EP55: THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF MARCH AND MARCH PROTESTS | Part 3

In this last episode of this series, we meditate on what it means to belong spiritually in a land that is not your home

EP54: THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF MARCH AND MARCH PROTESTS | Part 2

This is part 2 of a 3 part series and in this episode we travel to a small village in Zimbabwe where we explore how spiritual lineages do not adhere t...

EP53: THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF MARCH AND MARCH PROTESTS | Part 1

In this 3 part series we are travelling to Zimbambwe to try to understand what the spiritual reality of the anti-immigration protests are.

EP43: THE PROBLEM WITH SURNAMES

A42 HOUSE MUSEUM hosted us for one of their regular book clubs, and we had an amazing, intimate deep dive into the realities of how surnames came abou...

EP51: THE VERY FIRST ISITHUNYWA

In this episode, I wanted to trace the origins of what kept coming up in the last series, isithunywa

EP50: WHY DO HEALERS START CHURCHES | Part 3

In Part 3 of this topic we spend time with the founders and congregants of the Seven Days Adventist Zion Church

EP49: WHEN HEALERS START CHURCHES PART2

In this episode, we spend time with Gogo Simenjalo and Gogo Zanemvula, a mother and daughter duo who use components of the Christian church and the bi...

EP48: WHEN HEALERS START CHURCHES PART1

In this series we are exploring how healers balance African spirituality and Christianity. We will be attending different African Indigenous churches...

EP44: HOW THE TOWNSHIP DESTROYED SPIRITUALITY Pt3

This 3-part series is an in-depth exploration of the realities of the relationship between alcohol and spirituality in the practice of African culture

EP46: THE TRUTH ABOUT ALCOHOL AND SPIRITUALITY PT2

This 3-part series is an in-depth exploration of the realities of the relationship between alcohol and spirituality in the practice of African culture

EP45: THE TRUTH ABOUT ALCOHOL AND SPIRITUALITY PT1

This 3-part series is an in-depth exploration of the realities of the relationship between alcohol and spirituality in the practice of African culture

EP44: HOW THE TOWNSHIP DESTROYED SPIRITUALITY Pt2

So this is part 2 of the topic of how the township destroyed African spirituality. It’s a conversation that I have been having with Bongisa Msuthu and...

EP43: HOW THE TOWNSHIP DESTROYED SPIRITUALITY | Part 1

How did the physical structure of the township affect how black people navigated spirituality? Did it help to cultivate a better understanding of our...

EP42: SPIRITUAL BURNOUT

I think spiritual burnout has led many people to make drastic decisions or to misinterpret their experiences. Some people left church because of spiri...

EP41: When You Doubt Your Spiritual Journey

The vast majority of us will eventually find ourselves in some form of a crossroads in our spiritual journey. When we get to this point the decisions...

EP40: SPIRITUALITY IN A WORLD FALLING APART

EP39: THE JOURNEY KWANTU LIVE

EP38: Into The Ancestral Realm

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ep37: Spirituality In The Corporate World Part 2

But the topic of spirituality in the workplace is still a very broad one in terms of individual experiences and I was curious as to how others have na...

EP36: Spirituality In The Corporate World

The nature of African spirituality is such that it involves not just the acknowledgment of the existence of the spiritual realm but also the existence...

EP35 | When Feminism Meets African Spirituality

EP34: DOES CHANGING COUNTRIES AFFECT YOUR SENSE OF IDENTITY PART 2

This episode is a continuation of the topic asking Does changing countries affect your identity? It is part of a series that deals with the question o...

EP33: DOES CHANGING COUNTRIES AFFECT YOUR SENSE OF IDENTITY

What happens to your identity as a black South African when you no longer live within the socioeconomic or political or even the cultural norms and cr...

EP32: How Does Our Identity Affect Spirituality?

So I want to know how does our identity, how does our sense of self affect how we navigate our beliefs and how we respond to the world in general. I w...

EP31: HOW DOES LANGUAGE AFFECT SPIRITUALITY?

In the process of the change and evolution of our societies, how does language affect our relationship with spirituality?
I spoke to Gogo Khanya...

EP30: DEALING WITH SPIRITUAL SETBACKS

Very often we find ourselves feeling like noh mahn, something somewhere isn't right. There's something that is simply not adding up about how life fun...

EP29: Exploring Tarot Card Reading

So in the last episode, we discussed whether or not it is possible to practice multiple spiritual beliefs at the same time and I personally concluded...

EP28: CAN YOU PRACTICE MULTIPLE SPIRITUAL BELIEFS AT ONCE?

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The world that we live in today is increasingly global. Through the internet, there are virtually no boundaries stopping us from being influen...

EP26: UNDERSTANDING CONSULTING WITH A SANGOMA

For anyone who is still trying to figure out their way in African Spirituality, the prospect of having to consult with a Healer or Sangoma can be extr...

EP27: When Your Life Falls Apart

Have you ever had that moment or that period where you wanted where you just wanted to pack up one day and just disappear? To just leave everything be...

EP25: UNDERSTANDING CLEANSINGS

In Part 4 of our series on Practicing African Spirituality for Beginners, uMkhulu Mahlalentabeni will be taking us through Understanding Cleansings in...

EP24: UNDERSTANDING UMUTHI

The idea of embracing African Spirituality in all its different facets has generally become something easy to talk about. We speak openly about ancest...

EP23: UNDERSTANDING UMSAMO

Umsamo is one of those extremely vague yet still seemingly integral aspects of African Spirituality. The definitions and understandings of it vary gre...

Ep22: UNDERSTANDING YOUR ANCESTRAL LINEAGE

So, here you are. You have developed an interest in African Spirituality or something in you is pulling you towards that direction. You have a basic u...

EP21: AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 2

We continue the conversation with Gogo Aubrey Matshiqi as we dig deeper into the history of African Initiated Churches.
This episode also unpack...

EP20: AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

African Spirituality and Christianity are seemingly two opposing ideologies. Yet, there are African Initiated Churches such as ZCC and Ibandla Lamanaz...

EP19: WHY DO WE BELIEVE

What is the nature of belief? Why do we, as human beings, have the capacity to believe and what purpose does it serve?
In this episode it is jus...

EP18: SPIRITUALITY AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY II

The assumption that we often about technology is that it relates to things like automated electronic machinery and artificial intelligence. But each p...

EP17: SPIRITUALITY AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY

Most of us aware that social media does affect our psyche even though we not quite sure how or to what extent. But have you ever wondered how it affec...

EP16: THE SPIRITUALITY OF LAND

As Africans, it is almost a given that the land is an integral part of our spiritual identity but I want to know how. I want look specifically at sacr...