by Stephen Embleton | May 29, 2018 | Blog Post
The Blogger, the Journalist and the Literatus with James Murua We meet James Murua, a blogger, journalist, editor and columnist from Nairobi, Kenya visiting Durban’s humid shores. As one of the few bloggers covering the African literary scene so comprehensively I...
by Stephen Embleton | May 19, 2018 | Blog Post
The Twig, the Big Wave Chaser and the Family Man with Grant 'Twig' Baker We got the opportunity to sit down with Durban’s two time Big Wave surf champ, Grant “Twiggy” Baker, to talk family life, chasing cold winter waters, and surviving 60 foot...
by Stephen Embleton | May 10, 2018 | Blog Post
The Abalozi, the Spiritualist and the Teacher with Dr VVO Mkhize We’re mixing things up a bit and feature a lecture at the University of KwaZulu-Natal where we get into even more layers of African Divination with Dr VVO Mkhize. While interviewing Elliot Ndlovu for...
by Stephen Embleton | May 8, 2018 | Blog Post
The Inyanga, the Sangoma and the Herbalist with Elliot Ndlovu In our ongoing quest to find out more about Zulu traditional beliefs, we meet Elliot Ndlovu, a sangoma, inyanga and herbalist. A few months back, after one of my first chats with Gugu Mkhize (24 Aug) I went...
by Stephen Embleton | May 2, 2018 | Blog Post
The Brew, the Barrels, and Flipping the Bird with Graeme Bird In episode 02 of the podcast we head to the beach with a brew in hand. Ok so we didn’t quite get to the beach, or have a brew, but we did talk a lot about both. I’d become aware of a brand of craft beer...
by Stephen Embleton | Mar 23, 2018 | Blog Post
The Linguist, the Cosmology and Zulu Traditional Beliefs with Gugu Mkhize In our first episode we scratch the surface of isiZulu linguistics, Zulu cosmology, myths and traditional beliefs. It’s one we’re going to revisit many times, but this is where we start. Let me...