SoulFully is a podcast for women of the African Diaspora. It is the conversations we all want to be a part of but rarely hear from our perspective or cultural experience. We are African women in the diaspora, talking to other African women about all the things that matter to us. Conversations range from career, health and well being, relationships, parenting and everything in between. The hosts chat to a variety of other African women who are contributing to the world through their unique gi ...
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The Music in Africa Episode | Celebrating Music, Culture and the Continent with Violet Maila
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In the final episode of season 1 Daphne and Aileen are joined by Violet Maila music industry professional and art activist from South Africa. They discuss the role of extended family in forming our identity, the power of music in shaping our expression as Violet tells the stories of how she landed in the music industry and the joy it brings her. Ho…
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The Ungrowing Up Episode | Shedding old and Creating New Beliefs
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In the penultimate episode of season 1 Daphne and Aileen chat about what it means to be wise, how to uncover one’s deepest longings and desires and live a life where heart and mind are aligned. They look at some of the challenges in overcoming the notorious imposter syndrome, checking our tradition and belief systems and invite us to celebrate each…
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The African Creative Episode | Celebrating the Richness of African Design with Mazzi Odu
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The Soulfully hosts and guest Mazzi Odu, a published author, respected fashion journalist and pan Africanist discuss her experiences as a Ugandan-Briton in the UK, her unconventional route to being published and her determination to forge a way forward to celebrate the high end creative industry globally and in Africa. This is a conversation not to…
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The Black Woman Leads Episode | Rehema Shabaya on Championing Diversity in the Corporate World
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Aileen and Daphne sit down for a conversation with Rehema Shabaya, a senior manager at one of the world’s largest consultancy corporations, and a Diversity and Inclusion champion and mentor, focused on getting young women into technology. Rehema, who was born in Kenya, shares her experiences growing up as a tiny minority in England, being exposed t…
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The Friendship Episode | Making, Maintaining and Losing Friends.
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Daphne and Aileen sit down to explore the topic of friendship and sisterhood and the different ways in which we gain, nurture and lose these relationships. How do our early and childhood experiences and our personalities impact the ways in which we handle our friends? Listen in to how our hosts ‘break up’ unhealthy friendships, and what’s the ideal…
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The Hairy Episode | In Conversation with Afro Textured Hair Activist Lekia Lee
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Trigger Warning: mention of attempted suicide. This week we’re joined by Lekia Lee, founder of Project Embrace, an initiative to increase visibility of Afro Textured Hair. Lekia shares her own journey to self-love and acceptance, the challenges of overcoming her internal critical voice about her identity and beauty, and how she found her way to ful…
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The Mental Health Episode | Addressing Mental Health in the African and Diaspora community with Dr Sandra Jumbe
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Aileen and Daphne are joined by guest Dr. Sandra Jumbe, a health psychologist from Malawi living and working in the UK. They discuss what mental health is, while looking at how it can be positively maintained and some of the triggers that can adversely affect it. Sandra shares her personal experience, from being a foreigner in the UK as a teenager,…
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In this inaugural episode, long-time friends Aileen and Daphne introduce ourselves and discuss the topics that we as African Diaspora women of a certain age care about and will be bringing from the intimacy of our dinner tables to this podcast. From optimising health and well-being (mental, physical, emotional and spiritual), menopause, careers and…
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Soulfully is a new podcast celebrating women in the African diaspora. This is Season 1.By Aileen Mogues & Daphne Kasambala
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