Item 13: An African Food Podcast
1) Live Event on May 31st in Brooklyn
We want to personally invite you to a live HRN event Yorm is hosting on Wednesday, May 31st at 6:00 PM in Brooklyn.Ā Join Yorm for Chop {Bar} and Chat, a conversation with African chefs on how they'...Show More
2) Dr. Wanida Lewis on Building a Black Food Community & Enterprise in Accra
Dr. Wanida Lewis is the Founder and CEO of Crescendo Foods, Ghana and West Africaās first shared commercial kitchen co-working hub located in Accra, Ghana. Dr. Lewis has over ten yearsā experience lea...Show More
Dr. Wanida Lewis on Building a Black Food Community & Enterprise in Accra
1:05:57 | Feb 28th, 2023
3) Nkem Oghedo on Spreading Joy through Black Cuisine
A Queens, NY native, Nkem Oghedo is the founder of AdĆ”, a community & online destination for global Black food culture. Previously, she worked in management consulting and served as the Chief of Staff...Show More
4) Selassie Dotse on Blackness in Fine Dining
Born in Accra, Ghana but raised in the American South, food was always a large part of Selasie's life. For the past 5 years, Chef Selasie has worked at several well-known fine dining restaurants acros...Show More
5) Selassie Atadika Experiments with African Flavors via Midunu Chocolates
After over a decade spent engaged in humanitarian work with the United Nations and years of self-teaching in the culinary arts, Selassie Atadika completed course work at the Culinary Institute of Amer...Show More
6) REPLAY: Changing Food Narratives in Africa with Ndidi Nwuneli
This week we're re-broadcasting our episode with Mrs. Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, co-founder of AACE Foods and an expert on social innovation, African agriculture and nutrition, entrepreneurship, and youth...Show More
7) Edwina Morgan is Re-imagining West African Food with Waakye Leaf
This week's guest is Edwina Morgan of Waakye Leaf. The idea for Waakye Leaf was born out of a genuine love for building cultural bridges by sharing traditional African culinary knowledge with the wor...Show More
8) Chef Pierre Thiam
This week's guest is US-based African chef, cookbook author and activist Pierre Thiam. Pierre (who was born and raised in Senegal and now lives in the Bay Area) has dedicated his career to making Wes...Show More
9) Afua Ayisi's Bosuo Foods
Inspired by her daughters, Afua Ayisi started a bottled beverage business featuring herbal teas across the continent. Starting with the roselle hibiscus tea, popularly known in Francophone West Africa...Show More
10) Samantha Kotey's Auntie's Ice Cream
Samantha Kotey is a corporate attorney, food enthusiast, and cook born and raised in Houston, TX to Ghanaian immigrants. Growing up with a Ghanaian mother who proudly subscribed to traditional West Af...Show More