Zimbabwe: Experiencing Blackness & 5-Star Luxury at MBano Manor with Doc Mati, First Black Female Hotelier
Welcome back, good people! You’ve been passport ready and traveling with us on the podcast’s journey across southern Africa these past few months: Johannesburg and SOWETO, Pretoria, Ehlanzeni, Graskop, Cape Town’s Bo-Kaap and the Stellenbosch winelands. This month we are making our stop in the beautiful country of Zimbabwe in Victoria Falls! Zimbabwe is considered a […]
S5, Ep 047 with M’Hudi Wines, first and oldest Black-owned wine farm & brand in Stellenbosch South Africa
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 name for this first fully […]
South Africa’s Stellenbosch at M’Hudi Wines, First & Oldest Black-owned Wine Farm and Brand
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 premier winelands. For those who […]
S5, Ep 045 with political analyst and author Tessa Dooms on Blackness & being Coloured in South Africa
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. Yndia and Tessa examine the historical significance […]
S5, Ep 042 with Terysa Ridgeway, computer scientist and author of the children’s book series “Terysa Solves It”
‘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 the children’s book series, “Terysa […]
S5, Ep 039 with Sheena Collier, CEO of Boston While Black, on the importance of Black spaces
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 means to be “Black in […]
Podcast Nominated for 2023 Podcaster of the Year Award, Black Podcasting Awards!
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 award show livestream Sept 24 2pm ET […]
S4, Ep 038 on Summertime Rest, Refresh & Reimagining (Special Topic with Dr. Yndia)
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 and a couple of Black women authored […]
S4, Ep 032 with Javaka Steptoe, award-winning children’s book author & illustrator, about Black storytelling through art
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 Jean-Michel Basquiat” and collaborations […]
S2, Ep 010 with Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl (author, founder & convener) about the power of books & community
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 nomination from the NAACP Image […]