…
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#CTG7 - Selasi Komla Adjor "LGBTQ+ Throughout History", “Ghana’s Duplication System & More”
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In this episode Andy sits down with an incredible educator, Selasi Komla Adjor. And discussed his journey to becoming an educator, marriage life, and how the Proper Human Sexual Right and Family Values Bill are the Values to be held to a large extent! What We Discussed. 00:00 Introduction02:10 Salasi's Background and Name04:02 Ecocriticism and Agen…
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Sefi Atta, "Diasporized Inequalities"
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In this podcast episode, I engage in a conversation with the acclaimed writer, Sefi Atta, on the representations of postcolonial African mobile subjects in her work. The conversation revolves around some of Atta's novels such as The Bad Immigrant, A Bit of Difference, Everything Good Will Come as well as the short story collection, News From Home. …
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#CTG6 - Mustapha Sulley: " I wanted to become a PILOT, But Here We ARE”
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In this episode Andy sits down Mustapha and break bread on What We Discuss00:00-05:18 Quote, Omah lay viral video & Intro 05:19-09:30 Mustapha Grind 09:32-11:03 Crypto investment 11:15-13:58 The term ” in the street meaning “14:49-17:50 Mustapha’s Pilot Dream17:51-18:40 Tax on Betting 18:45-23:33 U+ME IDEA 23:40-24:35 What do you think life is like…
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Helon Habila, "The Morality of Not Feeling at Home in One's Home"
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In this podcast episode, i engage in a conversation with Helon Habila on his latest novel, Travellers. The conversation begins with the novel's epigraph, a quote from Theodore Adorno, which states that "it is part of morality to not to be at home in one's home". The conversation also touches on issues such as the ethics of exile, the encounters bet…
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#CTG5 - (OUTDOOR RECORDING) Mesiba & Martin : VEEP Comeback, Streets Speak, Political Perspectives, the Rise of a New Political Force, Nollywood Renaissance and more
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In this episode Andy sits down with Messiba and Martin and break bread on STREET COLLEGE Messiba & Martin Personal take on “VEEP Recent Campaign Come Back” Taking it from . What if the VEEP is not involve in the economic shipwreck . If indeed the VEEP was just the driver’s mate. . The E-levy & Betting tax abolishment What the streets are saying abo…
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#CTG4-(OUTDOOR RECORDING) Kawchie Adie: How God Use an Old lady to BLESS my Music Journey
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In this compelling episode, Andy and Kwachie dive into a dynamic discussion touching on various timely topics. From Nigerians missing out on the Grammy awards to the intricacies of marriage and relationships, they explore the cultural landscape with insight and humor.They also delve into the essence of Valentine's Day, dissecting its significance i…
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#CTG3 - Sarah Nartey: “ This Church Camp Saved My Mother’s LIFE”
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In this engaging episode, Andy engages in a lively conversation with Sarah, a passionate advocate for cultural appreciation and entrepreneurship. Together, they delve into the multifaceted aspects of Valentine's Day, exploring how sex enhances the holiday experience. Sarah shares a touching personal story about the transformative impact of a prayer…
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#CTG2 - David Decker: ''Confronting Demons My Struggle with Alcoholism, Grief, and Suicidal Thoughts Amidst Loss''
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In this episode Andy is joined by David Decker as they explore the courageous journey of confronting alcoholism, loss, and suicidal thoughts. David shares his raw experiences, offering insights into mental health struggles and resilience. Inspired by his own journey, he embarked on a mission to impact young people's lives creatively. Through darkne…
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In this episode of "The New African Diasporas Podcast", I engage in a conversation with the Nigerian American writer, Tope Folarin. Our conversation centres around Folarin's novel "A Particular Kind of Black Man" but also extends to broader issues such as memory and migration, migration and mental illness, and the heterogeneity of blackness in the …
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#CTG1 - SAM TWRICKS : "Denied by Mom, Fueled by Hope: My Journey to Pursue Unwavering Dreams"
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In this engaging episode, Andy delves into a dynamic discussion with Samuel, a highly skilled video editor renowned for his expertise in affiliate marketing. Together, they explore Samuel's journey through various challenges, including periods of unemployment and complex family dynamics, such as his relationship with his mother and the impact of hi…
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Welcome to the New African Diasporas PodcastBy Sakiru Adebayo
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In this episode, i sit down with the acclaimed author, Taiye Selasi, to talk about her works on the new African diasporas. The talk touches on her canonical novel, Ghana Must Go, her concept of Afropolitanism, and the need for African immigrants to not fall for the model minority narrative, especially in the United States.…
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Dr. Wanida Lewis on Building a Black Food Community & Enterprise in Accra
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Dr. Wanida Lewis is the Founder and CEO of Crescendo Foods, Ghana and West Africa’s first shared commercial kitchen co-working hub located in Accra, Ghana. Dr. Lewis has over ten years’ experience leading initiatives and strategic partnerships throughout the African continent. She has a BS in Chemistry from Saint Augustine’s University, an MS in An…
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Nkem Oghedo on Spreading Joy through Black Cuisine
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A Queens, NY native, Nkem Oghedo is the founder of Adá, a community & online destination for global Black food culture. Previously, she worked in management consulting and served as the Chief of Staff of wellness tech startup, Care/of. Her professional mission is to create equitable economies in which Black communities thrive. She holds a B.S. in C…
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Selasie Dotse on Blackness in Fine Dining
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Born in Accra, Ghana but raised in the American South, food was always a large part of Selasie's life. For the past 5 years, Chef Selasie has worked at several well-known fine dining restaurants across the San Francisco - Bay area such as Bird Dog, Mourad, SPQR, Avery and Lazy Bear. She currently works as the Chef de Cuisine at Hi Felicia in downto…
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Selassie Atadika Experiments with African Flavors via Midunu Chocolates
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After over a decade spent engaged in humanitarian work with the United Nations and years of self-teaching in the culinary arts, Selassie Atadika completed course work at the Culinary Institute of America. Her company Midunu, a nomadic and private dining enterprise in Accra embodies ‘New African Cuisine’. It celebrates culinary heritage where cultur…
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REPLAY: Changing Food Narratives in Africa with Ndidi Nwuneli
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This week we're re-broadcasting our episode with Mrs. Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, co-founder of AACE Foods and an expert on social innovation, African agriculture and nutrition, entrepreneurship, and youth development. Ndidi has over 25 years of international development experience and is a recognized serial entrepreneur, author, public speaker, and con…
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Edwina Morgan is Re-imagining West African Food with Waakye Leaf
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This week's guest is Edwina Morgan of Waakye Leaf. The idea for Waakye Leaf was born out of a genuine love for building cultural bridges by sharing traditional African culinary knowledge with the world in the most creative and innovative ways in order to provoke, delight and rouse interest. Established in 2008 by Edwina Morgan, Waakye Leaf is now c…
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Honor Relationships preached by Rev. Selasy at The Makarios Church, East Legon - Ogbojo at the Faith Secrets Service (2nd Service)
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This week's guest is US-based African chef, cookbook author and activist Pierre Thiam. Pierre (who was born and raised in Senegal and now lives in the Bay Area) has dedicated his career to making West African cuisine and ingredients accessible to new audiences in the US and beyond. He’s the executive chef and co-founder of Teranga, his acclaimed fa…
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Episode 33: The Influence Of The Holy Spirit On Your Emphasis
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Episode 32: Sweet Influence Of The Holy Spirit Pt. 1
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Message preached at The Makarios Church, East Legon - Ogbojo in the Second service (Faith Secrets Service)
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Inspired by her daughters, Afua Ayisi started a bottled beverage business featuring herbal teas across the continent. Starting with the roselle hibiscus tea, popularly known in Francophone West Africa as Bissau, the idea is to craft and produce delicious and low caloric ready to drink teas void of artificial preservatives and ingredients. Find Bosu…
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Samantha Kotey is a corporate attorney, food enthusiast, and cook born and raised in Houston, TX to Ghanaian immigrants. Growing up with a Ghanaian mother who proudly subscribed to traditional West African social norms meant that food was at the forefront of her life from a very young age. Early on, she recognized the insidious pattern of marginali…
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Dine Diaspora and EatOkra Black Women in Food Grant
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EatOkra, in partnership with Dine Diaspora, is providing $10,000 grants for Black women-owned restaurants across the United States. The EatOkra Black Women in Food Grants provide capital for Black women to accelerate growth for their brick-and-mortar restaurants. Aligned with EatOkra’s values, the opportunity will enable these businesses to “spread…
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Back with a new season and can’t wait for you to hear! This week, I’m trying out a new segment/episode format: I3 Items on Item 13 featuring thirteen food-related things I’m eating, reading, watching, participating in, etc. Items featured in this week’s episode: A Mom Potluck Poks Spices TJ’s Sparkling Watermelon Spice by Miss Cookie Dounou Cuisine…
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Episode 29: Four Spiritual Appointments We Must Go Through Pt.1
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This message was preached at The Faith Secrets Service with Rev. Selasy McSaint at The Makarios Church, East Legon Ogbojo
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Changing Narratives Africa Fellow Aderoju Odunsi of Sorello Food and Beverage
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This season, we’re showcasing stories from the inaugural class of Changing Narratives Africa Fellowship, a highly selective program for African food entrepreneurs who are ready to scale their brands into global markets. Aderoju Odunsi is an agribusiness specialist and has been an entrepreneur, trainer and Business Development Service provider for o…
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This message was preached at Honor Your Prophet Service With Rev. Selasy from The Makarios Church, East Legon Ogbojo
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Changing Narratives Africa Fellow Temi Jebutu of AACE Foods
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This season, we’re showcasing stories from the inaugural class of Changing Narratives Africa Fellowship, a highly selective program for African food entrepreneurs who are ready to scale their brands into global markets. This week’s guest is Temi Jebutu, a Nigerian Agribusiness professional with over 17 years of experience in Operations Management w…
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Changing Narratives Africa Fellow Ebun Feludu of JAM Coconut Food Company: Building a Legacy Business
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This season, we’re showcasing stories from the inaugural class of Changing Narratives Africa Fellowship, a highly selective program for African food entrepreneurs who are ready to scale their brands into global markets. This week’s guest is Ebun Feludu. She runs JAM The Coconut Food Company- a family legacy business that produces premium food and b…
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Changing Narratives Africa Fellow William Omamo of KnK Peppers
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This season, we’re showcasing stories from the inaugural class of Changing Narratives Africa Fellowship, a highly selective program for African food entrepreneurs who are ready to scale their brands into global markets. This week’s guest is William Omamo, a Kenyan national and trained hospitality professional with over 20 years of industry experien…
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Changing Narratives Africa Fellow Chichi Eriobu of Phronesis Foods: Celebrating the Ukwa Fruit
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This season, we’re showcasing stories from the inaugural class of Changing Narratives Africa Fellowship, a highly selective program for African food entrepreneurs who are ready to scale their brands into global markets. This week’s guest is Chichi Eriobu, the Founder and CEO of Phronesis Foods Nigeria Limited, a globally-growing food Processing, pa…
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REPLAY: Building an African CPG Brand with the Ginjan Brothers
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This week we're re-broadcasting in celebration of the Ginjan Brothers' recent feature in Humans of New York. And big news: we're launching a new season of Item 13 starting on February 1st! In the meantime, here's the story of Mohammed and Ibrahima from episodes 46 and 47. Ginjan Brothers was founded by Mohammed Diallo & Ibrahima Diallo. The brother…
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Building an African Food Marketplace with Whitney Osei-Akintaju
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Whitney Osei-Akintaju was born in Kibi, Ghana, and migrated to the United States with her father when she was six years old. In her sophomore year of high school, she took a web design and multimedia class which sparked her passion for tech. In 2011, she began competing in pageants and was named Miss West Africa USA First Runner-Up. She was also Mi…
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Changing Food Narratives in Africa with Ndidi Nwuneli
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Mrs. Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli is an expert on social innovation, African agriculture and nutrition, entrepreneurship, and youth development. She has over 25 years of international development experience and is a recognized serial entrepreneur, author, public speaker, and consultant. Through her work in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, she h…
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A Bi-Continental Wine Business with Tuanni Price
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Award winning International Wine Educator Tuanni Price is on a mission to make the complicated world of wine simple. In fact, that is the motto of her wine lifestyle business, Zuri Wine Tasting. The self-proclaimed wine enthusiast curates’ wine-filled lifestyles from Southern California to the Southern-most part of the globe in Cape Town, South Afr…
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Building Taco Africana with Zinyusile Khumbula (Zi)
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Zinyusile Khumbula (Zi) was born in Zimbabwe and spent some of his childhood in South Africa. He moved to the United States in September 2009 and been a resident of Harlem since 2014 where he has launched New York’s First Pop Up African Taqueria, Taco Africana. Zi’s daily inspiration is the mission of sharing Ubuntu (humanity to others) through foo…
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The Revolution Will Be Brewed with Margaret Nyamumbo
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Margaret is the founder of Kahawa 1893 Coffee. She is a third generation coffee farmer from Kenya and grew up on a coffee farm immigrating to the USA. After earning her MBA from Harvard, she went on to work on Wall Street, where she rediscovered her passion for coffee. She founded Kahawa 1893 with a mission to close the gender gap in coffee. In Ken…
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Ancestral Food Ways with Abena Offeh-Gyimah
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Abena Offeh-Gyimah is a writer, a researcher, a business owner, and an advocate for an indigenous food sovereignty system. She's worked at Black Creek Community Farm as a coordinator for the youth farming program, with Building Roots as an urban gardener coordinator, with North York Community House as a Strong Neighborhood Coordinator, and currentl…
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The Black Gourmet with Malicka Anjorin
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This week’s guest is Malicka Anjorin, a Digital Forensic consultant by profession and a content creator by passion. Malicka inspires home cooks to explore West African dishes and learn more about our culture through food through her platform, The Black Gourmet. Find Malicka Anjorin on instagram: @theblvckgourmet and online: www.theblvckgourmet.com …
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Veganism, Gentrification...and Chocolate with Afia Amoako
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This week’s guest is Afia Amoako , a PhD student who loves talking about veganism as it relates to my culture. On her platforms, she shares easy vegan recipes that highlight Ghanaian and West African food culture, ingredients and cooking methods. She challenges her audience to think outside the box when it comes to living a vegan lifestyle as it pe…
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