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Cape Town, South Africa: Coloured in Bo-Kaap

15 April 2024 SHOUT-OUTS: Announcements and Other Musings

Welcome back, folks! The podcast’s diasporic journey in southern Africa continues. This month we are in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town and Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. To date, my trips to Joburg, SOWETO and the Apartheid Museum helped to concretize the significance of what it means for Black South Africans ...

S5, Ep 045 with political analyst and author Tessa Dooms on Blackness & being Coloured in South Africa

12 March 2024 Belonging to Blackness Podcast: Episodes

In this episode, the podcast's journey continues in South Africa. Host Yndia is in conversation with South African sociologist, political analyst and author Tessa Dooms about her new book, Coloured: How Classification Became Culture. Their conversation explores concepts of race and identity as they differ across the diaspora. ...

Being Black and Coloured in South Africa

11 March 2024 SHOUT-OUTS: Announcements and Other Musings

Good people! The podcast is still in South Africa and venturing across Johannesburg and the various neighboring townships. I am particularly enjoying the sites and learning the history; yet most fun and interesting are my conversations with the people!!! Listeners who have been following the podcast for 5 seasons know that ...

S5, Ep 044 with Antoinette Sithole and the Legacy of the Hector Pieterson Museum in SOWETO

13 February 2024 Belonging to Blackness Podcast: Episodes

In this episode, journey to South Africa's SOWETO with host Yndia as she visits the Hector Pieterson memorial site and museum and is in conversation with Antoinette Sithole, Ambassador and Co-founder of Driving Education Culture. Antoinette Sithole is most known as the sister of Hector Pieterson, an emblem of ...

Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness Goes to South Africa & Zimbabwe!

06 February 2024 SHOUT-OUTS: Announcements and Other Musings

For those who have been following the podcast, its Season 5 and we are grateful to each of our dedicated listeners and supporters. In fact, the podcast has grown in the number of countries listeners download and stream from—currently it's 71 countries globally and counting! I think that’s a testament ...

2024 Black History Month Featured Guest Interview on Afros & Audio Podcast!

04 February 2024 SHOUT-OUTS: Announcements and Other Musings

Yndia Lorick-Wilmot, PhD was a featured guest on the podcast Afros & Audio's 2024 Black History Month interview series with host Talib Jasir to discuss the power of amplifying Black voices through podcasting and preserving African descendant narratives. Air date: February 4, 2024 available on YouTube and across ...

S5, Ep 043 with Hannah Drake and Josh Miller of (Un)Known Project on using art to unearth the names of enslaved African descendants

16 January 2024 Belonging to Blackness Podcast: Episodes

Kicking off the new year, this episode features co-founders and leaders of (Un)Known Project, Hannah Drake and Josh Miller. (Un)Known Project is a Louisville, Kentucky artist-run nonprofit collaborative of IDEAS x Lab, whose mission is to use art to unearth the names, stories, histories and experiences of U.S. enslaved ...

New Sponsorship Announcement!

11 January 2024 SHOUT-OUTS: Announcements and Other Musings

Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness, Podcast X Give Black Alliance (powered by NEBiP) We are excited about this new year and new collaboration between the podcast Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness and Give Black Alliance, powered by New England Blacks in Philanthropy. It’s a wonderful opportunity to amplify the ...

S5, Ep 042 with Terysa Ridgeway, computer scientist and author of the children’s book series “Terysa Solves It”

12 December 2023 Belonging to Blackness Podcast: Episodes

'Tis the Season! It's December and this month commemorates Computer Literacy and Computer Science Education. This episode features guest Terysa Ridgeway, a computer scientist, previously a rocket scientist who developed code for Exoatmospheric Spacecraft and currently a software engineering program manager at Google. She is also author and creator of ...

S5, Ep 041 with award-winning journalist and historian Nadege Green on Black Miami Dade and Black digital archives

14 November 2023 Belonging to Blackness Podcast: Episodes

Sak Pase! It's episode #41 with guest Nadege Green, award-winning journalist, historian and founder of Black Miami Dade, an emerging digital platform that resists the erasure of Miami-Dade's Black past. Passionate about history and storytelling, Nadege weaves together a compelling narrative that celebrates her Haitian-American roots while amplifying the diversity, ...

S5, Ep 040 with Rob Marriott/alias DJ Tafari (humanitarian, artist, Hip Hop journalist and documentarian) about the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop and the state of the Culture

17 October 2023 Belonging to Blackness Podcast: Episodes

We are talking all the things Hip Hop in Ep #40! with guest Rob Marriott, a pioneering voice and thought leader in Hip Hop journalism, producer and artist. The journey has been beautiful so far: writing, producing documentaries and dramatic series for Amazon Prime, engaging in humanitarian work with ...

S5, Ep 039 with Sheena Collier, CEO of Boston While Black, on the importance of Black spaces

19 September 2023 Belonging to Blackness Podcast: Episodes

Season 5 premier is bigger than ever! Nominated for the 2023 Podcaster of the Year Award (Black Podcasting Awards). In this episode, host Yndia is excited to sit with Sheena Collier, founder and CEO of the Collier Connection and Boston While Black. Listen in as they chat about what it ...

Podcast Nominated for 2023 Podcaster of the Year Award, Black Podcasting Awards!

19 September 2023 Belonging to Blackness Podcast: Episodes

WE OUT HERE! Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness podcast is Black Podcasting Awards 2023 Podcaster of the Year Nominee!! We are humbled by this acknowledgement. Thanks listeners and supporters of the podcast. WE DO THIS FOR YOU. WE DO THIS FOR US. ALL AH WE. Watch the ...

Nominate/Vote: People’s Choice Podcast Awards 2023 for Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness Podcast!!

17 July 2023 Belonging to Blackness Podcast: Episodes

Show up/Show out your support for our podcast, Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness, for a podcast award. Make your nominations in ALL 3 categories: 1) The Adam Curry People's Choice Awards; 2)Best Black Hosted Podcast; and, 3) Society-Culture. DEADLINE: JULY 31st 2023. Here's how: Create a voting account ...

S4, Ep 038 on Summertime Rest, Refresh & Reimagining (Special Topic with Dr. Yndia)

13 June 2023 Belonging to Blackness Podcast: Episodes

By popular demand, Special Topics! In this Season 4 finale, host Yndia ushers in the season of summer. She shares insights on the ways we can find more opportunities to rest, refresh and reimagine our lives when we take a moment to be still. It's all about #BlackJoy ...

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