Generation Africa
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Generation Africa is podcast dedicated to African stories and the remarkable people who call Africa home.
Each week Tim Albone, your host, meets incredible people with amazing stories. Generation Africa tells the stories of hope, growth and creativity that are so common in Africa, but so often ignored.
Our guest will be explorers, entrepreneurs, surgeons, doctors, researchers, business gurus, sports stars, environmentalists, musicians, photographers and film makers. Africa’s game changers. Africa is a continent on the move and Generation Africa introduces you to those moving it.
Generation Africa is more conversation than interview. Challenging. Personal. Inspired. These conversations will inform and entertain.
Please join us on our journey.
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Episodes
Aryn Baker: Time Magazine Africa Correspondent
September 15, 2020 19:06 - 1 hour - 57 MB"I am biased, I try to correct my biases in my reporting, but yes i come from a point of view. I think the role of the responsible journalist is to always be aware of his or her biases and correct them or compensate for them." Aryn Baker Aryn is the Time magazine Africa correspondent. Before moving to Cape Town to cover Africa she was The Time magazine Middle East correspondent based in Beirut, before that she covered the war in Afghanistan, which is where I met her. Aryn has ove...
Tinashe Nyamudoka: Kumusha Wine
September 04, 2020 12:56 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MB“You know what? Sometimes I just don’t have to fit in, in place of saying I feel excluded at an event, why can’t I create my own event? Why can’t I create my own wine? Why can’t I create my own space? So for me, you can say Kumusha was a bit rebellious.” Tinashe Nyamudoka. Tinashe is a master blender and founder of Kumasha Wines. He was born and raised in Zimbabwe but developed his love of wine as a waiter and latterly sommelier at some of the finest restaurants in South Africa. Kumu...
Tom Hewitt MBE: Surfers Not Street Children
August 28, 2020 11:41 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MB“The kids on the streets have really educated me…some of the greatest acts of compassion and kindness that I have ever seen in the world have been by street children toward other street children… I feel indebted to the kids I’ve worked with, they’ve taught me a lot.” Tom Hewitt, MBE Tom is the founder of ‘Surfers Not Street Children’ an amazing charity that helps some of the most disadvantaged children in South Africa and Mozambique. Tom’s charity gets them off the streets, often...
Trevor Ncube: Zimbabwean Media Entrepreneur and Activist
August 20, 2020 20:07 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MB“That’s the thing dictators don’t realise, you make heroes out of common people who are just trying to do their work and that’s what they did with me….every time a dictator throws someone in prison they are recruiting for the other side.” Trevor Ncube Today I talk to Trevor Ncube about his journalism, standing up to Robert Mugabe, his dyslexia, going to prison for his beliefs, growing up poor and his daily routine. Trevor runs Alpha Media Holdings and hosts a hugely popular YouTube ...
David Filer: Award winning Zimbabwean Artist
August 20, 2020 19:54 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MB“To be honest I really hope I’m never 100% happy with my work. Because at that point you stop. It’s what gets me up at five in the morning chasing that." David Filer This week Tim talks to David Filer, one of a new generation of wildlife artists. Born and bred in Zimbabwe, David brings hyper realism to his incredible work. He’s won the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year Award and his work is showcased at the prestigious ManZArt gallery in Franschhoek, South Africa. David ta...
Deon Meyer: African Crime Fiction Icon
August 20, 2020 19:33 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MB“It’s an extremely lonely process…nobody knows what’s happening in my world and I don’t want to tell people what I’m writing because hopefully they’ll read the book and I’ll spoil it. So, it’s not only you are alone in this world, but you can’t really talk so nobody can relate.” Deon Meyer To kick off the series Tim speaks to Deon Meyer, an award winning South African crime fiction author and screen writer. Deon is a powerhouse of African crime fiction and his books have been translat...
Trailer
August 17, 2020 10:29 - 42 seconds - 675 KBGeneration Africa is A podcast dedicated to African stories and the remarkable people who call Africa home. Each week Tim Albone, your host, meets incredible people with amazing stories. Generation Africa tells the stories of hope, growth and creativity that are so common in Africa, but so often ignored. Our guest will be explorers, entrepreneurs, surgeons, doctors, researchers, business gurus, sports stars, environmentalists, musicians, photographers, film makers and CEOs. Africa’s...