Wasafiri Africa Podcast
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<p>Hamjambo. It is Ruth and Geovany and karibuni to our listeners around the globe. Asanteni sana for joining us.</p><br><p>As the name implies, on Wasafiri Africa, we’re travellers of Africa. Here, there is a re-storying of the continent, where we can embolden ourselves with evidence of our resilience, creativity, resourcefulness and love for humanity. It’s time. Time to tell our own stories. Come with us as we celebrate Africa and Things African. </p><br><p>Twendeni. </p><br><p>Africa is ready!</p><br><p><a href="https://wasafiriafrica.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wasafiriafrica.substack.com</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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June 16, 2026
From Child-Bride To International Celebrity Hairstylist with Charity Ngwakuka
<p>Gweru is the main city of Zimbabwe’s Midlands Province. Founded as a military outpost in 1894, it’s situated somewhat midway between Harare and Bulawayo. With modest industrial development, Gweru is the training post for the Zimbabwean Airforce. It is also considered to be the coldest city in Zimbabwe.</p><br><p>*</p><br><p>Charity Gwakuka is a force of nature. To experience her in real life as she tells her story, is to reckon with her formidable resilience and unshakable faith. From humble beginnings in Gweru, Zimbabwe, like a phoenix, Charity Gwakuka has risen from the smithereens of being a child-bride, relentlessly upward, towards a dream that refused to die.</p><br><p>A proud mother of three, Charity has experienced rejection, poverty, loss and betrayal. In all this, her spiritual gyroscope has kept solidly grounded in her faith and conviction, that she was destined to succeed at her passion: Hairstyling.</p><br><p>And the Universe has conspired. Now listed on IMDB, Charity Gwakuka is a renowned hairstylist to International Celebrities including in notable films such as <strong>The Woman King</strong>, <strong>G20</strong>, <strong>Boyz Trip</strong> and <strong>Blood & Water</strong> on Netflix Series. As an innovative hairstylist she was included in the nomination under the Make Up Artists and Hairstylist Guild Awards for Best Period Hairstylist 2023 from <strong>The Woman King</strong>.</p><br><p>So strap on your listening seatbelt; It’s a roller coaster ride, with Charity Gwakuka!</p><br><p>Twendeni, Africa is Ready!</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 19, 2026
Can an Ape Teach Us with Kafka’s Ape
<p>The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, known as Wits University, is a top-tier, multi-campus public research university, founded in 1922. Covering 400 acres, in Braamfontein and Parktown, Wits University has 11 libraries and 18 halls of residence, the latter holding 15% of its approximately 40000 student population. Through the Africa Engineering and Technology Network, Afretec, Wits has strong partnerships with various Universities in Africa.</p><br><p>*</p><p>The opportunity for Ruth to sit with Phala Ookeditse Phala and Tony Bonani Miyambo presented itself serendipitously. </p><p>A few days after watching a reprise of <strong>Kafka’s Ape</strong> at the Baxter Theatre, Ruth was on the very stage where the performance took place in conversation with the vibrant thespians.</p><p>Phala and Tony are magnificent in collaboration and through their production company, Noma Yini, have produced stellar, internationally acclaimed plays, amongst them <strong>Kafka’s Ape</strong>, which premiered at the National Arts Festival Fringe in Makhanda, in 2015.</p><br><p>Without delay, the conversation ignites the mind with the depth of the discourse so easily generated by the ease and confidence with which Phala and Tony express themselves. The value of language in communication, succinctly expressing the intellectual and lived challenges of humanity in general, makes their work universal. In Africa especially, Phala Ookeditse Phala and Tony Miyambo Bonani, are impossible to overlook.</p><br><p>In this conversation, light-hearted in its tempo, Phala and Tony’s genius is on display. One can see why the international accolades. One’s appetite is deliciously awakened to watch all their productions, and understand the layers of truth and awakening, that lie in their lines.</p><br><p>Accolades for <strong>Kafka’s Ape</strong> include:</p><p>Lustrum Award: Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2024)</p><p>Graham F. Smith Peace Foundation Award Adelaide Fringe Festival (2020)</p><p>Outstanding Performance Award: Prague Fringe Festival (2019)</p><p>Best Satire Award: United Solo Festival in New York (2019)</p><p>Best Public Performance: Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Award (2018)</p><p>Silver Ovation Award: South African National Arts Festival (2015)</p><br><p><br></p><p>Twendeni, Africa is Ready! </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 5, 2026
Curating African Theatre Locally and Abroad with Faye Kabali-Kagwa
<p>30 kms north-east of Cape Town, is Durbanville, where rolling hills and wide plains, offer a sense of expanse in this golden valley of wheat and wine. Dubbed “Sauvignon Blanc Country”, Durbanville is also a popular high income residential area, though demographics still overwhelmingly reflect, the impact of South Africa’s segregated history. With a view towards the future, Durbanville is only 13km from the planned Cape Winelands Airport, Cape Town’s second International Airport, scheduled to open in 2028.</p><br><p>*</p><br><p>A quiet day in Cape Town sets the scene for a chat between Ruth and Faye Kabali-Kagwa and the sparkling trajectory of her growth as a Theatre Arts Curator.</p><br><p>Laced with easy laughter, Faye’s passion for capturing African story is personal, sparked by searching for identity as a child of Ugandan parents growing up in South Africa. This self-reflection has sharpened her instincts, and propelled her into her current role.</p><br><p>The conversation underlines the central role that theatre has in re-storying the narrative of the continent; that theatre draws one into a world of expression that has room for very young to season thespians. </p><br><p><br></p><p>Twendeni, Africa is Ready!</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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- What is Wasafiri Africa Podcast?
<p>Hamjambo. It is Ruth and Geovany and karibuni to our listeners around the globe. Asanteni sana for joining us.</p><br><p>As the name implies, on Wasafiri Africa, we’re travellers of Africa. Here, there is a re-storying of the continent, where we can embolden ourselves with evidence of our resilience, creativity, resourcefulness and love for humanity. It’s time. Time to tell our own stories. Come with us as we celebrate Africa and Things African. </p><br><p>Twendeni. </p><br><p>Africa is ready!</p><br><p><a href="https://wasafiriafrica.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wasafiriafrica.substack.com</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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