Pánsá Pánsá Podcast

Dr. Osasu Asemota grew up in Jamaica, Queens, a native New Yorker. She attended the accelerated 7-year Sophie Davis MD program at City College of New York in Harlem and completed medical school at Northeast Ohio Medical University. She then completed her residency training in Ob/GYN at Nassau University Medical Center in Long Island. She is presently practicing as an OBGNY at The Woman’s Health Pa...

The first season of pansa pansa live podcast ended July and many of my listeners would notice that no episode was released during the month of August after 10 Episodes of engaging and informative conversations was released on this platform for the first season. I need to take a much desirable break and to prepare for next season. As many of our listeners may have noticed, my co-host Baaba has not...

When I was in graduate school pursuing my degree in public health and in one of my studies at the time, we look at the diversity of public health issues. I never considered domestic violence a public health issue until we discussed it thoroughly in one of my classes. The teaching exposed us to how domestic violence affects the lives of individuals who experience the violence. During my studies, I...

In 2016, I read a book titled Black Man in a White Coat: A doctor's reflections on Race and Medicine. In this book, Dr. Tweedy, an African American, detailed his experience as a black man in medicine from Medical school to residency and practicing medicine as a psychiatrist. Dr. Tweedy dealt with both in your face racism and prejudice to conscious and unconscious biases. Since I read this book, I...

During my interview with Nyemade Biowu in my last episode, she introduced me to Dauda's book while discussing traumatic childhood experiences. I decided to invite Duada to the podcast for conversation. The stories in the book reflect Pánsá Pánsá mission on talking about uncomfortable conversation. The self-published book Ba-Ya Play Cook: An Anthology of Short Stories: The book is a collection of t...

In 2020, I came across Nyemade Boiwu through a podcast called Stigma and I was impressed by her openness in discussing mental health and the stigma associated with taking medication. The podcast title was called “It’s okay if you need Meds to be okay.” I love the positive energy and the positivity she carried out throughout the interview. I immediately started following her on Instagram and I send...

Ms. Senait Admassu, MSW, is the founder and the president of the African Communities Public Health Coalition (ACPHC). Mr. Alpha Timbo, MSW/LCSW, is the clinical director. These two pioneers have dedicated their careers to changing lives within the African Immigrants community in Los Angeles, California, through mental health advocacy and providing culturally responsive services to address mental h...

In this episode, we are honored to have a special guest from Nigeria, Ms. Hauwa Ojeifo. Ms. Ojeifo a former investment banker now the founder of She Writes Woman, a non-profit organization focusing on educating and advocating for people living with mental illness in Nigeria. Her organization’s mission is to eradicate the stigma placed on people with mental illness. Ms. Ojeifo is a mental health ad...

Dr. Yvette Butler – Yeboah, an African American sister who is the founder and executive director of GapBuster. Inc, a non-profit organization that focuses on the empowerment of our youth within our community. The program engages in Leadership and Community Outreach. GapBuster. Inc is also intercontinental, and in 2019, she opened a center in Ghana. Dr. Yeboah also hosts a live show every Friday ca...

There are two parts to this episode. Please listen to both parts in order to get the essence of the conversation. We wanted to provide extensive conservation on this topic as we cover substantial information that can be useful to our community. Cultural practice defines how we identify ourselves. The social role placed on individuals and the gender expectation and communication level could be rest...

In this episode, Baaba and I explore what drives African immigrant parents and their children apart. In the African immigrant community, our Parental skills come from experience, and it is based on how we were raised. Still, many of us are unwilling to incorporate new skills since we have relocated into a new world, new era, and understanding that our children face different challenges unfamiliar...

In this episode, Baaba and I explore what drives African immigrant parents and their children apart. In the African immigrant community, our Parental skills come from past experience, and it is based on how we were raised. Still, many of us are unwilling to incorporate new skills since we have relocated into a new world, new era, and understanding that our children face different challenges unfami...

Welcome to Pansa Pansa Live where we have uncomfortable, unsensensored and inconvenient truth. This is a podcast where we discuss the lives of African immigrants and their assimilation into Western society as they raise younger generations in a country that is quite different from their own. We also explore the experiences of children of immigrants as they balance the African and Western cultures....

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