Africa in Diaspora

54Lights

WHAT TO EXPECT...WHEN YOU PUSH PLAY

Prolific podcaster, Dr. Patience Adamu is the architect of several incredibly compelling shows - The Drip, BBW (Big, Beautiful and Winning), Hyphenated among them. The PhD graduate and an all-round super-creator joins your host, Kondwani Mwase, to talk about the work of podcasting, questions of culture and the complexities of identity. While the laughs roll in, the depth and deliberate conversation about living life in diaspora stands a common and impactful thread throughout the show.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The uniqueness of feeling displaced and homeless, as an experience, is only how people begin to understand a lot of Patience’s concepts around identity, such as ‘hyphenation’.
• When creating, Patience doesn’t always have her audience at the forefront of her mind, she instead focuses on where she is currently at but finds that many people relate to this, regardless of their current situation and perspective.
• A globalized society means the hyphenated experience Patience talks about is becoming more and more common.

GREAT MOMENTS

4:17 “You have to feel displaced to understand”

11:58 “You put things into the world and you never really know where it’s going to land”

MEET YOUR GUEST Dr. Patience Adamu

Patience Adamu has been creating audio content since 2018 when she launched her first podcast, Hyphenated. Since then she has created two additional podcasts (The Drip and BBW) and has become a known entity in the audio content world. Aside from her passion for and commitment to producing audio content, Patience maintains a written column in ByBlacks.com, contributes to TheGrio.com, supports small organizations that want to make a big impact through her work as an independent research consultant and all while holding down a full-time gig in the equity, diversity and inclusion space

ABOUT YOUR HOST Kondwani Mwase

Kondwani is Ethiopian-born, Canadian-raised and proudly Malawian. He’s a Pan-Africanist, a dreamer and a storyteller whose enthusiasm for his guests is (hopefully) palpable.

By day Kondwani is an executive working in the performing arts and by night (and light) Kondwani is the host and exec producer of 54Lights. He is a work in progress. Informed by life in delightful diaspora, driven by desire to reshape the African narrative and determined to listen, love and learn.

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