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Life Seen Through A Sista's Eye

After years of people-pleasing and playing small while buying into the colonial idea of "success" and "status", I finally listened to my soul and I took "that leap" into the uncertain. Ten years later, I can say that I am unfolding into an "Afrofuturistic storyteller." Join me as I share stories from my journey with you in poetry, song, soundscape and deep and meaningful discussions with folks who've joined me as thought partners on my journey.

I am a Karanga from Zimbabwe and created this podcast on stolen and unceded Kulin Eastern Nations.

Further podcasts by Sista Zai Zanda

Podcast on the topic Darstellende Kunst

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Life Seen Through A Sista's Eye
Away To Africa With Tiffanie Anderson (Part One) from 2023-07-23T02:11:04

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Host - Sista Zai, Afrofuturistic Storyteller

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Ancestral Voices: About African Spirituality and Decolonisation from 2023-07-09T10:52:44

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Ancestral Voices: About Self-Knowledge from 2023-07-03T08:21:23

What's the role of African spirituality in decolonising? Join Sista Zai in conversation with the team from <...

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Mwalimu Saki Mafundikwa: Afrikan Alphabets from 2023-06-25T11:49:54

For the next three episodes, we're diving deep into African design and its connection to our two questions - what it means to be African in the 21st century and our definitions of success. Listen

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MediSun: Music That Heals (Part 2) from 2023-06-20T16:34:21

Meet MediSun. We spoke in March 2020, over WhatsApp before ZOOM was a thing and just as the entire world was in lockdown. I reached out to him because he speaks openly about the role African spirit...

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MediSun: Music That Heals from 2023-05-28T08:01:15

It was March 2020. The world had just entered the global lockdown. I reached out to award winning songwriter, MediSun for an interview about the role African spirituality plays in his creative p...

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Reading Zimbabwe with Tinashe Mushakavanhu from 2023-05-21T07:59:53

In part two of our conversation with archivist, writer and publicist, Tinashe Mushakavanhu, we go deeper into the challenges of accessing the archive of books written by Zimbabweans, artist deve...

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Whose Story Is This? Is This My Voice? - Lessons On Writing Africans From Dambudzo Marechera, Told By Tinashe Mushakavanhu from 2023-05-14T13:42:50

Today's show is a very insightful chat with writer, publisher and archivist, Tinashe Mushakavanhu whose PhD thesis dealt with Zimbabwe's Dambudzo Marechera and England's Shelley. We ...

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Meet Us At The Stillpoint? from 2023-05-07T09:43:52

In this second and last part of "Randy Valentine Reasons With Sista Zai", our thoughts and ideas wander from topic to topic, including responsibility and accountability, nation buildin...

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Randy Valentine Reasons With Sista Zai (part 1) from 2023-04-29T14:44:09

What is your definition of success; and does that definition tie into what you think it means to be African in the 21st century? In this episode, a relaunch of season one following a two year sa...

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What Is Your Relationship To Land? from 2021-06-27T11:53

S1 :E8a is the first bonus episode in the series. Today, I provide some extra guidance through storytelling for everyone who is unpacking and documenting their own story with the help of this ...

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#BlackBougieAndQuestioningCapitalism from 2021-01-22T12:05

In S 1 :E7, I start to unpack my definition of "success" as I continue telling the story of my unfolding decolonising journey. You might find the following links useful:

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So, I Lied About Your Present ... So What Happened Was ... from 2020-12-25T11:07

Do you celebrate the festive season in December of the Gregorian Calendar? Here's what I get up to as a decolonising 21st Century African; and here's how I am adapting my creative flow (includ...

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That Company You Keep IS The Secret Sauce! from 2020-12-18T21:20

Fuelled by eclipse season insomnia and summer solstice excitement, the storytelling in episode five relays the experience of a search for self that meanders between individuality and the colle...

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Snatch Back Your Liberation from 2020-12-11T21:06

In Episode Four of Season One, your host and curator, Sista Zai Zanda delves deeper into the big question, "What Does It Mean To Be African In The 21st Century?" This time, we focus on the que...

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I Am A Product Of My Grandfather's Vision: Where Am I Taking It Next? from 2020-12-04T08:20

Hey my loves!

It's time for a fresh episode. This third episode in our first series of "Life Seen Through A Sista's Eye Podcast" continues to as the critical questio...

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Another Collective Visualisation: What Do I Need To Do To Realise My Vision? from 2020-11-27T00:00

In this second episode of the first series, Sista Zai reads excerpts from her own Letter To Herself, her personal response to last week's letter writing prompt, "What Does It Mean To Be Africa...

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A Collective Visualisation: What Does It Mean To Be"African"In The 21st Century? from 2020-11-20T00:30

My loves,

In this first episode of season 1, I start with the critical question which lead me to a career as a storyteller after I graduated from law school. Namely,...

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Pilot Episode: Mad Professor In Focus from 2020-01-10T10:21

Host and founder of Afro-literary performance platforms, Sista Zai calls up the legendary Mad Professor for some advice. He shares stories about his own experience of establishing and operatin...

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