CKIZA (swahili for listen) is podcast focused on the idea of home for Africans living in the diaspora. We feature individuals who are from or drawn to the continent and showcase the ways they are redefining the African narrative. Music will be at the heart of the show with each episode featuring a sound track functioning as the literal backdrop from which the conversation we are having will unfold.
Issa season finale two-parter! Mwita and Wangari debate how the neglected African boy-child can be a part of the campaign for women's empowerment. The...
We sat down with everyone’s favorite internet cousin, Evelyn From The Internets. She gave us a rundown on how she started out and how she fluidly swit...
Our first special guest of the season is the multi-hyphenate Kenyan sensation "Blinky" Bill Sellanga. Blinky is a singer-songwriter, beat maker, produ...
We are living in a time where pro-blackness is popular. Long gone are the days where blackness was at the fringes of popular culture, the black aesthe...
Ousmane Sembène once said “If Africans don’t tell their story, Africa will soon disappear.” This week we sat down with Kholi Dhliwayo, the curator of ...
"Hustle until you no longer have to introduce yourself," so they say. What does that even mean? Better yet, what does that entail? This week, we sat d...
Food is a code that expresses identity. Once a person asks how something is made, why it’s made or why its called a certain way the answers go beyond ...
Why does Nigeria have a cultural hegemony on the Afrobeats movement both at home and abroad? The continent is a billion strong with hundreds of origin...
Church business, a prickly conversation topic in most African households. Christianity is a remnant of colonial presence and it’s widely been adopted ...
The term “cultural preservation” often comes up when one discusses the effects of modernization on the African continent. What good does it serve us t...