Home Sayings Podcast
by simmone marie-lynne ahiaku
The Home Sayings Podcast looks at different proverbs/sayings and phrases that our family members- have said to us throughout our lives that have stuck with us and shaped us. Together, we’ll explore their meanings, how they apply to our lives and most importantly, if it’s a home saying we’ll be passing onto the generations after us?
Episodes
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022: The tail of a rat may be small, but when two rats join their tails together it's bigger than that of a rabbit
Meet Oseremen, a Nigerian-Canadian storyteller, documentarian and digital hoarder based in southern Alberta. He's turned a lifelong love of stories into an academic career in Anthropology and a job as a journalist. While photography is closest to his heart, Oseremen is a jack of all trades whose...
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021: One, one cocoa full basket
Meet Zakiya McKenzie, a writer and researcher based in Bristol, England. In 2019, she was Writer in Residence for Forestry England during its centenary year and in 2023, her PhD research on Caribbean-led newspapers in Britain won the Olivette Otele Prize for Research in Black British studies. Her...
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020: AYSHAK / y3ayshek (aie-shek)
Meet Lillie, a trained earth builder, writer, filmmaker and facilitator, specialising in community building. Working within a range of environmental fields has inspired her to reimagine places with community. This embedded approach is drawn from therapeutic beekeeping, forest school facilitation...
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019: Ọmọdé gbọ́n, àgbà gbọ́n là fi dá ilé Ifẹ̀
Meet Jumoke, a Nigerian-born British force of nature and the co-founder of Our Living Archives and The Triple Cripples. These organisations exemplify her great passion for social justice and focus on the impact that the media, and wider systems, have on multiply marginalised people, especially...
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018: It takes all shapes and sizes to make up the world
Astute to the sounds of life, Carma is a writer, teacher, DJ & storyteller using music to fuel every creation. Her art reflects the sounds of church, the natural world, politics & everyday life. She focuses on the sounds that made her, the realities that come with understanding it all and a…
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017: The journey is a gift - Season Finale
Welcome to the season 1 finale with host Simmone reflecting on what the last 6 months has been with the podcast by answering questions asked by her audience! She reflects on which episode made her laugh, cry, reflect! as well as big learnings she's made a long the way and what's in store for…
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016: Mind over matter
Meet Natalie Lartey, a narrative researcher and strategist working with social purpose organisations. Her practice is focused on designing and using toolkits to centre racial literacy and colonial memory as essential components of inclusive storytelling and knowledge production. Natalie is the...
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015: Dat ren we bit bita-lif sote I bita, na-in bit shuga ken sote I swit
Meet Siana Bangura [pronounced ‘see-anna’], a multi-award winning writer, producer, performer, curator, and community organiser, hailing from South East London, currently living, working, and creating between London and the West Midlands. Siana is the founder and former editor of the Black…
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014: Shuí zhī pán zhōng cān, lì lì jiē xīn kǔ
Meet Sophie Yates Lu (she/they), a Taiwanese and English community organiser, facilitator, artist and massage therapist. Her work focuses on communities at the sharp end of injustice, currently working with Decolonising Economics and People's Economy. She also runs regular social meetups for...
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013: Patar pe pani girtha jata hai tou pigal jhata hai
Meet Iqra Iftikhar, a multidisciplinary creative. She thrives on connecting with others and sharing her sense of self, so that they feel comfortable to do the same. She's constantly exploring who she am, through mental health advocacy, community, building meaningful relationships, and through...
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012: Indlovu ibulawa yibunyonyo
Meet Nonhlanhla Makuyana (they/them) , a Zimbabwean-born, UK-based community economist, educator, and community organiser. They are a co-director at Decolonising Economics, where they work to cultivate a Black and People of Colour-led solidarity economy movement. Nonhlanhla’s research focuses on...
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011: Cadowgaaga malab sii
Meet Abdirahim Hassan, the Founder Coffee Afrik CIC an award-winning lived experience-led community organisation working across Hackney and Tower Hamlets that aims to disrupt established systems and works with and for marginalised folk in a number of different ways. Coffee Afrik is currently...
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010: Sɛ wo nni opanyin wɔ fie 'aa' due
Meet Edward Adonteng, an essayist, poet, artist, gardener and academic from South London. He credits himself as a bridge builder, facilitating discourses on several themes and creating platforms for people to thrive and fully exercise their ingenuity. Where can you find Edward? IG: edwardadonteng...
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009: Soo Dhawoow
Meet Naz Hamdi (aka NazfromNewham), a writer, archivist and curator from Newham, east London and she mostly documents music, film, nightlife and culture. Where can you find Naz? @NazfromNewham on all socials See you next Sunday!
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008: Egbe bere, ugo bere nke si ibe ya ebena nku kwaa ya
Meet Svetlana Chigozie Onye, a writer, journalist, singer, and climate justice advocate. She leads The Eco-Anxiety Africa Project (TEAP), which investigates the mental health impacts of climate change on African youth and builds community resilience. She is currently producing a documentary about...
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007: Bagal ma dikro ana gham ni chaday gotwa jayi
Meet Radhika, a writer, community organiser and certified romantic. She writes fiction about our tangled lives and loves, and is part of a wonderful group in Tower Hamlets using the arts to campaign for food and land justice in gentrifying London. Experiencing a big grief this year has made her...
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006: Kam waka to mi ɛn kam tap to mi na tu difrɛn tin
Meet Samia Dumbuya, a British-born Sierra Leonean who is an advocate for better climate education and for public policies to integrate the principles of climate justice in the shaping of our societies and economies. Samia is interested in green transitions on the African continent and loves…
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005: What is meant for you will reach you, even if it’s beneath two mountains. And what is not meant for you, will not reach you, even if’s between your two lips
Meet Sara Bafo, a community organizer, youth practitioner and educator. Her work is rooted in envisioning and building transformative educational programs and practices. She has spent over a decade in grassroots movements rooted in abolitionist, anti-imperialist and liberatory principles. Where…
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004: Sa ki la pou'w, lanmè-a pa ka chayé
Meet Indira Toussaint – a poet, educator, and all-around culture curator repping Saint Lucia with pride! Indira’s work dives into the stories of the Caribbean diaspora, exploring everything from identity and history to the power and beauty of Black and Indigenous resilience. She’s the co-founder…
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003: If yuh wan gud yuh nose haffi run!
Meet Larissa, a British Caribbean theoretician, movement griot (storyteller), and community organiser from South London with roots in Jamaica, Barbados, and St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Larissa is founding chair of TALAWA, a Black-led collective focused on the power of liberated education and...
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002: Afiɖe kpɔkpɔ nyo wu yame kpɔkpɔ
Meet Elike, a creative, writer, mover and shaker! Elike gets into why community is important, their relationship with their dad, their Ewe heritage and how putting in small efforts each day keeps us grounded and working towards our hopes and dreams <3 Where can you find Elike: @elike9k on...
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001: Ɔkɔtɔ nwo anoma
We kick off our first ever episode with the podcast host Simmone Ahiaku! She delves into the making of this podcast, her saying and the beauty of everyone being a mosaic of everyone who has ever loved them. You can find Simmone at @simmmoneahiaku on all socials!
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Home Sayings 000: The Introduction
This gives an intro to what future episodes will be about in less than a minute. You'll hear some sayings from different cultures and I introduce myself as the host.
About this show
The Home Sayings Podcast looks at different proverbs/sayings and phrases that our family members- have said to us throughout our lives that have stuck with us and shaped us. Together, we’ll explore their meanings, how they apply to our lives and most importantly, if it’s a home saying we’ll be passing onto the generations after us?
Hosted by
simmone marie-lynne ahiaku