Inspire In Half an Hour: Recent Episodes
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This podcast is hosted by @RuthAyisi gives an insight into people who have achieved great things despite the odds and/or have contributed to society in significant ways. They are all inspirational!
Be Inspired by Dercio Gomate, a Mozambican musician, based in Maputo, Mozambique. His music has taken him to Berlin, Zurich and this year to Washington DC. He is passionate about traditional African instruments and composing and playing music, including for the National Geographic documentary films.
musican #composer #musicforfilm #imbira
Be inspired by Aliénor Salmon, author of ‘Finding Rhythm’, an advocate for happiness and founder & CEO of ‘Bailando Journey’. Aliénor gave up her full-time job to follow her dream to learn how to dance. It was a journey of self-discovery #dance #salsa #bachata #latindance #selfdiscovery #happiness
Be inspired by the talented Katanga, a professional salsa dancer and bachata teacher. His path to dance was different, sometimes criticism can spur you to do great things! He chats to me about his experiences in international dance competitions, including coping with stage fright and how dance can bring joy to so many people of all ages and different skill levels.
Katanga who is originally from Madagascar has travelled the world teaching and performing as a professional dancer for over 20 years and now is based in Portsmouth, the UK. You can find him on Facebook and Instagram @SalsaKatanga.
salsa,#bachata,#danceteacher,#inspire
Be inspired by Michelle Sintaa Morna, a yoga & meditation instructor. How can we cope better with life’s stresses? How can we be happier? Michelle has given yoga and meditation sessions for over eight years in Mozambique, and since COVID-19 to online students around the world. She is also currently studying yoga therapy. #yoga #meditation #visualisation #happy #calm #destress
In this episode of Inspire in Half an Hour I chat with Emeka Ntone Edjabe, a South African artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Emeka enjoys experimenting with many different forms of art including acrylic painting and indigo tie-dye, and he loves teaching children.
Emeka talks about his plans to set up a community arts centre in Johannesburg where young people and children can explore their creative passions.
art #tiedye #artteaching #southafrica
In this episode of Inspire in Half an Hour I chat with Cooper Rust, who has danced as a principal ballerina on stages around the United States before founding Artists for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. Originally from South Carolina, United States, Cooper now lives in Nairobi where her organization supports young talented Kenyan ballet dancers from the poorest neighbourhoods in Nairobi. One of her students, Joel Kioko, featured in the first episode of Inspire in Half an Hour, won a place at the English National School of Ballet and is now in the US where he has been dancing with a ballet company in Chicago.
Tune in and listen to Cooper's inspiring story!
ArtistsforAfrica #ballet #dance #Kenya #inspire #arts
In this episode of Inspire in Half an Hour I chat with GreatJoy Ndlovu, a Zimbabwean artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He talks to me just before he travels to Florence, Italy for the launch of his solo exhibition, ‘Enigma of the Soul’ at the Tobian Art Gallery 1-15 October 2022.
greatjoy#art #visualarts #Zimbabwe #SouthAfrica #Johannesburg #podcast #inspirational
Giacomo Pirozzi is a photographer and art curator, based in Florence, Italy.
Giacomo’s photography has taken him to 150 countries across continents. Most of his work has been with UNICEF. Giacomo has also facilitated over 70 child photography workshops around the world. During the workshops, Giacomo teaches children, many of whom have never held a camera before, how to tell their stories through a camera.
Giacomo’s other passion is art. Just before the COVID-19 pandemic, Giacomo launched the Tobian Art Gallery, in the heart of Florence. He displays artists’ work from different countries. His next art exhibition will be from an artist in South Africa.
I chat with Giacomo about how he got into photography and art, what it means to him, his vision for the future, and much more. Please tune in!
Thanks to @Giacomopirozzi @TobianArt
Thanks to @KwameEric
#Podcast #photography #photographyworkshops #art #artgallery #photographer #artcurator
In this episode, I talk with Manuela Madeira, a talented Mozambican figurative artist based in Brussels.
From December 2021 to January 2022, Manuela had a solo exhibition entitled Mussiro & Other Masks @aKazi! Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, the US, and from February to March this year, she had another solo exhibition entitled A Batota dos Sonhos @Fundacao Fernando Leite Couto Art Gallery in Maputo, Mozambique.
Manuela has a MA in Social Anthropology from Manchester University, the UK, and a MA in Art and Process from the Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork, Ireland.
Manuela talks to me about how she got into art, what inspires her, advice to aspiring artists, and much more. Do tune in!
podcast #mozambique #artwork #mozambicanart #mozambicanartwork #mozambicanpaintings #africanpaintings #Nampula #figurativeartist #paintings #artgalleries #inspirational
Anaïsa Visser, a biracial filmmaker, based in Canada, is a strong advocate of mental health and race issues. As a child, Anaïsa lived in Mozambique, the United States and France before moving to Canada.
Anaïsa is the Festival Director of the 17th annual Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (March 8-13) and the founding member of “Women and Gender Diverse Filmmakers of British Columbia”.
My guest in the 7th episode of Inspire In half an Hour podcast is Cornelia Boateng who set up a special school for children living with autism and other special needs in Ghana. Cornelia also works as a governor for a special school in the UK and has a charity New Beginnings.
Cornelia talks to me about how and why she set up the school in Ghana. She tells me about the challenges she has faced as well as her successes, and she gives advice to families looking after children on the autistic spectrum based on her own experience.
For more details about the school in Ghana:
https://woodfieldmanorgh.org
+233 30 393 0832
Be inspired by Bridget Pickering who is a filmmaker and producer based in Johannesburg with over 30 years of experience in the industry. She has travelled widely and lived in London and New York. Among Bridget's many projects is the acclaimed Hotel Rwanda which she co-produced. She has also produced over 12 television series in South Africa and documentaries. She is now working with her daughter, Lunhar. #filmmaker #producer #films #Africafilms #Africanfilmmakers
I talk to Onke Nesi, a rugby player for Brighton. He tells me how his father, a top rugby player in South Africa, inspired him and how rugby teaches him how to deal with life's challenges. He also chats about his other interests including his love for reading and fashion design. He ends by sharing his takeaways from his life so far and what he thinks is the best way forward.
I talk to Eleazer Kissi Asante about his work at the Orthopaedic Training Centre (OTC) in Ghana. The OTC assists people with disabilities to gain independent lives. Many of those who benefit are children.
During my visit to the centre, I was so inspired by the work of Eleazar and his colleagues and also by the children.
In this episode, I chat with Irene Jackson, a family mediator, working in Portsmouth, UK. She talks about her work as a family mediator, why she became one, and what she has taken away from it herself.
Michelle Huynh is studying Psychology at the University of Sussex in the UK. She talks to me about her plans to become a clinical health psychologist; how she dealt with a cancer diagnosis at the age of 17 years; her fundraising and awareness activities as well as the time she spent shielding during the COVID-19 pandemic. Michelle, a talented musician, also highlights how music is a healer.
Hello. I am Ruth Ayisi, welcome to the Inspire in half an hour podcast.
My first guest is an amazing talent! Meet Kenyan ballet dancer, Joel Kioko. He graduated last year from the English National School of Ballet, and I recently had the great pleasure to speak to him just before he left Kenya to join the renowned Joffrey Studio Company in Chicago. Joel talks about how his life in a poor neighbourhood in Kenya, how he coped with lockdown in the UK, his plans for the future, and much more!