Diaspora Food Stories – Details, episodes &amp; analysis

Diaspora Food Stories is produced by The Global Food and Drink Initiative, a 501c3 nonprofit. Together with your generous donation we can continue to preserve the oral history and culture of Black food and drink stories both in English and other languages spoken throughout the African diaspora. To donate, visit globalforgood.org.

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Zimbabwean Hotelier Dr. Mati Nyazema - Part 3

Episode 59

mercredi 14 août 2024 • Duration 41:44

Steps away from Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is a beautity boutique hotel built from the vision of Dr. Matifadza Nyazema or Dr. Mati, former journalist and hospitality veteran.

She built Mbano Manor Hotel from the ground up over the couse of three years between 2016 and 2019, opening her doors in February 2020 right before the world shut down for the COVID pandemic.

But just as beautiful as the 18-room property with a one presidential suite is the story of vision, faith and determination to create a legacy agains all odds.

We are sharing her story over three episodes so get ready to be amazed and inspired, knowing that if you put your mind to something and really work to make it happen, it will.

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Diaspora Food Stories is produced by The Global Food and Drink Initiative, a 501c3 nonprofit. Together with your generous donation we can continue to preserve the oral history and culture of Black food and drink stories both in English and other languages spoken throughout the African diaspora. To donate, visit globalforgood.org.

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Chef and Entrepreneur Rachel Adjei

Episode 49

mercredi 3 avril 2024 • Duration 35:32

Rachel Adjei is a chef and entrepreneur based in Toronto, Canada. In 2020, she founded The Abibiman Project, a social enterprise venture that introduces the abundance of flavors and ingredients from the African continent and its diaspora through dishes and products created to give back to organizations serving communities, especially residents, who are food insecure.

As one of Toronto’s rising stars, she is creating an impact by doing what she loves: bringing people together through food.

In this episode, she shares what inspired The Abibiman Project, establishing the right partnerships and what self care as an entrepreneur looks like for her.

To learn more about Rachel and her work, visit The Abibiman online.

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Diaspora Food Stories is produced by The Global Food and Drink Initiative, a 501c3 nonprofit. Together with your generous donation we can continue to preserve the oral history and culture of Black food and drink stories both in English and other languages spoken throughout the African diaspora. To donate, visit globalforgood.org.

Cookbook Authors Vernita Harris and Beatrice Moore

Episode 48

mercredi 20 mars 2024 • Duration 47:57

Vernita Harris and Beatrice Moore have turned a 40-plus year friendship into a business over food. The friends met while in attending Praire View A & M University in Texas as college students and have since supported each other’s journeys through life since.

Their friendship turned into a partnership during the pandemic in 2020 when they began to create a community by sharing recipes. This led to publishing their first cookbook, ”Pinch-Dash-Done: A Gateway to Flavorful Recipes,” which received several accolades.

Due to be released on April 6, their follow-up cookbook “Pinch-Dash-Done: Make It Seasonal,” focuses on cooking with fruits and vegetables that are in season for optimal flavors.

In this episode, they are talking about the success of their cookbooks that includes a partnership with AARP.

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Diaspora Food Stories is produced by The Global Food and Drink Initiative, a 501c3 nonprofit. Together with your generous donation we can continue to preserve the oral history and culture of Black food and drink stories both in English and other languages spoken throughout the African diaspora. To donate, visit globalforgood.org.

Crescendo Foods Ghana Founder Dr. Wanida Lewis

Episode 47

mercredi 6 mars 2024 • Duration 50:27

New Jersey native Dr. Wanida Lewis founded Crescendo Foods, Ghana’s first shared kitchen coworking hub, in 2021.

A food scientist by profession, Dr. Lewis and Crescendo Foods’ focus is to “create a Pan-African ecosystem to celebrate culture through food as well as art.” It also serves as a safe place where innovative ideas can be nurtured.

Located in the country’s capital, Accra, Dr. Lewis and her team are preparing to host participants who want to learn about African cuisine, specifically Ghana’s cuisine and food culture, during their first culinary culture exchange program, Plate 2 Plate, this July.

To learn more about Crescendo Foods and Plate 2 Plate, visit their website.

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Diaspora Food Stories is produced by The Global Food and Drink Initiative, a 501c3 nonprofit. Together with your generous donation we can continue to preserve the oral history and culture of Black food and drink stories both in English and other languages spoken throughout the African diaspora. To donate, visit globalforgood.org.

Wine and Hip-Hop Connoisseur Jermaine Stone

Episode 46

mercredi 17 janvier 2024 • Duration 51:00

If you love wine and hip-hop, this is an episode you don’t want to miss. While in college, Jermaine Stone, aka The Real Wolf of Wine, had a goal of getting a office job to grow his business skills not knowing that it would one day lead to traveling the world for wine.

The Bronx native worked for Zachy’s, an auction house in New York, where he began to learn about wine from the operations side. As his career and knowledge expanded, he eventually became a consultant for some of the biggest brands and wine regions globally.

His love of hip-hop carries over seamlessly into his work as he pairs his favorite artists and lines with wines to show the characteristics and notes of each that create the perfect melody of sound and taste.

He is sharing some of his favorite wine and hip-hop pairings and more in this episode.

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Diaspora Food Stories is produced by The Global Food and Drink Initiative, a 501c3 nonprofit. Together with your generous donation we can continue to preserve the oral history and culture of Black food and drink stories both in English and other languages spoken throughout the African diaspora. To donate, visit globalforgood.org.

Artist and Writer Tunde Wey

Episode 45

mercredi 3 janvier 2024 • Duration 01:16:23

Tunde Wey is more than an artist and writer. He is also a cook who uses "nigerian food to interrogate colonialism, capitalism and racism," per his website.

We first learned about his work when news outlets began reporting on his social projects in New Orleans that charged White people at least 2x more for plates of food as a way of discussing the wealth disparity gap in the city.

But before he began cooking for people and using food to passionately advocate around issues relating to race and wealth, there is a story of an inquisitive young boy growing up in Nigeria who would step foot on U.S. soil in Detroit at age 16.

This episode shares his journey from Nigeria to the U.S. and all of the joys and struggle that inform the work he is doing today.

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Diaspora Food Stories is produced by The Global Food and Drink Initiative, a 501c3 nonprofit. Together with your generous donation we can continue to preserve the oral history and culture of Black food and drink stories both in English and other languages spoken throughout the African diaspora. To donate, visit globalforgood.org.

Chef and Food Advocate Bashir Munye

Episode 44

mercredi 13 décembre 2023 • Duration 56:31

Born in Somalia and raised in Italy, Chef Bashir Munye has called Toronto home for the past 22 years. Growing up in the Mediterranean, fresh seasonal foods were the norm. His approach to cooking is simple.

In this episode, he talks about his brief time in Somalia before moving to Italy at five years old and assimilating to Italian culture, only to later as an adult find his way back to his African roots and how this shows up in this work as a chef, food advocate and educator today.

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Diaspora Food Stories is produced by The Global Food and Drink Initiative, a 501c3 nonprofit. Together with your generous donation we can continue to preserve the oral history and culture of Black food and drink stories both in English and other languages spoken throughout the African diaspora. To donate, visit globalforgood.org.

Entrepreneur and Author Agatha Achindu

Episode 43

mercredi 29 novembre 2023 • Duration 01:11:30

These days, Agatha Achindu is wearing several hats as a successful entrepreneur, wellness architect, and,most recently, cookbook author.

The Cameroonian author of "Bountiful Cooking," released September 2023, is also the founder of Yummy Spoonfuls, which she started in 2006 to help parents become more intentional about the foods they give their children.

With an unwavering commitment to sharing her passion for healthy eating and living with others, she gives listeners a behind-the-scenes breakdown of how faith powered her entrepreneurial journey to where she is today.

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Diaspora Food Stories is produced by The Global Food and Drink Initiative, a 501c3 nonprofit. Together with your generous donation we can continue to preserve the oral history and culture of Black food and drink stories both in English and other languages spoken throughout the African diaspora. To donate, visit globalforgood.org.

Entrepreneurs Kudzai Bingepinge and Awa Kone

Episode 42

vendredi 17 novembre 2023 • Duration 52:52

Switzerland and Chicago-based entrepreneurs Kudzai Bingepinge and Awa Kone sit down with host Sheree Williams for this episode of Diaspora Food Stories to talk about their business venture African Flavor Lab and their brand N/UM, African artisan salts.

With roots in both Zimbabwe and Ivory Coast, the duo have uncovered one of Africa's hidden gems, salt. Through N/Um, they are not only delivering great taste, but African culinary history in each of their five artisanal offerings.

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