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.
40. Tino Bacela
Tino Bacela is a gifted young comedian and creative YouTuber from Mozambique. With irresistible contagious laughter, good spirits and atypical outlook on life, he makes the mundane funny and humour therapeutic. In this episode, we touch on dealing with insomnia, the standup comedy scene in Mozambique, cancel culture in comedy, critical thinking, and his family's support of his career.
39. Danilo ‘Kloro’ Malele
Danilo 'Kloro' Malele has a peculiar point of view and determination to achieve results, this brilliant artist demystified the Mozambican hip hop game and outlined cultural conundrums through this engaging and insightful tête-à-tête where he shared his views with us on the difference in artistic influences from provinces in Mozambique, how to elevate our quality as artists, purchasing power in the Mozambican public and his new album "Revolução Cultural" coming out 10 November 2020.
38. Taíla Carrilho
Taíla Carrilho is the founder of the NGO Conforme - Consciência Falciforme. A trip down memory lane made for interesting stories with this sublimely gifted, incredibly funny, in love with life courageous woman. In this exciting episode, we take it back to the origins of her love for music, DRP, RUUM Gallery and Conforme which is building awareness in Mozambique about sickle cell anaemia.
37. Celso Zaqueu
Celso Zaqueu is the creative director for Zwela communications agency and a fantastic photographer. With an eye for detail, excellent business aptitude and a drive like no other, he brings light into focus while describing the journey towards his craft, in this episode we talk about his experience living in London, making beats, being self-taught, the creative community in Mozambique, The Kins, Zwela Agency, dealing with money in the art business and the execution of ideas.
36. Adriana Jamisse
Adriana Jamisse is the co-founder of Fluir.Mz. She's a dancer, a yogi, a laoshi*, a student and a teacher. With a unique authenticity, she filled up the room with a beautiful aura and her holistic approach made for a fluid and open conversation. In this episode, we touch on Asian healing practices, performance dancing, body & mind connections, aliens, movie spoilers, Instagram accounts for babies and Germaine Acogny's dance technique.
35. Leonel Matonse
Leonel Matonse is the youngest ever athlete to represent Mozambique in the Olympic Games. He has an easy-going attitude and a sceptic yet hopeful perspective. He shared with us tales of his years during the highest level of sporting competitions, meeting Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe, plus we talk sponsorships in sports, Michael Jordan, the lack of support for athletes from Government, the value of a robust academy and the importance of sleep.
34. Ivan Laranjeira
Ivan Laranjeira is the co-founder of IVERCA, an association who gave us the Mafalala Museum. With the most honest smile, one of a kind personality and a typical warm Mozambican hospitality, he's redefining boundaries of tourism while promoting our beautiful culture. In this episode, he shares stories about the Mafalala tours, the José Craveirinha & Maria de Lurdes Mutola story. We spoke about the relationship between tourism & cultural heritage, the definition of tourism in Mozambique, 'Running From The Urb' and of course, the museum.
33. Sarah Owusu
António Macheve Jr is the owner and creative director of the proudly Mozambican luxury menswear brand Xipixi. He is a mellow cat, with great energy and a heart of gold. We wanted to record with him for a while, and it was surely worth the wait. In this episode, we touch on his life growing up in France and the USA, being broke and lost, how he become an entrepreneur by accident, brand values, the unique patterns of Xipixi and data-based executive decisions.
32. António Macheve Jr
António Macheve Jr is the owner and creative director of the proudly Mozambican luxury menswear brand Xipixi. He is a mellow cat, with great energy and a heart of gold. We wanted to record with him for a while, and it was surely worth the wait. In this episode, we touch on his life growing up in France and the USA, being broke and lost, how he become an entrepreneur by accident, brand values, the unique patterns of Xipixi and data-based executive decisions.
31. Sara Fakir
Sara Fakir is the co-founder and executive catalyst of IdeiaLab. She's a breath of fresh air when it comes to entrepreneurship, a perfect combination of a beautiful, intelligent mind and all the right intentions. She blew us away and left us speechless. We hope you enjoy and learn as much as we did in this episode. We got to talk about her life in Lisbon, her career path, her travels across Mozambique getting to know her country, her collaborations across Africa and the existing challenges in Mozambique to become an entrepreneur.
30. Marcelino Dgedge
Marcelino Dgedge is the talented man behind the delicious dishes at Txapo Txapo. He is the co-founder of the food delivery business Goola and one of the creators of the mouth-watering pop-up experience called The Kitchen. We discuss why he became a chef, studying in Italy, food delivery, online cooking shows, and we share our thoughts on the Mozambican national dish.
29. Iria Marina
Iria Marina is an architect by trade, a designer and photographer at heart. She's a dreamer, a businesswoman and trendsetter who in her own words she's "discovering how to adult". In this episode, we talk about her collaborations, origami masks, Green is the New Black, setting up her own business, 90's project, weddings, reading culture and online shopping in Mozambique.
28. Regina Dos Santos
Regina Dos Santos is a long-time friend ours, she is a gender advisor, and is also the sweet-sounding voice of the reggae Dub fusion band GranMah. In this episode, we touch on inspirational quotes, life without social media, what is an influencer? Only fans, her show "In the Kitchen" with 16 Neto, radios and much more.
27. Eliana N’Zualo
Our guest, Eliana N'Zualo, is the fantastic author of the book Elefante Tendai, the daring and opinionated mind behind the blog Escreve Eliana Escreve.
26. João Roxo
João Roxo is the co-founder of Anima creative studio and is involved in many other social and artistic initiatives in Mozambique. We shared some interesting points of view about Mozambican cinema and the story of "Kuxa Kanema", his upcoming project called Arena235, and some other interesting stories about Mozambique.
25. Nuno Soares
Nuno Soares is the director of Xonguila magazine, co-founder of Veludo & Mentol ad company, co-founder of WenaData and a brand new initiative in Mozambique called Compra Nosso. He’s also a devoted promoter of our beautiful Mozambique and in this episode, we talk IMDB and movies, Gin and wine tasting, social networks and TV vs Digital.
24. Filippa Mondlane
Filippa Mondlane is an enthusiastic entrepreneur, a multi-faceted, multi-talented human being. We spoke to her about journal writing, mindfulness, Ficka Cafe, being a voice for women in our society, martial arts and social media.
Episode 23.
We’re back with our regulars, our brothers, Kuvas and Faquir. We talk about the Corona Virus impact on Moz, Patient Zero, Cooking, Os Mambas (Mozambique men’s national soccer team) and we have our first caller on the podcast. 45 years, Viva Moçambique, Viva!
22. Wacy Zacarias
Wacy Zacarias is one of the most interesting people we've ever hosted on this podcast. She is a Mozambican textile storyteller, a circular design advocate, a healer and Kubhula's first female voice. Just an all-around beautiful person.
We talk about design, mental health, traditional healers, taboos, and relationship dilemmas in our society.