The Signal Fire Series
by The Signal Fire Series
Writer and lighter of metaphorical signal fires, through this series of conversations with people from Africa and America, who veer off the beaten path and follow their dreams. Asijika! (Zulu term for "we won't turn back")Diverse.Stories.Matter.Original Music by SanjayC on SoundCloud as well.
Episodes
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Ep:6_2 On Science, Engineering and Life (PART 2)
Part 2 and the conclusion of a conversation between Keshni Washington and Lolan Naicker who started his journey as a little boy with a NASA shuttle poster on his bedroom wall in the southernmost tip of Africa and ended up becoming an engineer, an astrophysicist, worked on a project for the…
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Ep6: On Science, Engineering and Life (PART 1)
A conversation between Keshni Washington and Lolan Naicker who started his journey as a little boy with a NASA shuttle poster on his bedroom wall in the southernmost tip of Africa and ended up becoming an engineer, an astrophysicist, worked on a project for the European Space Agency, has 2…
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Ep5: On the Best South African Reads with Bookamoso Book Club
A conversation between Keshni Washington and Omphile Raleie founder of the South African online book club movement www.Bookamoso.co.za. We talk about how to start a book club, the rich literary community in South Africa, how it's ok to take time out to rest, the importance of being kind to…
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Ep4: On Writing, Film-Making and Why its Never Too Late
A conversation between Keshni Washington and Karamell Jones about how her writing and film-making career got started later in life, when she was already a grandmother. With 3 self-published novels - The TwisTed Dreams Series - a play and a movie under her belt, her next goal is to pitch a series…
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Ep3: On Diverse Children's Books & Self Publishing
A conversation between Keshni Washington and Ariel Mendez an author-illustrator of children's picture books who started her own publishing company for diverse books. We talk about the challenges of raising two little boys while conquering the world of publishing, the power of "just asking", the...
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Ep2: On Writing, Yoga, Diversity & Inclusion
A conversation between Keshni Washington and Denise Robinson, a lawyer, who has a passion for diversity & inclusion, yoga & mindfulness. We discuss pivoting your career when you have fewer responsibilities versus pivoting because you have more, diversity in yoga and the importance of simply...
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Ep1: On Writing and Running
Episode One: An inspiring conversation with writer Keshni Washington and South African runner (in her spare time) Faheemah Limbada who took on the ultimate human race, not once but twice and lived to tell the tale. They discuss books, running, and how just getting to the starting line can be an...
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Writer and lighter of metaphorical signal fires, through this series of conversations with people from Africa and America, who veer off the beaten path and follow their dreams. Asijika! (Zulu term for "we won't turn back")Diverse.Stories.Matter.Original Music by SanjayC on SoundCloud as well.
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