This is episode 100 of Busy Being Black. To honour this milestone, my friend DYLEMA takes my seat to interview me. Busy Being Black emerged four years ago at a time of great personal distress – and transformation. I am unendingly grateful that you all keep showing up, tuning in and talking back.
About DYLEMA
DYLEMA is an acronym: Do You and Let Every Man ... Show More
Apr 18
Dancing to Freedom — Candice D'Meza
My bodacious conversation with theatre-maker and cosmological enchantress Candice D'Meza opens with my poem, Our Life Together. Inspired by an exchange between Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin, the poem is a fitting expression of the ways Black artists think, feel and create acro ... Show More
54m 50s
Dec 2020
A Black Utopia In North Carolina
“I thought I'd come to paradise,” said Jane Ball Groom upon arriving in Soul City, North Carolina. It wasn’t amenities or location that made Soul City paradise, but the promise of what it could be: a city built by Black people, for Black people. Our guests take us back to 1969 wh ... Show More
56m 51s
Oct 2022
How I Became The Worlds Best DJ With Only One Arm: Black Coffee
Black Coffee is one of the biggest DJs in the world, and one of the largest musical artists to ever come out of Africa full stop. Charging up to $300,000 a set, he’s one of the most coveted and in-demand DJs in the game today.
But what people may not know about him is that he’s c ... Show More
1h 6m
May 2023
Black Girl Magic didn't work for me: a love letter to exhausted Black women. | affirmations for Black women, self love for Black women, healing for Black women,
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I am exhausted. but why? why are Black women so exhausted? I share my story about being a perpetually exhausted Black woman as a love letter to exhausted Black women. My hope is to uplift exhausted Black women and encourage them to dig deep and find ... Show More
37m 1s
Aug 2022
Let's Keep Steppin' with Senator Nina Turner
In this last episode of the season, Senator Turner reflects. She inspires us to focus on life as a journey, not a destination. Speaking from the heart, SNT stays true-to-form and gets deep in her inspirational quotes to demonstrate the message that life is not a straight line; it ... Show More
30m 27s