African Australian Story
by African Australian Story
African Australian Story is telling and celebrating our communities’ narrative; stories that define who we are as individuals and as a people. Each week, we sit down in conversation with African Australians from all walks of life to discuss the topics that has our communities talking.
Episodes
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Podcast: Rising to the sound of freedom
As the saying goes, overnight success usually takes years. Laurette and James, the brother and sister team that makes up the RnB/Soul musical duo LnJ Music have embarked on a lifelong journey to create and share their music with the world, one song and many moments of patience at a time. With the...
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Podcast: The uniting power of #ThisFlag
#ThisFlag, an organic and passionate movement among Zimbabweans at home and across the world has just had its Brisbane birthing. We talk to three ‘Zimbos’ about how the movement is uniting community in Brisbane.
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Podcast: Modelling African Beauty
For our second podcast episode, we had a bit too much fun talking to Kenyans and friends Daisy Naulikha and Raisa Ochola about their experiences as Africans Australians in the modelling industry. We find out it is a sometimes bittersweet, sometimes joyous, but always surprising experience....
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Story: Nigerians class it up at first gala
While the Nigerian community in Queensland is predominately made up of skilled professional migrants and international students, among the wider Australian community, Nigerians are known for and defined by the now ubiquitous Nigerian email scams. Akua Afriyie went along to the gala dinner to find...
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Podcast: Aminata Diop – Indigenous. African. Australian?
Welcome to our podcast! As we are launching at the beginning of July, at the start of NAIDOC Week, we wanted to focus our premier episode on a topic at the roots defining belonging. Our first guest is Aminata Diop. She is an Australian of Indigenous heritage; her mother is from the Torres Strait...
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Story: Taking the sound of Africa to the street
There is a certain intoxicating joy about going to Brisbane’s South Bank Parklands on the weekends and walking the famed bougainvillea draped arbour to the sounds of Africa. The man creating this joy is African Australian Russel Svinurai, a street musician who has brought the native and…
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African Australian Story Podcast Preview
We are excited to be launching a new podcast about African Australian communities on 2 July 2016. Find out what it’s about and subscribe to our feed.
About this show
African Australian Story is telling and celebrating our communities’ narrative; stories that define who we are as individuals and as a people. Each week, we sit down in conversation with African Australians from all walks of life to discuss the topics that has our communities talking.
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