My Black is Transnational

On this special episode, Dr. Ibe-Lamberts serves as a guest along with Dr. Abi Fapohunda, a professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, on the Pansa Pansa Podcast with Ms. Kemi Seriki. They discuss African culture in the context of expressing emotions. They also discuss how it affects interactions with friends and loved ones, with parenting and even how Transnational African imm...

On this episode Peres Owino—the award-winning writer and director of several tv shows and docuserieses such (i.e., Bound: African vs African American , African Queens: Njinga )—joins the show to talk about her transnational experiences and inspirations for storytelling. She talks about the relationship between African and African Americans and why giving African creatives the space to tell our sto...

On this episode Rolake Balogun, a 2nd-generation Transnational Nigerian immigrant (and a newly minted Google employee) joins the show to talk with Dr. Ibe-Lamberts about her experience growing up. They also cover a range of topics: From African vs African Americans to Beyoncé not touring Africa to Black Panthers impact and even...ANIME!!!  Check it out and enjoy! Visit us at www.blacktransnat...

On this second episode of the podcast Dr. Ibe-Lamberts is joined by Jette Stubbs, a Bahamian born career/business coach and host of the Happy Career Formula Podcast. She discusses her immigration experience living in Canada and the challenges of racism that she faced in the business industry as a Black immigrant woman. They also discuss the trauma that Black people in colonized countries suffer fr...

We're BACK!! Season 5 of the podcast kicks off with a recap of Season 4 and some life updates from our host, Dr. Ibe-Lamberts. Then, he discusses his observations on the rise of transnational activities and massive pilgrimages back to Africa, specifically West Africa. The "Transnational 20's", as he predicted in 2020, is off to a fast start (even faster than he expected). That and more! Check us o...

As we prepare to launch Season 5, here's a quick recap of some of the discussions from Season 4

*SEASON FINALE* This Season has been abbreviate due to some, unforeseen, yet pleasant circumstances. This is the fourth annual episode of the Daddy-Daughter Talk, where Dr. Ibe-Lamberts and his daughter Alicia Adaora, who is now 11 yrs old and a year wiser, have an open, random conversation on the show.  The two have a very simple, yet interesting conversation about anime, music, paying the cello,...

On this episode, Dr. Ibe-Lamberts chats with Alex Muhammad and Brandon Sturdivant, 2 of the 3 co-founders of the Mass Liberation Project, to discuss their goal for abolition in the Black community. They also discuss their “Return & Reclaim” project that brings African Americans to Ghana to reclaim their identity. That and more!

On this episode, Dr. Ibe-Lamberts is joined by Anthony and Anton Downing of the Downing Brothers, a duo of Bahamian-American real estate moguls. The brothers share their story on how their journey started, their transnational connection with the Bahamas and how they leverage their expertise to expand their properties in both the U.S. and the Bahamas. They get into a discussion about how to empower...

During the Ramadan Season, Brother Abdoulaye Cisse joined the show discuss the concept of Islam, and how his faith as muslim intersects with his identity and culture as Black Transnational Guinean. He also discusses why it is negatively perceived and his experience with Arab muslims as a Black muslims. Do all muslims need to know Arabic to be true muslims? That and more! Happy Eid to all our musli...

On this episode, Dr. Ibe-Lamberts visits with Dr. Gerald Onuoha, a Nigerian-American internal physician, who is the creator of the "Everybody vs Racism" movement that has been popular on social media as a result of the George Floyd killing in 2020. They discuss their transnational background and how they can leverage it to create more anti-racist education and programming that pivots everyone of a...

As we wrap up Women's History month, we are joined by Ayana Francis, the creator and author of the Travelling Feets Children Book series. She discusses her transnational experiences and ties, immigrating from Trinidad-Tobago to Canada. She also shares her inspiration for creating this company and her books (her nephew Idris) and why she is driven to make sure that many children all across the dias...

Happy International Women's Day! On this episode, we are joined by Onyi Azih, the woman behind the successful motherhood, lifestyle blog, Sincerely Onyi. In addition to practicing Psychiatry as a Physician Assistant, we also discuss her upbringing as a 2nd Gen Nigerian, her passion for wellness, her life as an Autism mom with ADHD and how culture influenced her ability to balance life and mental h...

On this episode, Dr. Ibe-Lamberts meets with Jeremy Kofi, creator and host of the "The Jeremy Kofi Convo" show/podcast, to talk about his transnational experience. They talk about the importance of having authentic, vulnerable conversations in our community and how constant conversations and exposure can help bridge the gap between African immigrants and African American.  Learn more about th...

The collab you’ve been waiting for! Dr. Ibe-Lamberts joins Chi Chi & NG of the Lessons of the Sox Figure Woman Podcast to talk about the challenges for successful professional Black women to find love. Are men intimidated? Scared? Should women be submissive regardless of success? Are arranged marriages cool now? Take a listen to find out!

On this episode. We are joined by filmmaker and creative Dr. Nadia Sasso, representing Sierra Leone, to discuss her documentary “Am I too African to be American, too American to be African?” which tells the story and challenges of the transnational experience. We discuss why the importance the stories of Africans in America need to be told through filmmaking. That and more! Learn more about  ...

On this episode, we are joined by Ghanaian American Mr. Eddie Oppong, an artist, storyteller and fashion designer about his story growing up immigrant, embracing his identity and using his art to create and tell his stories. We talk about how his transnational experiences influenced his latest clothing label "Ye Wo Krom" which means "We're Here!!". We talk about why this is a powerful transnationa...

This is the second installment of a special, collaborated miniseries recorded live in collaboration with the PansaPansa Podcast. We continue our a three-part discussion series by featuring the voices of those who are children of African immigrants. Moderated by Dr. Ibe-Lamberts, six speakers representing Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Liberia, Guinea and Congo speak about their experiences growing up immig...

This is a special, collaborated episode that was recorded live with PansaPansa Podcast .  African Immigrant parents and children need to have a real conversation—a real heart-to-heart that our culture sometimes never permits for whatever reason. A lot of us who grew up in African Immigrant homes (or just immigrant homes in general) have upbringings that we relate to and sometimes commiserate...

We're BAAACK!! Season4 kicks offs with a recap of Season 3 (0:00 - 7:33), then Dr. Ibe-Lamberts sets the stage for what's to come in Season 4. On this episode, Dr. Ibe-Lamberts discusses the recent emergence of Black, multicultural pride and transnational identities seen more among Black people all over the world even though we are still in the middle of a pandemic. This bodes as a good sign that...

As we prepare to launch Season 4. Get back up to speed with what happened in Season 3 Follow us on IG and Facebook @blacktransnationalpodcast

On the final episode of this season, what better way to close it out that with our fan-favorite “Pillow Talk” conversation between Dr. Ibe-Lamberts and his wife Dr. Wanda, which hasn’t happened all season. On this episode we catch up with Dr. Wanda and what’s she’s been up to on her third pregnancy experience. They discuss the vaccine, cultural mistrust, parenting Black children post-George Floyd,...

This is the third annual episode of the Daddy-Daughter Talk, where Dr. Ibe-Lamberts and his daughter Alicia Adaora, who is now 10 yrs old and a year wiser, have an open, random conversation on the show.  The two have a very simple, yet interesting conversation about anime, music, makeup, being a big sister, being Black and more! Visit us at www.blacktransnational.wixsite.com/podcast Please ra...

On this episode, we are joined by Mrs. Niyi Olu-Kuti, creator of the AfriKidz Club—an enterprise committed to promoting the African cultural heritage to children encouraging them to discover and embrace their African identity, and to celebrate their cultural values and traditions. She discusses why it's important to preserve transnational values in our children to help them in the future. She also...

On this episode, Dr. Ibe-Lamberts and Mrs. Abiodun Durojaye, a doctoral candidate, discuss her research work which involves why African and Black immigrants feel the need to change their authentic African name to something more westernized in order to attain success. Does us being able to express our authentic self require a level of privilege? What do the African names that we plan to give our ch...