BIOGRAPHIESHost - Sista Zai, Afrofuturistic StorytellerFeatured Letter Writer - Natalya Moosa, The Organic AfroFeatured Guest - Tiffanie Anderson, Away To Africa About Today's EpisodeFounder of Away to Africa, Tiffanie Anderson, is a

Ancestral Voices: About African Spirituality and Decolonisation

Jul 9th, 2023 1h

This is part two of a two part conversation. You can listen to part one here.Got questions? Want to leave a comment? You can contact me here.What's the role of African spirituality in decolonising and decolonisation? Join Sista Zai in conve

Ancestral Voices: About Self-Knowledge

Jul 3rd, 2023 1h

What's the role of African spirituality in decolonising? Join Sista Zai in conversation with the team from Ancestral Voices as we as discuss the meaning of "Success" and "What Does It Mean To Be Afrikan In The 21st Century?"About Ancestral Vo

Mwalimu Saki Mafundikwa: Afrikan Alphabets

Jun 25th, 2023 58m 19s

For the next three episodes, we're diving deep into African design and its connection to our two questions - what it means to be African in the 21st century and our definitions of success.Mwalimu Saki Mafundikwa is a visual communicator, Desi

MediSun: Music That Heals (Part 2)

Jun 20th, 2023 1h 1m

Meet MediSun. We spoke in March 2020, over WhatsApp before ZOOM was a thing and just as the entire world was in lockdown. I reached out to him because he speaks openly about the role African spirituality plays in his creative process. As an awa

MediSun: Music That Heals

May 28th, 2023 58m 2s

It was March 2020. The world had just entered the global lockdown. I reached out to award winning songwriter, MediSun for an interview about the role African spirituality plays in his creative process. We agreed to use WhatsApp to communicate.

Reading Zimbabwe with Tinashe Mushakavanhu

May 21st, 2023 55m 43s

In part two of our conversation with archivist, writer and publicist, Tinashe Mushakavanhu, we go deeper into the challenges of accessing the archive of books written by Zimbabweans, artist development in the wake of racialised exclusion under

Whose Story Is This? Is This My Voice? - Lessons On Writing Africans From Dambudzo Marechera, Told By Tinashe Mushakavanhu

May 14th, 2023 1h

Today's show is a very insightful chat with writer, publisher and archivist, Tinashe Mushakavanhu whose PhD thesis dealt with Zimbabwe's Dambudzo Marechera and England's Shelley. We continue the conversation about definitions of success and wha

Meet Us At The Stillpoint?

May 7th, 2023 1h 33m

In this second and last part of "Randy Valentine Reasons With Sista Zai", our thoughts and ideas wander from topic to topic, including responsibility and accountability, nation building, self-check as the revolution and the place of love in the

Randy Valentine Reasons With Sista Zai (part 1)

Apr 29th, 2023 58m 44s

What is your definition of success; and does that definition tie into what you think it means to be African in the 21st century? In this episode, a relaunch of season one following a two year sabbatical, Sista Zai presents the first of many gue

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What Is Your Relationship To Land?

Jun 27th, 2021 41m 57s

Whip out our journals (or whatever you use to document your unique journey into your interior landscape, as inspired by my unfolding story). Sit with story and your soul as you unpack the unspoken stories and inherited assumptions, about land.

#BlackBougieAndQuestioningCapitalism

Jan 22nd, 2021 48m 53s

In S 1 :E7, I start to unpack my definition of "success" as I continue telling the story of my unfolding decolonising journey. You might find the following links useful:TranscriptAnnotated TranscriptTo BeFelene Cayetanod'bi. young ani

So, I Lied About Your Present ... So What Happened Was ...

Dec 25th, 2020 12m 59s

Do you celebrate the festive season in December of the Gregorian Calendar? Here's what I get up to as a decolonising 21st Century African; and here's how I am adapting my creative flow (including this podcast) to fit my new way of being. That's

That Company You Keep IS The Secret Sauce!

Dec 18th, 2020 23m 9s

Fuelled by eclipse season insomnia and summer solstice excitement, the storytelling in episode five relays the experience of a search for self that meanders between individuality and the collective.For podcast deep dives, join the Patreon fam

Snatch Back Your Liberation

Dec 11th, 2020 16m 11s

In Episode Four of Season One, your host and curator, Sista Zai Zanda delves deeper into the big question, "What Does It Mean To Be African In The 21st Century?" This time, we focus on the question "What Does Liberation Look Like, Taste Like, F

I Am A Product Of My Grandfather's Vision: Where Am I Taking It Next?

Dec 3rd, 2020 27m 56s

Hey my loves!It's time for a fresh episode. This third episode in our first series of "Life Seen Through A Sista's Eye Podcast" continues to as the critical question "What Does It Mean To Be African In The 21st Century?" In this episode, we l

Another Collective Visualisation: What Do I Need To Do To Realise My Vision?

Nov 26th, 2020 16m 35s

In this second episode of the first series, Sista Zai reads excerpts from her own Letter To Herself, her personal response to last week's letter writing prompt, "What Does It Mean To Be African In The 21st Century?". She then performs a poem,an

A Collective Visualisation: What Does It Mean To Be "African" In The 21st Century?

Nov 19th, 2020 12m 47s

My loves,In this first episode of season 1, I start with the critical question which lead me to a career as a storyteller after I graduated from law school. Namely, "what does it mean to be African in the 21st century?" I also give you an i

Pilot Episode: Mad Professor In Focus

Jan 9th, 2020 54m 25s

Host and founder of Afro-literary performance platforms, Sista Zai calls up the legendary Mad Professor for some advice. He shares stories about his own experience of establishing and operating Ariwa Studios, London's longest running Black-owne