Episode 159: Black Mixcellence Part 1 with Tamika Hall

Greetings Glocal Citizens!
This week I have the first of a “spirited” two-part conversation with the authors of Black Mixcellence--Cuban-Jamaican-American writer, Tamika Hall and another fellow countryman, Ghanaian mixologist, Colin Asare-Appiah. First up is Tamika who is is a mom, freelance writer & content strategy manager. She has created editorial content and marketing strategies for The Vitamin Shoppe, Mass Appeal, The Examiner, Mommynoire/MadameNoire, stupidDOPE.com, ICONIX, and Yellowbrick.co. She’s written branded content for a variety of brands including Bacardi, Maker’s Mark, PepsiCo, Anheusur-Busch, and Viniq. in addition to her commercial portfolio, she co-created the curriculum for the Hospitality and Tourism Industry Essentials online course with NYU’s Jonathan Tisch Center of Hospitality and was the winner of the 2021 Budweiser Hashtag Sports Award for Black Storytelling honoring her work on the pilot program for The Sneaker Essentials K-12 initiative.
I had a wonderful time getting to know more about Tamika and her explorations of black culture plus some of her inspirations. I look forward to sharing more insights on the global impact of the spirit industry on cultures across diasporas in Part 2 with Colin.
Where to find Tamika?
Buy Black Mixcellence! (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/688061/black-mixcellence-by-tamika-hall/)
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ladyblogga/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ladyblogga/?hl=en)
On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thaLadyBlogga)
What’s Tamika reading?
Will (https://a.co/d/3MeSxOm) by Will Smith
The Four Agreements (https://a.co/d/ghIrHXw) by don Miguel Ruiz
Sometimes I Trip on How Happy we Could (https://a.co/d/3n4ispD) Be by Nichole Perkins
Freedom is a Constant Struggle (https://a.co/d/cPSjgMi) by Angela Davis
All About Love (https://a.co/d/3y5jgUJ) by Bell Hooks
What's Tamika watching?
Sex and the City (https://www.hbo.com/sex-and-the-city)
New York Undercover (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Undercover)
Works by Spike Lee (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Lee)
What’s Tamika listening to?
Deep Purple (https://deeppurple.com)
Teddy Pendergrass (https://teddypendergrassofficial.com)
Prince (https://www.prince.com)
Other topics of interest:
Sylvia’s Soul Food Restaurant (https://sylviasrestaurant.com)
Women’s Day Magazine (https://www.womansday.com/about/a6107/about-about-us/)
Nkiru Books (https://kweliclub.com/collections/book-store)
Black Wall Street (https://daily.jstor.org/the-devastation-of-black-wall-street/)
Tom Bullock (https://punchdrink.com/articles/tom-bollock-and-the-forgotten-legacy-of-african-american-bartenders/) Special Guest: Tamika Hall.

Greetings Glocal Citizens!

This week I have the first of a “spirited” two-part conversation with the authors of Black Mixcellence--Cuban-Jamaican-American writer, Tamika Hall and another fellow countryman, Ghanaian mixologist, Colin Asare-Appiah. First up is Tamika who is is a mom, freelance writer & content strategy manager. She has created editorial content and marketing strategies for The Vitamin Shoppe, Mass Appeal, The Examiner, Mommynoire/MadameNoire, stupidDOPE.com, ICONIX, and Yellowbrick.co. She’s written branded content for a variety of brands including Bacardi, Maker’s Mark, PepsiCo, Anheusur-Busch, and Viniq. in addition to her commercial portfolio, she co-created the curriculum for the Hospitality and Tourism Industry Essentials online course with NYU’s Jonathan Tisch Center of Hospitality and was the winner of the 2021 Budweiser Hashtag Sports Award for Black Storytelling honoring her work on the pilot program for The Sneaker Essentials K-12 initiative.

I had a wonderful time getting to know more about Tamika and her explorations of black culture plus some of her inspirations. I look forward to sharing more insights on the global impact of the spirit industry on cultures across diasporas in Part 2 with Colin.

Where to find Tamika?

Buy Black Mixcellence!

On LinkedIn

On Instagram

On Facebook

What’s Tamika reading?

Will by Will Smith

The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz

Sometimes I Trip on How Happy we Could Be by Nichole Perkins

Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis

All About Love by Bell Hooks

What's Tamika watching?

Sex and the City

New York Undercover

Works by Spike Lee

What’s Tamika listening to?

Deep Purple

Teddy Pendergrass

Prince

Other topics of interest:

Sylvia’s Soul Food Restaurant

Women’s Day Magazine

Nkiru Books

Black Wall Street

Tom Bullock

Special Guest: Tamika Hall.