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S5, Ep 047 with M’Hudi Wines, first and oldest Black-owned wine farm & brand in Stellenbosch South Africa

14 May 2024 Belonging to Blackness Podcast: Episodes

In this episode, #47, we venture to the western Cape province of South Africa to Stellenbosch winelands. Host Yndia is drinking wine and chatting with M'Hudi Wines' vintners, co-owner Baba Diale Rangaka and his daughter in-law and business manager Rae-leigh Rangaka. Similar to the famous African tale of M’hudi, the ...

South Africa’s Stellenbosch at M’Hudi Wines, First & Oldest Black-owned Wine Farm and Brand

10 May 2024 SHOUT-OUTS: Announcements and Other Musings

Good people, thanks for being on the podcast’s diasporic journey through the country of South Africa. This month we venture to the western Cape province of Stellenbosch, which is about 30 miles east of Cape Town proper, and is in the beautiful mountains and valleys of the country’s famous and ...

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. ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

S4, Ep 032 with Javaka Steptoe, award-winning children’s book author & illustrator, about Black storytelling through art

20 December 2022 Belonging to Blackness Podcast: Episodes

In this episode, host Yndia is in conversation with nationally-renowned children's book author and illustrator, Javaka Steptoe. Listen in as they discuss several topics, including: the intention and impact of his award-winning and NYT best-seller books "In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall" and "Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist ...

S2, Ep 010 with Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl (author, founder & convener) about the power of books & community

15 September 2020 Belonging to Blackness Podcast: Episodes

Host Yndia is in conversation with Glory Edim, founder of #WellReadBlackGirl, author of Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves, and the recipient of the Madam CJ Walker award from the Hurston/Wright Literary Foundation, the Innovator’s award from the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and an Outstanding Literary Work ...

Sisterhood is Family

06 March 2019 SHOUT-OUTS: Announcements and Other Musings

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.Oprah Winfrey We often set aside the month of March to celebrate and acknowledge the accomplishments of women, both the sung and unsung sheroes in history, culture and innovation. I particularly enjoy taking the time to pay homage to the ...

If you think Blackface is cool, then you support white supremacy–and we can’t be friends…

13 February 2019 SHOUT-OUTS: Announcements and Other Musings

Full stop. Wearing bronzer and foundation 7+ more shades darker than your natural skin tone, exaggerating and bastardizing certain physical features, dress, music, vernacular in a Sambo-like fashion, whether it’s for Halloween, your yearbook page, for an office party, or a “fun” prank—is Intolerable. Full stop. I, too, am including you if you are a ...

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