Rosie Motene is a Pan-African media proprietor. Her podcasts are focused around her three passions in life: women, Africa and the arts. Listen as she unpacks issues that all have a Pan-African feel.
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English South AfricaSociety & Culture · Places & TravelAuthored by Rosie Motene
A healthy lifestyle is not just about what you eat, its what you feed your brain, mind and soul. Rosie chats to the dynamic duo behind Spiral Aloe wellness retreat.
The Afro-Yiddish queen chats to Donald Molosi about the upcoming Dalai Lama visit to Botswana. The Botswana dialogue brings African humanitarian and spiritual leaders, scholars and healers into conversation with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and international neuroscientists about the African world view of Botho/Ubuntu, during five sessions followed by…
Food is inextricable from culture. We celebrate food and use food to celebrate; we use food to bring family and friends together and to honour our traditions and ancestry. Pick up a delivery menu anywhere in South Africa and you’d be challenged to find anything remotely representative of traditional African…
Kurly Kichana is all about embracing natural beauty and the interesting experiences that come along with it. They are, quite simply, two afro-bearing Kenyan girls who like to ramble about life, natural hair, and everything in between. Together they're living their dream of blogging daily and spreading the word on…
Rosie Motene chats to Abena Ayivor and Mmabatho Kau about women in the film industry and focused on the amazing work that NFVF do. Together with Blongola Productions they created a film slate for female filmmakers.
It’s off to Uganda we go as Rosie Motene speaks with Chef, lover of food and life, Michael Bageine, about his extensive career in hospitality and some of his favourite Ugandan dishes.
What is it like to relocate to South Africa and open up your own 5-star spa? Rosie Motene is joined by Sheila Otieno-Osanya who did just this. She reveals the challenges, advantages and disadvantages of running your own business.
Singer, songwriter and composer, Mapumba, talks to Rosie Motene about his past, new sounds and upcoming performances. A true celebration of African music and art, this is one you do not want to miss!
Wiyaala AKA 'The Young Lioness of Africa', is the personification of modern Africa - creative, brave, strong and beautiful. Her name, Wiyaala, literally translates to "the doer" in Sissala, her tribal language in which she sings alongside English, and perfectly describes her approach to life. Frequently compared to Angelique Kidjo…
West Africa’s entertainment stars - Ghana vs Nigeria style. Rosie Motene speaks to Ghana’s Kwaka Tutu and Nigeria’s Kunle Ayo about their music, their passions and pan African talent.
Rosie Motene takes you into the heart of the Portuguese regions of Africa, with particular emphasis on Angola and Mozambique. She is joined by Angolan actress, producer and model, Weza Solange, as well as Mozambican international DJ, DJ VooDoo.
Donald Molosi is a multi award-winning classically trained actor, and writer, from Botswana. He trained in classical singing at LAMDA. Molosi is privately a language historian and he speaks Setswana, Swahili, French and English fluently. He is conversational in Zulu and Ndebele, and understands Kalanga.
Gena West is a Nigerian-born woman who grew up in London and graduated as a Barrister, but followed her passion to become a global singer. Now residing in Ghana with her family, she's maintained her singing career and hosts and produces her own TV show called A Different View, currently…
Rosie takes us to Zimbabwe and speaks to world-renowned musician, poet, author and activist, Albert Nyati. He takes us through his career, talks about all the wonderful work he’s done all over the world as an activist and a performer. He also shares a snippet of his upcoming work.
12 Oct 2015
53 min
12 – 32
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