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Shades & LayersPrint in a Digital Age: Isha Gaye on Reconnecting Africa and the Diaspora (S9,E10)Send us a textIn this week's episode, Isha Gaye shares her journey from aspiring lawyer to founder and CEO of Afrique Noire Magazine, a print publication celebrating African creativity and connecting the diaspora to the continent. As a 2020 college graduate, nothing unfolded as planned for Isha and so lockdown forced her to reflect on her true wishes for her own future. Isha has always known that she wanted to stay connected to the African continent and to bridge the gap between the continent and the diaspora. That's when she came up with the idea f...2025-06-1641 min
Shades & LayersSabbatical: The True Cost of Success with Karabo Lediga (S9, E9)Send us a textWhat happens when the dream your mother sacrificed everything for becomes your personal nightmare? Johannesburg-based filmmaker Karabo Lediga joins us to explore this haunting question through her debut feature film "Sabbatical" – a raw, honest portrayal of mother-daughter relationships in post-apartheid South Africa. A 30-something year old woman called Lesego, is the compelling main character of this story. She is forced to return to her childhood home in the township in Pretoria after a professional downfall. While living in her mother's house, she has to reckon with having become alien to her ow...2025-05-2750 min
Shades & LayersMom's Magic Oil: The Bask & Lather Story with Shaina Rainford (S9, E8)Send us a textIn 2020, then nurse practitioner, Shaina Rainford got seriously ill from COVID. She survived the illness, but lost all her hair and found nothing on store shelves that could help with her condition. Then, she remembered that her younger sister went through something similar – not COVID – five years prior, and their mother had made a concoction that helped little sister to grow her 4C Hair to waist length. Shaina tried the hair oil on her own hair, documented her journey on social media and Bask and Lather was born.The story is abou...2025-05-1327 min
Shades & LayersThe BASE Framework: How to Achieve Your Dreams with Brandi Hudson (S9,E7)Send us a textOne of the most effective ways to succeed in entrepreneurship is mindset. To help you get in the right frame of mind for your new or existing venture, The SAL Podcast gets you a coach to answer some challenging questions on your journey to success. This time we have Performance Coach and Happiness Expert, Brandi Hudson. In this episode, she breaks down her B.A.S.E. framework that she uses to help her corporate, entrepreneurial and individual clients to reach the next level. Here are the main t...2025-04-2333 min
Shades & LayersFrom Passionate Intern to World Class Designer - Palesa Mokubung Part 2 - (BONUS)Send us a textIN CONCLUSIONIn the second part of this conversation with Palesa Mokubung, we discuss some of the challenges facing African designers, particularly when it comes to serving a market that is more and more shopping online. We also get into the behind the scenes at Mantsho, Palesa's fashion brand as well as the Shades and Layers Rapid Fire. Mantsho has been making waves in the fashion industry for the past 20 years, both in Palesa's home country, South Africa and more recently globally with an international co...2025-04-0916 min
Shades & LayersFrom Passionate Intern to World Class Designer : Palesa Mokubung Part 1 (S9, E6)Send us a textThis is the first part of a two-part conversation with renowned South African fashion designer Palesa Mokubung. In this conversation, she shares her 20-year journey with Mantsho by Palesa Mokubung, the fashion brand she founded after working as an intern at another iconic South African fashion house, Stoned Cherrie. This episode is both a celebration and a walk down memory lane with Palesa and here are some of the topics we discussed during our conversation: • Founded Mantsho without formal education, working for seven years before hitting a ceiling...2025-03-3133 min
Shades & LayersEmbracing African Beauty: Amanda Sebolai's Journey with Dignify Afro Beauty (S9, E5)Send us a textAmanda Sebolai is the founder of the South African natural haircare brand, Dignify Afro Beauty and my guest in this episode of Shades and Layers. Amanda's personal journey of embracing her natural hair led her to create a line of innovative haircare products that celebrate African beauty and self-love. Inspired by her daughters, Amanda's products are helping to transform hair care for African women in post-apartheid South Africa. Her story gives insight into how long it takes and exactly what it takes to build a brand step by step.T...2025-01-2836 min