74. Elisandro Mendes
Elisandro Mendes is an entrepreneur who made Mozambique his home away from home. With an emotional intelligence above par, he brought his dream to fruition and created a community where gentlemen come together and build positive social networks. His childhood and teenage years start in Lisbon after leaving Guinea-Bissau at a very young age. His heart ultimately brought him to Mozambique, where a brief passage in the clothing and footwear trade gave him the confidence to take the leap that inevitably changed his life.
In this episode, he shared his values of camaraderie learned throughout his passage as a professional handball player and many other life-enriching experiences.
68. Douglas Condzo
Douglas Condzo is a visual artist whose striking art provokes a visceral response in the eye of the beholder it also taps into the humble and quiet personality of this true aesthete. We got him speaking on the different roads and choices that took him from music to where he is now. He took a deep dive and described how the journey of his street photography led him to short film festivals, to art exhibitions in various galleries in Mozambique and abroad, and he also explained to us how he manages to keep growing and evolving as an artist.
63. Mirza Lauchand
Mirza is a musical artist and a spiritual man with an enchanting voice representing Mozambique on Portugal's big stages and surroundings. He captivates his audience through the soulful force of gospel, RnB and many other genres. Our conversation ranged over many topics like his days at the Instituto dos Pupilos do Exército, a Muslim man joining a gospel choir, his love for cigars and books and much more.
61. Mauro Santos
Mauro Santos is a football coach, and the game is deep-rooted in him from a young age. Nothing stopped him from pursuing his dreams and turning his love and passion for the sport into his life's mission. A winner at heart, through adversity and challenges, he is just at the beginning of a long and prosperous career. In this episode, we touch on the humble beginnings of training the younger echelons at school, taking them to play games at Magoanine, and how that translated to his journey from Maputo to Portugal and his professional experiences in Thailand and Abu Dhabi and much more.
56. Sandro Valigy
Sandro Valigy is an event producer and an entertainment entrepreneur. He made extravaganza his business and with great focus and hard work kept the party going from Mozambique all the way to the Czech Republic, we dive into how he set up his entertainment business, his events, becoming a father, and Mozambican/Czech connections.
53. Rui Fernandes
Rui Fernandes is a tourism entrepreneur. With his eagerness to learn and willingness to teach, we time travelled back centuries on a guided tour of the Atlantic slave trade and much more. We also touched on how he got into tourism and how he's coping with fewer tourists during the pandemic.
52. Mariana Carrilho
Mariana Carrilho is a Mezzo-Soprano. Merely scratching the surface of this remarkable and deep art form, she got us all eager to know more, and it's no surprise that her free, vibrant and full of zest personality took her from Maputo to Barcelona. In this Kubhukla Online episode, we talk about how an out of tune metal concert was one of the catalyst moments that help her found her voice, how old life planning formulas don't work in today's day and age and much more.
51. Ricardo “Kikas” Correia
Ricardo "Kikas" Correia is a PhD Physicist. Smart work, a never settle for less mentality, and a childlike fascination with what's outside his experience took him from Maputo all the way to Harvard and the in-betweens are nothing less than inspirational. What a guy, what a story, and can you believe he wanted to be a professional footballer! We talk about his incredible journey from "a praceta do rei dos frangos" to the Kirchhausen Lab at Harvard Medical School.
44. Cristiana Pereira
Cristiana Pereira is a down to earth tale-teller who uses her words to bring awareness to the journey of many. In a charismatic and delightful way, she shared chronicles of her travels around the world, life lessons and her mission to educate the flowers that never wither. She told us about her travels around the world as a backpacker, an emotional story about a visit to India, tips on how to disconnect from work, Formiga Juju, and "Estamos Mais Juntos" Project.
41. Eliana Silva
Eliana Silva is a remarkable storyteller and children's book author. Her words feel like an emotional bridge between real-life experiences and a fantasy world while her work promotes care and kindness, reminding us that we never too old to learn some valuable lessons. In this episode we discuss her travels, the inspiration behind her book Bina, a Descobridora do Índico, the discipline it takes to write and release a book and much more.