WAAA - We Are All Africans

WAAA - We Are All Africans

A bilingual podcast in French and English hosted by Saran Koly and produced by Subtile Media. Every Wednesday on subtile.co/waaa, Apple Podcast and Spotify We Are All Africans is a safe space for Africans with a wide range of backgrounds to discuss their being in a globalized world. So please take a seat and listen. subtile.co/waaa

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April 29, 2026 47 mins

Abdel means servant of God in Arabic. Abel is the name on his Portuguese papers. Keita (Queta) carries the weight of the thirteenth-century Mali Empire. Tavares is what colonisation left behind. He is made of all four.

Born in Guinea-Bissau and now based between Lisbon and...

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Katia Dansoko Touré est journaliste à Libération, collaboratrice de Jazz Magazine, et romancière. Son premier roman, La Solitude des notes bleues, est paru en février 2025 aux éditions JC Lattès.

Dans cet épisode, elle revient sur une enfance en perpétuel mouvement. La Bre...

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Her name is inherited, given by a father who named her after the aunt who raised him. Omordia is her grandfather's name. She carries both.

Born in Romania to a Nigerian father and trained as a classical pianist under Ceaușescu's communist regime, Rebeca Omordia spent years...

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Ami Yerewolo est une artiste et rappeuse malienne.

Dans cet épisode, elle revient sur une enfance marquée par une éducation exigeante, où l’on apprend très tôt la discipline, la responsabilité et le silence.

En grandissant, elle se retrouve confrontée à une rupture — passer d’un environnement collectif à une vie où elle doit se définir seule. C’est là que commencent les questions : qui suis-je, en dehors de ...

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In Kinyarwanda, Ngamije describes someone who sees something on the horizon and begins the journey toward it.

Born in Rwanda and raised across Kenya and Namibia, Remy grew up with movement as a constant condition. Countries change. Communities shift. Identity expands through contact and experience.

In this conversation, the Rwandan-born Namibian writer, photographer and literary curator reflects on the long path toward calling your...

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Ahamada est né aux Comores. Il a grandi en France en pensant connaître son histoire, jusqu’au jour où il réalise qu’il ne la connaît presque pas.

Ahamada Smis est un artiste, musicien et conteur franco-comorien. Dans cette conversation, il parle de grandir entre les îles et la diaspora, de la culture orale qui l’a façonné, et du moment où il décide de retourner vers les anciens pour comprendre l’histoire de ...

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Buhle means beautiful. She grew up being told it was too difficult to pronounce.

Buhle Ngaba is a South African actor, playwright and storyteller. In this conversation, she speaks about growing up in post-apartheid South Africa, losing her father at six, and turning grief into discipline and discipline into art.

We talk about:

– Why resilience is praised but genius is overlooked

– The pressure to perform Africanness

&nd...

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March 26, 2025 58 mins

In this episode, Nigerian guest Uche Udekwe shares his journey navigating his Igbo heritage while growing up in Yoruba-dominated Lagos and later living in Hausa-speaking northern Nigeria. Uche explains the meaning of his name ("mind of God") and how his upbringing in a loving family shaped his values. He discusses learning multiple Nigerian languages, adapting to diverse cultural settings, and maintaining traditions despite geograp...

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March 19, 2025 47 mins

In this intimate conversation, Victoria Sackey shares her journey as a Ghanaian woman from the Fante ethnic group. Victoria opens up about her sheltered childhood due to health challenges, her determination to attend boarding school despite her mother's concerns, and how she gradually built the confidence to reshape her self-perception. She discusses the profound impact of losing her brother unexpectedly, how writing became her out...

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Mariama Djobarteh shares her compelling journey from Gambia to building a life abroad while honoring her cultural heritage. This intimate conversation explores the meaning behind her family name, the geography and spirit of Gambia (bordered by "three sides and the Atlantic Ocean"), and the values that have shaped her worldview.

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February 12, 2025 29 mins

Meet Kerim Youba, a self-described "cultural chameleon" from Mauritania who speaks six languages and bridges multiple worlds. Born to a Togolese father and Fulani mother, Kerim shares his fascinating journey from being a shy computer enthusiast to becoming an English educator and community change-maker. Despite learning English just three years ago, he now creates TikTok content helping young Mauritanians master the language, seein...

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February 5, 2025 52 mins

Dans cet épisode, découvrez Balkissa Daoura, une femme nigérienne qui redéfinit ce que signifie être une femme Hausa moderne. Environnementaliste passionnée et gardienne des traditions, elle nous emmène de Zinder à l'Australie, tout en restant profondément enracinée dans ses origines sahéliennes. À travers son parcours, elle partage son amour des graines locales et sa vision d'une Afrique fière de ses savoirs ancestraux. Une conver...

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January 29, 2025 50 mins

Meet Kaata Minah, a fearless voice from Sierra Leone who embodies both resistance and connection. Named after her defiant grandmother, she navigates multiple worlds: crossing borders from Nigeria to Liberia to Sierra Leone, challenging traditional expectations while honoring African culture, and redefining feminism through an African lens. In this intimate conversation, Kaata shares how her upbringing and personal journey shaped he...

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January 22, 2025 36 mins

Dans cet épisode, plongez dans le parcours d'un homme togolais qui défie les conventions. De son enfance dans une famille polygame de 24 enfants à ses combats pour une vision plus égalitaire du couple, en passant par sa spiritualité animiste assumée, découvrez comment cet infirmier devenu directeur de programme navigue entre traditions kabyé et modernité. Un témoignage puissant sur l'identité africaine contemporaine, les défis du c...

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December 18, 2024 58 mins

She is from Liberia. Fenny knows how to tell stories. She draws you in and makes you feel the love her mother gave her, the love she gives her son, the love she has for her country, and how she freed herself from the darkness of the man who raised her. She chose love above all. Meet Fenny Louise Taylor-Diggs, The Radical Thinker.

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November 14, 2023 71 mins
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November 2, 2023 37 mins

"Je pense que si nous voulons que la situation change, si nous voulons que la situation se stabilise, si nous voulons véritablement arriver à amorcer un réel développement, à le maintenir juste à peine une étape du développement, va falloir que chaque burkinabè se serre la ceinture pour pouvoir se demander ce qu'il peut faire, ce qu'il peut donner, ce qu'il peut apporter. Le plus dur, c'est de pouvoir garder cette flamme-là, mais p...

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October 24, 2023 32 mins

“ Being African what does it mean? It’s family, it’s history, it’s strength, it’s pride, it’s creativity, it’s resilience, it’s love, it’s food, it’s sharing, it’s togetherness…”

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 "I feel at the most more Ashanti or Fante than Ghanaian and then African but being African, I don't know sometimes!"

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September 7, 2022 70 mins
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