Snapped

In this episode of the podcast, we celebrate women's month with an effervescent energy in the NPO space, Thobile Chittenden. She is the  CEO of The Makers Valley Partnership, a newly-established non-profit organisation that supports progressive and creative change-making activities in the east of Johannesburg. In Episode 4 she talks to us about her approach to helping communities and her own growth as a person. One of the striking thoughts that came across in this talk was how she views the success of an NPO in how long it takes them to make themselves redundant. Essentially saying that if they do their work well enough then there would be little need for them to exist in the current form,  which will ultimately mean they can move on to a new project and solve other challenges. Her open, honest and articulate interpretation of how she has grown as an individual, and now leader of a space such as Makers Valley, highlights so deeply how opportunity alone is not enough to succeed. Being willing to work at said opportunity is even more critical and creating that opportunity for someone else is baked into her DNA. If you would like to learn more about their approach to community-centered upliftment then have a peek at their website: https://www.makersvalley.org.za @makersvalley.jozi

Is it possible to successfully rebrand yourself as a creative or artist if you have already invested time, energy and effort into sculpting an identity and style with regards to your craft? In the third episode of the SNAPPED podcast we to talk to someone who's done exactly that! ZULO, formally known as Lil Trix, shares his thoughts with us on how he has approached this task and how his evolution as a person has led to the need to shift his own personal brand to something more reflective of his own growth. With more than a decade of work behind him, he is no stranger to making, failing and getting up. One thing we deeply appreciate about this artist is that he is cut from something he likes to call the "DIY cloth" or "DIY culture" where if there are skills he feels he needs to push his own work, he doesn’t outsource them, he acquires the skills himself. With his catchy, approachable and highly thoughtful approach to building up his music, this rapper/writer/designer/editor/producer and nice guy is someone to really keep an eye on. http://www.zulo.co.za

At Snapped Concepts, we had the opportunity to speak to Syf Ntabeni the CEO of VIBE Experiential, a young and fresh agency based in Johannesburg where we unpacked what it took and what it takes to grow a creative business in 2021.

In this the first episode of SNAPPED, a podcast that explores creatives throughout the African continent and beyond we speak to Khanyisile Dube AKA. BASMNT. As a creator in the arenas of music, fashion and now, app development, BASMNT has an overriding theme of brave exploration with a holistic view of failure and even more critically placing very real importance on his mental health as a cornerstone of his ability to make and do. As if his fingers were not already in a number of pies BASMNT is also the co-founder of Any Given Sunday JHB; an event curated for hip-hop lovers, artists, and industry-related individuals to rendezvous & celebrate hip-hop culture. linktr.ee/basmnt