S6 E8: Telling our own stories: Conversations with African explorer, Dr Quinta
Release Date: 11/09/2020
S7 E13: Are you aware of the Fashoda Complex?
My African Cliches (English)
Hello friends, I am back again, finally, after more than 5 months of a forced absence. Thank you to those who have taken news! don't worry, my prolonged absence is not due to a lack of inspiration, of topics to share with you, or a breakdown of our Sankofa, it was really a much more prosaic reason, simply professional. One must pay the bills, right? 😊… Unfortunately, I’m sure we lost some faithful listeners along the way, but new ones joined us! I want to welcome them all. Many of you have asked me, where I went, I have been asked, is there no internet at that new place? is it so...
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S7 E 12: Searching for Mary: African Queen of Copenhagen
My African Cliches (English)
This woman, Mary Thomas, a courageous 19th-century slave from St. Croix (now part of the U.S. Virgin Islands), rebelled against indignity, along with two other women leaders, Agnes and Mathilda, "the three queens," to spark the largest labour revolt in Danish colonial history, an uprising known as the "Fireburn," in which fifty plantations and most of the town of Frederiksted on St. Croix were burned. This rebellion was brutally suppressed, and the three queens were arrested, tried and convicted. They served their prison terms in Copenhagen, a little over a mile from where the statue stands...
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S7 E11: The Nana Benz story: the harder they fall...
My African Cliches (English)
Join us in Part 2 to learn how the reign of the Nana Benz ended and the efforts of their daughters, ( the Nanettes) who actually went to business schools in the US and Europe to try and keep the sun shining! Enjoy!
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S7 E10: The Nana Benz: The quicker they rise...
My African Cliches (English)
The Nana Benz is first and foremost a collective adventure that refers to the economic mutations of an entire continent, from the early days of the colonial age to the arrival in force of China. To understand their story, we have to go back a long way, to the middle of the 19th century, and take the road to Indonesia, then under the domination of the Netherlands. During their wanderings in the island, Dutch merchants discovered cotton fabrics printed on both sides and covered with wax, a process that allows better fixing colors. The Dutch quickly had these brightly colored fabrics...
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S7 E9: What are you the name and the color of?
My African Cliches (English)
Who are you?
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S7 E8: The unbearable authenticity of Kojo T Houenou, the francophone Marcus Garvey
My African Cliches (English)
the Greek word DAIMON, translated into demon in French. The Greeks in Socrates' day spoke of Daimon, to talk about the purpose of their life, the cause for which they thought their life should be intended to. In short, they were fighting for the demon to be fulfilled. The change in semantics brought us nowadays to fight our demons, to better to appear in society as others want us to be. In sum, this willingness to fight for one’s daimon, this desire to be authentic.
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S7 E7: Munich1972: the Olympic birth of John Akii Bua, Uganda and the tradition of the lap of honor.
My African Cliches (English)
My African cliché of the day is that of the lack of seriousness and rigor of African athletes.
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S7 E6: Show us your love: order a copy of your "50 African pioneers' book"!
My African Cliches (English)
As you know, we have been working hard on compiling in a nicely illustrated book, the lives and stories of 25 women and 25 men, who were the first to achieve feats hitherto unattainable in the African continent.
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S7 E5: Sierra Leone, 1961: Birth of a Nation
My African Cliches (English)
Finally, I want to dedicate this episode to Amina, Sanu, and John Kay the best mechanic ever, who I met in 2012 in Freetown; and also, to all survivors, and to the memory of the more than 50,000 innocent who lost their lives during the war.
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S7 E4: Sierra Leone,1789: the rise and fall of a British colony!
My African Cliches (English)
This country's recent history is fascinating, with one of the largest natural deep-water harbor in the world; the first country to appoint a woman as a cabinet minister within Sub-Saharan Africa, in 1962, the first country in the world to invent a self-adhesive stamp, and where women have started voting in 1792, 120 years before those in Britain, and almost 200 years before Switzerland.
info_outlineDr Quinta is an African traveller and adventurer. Hailing from Nigeria, Cameroon, and Zambia, she has travelled to all 7 continents and 60 countries, with 21 of them in Africa. Her favourite experiences include climbing to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, bungee jumping in South Africa, and hang-gliding in Rio de Janeiro. In addition to travelling, she enjoys learning about history, especially African history.
She regularly promotes African culture and provides opportunities for other Africans to do the same. Dr Quinta recently published a collection of African fables titled “The Hare and Baboon and Other Stories”, and a book about her travel adventures titled “From Antarctica to Zimbabwe: How I hit the reset button on my life”.
Both books are available on Amazon or on SquintiBooks.com