Hub Cymru Africa Podcast

In this episode of the Hub Cymru Africa Podcast, in collaboration with Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel and Africa Welsh News, Glenn speaks with Peter Kitelo Chongeywo. Kitelo is an Ogiek community leader and land rights activist from Kenya, who was born and raised in the forest and moorlands of Mt. Elgon, where he and his community have experienced violent evictions from their homes despite living peacefully and sustainably on their lands. In this interview, we explore the tensions of forced land rights and evictions, his organisation and activism for justice for the local people, and focusing on their successes. The Ogiek Community are partners of Size of Wales. ----more---- Read more about the Ogiek Community and their work with Size of Wales here: https://sizeofwales.org.uk/project/kenya-securing-ogiek-lands-forests-and-livelihoods  Hub Cymru Africa: hubcymruafrica.wales Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel: ssap.org.uk Africa Welsh News: africawelshnews.com

In this second instalment of our interview with Dr Salamatu Fada, Glenn continues his discussion with Dr Fada about her work in Nigeria with JAVS, an environmental care consultancy, and Talafi, which focuses on social issues and dynamics, how they relate to environmentalism and taking action to address them. Both of these vehicles represent Dr Fada’s work on climate action. The discussion turns to progress on the climate emergency and the action, or lack of action, taken by leaders and politicians around the world. But importantly, what more we can do, on the ground and at the grassroots, especially in Africa. Finally the discussion turns to Dr Fada’s role in public life and local politics, her motivations and the importance of role-modelling and representation. Dr Fada has a PhD in conservation biology, originally from Nigeria now residing in Bangor, in the north of Wales where she chairs the North Wales Africa Society.----more---- Hub Cymru Africa: hubcymruafrica.wales Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel: ssap.org.uk Africa Welsh News: africawelshnews.com North Wales Africa Society: northwalesafricasociety.org

In this new episode of the Hub Cymru Africa Podcast, in collaboration with Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel and Africa Welsh News, Glenn Edwards speaks with Dr Salamatu Fada from the North Wales Africa Society. Dr Fada has a PhD in conservation biology, originally from Nigeria now residing in Bangor, in the north of Wales where she chairs the North Wales Africa Society. In this episode, Glenn explores Dr Fada’s upbringing in northern Nigeria and her relationship with the natural environment and how she ended up in Bangor University where she completed her PhD. The conversation explores how Dr Fada acclimated to the weather and people with her family. Dr Fada’s work includes volunteering work both here in Wales and in Nigeria with the North Wales Africa Society, Climate Cymru and founding the Coalition of Conservation Biologists in Nigeria. ----more---- Hub Cymru Africa: hubcymruafrica.wales Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel: ssap.org.uk Africa Welsh News: africawelshnews.com North Wales Africa Society: northwalesafricasociety.org

In this new episode of the Hub Cymru Africa Podcast, in collaboration with Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel and Africa Welsh News, Isimbi Sabageni speaks with Paskaline Maiyo from Cheb Arts. Paskaline is a Kenyan artist, actress and model now living in Cardiff, Wales and is passionate about fashion, art and celebrating African excellence. In this episode, Isimbi explores Paskaline’s work promoting the arts through her organisation Cheb Arts and promoting global solidarity through the arts in Wales and Kenya, and indeed everywhere else in the world. ----more---- Hub Cymru Africa: hubcymruafrica.wales Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel: ssap.org.uk Africa Welsh News: africawelshnews.com Cheb Arts: cheb-arts.com

Cath Moulogo is joined by Wahura Kabutha, the Communications Officer at the Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel, a partner organisation of Hub Cymru Africa's. In this episode, Wahura interviews Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Economy in the Welsh Government and Labour & Co-operative Member of the Senedd for Cardiff South and Penarth. They discuss his upbringing, his work in politics and the skills needed to be a Minister, which were tested to the full during the Covid-19 Pandemic when he became a familiar face and voice in Wales as Minister for Health and Social Services. Vaughan Gething MS Vaughan was born in Zambia and brought up in Dorset. He was educated at Aberystwyth and Cardiff universities.  He has one son with his wife,  Michelle and is a largely retired cricketer who is also  a fan of both rugby and football. Vaughan was a solicitor and former partner at Thompsons. He is a member of the GMB, UNISON and Unite unions, and was the youngest ever President of the Wales TUC. He has previously served as a county councillor, school governor and community service volunteer – supporting and caring for a student with cerebral palsy. Vaughan is also a former president of NUS Wales. Between 1999 and 2001, Vaughan worked as a researcher to former AMs Val Feld and Lorraine Barrett and between 2001 and 2003, was the chair of Right to Vote – a cross-party project to encourage greater participation from black minority ethnic communities in Welsh public life. He is also a current member of the Co-operative Party. Vaughan has held the following roles in government, before taking up his current role as Minister for the Economy in May 2021: Cabinet Secretary/Minister for Health and Social Services May 2016 to May 2021Deputy Minister for Health September 2014 to May 2016Deputy Minister for Tackling Poverty June 2013 to September 2014   Wahura Kabutha Wahura is a PhD  researcher at Cardiff university specialising in consumer behaviour and digital marketing. She has experience in an array of industries such as entertainment, charities and sales. She is passionate about empowering minority communities. Wahura manages the communication channels for Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel and maximises the visibility of campaigns and projects. Her hobbies include travelling, meditating and creating content.   This is part of the Hub Cymru Africa podcast series that are being recorded with support from the Welsh Government and the FCDO Small Charities Challenge Fund. Hub Cymru Africa: hubcymruafrica.wales Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel: ssap.org.uk SSAP Youth Leadership Network: ssap.org.uk/pages/about

Earlier this year, Hub Cymru Africa and Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel held a photography competition as part of our ongoing "Reframing the Narrative" campaign. It was judged by photographers with links to both Wales and Africa: Takura Aldridge Nyamowa, Glenn Edwards and Justice Kalebe. In this podcast, Faith Israel, Diaspora and Inclusion Officer at Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel, is joined by Takura Aldridge Nyamowa, one of the photography competition judges. They discuss informed consent and its many facets within photography from the perspective of both small groups and Non-Governmental Organisations. Takura is an architectural designer and portrait photographer studying in Wales and working in Zimbabwe. He co-founded the SSAP Youth Leadership Network and the Cardiff University Zimbabwean Society, both of which engage African diaspora communities in Wales. Faith is a diaspora and inclusion officer at SSAP and political thinker interested in the interconnected struggles for liberation and ways of working towards this in the now. They have an academic background in international politics and racialisation and have worked within the international development sector focusing on the African diaspora and their development potential.  In their work at SSAP with HCA they focus on anti-racism, inclusion and leveraging diaspora knowledge within global solidarity. Additionally, they are passionate about political memory, blackness in art and the black British experience. This is part of the Hub Cymru Africa podcast series that are being recorded with support from the Welsh Government and the FCDO Small Charities Challenge Fund. More info about the photography competition and informed consent: https://hubcymruafrica.wales/news/photographycompetition2022/ Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel: ssap.org.uk SSAP Youth Leadership Network: ssap.org.uk/pages/about

Emina Redzepovic, Campaign Coordinator for The Case for Global Solidarity, is joined by SSAP Youth Leadership Network Officer and social justice activist Billy Mazoya, and SSAP Project Coordinator, textile designer and climate justice activist Ophelia Dos Santos. They discuss Hub Cymru Africa's commissioned research into levels of engagement in Wales with global solidarity, how it compares with their own lived experiences, and the role that social networks can play. This is part of the Hub Cymru Africa podcast series that are being recorded with support from the Welsh Government and the FCDO Small Charities Challenge Fund. More info: hubcymruafrica.wales/research-confirms-that-wales-is-a-caring-nation Full research: hubcymruafrica.wales/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GB-Dashboard-2022_07_04-WALES-MA.pdf Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel: ssap.org.uk SSAP Youth Leadership Network: ssap.org.uk/pages/about

Claire O'Shea, Head of Partnership at Hub Cymru Africa, is joined by Aileen Burmeister, Head of Fair Trade Wales, to discuss the importance of Fairtrade amidst a changing climate and a cost of living crisis. Hub Cymru Africa recently commissioned YouGov and the Development Engagement Lab to conduct research into levels of engagement in Wales with global solidarity. It found that 34% of people in Wales (3% higher than in the rest of Great Britain) have purchased or boycotted goods within the last 12 months based on the product or company’s engagement with global poverty. This is part of the Hub Cymru Africa podcast series that are being recorded with support from the Welsh Government and the FCDO Small Charities Challenge Fund. More info: https://hubcymruafrica.wales/research-confirms-that-wales-is-a-caring-nation/ Full research: https://hubcymruafrica.wales/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GB-Dashboard-2022_07_04-WALES-MA.pdf Fair Trade Wales: https://fairtrade.wales

Emina Redzepovic, Campaign Coordinator for The Case for Global Solidarity, is joined by her Hub Cymru Africa colleague Claire O'Shea, Head of Partnership, who commissioned YouGov and the Development Engagement Lab to research levels of engagement in Wales with global solidarity. Here, Emina and Claire discuss the research and its findings. They look at the data obtained by YouGov, what it shows about different levels of engagement between Wales and the rest of the UK, and how it could help the global solidarity sector in Wales to develop more effective communication strategies. This is part of the Hub Cymru Africa podcast series that are being recorded with support from the Welsh Government and the FCDO Small Charities Challenge Fund. More info: https://hubcymruafrica.wales/research-confirms-that-wales-is-a-caring-nation/ Full research: https://hubcymruafrica.wales/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GB-Dashboard-2022_07_04-WALES-MA.pdf

Cath Moulogo is joined by her Hub Cymru Africa colleague Faith Israel from Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel, who has been exploring the idea of positionality with Tina Ajuonuma from The Better Org and Claire O'Shea from Hub Cymru Africa. Here, Faith interviews them about their understanding of positionality, how it shapes the attitudes of individuals and organisations, and how it relates to dynamics of power and privilege within the global solidarity sector. This is part of the Hub Cymru Africa podcast series that are being recorded with support from the Welsh Government and the FCDO Small Charities Challenge Fund.   Guest biography Tina Ajuonuma is a practitioner and researcher in organisational development and behaviour with nearly 20 years’ experience in the social impact space, with experience working in Africa, Europe and North America. As the Founder and Principal Consultant at The Better Org, Tina provides strategic consulting advice to non-profit and social impact organisations within the areas of anti-racism, DEI, culture change, strategy and planning, project management, operational design and delivery, human resources, organisational learning, and impact evaluation. Tina holds an Executive MBA from Warwick University where she was awarded a distinction grade for her research on Bias in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programmes.

Cath Moulogo is joined by her Hub Cymru Africa colleague Beth Kidd who has been exploring what solidarity means to women and the barriers faced by women and girls with two excellent guests, Sunshine Komusana from Akina Mama Wa Afrika and Joanna Jonas from Nairasha Legal Support. This is part of a series of podcasts that are being recorded with support from  the Welsh Government’s Wales and Africa Programme.

Cath Moulogo is joined by her Hub Cymru Africa colleague Julian Rosser who has been exploring fundraising in global solidarity projects with Yetunde Fadeyi founder of REES Africa and Vic Hancock Fell from Fair Development and co-director of Raising Futures. Here, Julian interviews them about their experiences in fundraising for global solidarity projects, working in partnership and the lessons that can be shared. In the episode, Vic Hancock Fell refers to this TED Talk by Dan Pallota: "The way we think about charity is dead wrong" and this Twitter thread by Gabe Oatley. This is part of the Springboard series of podcasts that are being recorded with support from the FCDO under the Small Charities Challenge Fund.

Cath Moulogo is joined by her Hub Cymru Africa colleague Hannah Sheppard who has been exploring "working in partnership" with Dominique and Aimee Parker from Blossom Africa. Here, Hannah interviews them about their experiences and the lessons that can be shared. This is part of the Springboard series of podcasts that are being recorded with support from the FCDO under the Small Charities Challenge Fund.