Afri Talk Podcast

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 42 – "TEACH YOUR CHILDREN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE" of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode, my guest Crystalina shares her experience of not being able to speak her native language and how it impacts her as an adult. Please find her social media link below: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/icrystalina/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please find the link to my Linktree down below: https://linktr.ee/afritalkpod Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 41 – "BECOMING A PHD GRADUATE" of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. My Friend Gladys has finally graduated with a PHD and I can now call her a doctor. In this episode, my guest Gladys shares her educational journey as well as her views on studying at a higher educational level as a woman. Please find her social media links below: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glad.akom/ EMAIL: gladys.akomankobrey@gmail.com   Please find the link to my Linktree down below: https://linktr.ee/afritalkpod Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 40 – "I CHOOSE NOT TO IDENTIFY MYSELF WITH ANY RACE" of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode, my guest Brian shares his experience about being mixed race and his journey on how he lived in Saint Lucia and later moved to the Netherlands.   Please find the link to my Linktree down below: https://linktr.ee/afritalkpod Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 39 – "MY GRANDMA RAISED ME AFTER MY MOM LEFT" of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode, my guest Kelvin shares his journey on how he lived with his grandmother in Ghana after his mother left him behind as a baby, and how he later joined his mother in Germany. Please find the link to her social media down below: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelvinos_trend/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please find the link to my Linktree down below: https://linktr.ee/afritalkpod Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 38 – "GET RID OF YOUR PRIDE AND LET PEOPLE KNOW YOU NEED HELP" of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode, my guest Eliza shares her journey on how she lived in Saint Lucia and her experience with Mental Health when she moved to the Netherlands. Please find the link to her social media down below: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liz_mulla/   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please find the link to my Linktree down below: https://linktr.ee/afritalkpod Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 37 – "NO CHILD DESERVES TO BE CALLED UNGRATEFUL BY THEIR PARENTS" of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode, my guest Nyamekye shares his journey on how he lived in Ghana without his biological parents and how he later joined them in Belgium at the age of 11. Please find the link to his social media down below: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nyamekyeinternational/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NyamekyePictures YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPFYWFVSm5LWAEd0LeyXXmg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please find the link to my Linktree down below: https://linktr.ee/afritalkpod Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 36 – I left Ghana Unprepared of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode, my guest Nyamekye shares his journey on how he lived in Ghana without his biological parents and how he later joined them in Belgium at the age of 11. Please find the link to his social media down below: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nyamekyeinternational/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NyamekyePictures YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPFYWFVSm5LWAEd0LeyXXmg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please find the link to my Linktree down below: https://linktr.ee/afritalkpod Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 35 – Moving Out At Age 19 of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode, I talk about when I moved out at age 19 as a student. Please find the link to my Linktree down below: https://linktr.ee/afritalkpod Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 34 – My parents sent me away to have a better future abroad of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode, I talk about why my parents sent me to the Netherlands at age 11 to live with family for a "better future". This video is to share my personal experience and hopefully help other parents to understand from a child's perspective how it feels to grow up without them. Please find the link to my Linktree down below: https://linktr.ee/afritalkpod Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 33 – Talk About Your Feelings of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode, I talk a little bit about mental health and how I learned to talk about my feelings when I migrated from Africa to the Netherlands. Please find the link to my Linktree down below: https://linktr.ee/afritalkpod Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 32 – Leaving An African Church of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode, I talk about my experience with leaving an African Church. Please find the link to my Linktree down below: https://linktr.ee/afritalkpod Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes.   Episode 31 – The Day I Was Almost Circumcised of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode, I talk about what infibulation / FGM is and also share my own experience about the day I almost got infibulated. This episode is in no way meant to harm or "expose" anybody, but to create awareness around this evil practice. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Led by Sylvia Chioma, Girdle #EndFGM and #EndChildMarriage run an online and a field Awareness Programme on Female Genital Mutilation (#FGM) and #Endchildmarriage - and their many complications! If you are touched to support their work, you can do so by buying their book - CUT OFF - at https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1861513194 OR you can send any donations to https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tonytingle1 Please find the link to Girdle #EndFGM and #EndChildMarriage below: https://twitter.com/thegirdlengr  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please find the link to my Linktree down below: https://linktr.ee/afritalkpod   Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 30 – My Pregnancy Journey of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. I have been away for a while and that's because I was expecting! In this episode, I talk about my pregnancy journey and motherhood so far. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 29 – Help Those Who Help Themselves of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode, I talk about helping people back home who help themselves. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 28 – The Struggles Of Africans In The Diaspora pt 2 of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode, I talk about the struggles that some Africans face with family whiles living in the diaspora. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 27 – The Struggles Of Africans In The Diaspora of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode, I talk about the struggles that some Africans face with family whiles living in the diaspora. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 26 – Goodbye Ghana of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. Ever since I migrated to the Netherlands at the age of 11, I never went back to my motherland Ghana. Now 13 years later and during the pandemic, I decided to surprise my family in Ghana by visiting them for the first time ever. In this episode, I talk about my last days in Ghana and the reason I may not want to come back again. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 25 – My First Kumasi Experience of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. Ever since I migrated to the Netherlands at the age of 11, I never went back to my motherland Ghana. Now 13 years later and during the pandemic, I decided to surprise my family in Ghana by visiting them for the first time ever. In this episode, I talk about my very first time of visiting my husband's city "KUMASI". Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 24 – My Accra Experience After 13 Years of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. Ever since I migrated to the Netherlands at the age of 11, I never went back to my motherland Ghana. Now 13 years later and during the pandemic, I decided to surprise my family in Ghana by visiting them for the first time ever. In this episode, I talk about the how I experienced Accra after all these years. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 23 – Seeing My Family In Ghana After 13 Years of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. Ever since I migrated to the Netherlands at the age of 11, I never went back to my motherland Ghana. Now 13 years later and during the pandemic, I decided to surprise my family in Ghana by visiting them for the first time ever. In this episode, I talk about the moment of finally seeing my family face to face after all these years. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes. Episode 22 – Visiting Ghana After 13 Years of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. Ever since I migrated to the Netherlands at the age of 11, I never went back to my motherland Ghana. Now 13 years later and during the pandemic, I decided to surprise my family in Ghana by visiting them for the first time ever. In this episode, I talk about the whole preparation and some few surprises. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes&Sistes, Thank you so much for listening to Afri Talk Podcast till now and I hope you have been enjoying it so far. Finally I am now also on YouTube where I will bring you the same content but with visuals. If you want to watch the podcast as video, you can hop on to YouTube and search for Afri Talk Podcast. Please find the link below: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR7xzO28uSM9O-Lnxy_g1rw Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes and Sistes. Episode 21 – Mental Health pt 4 of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. Mental health is a serious topic in the society, especially during this current pandemic. Sadly mental illness is a taboo in the African community. This episode is to highlight on the topic and have an open discussion with my guest Mrs Mabel who is a mental health advocate. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes and Sistes. Episode 20 – Mental Health pt 3 of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. Mental health is a serious topic in the society, especially during this current pandemic. Sadly mental illness is a taboo in the African community. This episode is to highlight on the topic and have an open discussion with my guest Mrs Mabel who is a mental health advocate. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes and Sistes. Episode 19 – Mental Health pt 2 of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. Mental health is a serious topic in the society, especially during this current pandemic. Sadly mental illness is a taboo in the African community. This episode is to highlight on the topic and have an open discussion with my guest Mrs Mabel who is a mental health advocate. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes and Sistes. Episode 18 – Mental Health pt 1 of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. Mental health is a serious topic in the society, especially during this current pandemic. Sadly mental illness is a taboo in the African community. This episode is to highlight on the topic and have an open discussion with my guest Mrs Mabel who is a mental health advocate. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes and Sistes. Episode 17 – Asala vs Born in Abroad pt 2 of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. There is a difference between asala's and born in abroad kids due to their different backgrounds. Not only are asala's bullied and look down upon, the elders in the community expect a lot from them and expect them to be down their knees and thanking their parents for the opportunity to be in abroad. Whiles born in abroad kids are always being treated specially because they hold the European nationality and are considered “broni (white person)” because they were born in abroad. This discussion with my guest Randy is to bring awareness to the stigma on these two groups and educate people to treat everyone equal. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes and Sistes. Episode 16 – Asala vs Born in Abroad pt 1 of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. There is a difference between asala's and born in abroad kids due to their different backgrounds. Not only are asala's bullied and look down upon, the elders in the community expect a lot from them and expect them to be down their knees and thanking their parents for the opportunity to be in abroad. Whiles born in abroad kids are always being treated specially because they hold the European nationality and are considered “broni (white person)” because they were born in abroad. This discussion with my guest Randy is to bring awareness to the stigma on these two groups and educate people to treat everyone equal.  Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes and Sistes. Episode 15 ­– Skincare routine of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode together with my guest Morayo, we highlight on skincare routine for black skin. In this last part, the discussion is to bring awareness to the common problem mostly found among women in the African community. We are to learn how to treat our skin and prevent future damage. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes and Sistes. Episode 14 ­– Skincare routine of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode together with my guest Morayo, we highlight on skincare routine for black skin. In this first part, the discussion is to bring awareness to the common problem mostly found among women in the African community. We are to learn how to treat our skin and prevent future damage. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes and Sistes. Episode 13 ­– Old vs New Generation in the Diaspora of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode together with my guest Nyamekye, we discuss the difference between the old and new generation of Africans in the diaspora. In this last part, we are talking about our religion and marriage practices in abroad. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes and Sistes. Episode 12 ­– Old vs New Generation in the Diaspora of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode together with my guest Nyamekye, we discuss the difference between the old and new generation of Africans in the diaspora. In this second part, we are talking about our cultures and languages that are lost whiles living in abroad. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes and Sistes. Episode 11 – Old vs New Generation in the Diaspora of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode together with my guest Nyamekye, we discuss the difference between the old and new generation of Africans in the diaspora. In this first part, we are talking about finances, business ideas and solutions of how we (new generation) can make a much bigger impact and difference. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes and Sistes. Episode 10 – What's Next of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode, I'm talking about the journey so far with the podcast and I'm sharing some of the new projects that will be coming on from now on going. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Hello Blodes and Sistes. Episode 9 – Customer Service part 2 of the Afri Talk Podcast is now available on all podcast platforms. In this episode, I'm talking about the different types of African Tailors and hair dressers and also sharing some experiences I had with them in the past. Let me know what you think in the comments and share this with everyone you know. Enjoy listening…

Blodes and Sistes, thank you for coming back. In this episode, I'm talking about the poor customer service in most African shops and my own personal experiences. Hope you enjoy it and please share with me if you also encountered similar things. Please stay tuned every Thursday for more episodes.

Blodes and Sistes, thank you for coming back. In this episode, I talk about the different stages my hair was from the moment I moved from Ghana to the Netherlands. Hope you enjoy it and please share with me if you also encountered similar things. Please stay tuned every Thursday for more episodes.

Blodes and Sistes, thank you for coming back. In this episode, I talk about my experience with sex education growing up with my mom in an Africa home. Hope you enjoy it and please share with me if you also encountered similar things. Please stay tuned every Thursday for more episodes.

Blodes and Sistes, thank you for coming back. In this episode, I'm "ranting" about Boga's who always brag about who they are. Hope you enjoy it and please share with me if you also encountered similar things. Please stay tuned every Thursday for more episodes.

Blodes and Sistes, thank you for coming back. In this episode, I'm talking about my recurring new years resolution which is the struggle of loosing weight using the "easy route". Hope you enjoy it and please share with me if you also encountered similar things. Please stay tuned every Thursday for more episodes.

Blodes and Sistes, thank you for coming back. In this episode, I'm talking about the difference between Christmas and new year in Ghana and the Netherlands. Hope you enjoy it and please share with me if you also encountered similar things. Please stay tuned every Thursday for more episodes.

Blodes and Sistes, thank you for coming back. In this episode, I'm sharing 10 things that gave a a huge culture shock when I came to the Netherlands. Hope you enjoy it and please share with me if you also encountered similar things. Please stay tuned every Thursday for more episodes.

Blodes and Sistes, thank you for coming back. In this episode, I'm sharing some experiences from my "Asala" early beginnings. Hope you enjoy it and please share with me if you also encountered similar things. Please stay tuned every Thursday for more episodes.

Blodes and Sistes, this is a quick introduction about myself and this podcast. Please stay tuned every Thursday for more episodes.