Africa State of Mind

Lee Kasumba chats to Rozan Ahmed, an internationally established writer, creative director, advisor, advocate, and popular commentator who plays an influential role in leading new frontiers and shifting attitudes in the worlds of fashion and entertainment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Markku Aikomus, UNHCR´s Senior Regional External Relations Officer and Spokesperson for Southern Africa region speaks to Lee Kasumba about the state of refugees in the world on World’s Refugee Day.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Khethi Ngwenya and Liz Letsoalo members of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers Johannesburg Hub talk to Lee Kasumba about their organisation’s work on the African continent and across the world. They also share their views on the future of Africa.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Africa Day, Pan-African restaurateur Chef Coco Reinarhz takes Lee Kasumba through Africa’s culinary history. He also tells Lee of how he and his family left Burundi for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and how his global travels influenced his cooking styles.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Theoretical physicist Dr. Adriana Marais talks to Lee Kasumba about being one of the few Africans with the one-way ticket to Mars.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eddie Kadi, British-Congolese comedian and actor chats to Lee Kasumba about African nations learning to laugh at themselves and how African comedians are taking over the international space. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the latest episode of Africa State of Mind Lee Kasumba speaks to Hollywood based Ghanaian Marketing aficionado, Koshie Mills about Diaspora Dialogues -  a  talk series that aims to bridge the gap between Africans and their descendants in the Diaspora, being African in Hollywood and running her successful business K3PR. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the latest episode of Africa State of Mind Lee Kasumba spoke to CNN's Senior International Correspondent, Nima Elbagir about covering African stories.  Nima is responsible for breaking CNN's exclusive investigation of African migrants sold in underground slave markets across Libya. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rohan Marley, son of iconic musician Bob Marley, recently made his way to South Africa as the ambassador of Away to Africa, a cultural tourism and destination management company. He speaks to Lee Kasumba about how special Africa is to him. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maé-Bérénice Méité, multi-award winning French figure skater, talks to Lee Kasumba about breaking barriers and shaking up stereotypes in the ice skating world.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meryanne Loum-Martin is a Parisian lawyer turned entrepreneur and founder of Jnane Tamsna, a boutique hotel located in Marrakech, Morocco, talks to Lee Kasumba about challenges of running the only black woman-owned hotel in the area. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Laduma Ngxokolo, South African textile and knitwear designer (founder of MAXHOSA BY LADUMA ), best known for his men's knitwear range inspired by traditional Xhosa beadwork talks to Africa state of Mind’s Lee Kasumba about his inspirations, cultural appropriation and Beyoncé and Jay Z being his fans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nigerian-born writer and performer Inua Ellams talks to Lee Kasumba about being appointed Tower of London's official poet for 2018 and his influences and drive to tell the African narrative in a good light. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vivian Onano, Kenyan-born women and girls' advocate and youth leader chats to Lee Kasumba about leadership skills, living a life with a purpose and the importance of education on the African continent. Follow us on twitter @AfricaStateMind or www.facebook.com/AfricaStateOfMind   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lee Kasumba chats to Princess of Africa, Yvonne Chaka Chaka an internationally renowned and highly respected South African singer and entrepreneur about surviving an oppressive regime and her humanitarian work on the African continent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ronak Gopaldas, Director at Signal Risk and former head of Country Risk at Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) updates Lee Kasumba about the state of some of African counties' leadership and economic crisis.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Africa State of Mind, Lee Kasumba chats to Catherine Constantinides, former Miss Earth SA, Humanitarian, and International Climate & Environment Activist about her drive to change the state of Africa’s environment for the better. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Letshego Zulu, Co-Founder of South Africa’s Pop Up Gym talks to Africa State of Mind’s Lee Kasumba about conquering Mount Kilimanjaro and the state of health consciousness in Africa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lee Kasumba talks to author, marketer and entrepreneur Musa Kalenga about the audacity of ambition by African youth before catching up with Omnia Shawkat co-founder of Andariya, a Sudanese Youth online magazine. She discusses the new fate of Sudan and being Top 9 women tech innovators in Africa in 2017. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Osas Ighodaro Ajibade, Nigerian American actress and Philanthropist Founder of The Joyful Joy Foundation and Robyn Kriel, CNN's news anchor talk to Lee Kasumba about their respective challenges to get where they are in life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.