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In this episode, Angella sits down with Sabelo Dube, a Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni from Ashesi University, to have a raw and much-needed conversation about mental health from the perspective of an African man.

Sabelo shares his deeply personal journey with depression, which led him to leave university and return home to Zimbabwe before he was later clinically diagnosed. We talk about the challenges of navigating mental health in environments where stigma is high, the silence men are often conditioned to keep, and why bottling things up can be devastating.

Through his story, Sabelo highlights the power of therapy, the importance of daily self-check-ins, and why male friendships need to go beyond surface-level connections. His message is clear: men must talk, open up, and support each other if we’re going to break the stigma around mental health.

This is an honest, courageous, and eye-opening conversation that sheds light on what it means to take care of yourself as a man, especially in the African context.

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