The Chronicles of A Black Italian Woman

Ciao People of the internet,  We are back with a solo episode. In the episode, I will start talking about the escalation of the between Israel and Palestine. This a topic that I haven't always been comfortable with despite being a graduate in International Relations, but when I see injustice is hard for me to stay in discomfort, and I talk with you on how I navigate this discomfort.  May...

Ciao!  Diasporahood is back and we are building conversation within the African Diaspora and beyond. Today I'm joined by my friend and activist Tyler Lum, who is Malaysian Chinese and White American.  In this conversation, we start with what it meant to graduate in the midst of a Global Pandemic and Tyler highlights how this impacted his identities. Talking about identity, he also shares...

Ciao Everyone,  In the last year, I've been reflecting a lot on the importance of having hard conversations and learning the dangers of toxic positivity. Toxic positivity can also make the fight against racism difficult and this last week the Italian TV has proved to us that there is a lot of work to do following another racism satire targeting Asian People.  In this episode, we unpack w...

Trigger Warning: Racial slurs, violence Ciao,  I'm back and I will be back on Sunday every 2 weeks! So much has happened since our last episode: 1 year has gone by since the first lockdown in Italy? How the restrictions are different this time around? I will be talking about this in the first part of the episode but also about violence against women and the recent discussion about the Italian citi...

Ciao!  Spring has sprung with a new episode for the Diasporahood series with my friend and nurse Nana- Serwah Ossei as a guest. Who better than her, as a Black British woman, to comment on Harry and Meghan latest interview? We start there but Nana also shares with us what are the different opinions in Britain about the Royal  Family. Nana also explains here experience growing up in North...

Ciao Everyone! Welcome back, in this episode I share with you how my motivation has been. On the 8th of March is International Women's Day, how is this da honoured in Italy?  Let's talk about sexism through Italian politics, but also through the Festival of Italian Music, the Sanremo Festival. This Festival although also evokes fun family memory, that I share in this episode. March 6th is Gha...

Ciao,  Diasporahood is back with the one and only, Tia Taylor as a guest. Tia is a Black American Content Creator of Jamaican and Nigerian descent based in Milan. In this conversation, Tia brings a very unique perspective as part of the African Diaspora.  Did you know that Nollywood, the Nigerian film production, was popular among the Caribbean community? Tia shares a bit about that in t...

Ciao there,  We are back with another episode. Life is filled with full circle moments, one for me was celebrating the culture of African descent for Black History Month. I left you with the Italian political drama and I'm back with some updates about the new government, it feels that we went back to 15 years ago, some old ministers came back and the sexism remains. By the way, let's address...

Ciao, In this episode, I try to make sense of the latest Italian Government Crisis in the midst of a Global Pandemic. Please underline "try" 3 times lol. Would we have a Third Conte Government?  We shall see. This Government Crisis exposed one more time how sexism is still embedded within Italian society, despite the higher number of women in the Italian Parlament. Did you know that Italy had...

Ciao!  In this episode, I share with you how my Italian self survived with no animal products and pasta for 10 days. Watching what I ate made me realised the importance of slowing down and appreciate the little things in life even while pursuing your passion, like in the Disney Pixar movie "Soul". Purpose can be amazing, but can it be damaging when we are obsessed with it? In the latest part...

In this first solo episode of 2021, I want to catch up with you on where have been during Christmas, the interesting tradition that you develop as a child of immigrants during the Holiday season. And here we are in 2021 that started with a bang, I could not help to reflect on the recent events that happen in Washington DC and how actually there are not really far from current Italian politics.  We...

When you are chatting with a good friend time flies, right?  This is exactly what happened to me and my friend Charisse Dunkley, Newyorker of Jamaican descent. This is why we had to have part 2 of episode 5.  Charisse shares a little more about how she felt in love with Italy. We give our 2 cents on Italian men and their love for Black women. Is it actual love or objectification? Also, Charisse ha...

Happy New Year people, Buon anno from Italy!  We are starting the year with a new episode for the Diasporahood segment. Today's guest is my friend, Charisse Dunkley, from Brooklyn New York. She's an amazing, supportive and positive human. She works in production, and she also happens to be a child of Jamaican Immigrants, that they moved to the US in the 80's. What similarities do we have grow...

Ciao! A new episode with a new segment: Diasporahood. "Hood"'s the slang for neighbourhood which also means community.  In this segment,  I will in conversation with people from the African Diaspora and not only in order to build understanding and community.  My first guests are Linda Okachi and JM Dieke,  the podcast hosts of my favourite Italian podcast, @Vabbépodcast. In this conversation we wi...

In this episode, we start with an old passion of mine: football. Unfortunately, this sport keeps failing in addressing racism in an effective way and the UEFA match between Paris Saint Germain vs Istanbul Basaksehir reminded us that.  I may have also found a new passion: Korean drama! I'm currently watching Itaewon, a series that it's a bit different from the classic romantic K drama as there...

Here we are, episode 2! I  This week had it's ups and down.  Activism isn't always easy, but it can bring some joys especially when you get to share a conversation such as this one:  "Citizenship now: Activism and the Battle for State Recognition".   With Black Italian activists such as Selam Tesfai, from Cantiere Milano and Afroitalian professors like Camilla Hawthorne and Angelica Pesarini. Of c...

Ciao!  This a new podcast in English by Benedicta Djumpah.  Let's start chatting about The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion and what it meant for me growing up. Can Black women be angry?  Which Black Experiences matter globally?  In this first episode, I'll also share why I decided to create this podcast.   Enjoy and let's stay in touch on Instagram  @chroniclesofbiw