Bantu: The African Creative Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Bantu: The African Creative Podcast is a show about living the African creative life. Bantu is a uniquely African word; it means "people". Creative people. We are all Bantu.
Welcome to ~wavy room~, in this episode we meet Farah Elle. She’s an Libyan-Irish artist with an incredible voice.
Across Farah Elle’s childhood, music was a sanctuary. It gave her a vocabulary to process various life happenings from the impact of her incredible family history in Libya to universal experiences intrinsic with becoming a fearless young woman in modern society. Everything that shaped who Farah is as a person today is masterfully reflected in her artistry and documented on FATIMA, her long-awaited debut record released at the end of 2022.
To date, Farah played numerous prestigious venues and festivals in Ireland including Vicar Street, The Sugar Club, Electric Picnic, and All Together Now. In November 2021, Farah collaborated with renowned Irish folk musician Liam Ó Maonlaí for a performance commissioned specially for the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards. As well as working as an artist, Farah dedicates time to humanitarian aid work and working with young people from ethnic minorities on creative expression through music. She also gives music and wellness workshops to people of all ages and backgrounds.
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Join me freeshype on the radio, and Farah Elle on this episode as we talk about her inspiration, bridging cultural gaps, favourite music and most importantly we break down the creation of her album FATIMA.
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Credits
Host: Adetunji Paul, @freeshype
Guest: Farah Elle, @farahelle
Written & Produced: Adetunji Paul, studio BLVCk
Co-Producer & Editor: Efe Odudu, 808Xtra
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welcome to ~ wavy room ~, I'm freeshype on the radio. this is our first episode. to launch this very special show, my first guest is Shalom Dubas. wavy room radio hour (and some) of music; featuring BLK ODYSSEY, Smino, Victony. it also features creative experiences shared by artists, founders, CEOs, creatives, and occasional updates about us building Studio BLVCK. you can catch my Wavy Picks; a handful of tracks just for your playlists. finally, events, releases, news in cities and spaces you live in on a segment I call 🌠Space Check.
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welcome to ~ wavy room ~, I'm freeshype on the radio. I'll be your host on this show, in this episode I tell the story of wavy room, Leading Vibe Radio and Bantu: The African Creative Podcast. My music selection this time leans towards the talented producers and their music which I can't stop playing. think of this as a preview to the show. This is the RSS version which contains no music. Catch our show with full tracks, on Spotify, Substack via email and Mixcloud.
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hey everyone, its Adetunji just dropping to say a few words, and talking aobut what's next for Bantu.
Music produced by @freeshype
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On our final episode this season, we talk with Nnenna Onyewuchi, Co-founder & Director of Strategy of Yellow Brick Road, about her rise to leading one of Nigeria's renowned agencies.
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Instagram - @thebarefootstrategist
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Written & Produced by Adetunji Paul
Music produced by Arieenati & Odzz Music
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On this episode we talk with Emmanuel Dankyi, Co-founder & Creative Lead of Lime & Honey. Emmanuel shares his detailed creative journey, the story of Lime & Honey and his take on issues in our African creative industry.
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Instagram - @jnrkay
Travel IG - @jnrkay_x
Agency - @limexhoney
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Written & Produced by Adetunji Paul
Music produced by SamonJ & Darko Beats
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This time we talk with Funfere Koroye, Design Engineeer and Product Developer, Co-founder & Chief Product Officer of Nupe London. We deep dive into Funfere's journey into his industrial design career and one his famous inventions at Nupe Project. We also talk about the impact of the Nigerian media on the creative industry and how African creatives can up their game.
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Instagram - @funferekoroye
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@nupelondon
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https://www.nupe.london/
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Written & Produced by Adetunji Paul
Music produced by Jugganut & Darko Beats
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On this episode we talk with Nzilani Simu, Visual Artist, Illustrator and Lecturer at the African Digital Media Institute about her long running illustration project Kulula. We also dive into the challenges and considerations for African creatives to gain international and local collaboration opportunities with brands, agencies and media.
Nzilani is the creator of Kulula, an eclectic collection of stationary and similar products all infused with Nzilani's unique illustration and calligraphic style.
Here are some links to things she mentioned in our conversation:
Lulu Kitololo - http://www.lulukitololo.com/
Ignatius Arts - https://www.instagram.com/_ignatius_arts/
Paula Scher's Maps - https://www.pentagram.com/news/paula-scher-maps
You can find Nzilani here: https://nzilanisimu.com/
You can also check out Kulula here: https://kululagoods.com/
Instagram - @_kulula
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Music produced by BrizyBeats & Vybezmachine
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In our first episode we talk with David Adeleke, Communication Strategist and Media Analyst about his journey into media and try to unpack the connection between media and the creative industry in Africa and the world. David is building Communique, a newsletter written and edited by him where he provides witty and in-depth analysis in to Africa's media industry, how it relates to the world and why we should be paying close attention. You can find David and Communique here: https://davidiadeleke.substack.com/ Instagram - @davidiadeleke , @cmqmedia Twitter - @davidiadeleke Linkedin - @davidiadeleke
Music produced by Fizzo
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Introducing Bantu: The African Creative Podcast, a brand new show for the African creative community. We tell the stories of talented Africans and try to sift through our weird relationship with brands, the media and creative organizations. Underneath all that its about how we tell our own story, and being real about how we feel about it.
Bantu is a uniquely African word; it means "people". Design & art people, media people, brand people. It's all Bantu.
Music produced by Jugganut
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