Wasafiri Africa

Wasafiri Africa Podcast

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Hamjambo. It is Ruth and Geovany and karibuni to our listeners around the globe. Asanteni sana for joining us. As the name implies, on Wasafiri Africa, we’re travellers of Africa. Here, there is a re-storying of the continent, where we can embolden ourselves with evidence of our resilience, creativity, resourcefulness and love for humanity. It’s time. Time to tell our own stories. Come with us as we celebrate Africa and Things African. Twendeni. Africa is ready! wasafiriafrica.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Dr Joan Nyanyuki on Creating Advocacy for Children and Human Rights on the Continent 24.09.2025 59:34

Kirinyaga County, is located at the foothills of Mount Kenya. A scared focal point for the Agikuyu people the mountain was known as Kirinyaga and the name change happened when the word was lost in translation.  When from a far off, the first Europeans saw the snowy peaks straddling the Equator, the mountain was introduced to them as KayEnyA, by the Akamba. They pronounced it differently from...

Vuyisa Qabaka on Going Back to the Cave – Holding the Vision and Building Scaffolding for Entrepreneurs on the Continent 16.09.2025 1:00:31

eTyhume eMajwarheni is in the Nonkobe local municipality, Amathole District, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The village gets its name from the Tyhume river which flows from Hogsback Mountains on its journey to the Indian Ocean, and borders most of the grounds of Fort Hare University. Founded in 1916 and originally called The South African Native College, the University of Fort Hare has bee...

Wasafiri Africa: A Podcast from Ruth Kamau 09.09.2025 5:35

Podcast Preview In this preview episode, Ruth Kamau introduces Wasafiri Africa—a podcast that travels across the continent gathering stories of resilience, creativity and transformation. Ruth reflects on her lifelong love for the continent, tracing it back to Kenya's independence era when seventeen African nations claimed their freedom in the 1960s alone. She explores how Kiswahili has become a un...