Not Your African Cliché
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Not Your African Cliché
Hosted by four Nigerian women, Not Your African Cliché is a podcast that highlights the complex stories of Africans on the continent and in the diaspora. Drawing from their experiences at home and abroad, the ladies of NYAC have conversations every other week that range from African literature and t...
Recent Episodes
62 episodes
NYAC S4 E14: Presidential Aspirations
We chat with Chike Ukaegbu, a 2019 Nigerian presidential candidate, about his path to running a political campaign, his motivations, the challenges of...
NYAC S4 E 13: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Reports Our Stories?
On this episode we speak with Oluwatosin Adeshokan, a freelance journalist based in Lagos, Nigeria, about his career trajectory and the current state...
NYAC S4 E12: A Basket Full of Social Impact
On this episode, we chat with Coretta Owusu about Design Dua, her Ghana-based company that makes functional handwoven basketry. She shares the nitty g...
NYAC S4 E11: Empathy, What is it Good for?
NYAC S4 E11: Empathy, What is it Good for?
On this episode we speak with literature buff, writer and embodiment of Pan-Africanism...
NYAC S4 E10: The Boy Who Harnessed Drones
We talk with Dumi Kaliati, the founder and CEO of a Malawian based health and hardware start up called MicroMek. MicroMek specializes in creating low...
NYAC S4 E9: Mauritian Identity
On this episode, we learn about Mauritius and the Mauritian identity from a guest Ms. Axelle Lagaillarde. She educates us about its history, politics...
NYAC S4 E8: Is this Love that We're Feeling?
It’s February, the month of Love! We share what we consider love to be, how we love, and how we like to be loved. Listen to find out who shows love by...
NYAC S4 E7: Consent is Mandatory
We begin 2019 with a bang! On this episode we chat with the Oluwaseun Ayodeji, the Executive Director of Stand to End Rape (STER) Initiative about the...
NYAC S4E6: Issa Nigerian Feast
On this episode, we talk with Ozoz of Kitchen Butterfly, an excellent Nigerian food blog. Ozoz shares her journey to creating kitchen butterfly.com, h...
NYAC S4 E5: Informal Settlements, Inequality and African Cities
We are joined by special guest Wandile Mthiyane (@Wandile7) of Ubuntu Design Group to work through the questions: how did African cities come to be? H...
NYAC S4E4: A Tale Of Two Cameroons
On this episode, we talk with a guest from Southern Cameroon, Tabot, about his country's ongoing conflict. Tabot schools us on Cameroon’s history, geo...
NYAC S4 E3: Ghosts of Colonization Past
We speculate about why some African countries have retained the names given by colonizers, and wonder if name changes have had any effect on the progr...
NYAC S4 E2: Lusophone Africa, We See You
On this episode, the ladies of NYAC chat with the incredible Yovanka Perdigao (one-third of Not Another Book Podcast)about lusophone Africa, its under...
NYAC S4 E1: I (Wanna) Know What You Did Last Summer
We are back! Listen to us catch up and gist each other (and you!) about our summer. Amayo quit her job in consulting and moved to Mauritius to work at...
NYAC S3 E18: Loud and Wrong
Inspired by Kanye West's latest episodes of being loud and wrong, we unpack our individual shortcomings: what they are, what brought them to our atten...
NYAC S3 E17: History Has Its Eyes On Us (with Wale Lawal)
We talk exploring Nigerian-ness and African-ness through economics, history and art with the “Lean, Mean, Nigerian Machine,” @WaleLawal. He walks us t...
NYAC S3 E16: From Theater to Inspector K (with Martin Ayeni)
On this episode, we chat with Martin Ayeni (actor on Inspector K)about his experience transitioning from theater to screen acting; his dislike for aud...
NYAC S3 E15: Millennials' Parents Are Hustlers (with Ashley Akunna)
On this episode, we chat with Ashley Akunna (founder and producer of The Grapevine) about the term millennials, characteristics of African millennials...
NYAC S3 E14: Wakanda Party Is This? Issa Black Diaspora Party! (Part II)
Part II of the episode where we discuss the pop culture phenomenon that is Black Panther.
We continue our conversation with @ifeanyiawac...
NYAC S3 E13: Wakanda Party Is This? Issa Black Diaspora Party! (Part I)
Part I of the episode where we discuss the pop culture phenomenon that is Black Panther. We are about a month late to the party but we here! Suffice t...
NYAC S3 E12: I'm Going Through Changes
Get philosophical with us! On this episode we reflect on change as it relates to ourselves and other people. Do people change or do we have fixed selv...
NYAC S3 E11: Get to Know Us (A Tag)
On this episode of NYAC, the ladies participate in a "get to know you" tag. We take a trip down memory lane and swap stories about our birth, our chil...
NYAC S3 E10: Human Trafficking, Libya and (Sub-Saharan) Africa's Economic Migrants
Happy 2018! On this episode (the last one recorded in 2017) we speak with Sarah (sarahadeyinka.com) a humanitarian worker who works with migrants and...
NYAC S3 E9: Made in Africa (with Sarah Diouf)
On this episode, the ladies of NYAC talk with Sarah Diouf, founder of Tongoro (an e-commerce fashion label in Dakar, Senegal), Noir (a lifestyle magaz...
NYAC S3 E8: Getting From Point A to Point B in Lagos (With Lara.ng)
On this episode of NYAC, the ladies chat with Ladi and Sam (two-thirds of the Road Preppers team)about Lara.ng, a chat-bot designed to provide transpo...
NYAC S3 E7: Calling All African Filmmakers (w/ Michael Maponga of AfroLandTV)
On this episode, we speak with Michael (@MichaelMaponga), actor and CEO of AfroLandTV, about his journey as an actor and entrepreneur. We chat about H...
NYAC S3 E6: Losing Your Identity at the Cost of Fitting In and Finding It Again (w/ Salem Soni)
On this episode our guest, Congolese American Salem Soni, recounts his experience fleeing The Congo with his family as political refugees and settling...
NYAC S3 E5: On the Beauty of Storytelling (w/ Nancy Adimora)
On this week's episode, the ladies of NYAC chat with Nancy Adimora, editor of AFREADA, about her online literary platform, and her identity as a Niger...
NYAC S3 E4: Beauty and its Baggage (with Dimma Umeh)
On this week's episode, the ladies of NYAC chat with Dimma Umeh, a Nigerian beauty blogger, who spoke frankly about her journey to YouTube, which invo...
NYAC S3 E3: Yes, Your Ancestors' Erotics
Let’s talk about sex, baby! On this episode, we are joined by public intellectual Keguro (@Keguro_) as we explore sex, sexuality and gender using the...
NYAC S3 E2: Naija (Go) Beta: Thoughts on the Documentary and TEDxMaitama
In the first half of this episode we discuss some of the themes we noticed in Naija Beta, the film made by Arthur, our guest in our previous episode....
NYAC S3 E1: Identity and Filmmaking (with Arthur Musah)
The ladies of NYAC are back for season 3! On this episode, they talk with Ghanaian filmmaker, Arthur Musah (@pidgincinema) about his identity, experie...
S2 E15: Our Origin Story (An interview)
For this episode, we are sharing an interview we did with Memkoh, who is a Nigerian entrepreneur, personal stylist and friend of the podcast. We discu...
NYAC S2 E14: Is laughter the best medicine?
On this episode, the ladies of NYAC talk with the legendary Nigerian comedian Chioma Omeruah aka Chigul about humor. We discussed different theories o...
NYAC S2 E13: An Exploration of Traditional African Religions: Ifá (Part II)
Part 2 of 2. We pick up where we left off last week. On this episode, our guests, Bablawo Ifakunle of Harlem (ifakunle.com) and Oluwo Familusi of Lago...
NYAC S2 E12: An Exploration of Traditional African Religions: Ifá (Part I)
Part 1 of 2. On this episode, we speak to Babalawo Ifakunle of Harlem and Oluwo Familusi of Lagos, two Priests of the Ifá Yoruba Traditional Religion....
NYAC S2 E11: The Joys and Challenges of being an African Creative
On this episode we speak to African creatives who are: propagating an African interior design aesthetic that’s beyond Safari imagery and Animal prints...
NYAC S2 E10: These are our Immigrant Stories
On this episode, the ladies of NYAC take on the hot button topic of immigration. Joined by Satia (who was born & raised in Portugal by parents from Gu...
NYAC S2 E9: Elections Last Longer than a Day
The latter part of 2016 was filled with dramatic elections taking place all over the world, some of them happening on our continent. The Ladies of NYA...
NYAC S2 E8: The State of Our Healthcare
On this episode, the ladies of NYAC talk with Gbenga Olatunji, healthcare consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)about the healthcare system in Afr...