Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-3gxcr-10d410d I have known today's guest for close to a decade back when I lived in Texas. Nalasi Mendy always struck me as a simple yet fun-loving gentleman whom I could crack jokes with but I never dug into his background. After I left Texas for New York I…
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-xfw8y-10ccdc9 If you aren't following Progressive Migrant on Instagram, you are missing out on a lot! I start most of my mornings with the affirmation statements from Rasheed. Rasheed Ojerinde LMHC, LMFT, is a dedicated bicultural millennial therapist with a passion for serving his community and helping contemporary immigrants…
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-32y2h-10c0286 Come meet my classmate from secondary school days in Ibadan (high school). Dr. Adigun is based in South Africa teaching at the University of Durban. Dr. Adigun is a man with a zeal for research and development geared toward the positive well-being of Sign Language Interpreters and persons…
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-5q3rb-10c22c9 Welcome to September, come visit South, East, and West Africa in this episode along with NYC in our conversation. Busingye Matsiko-Andan is an Entrepreneur, a Global Strategist at Pont Global, Executive Director at the Africa Future Summit, Creator of RESET w/Busie, and Board of Trustees at Berkeley College.…
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-kpdr8-10c026a I'm back from quarantine, although vaccinated I still had to be in quarantine after my family got exposed to COVID hence my allowing my body to recover. Today's guest is Joe Dabo, a man whose love for the arts is so strong that even when he tried to…
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-zfewv-10a5f7d Rodney Jehu-Appiah may have been raised in a country that I have links to, however, his ancestral ties go beyond West Africa and into three continents. Plus he is now in my neighborhood in Brooklyn, so dig in and find out about this fascinating man who seems to…
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-dm88h-108b0b9 Marie Valerie Placide is the host of The Immigration Blogger on Instagram. A show that gives voice to fellow immigrants, I have had the honor of being featured on the show last year. Marie is a proud daughter of Haiti and New Yorker to the core along with…
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-yrm4u-108127f Sometimes you reach out to someone interesting to be a guest on the podcast and they instead introduce you to a couple of people who you never realized that you needed to have a conversation with and that my friends is how I got lucky to be introduced…
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-sse2i-108126a Laudelina Martinez opened my eyes to the world of art in ways that haven't been done before, from her name to defining art, Nuyoricans, and life. Art is beyond everything that I had assumed it be, it is part of our life. Laudelina broke art down on a…
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-98t3u-105be25 It's not every day that I am fortunate to have in the studio a sailor and Reuters journalist as a guest. A great honor to have Maurice D.B. Tamman whose work I love. When I first made contact with Maurice, I did not expect that this would lead…
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-4jnn6-105be1a An Immigrant's path is heavily influenced by our fathers in the shaping when it comes to our evolution and how we approach being a father. For our official Father's Day episode I had three girl dads living in Brooklyn join me in the studio to talk about how…
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-aca3m-10411a7 Every time a guest opens up and shares a part of their journey that a few years ago, I would have done my best to hide, I am always honored that my guests chose my platform to do so and will forever be grateful. Michael Burhan is an…
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-jx5tn-1040f31 Sekou Cox blesses us with history that covers his name, the country of his birth, the favorite sports of his generation, and then his story beautifully evolved after his arrival in NYC. Sekou is a great dad, tech entrepreneur, teacher, innovator, and one who is about making society…
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-jc4fj-1040e78 Matilda Bakare is amongst the best people to have adopted me into the podcast family since we became acquainted. Matilda is not your average Nigerian-born mechanical engineer, neither is she your average podcaster. In this episode, we explore home, Nigerian music, Canadian adjusting, Anti-Blackness, food, and more. Matilda…
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-grsbt-1017e19 Prepare to "obtained" in this conversation with the host of the amazing Culture Class Podcast Nosa Iyare. A lot of Bendel and Nigerian slang were used in our chat. Nosa's life so far has taken him through many cities and experiences where he has not missed an opportunity…
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-v53t5-10296a0 Tawanda Asamaowei is one of the coolest women in my family and I am super proud to call her my cousin. Come meet the only Tawanda Asamaowei in the world as we dive into her immigrant story that begins in Northeast USA with sprinkles of Nigeria and Zimbabwe.…
