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The Witch’s Flight with Zama DubeIMAGINATION, MIGRATION & MAGICAL REALISM ELSEWHERES: AN ARTIST CONVERSATION WITH SIMPHIWE NDZUBEOn this month’s edition of The Witch’s Flight, Zama Dube is joined by Simphiwe Ndzube. The conversation spans personal biography, grief, sobriety and sourcing from ancestral memory to create a radical visual grammar.Simphiwe Ndzube is a South African visual artist whose work moves between painting, sculpture, and performance with an unmistakable sense of imagination and political depth. Originally from the Eastern Cape and now based between Cape Town and Los Angeles, Simphiwe draws on magical realism, folklore, and the post-apartheid condition to build entire worlds—what he calls the “Mine Moon” or “Pink Universe.”His art s...2025-06-2554 min
The Witch’s Flight with Zama DubeTINY MIC/HEAVY SOUND: AN ARTIST CONVERSATION WITH MORUFOn this month’s episode, Zama is joined by special guest MoRuf Adewunmi.MoRuf Adewunmi is a Nigerian-American rapper, writer, and cultural curator based in Los Angeles. Known for his introspective lyricism and jazz-infused sound, MoRuf blends hip-hop, soul, and personal storytelling to create music that resonates deeply with listeners. He is the founder of Some Jazz Playing, a creative platform and community space that celebrates Black culture, jazz aesthetics, and artistic expression. Through both his music and multimedia work, MoRuf continues to build a legacy rooted in authenticity, emotional depth, and cultural reverence. His latest EP, Ti...2025-04-2248 min
The Witch’s Flight with Zama DubePathways into the Elsewhere: Healing through AstrologyOn this month’s episode, host Zama Dube is joined by special guest Monique Ruffin for an in-studio interview.MONIQUE RUFFIN is a renowned astrologer, spiritual advisor, and writer with a deep commitment to guiding others on their personal and spiritual journeys. With years of experience in astrology, Monique has cultivated a unique approach that blends intuitive wisdom with practical insight, helping individuals navigate life’s challenges with clarity and confidence. Known for her warm, compassionate style, Monique offers personalized readings that empower her clients to align with their true purpose and harness the energies of the star...2025-04-1040 min
The Witch’s Flight with Zama DubeWOMANIST PERSPECTIVES: A CONVERSATION WITH FIYIN KOKOThe Witch’s Flight is guided by the question; “What does freedom SOUND like?” Taking heed to this, amapiano becomes a portal and a sonic guide to diverse freedom dreams. The Witch’s Flight is the quest for a Black feminist sensibility structured in a series of sonic experimentations that center South Africa and the larger African diaspora.On this month’s episode, Zama is joined by special guest Fiyin Koko Tunde-Onadele for an interview.Fiyin Koko Tunde-Onadele (b.1994) is a multidisciplinary Nigerian artist who developed a passion for art from a young age, inspired by watching...2025-04-1050 min
The Witch’s Flight with Zama DubeMAKING SPACE , BEAUTY & REST: A CONVERSATION WITH URÉCHI OGUGUOThe Witch’s Flight is guided by the question; “What does freedom SOUND like?” Taking heed to this, amapiano becomes a portal and a sonic guide to diverse freedom dreams. The Witch’s Flight is the quest for a Black feminist sensibility structured in a series of sonic experimentations that center South Africa and the larger African diaspora.On this month’s episode, Zama is joined by multidisciplinary artist Uréchi Oguguo for an artist conversation about their creative practice and how they queer the visual field by engaging African diasporic sensibilities of art.Uréchi Oguguo is...2025-04-1052 min
The Witch’s Flight with Zama DubeQUEERING AMAPIANO: A TRIP INTO THE ELSEWHERE W/ MS PARTYThe Witch’s Flight is guided by the question; “What does freedom SOUND like?” Taking heed to this, amapiano becomes a portal and a sonic guide to diverse freedom dreams. The Witch’s Flight is the quest for a Black feminist sensibility structured in a series of sonic experimentations that center South Africa and the larger African diaspora.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Olwethu “Olwee” Mlotshwa, better known by his stage name, Ms Party, is a South African DJ. Born in Diepkloof, Soweto, the DJ has garnered popularity for his zeal on the decks, playing catchy tunes and every now and then lea...2025-04-101h 10
The Witch’s Flight with Zama DubeKWAITO PERSPECTIVES ON AMAPIANO: A CONVERSATION WITH DJ CLEOThe Witch’s Flight is guided by the question; “What does freedom SOUND like?” Taking heed to this, amapiano becomes a portal and a sonic guide to diverse freedom dreams. The Witch’s Flight is the quest for a Black feminist sensibility structured in a series of sonic experimentations that center South Africa and the larger African diaspora.On this month’s episode, Zama will be joined in conversation by DJ Cleo, mapping DJ Cleo’s impact on South African dance music culture and its influence on the contemporary landscape of amapiano.DJ Cleo is a South Afric...2025-04-1048 min
The Witch’s Flight with Zama DubeAlkebulan Dreams: Mpho Sebina on Music, Memory & DiasporaIn this episode, we are in conversation with Mpho Sebina who is a Botswana-born and bred melodist, songwriter. She is also a Recording Academy Voting Member who has spread her wings across the music scene over the past couple of years. Her sound is Neo Soul and AfroIndie, performing for small acoustic audiences to large festival stages including Forbes Under 30 Pan African Welcome Celebration hosted in Gaborone , Botswana in May 2024. She debuted her first project in 2017, a six track EP titled “Neo'' featuring the hit song ‘No Evil’ which encompasses all of the musical elements that make and influence her fr...2025-03-2351 min
The Witch’s Flight with Zama DubeLiving & Loving Blackness: Black History Month ReflectionsThis month in celebration of Black History Month, Zama has a special episode lined up honoring personal narratives spanning from Nigeria, South-Africa, Black Los Angeles and beyond.Our astrologer, Monique Ruffin will be joining us for part two of our astrological forecast for 2025. Since we are also celebrating Valentine’s Day month, our astrologer will speak to us about the function of “Venus” which is the planet that governs love, pleasure and creativity.In the second hour, joining us in-studio is Akin Omotoso, a Nigeria-South African filmmaker and director known for his thought-provoking storytelling and visual...2025-02-251h 59
The Witch’s Flight with Zama DubeIn Search of the Black Fantastic: An Intimate Conversation with Cinematic Griot––Akin OmotosoIn this intimate conversation with director/writer/producer, Akin Omotoso, I demonstrate a Black feminist consideration of the ways in which African filmmakers such as Omotoso contend with gendered and racialized visual histories in order to produce subversive images of Blackness. Omotoso was born to a Barbadian mother and a Nigerian father and had lived in both places before being uprooted go to South Africa. Thus, I contend that he embodies the practice of diaspora and collapses rigid understandings of “home”, “place” and “identity”––these themes can be traced throughout his extensive filmography. Whilst Omotoso has captured the interest of Hollywood by d...2025-02-051h 21
DJ Lynnée Denise (Amsterdam, Johannesburg, London, Saturn)The Afro-Digital Migration: Global Blackness and Amapiano in Post Apartheid South AfricaSouth Africa is one of my musical mothers. I discovered this nearly twenty years ago when I stepped on the continent for the first time and landed near the Indian Ocean in the city of Durban. By the time I pulled up to Durban, I had already spent that entire year listening to a Zulu musician, also from Durban, by the name of Busi Mhlongo. And while her name never really circulated in the States like a Miriam Makeba or a Letta M’bulu, I knew that her voice, her music, and her movement was an invitation to reacquaint my...2020-09-101h 00
Kanye NaweGlobal Citizen: Zama DubeGlobal Citizen: Zama Dube based in LA.Zama Dube is a recognizable name in SA as she was previously on a number of radio stations (YFM,702,947) in Jo’burg before relocating to LA2019-07-1807 min