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Blossom of ThoughtOgadinma Kingsley Okakpu: The Parasitism and Decay of CapitalismOgadinma Kingsley Okakpu, PhD’d in Biomedical Sciences, and currently working as a research scientist in the biotech industry joins me to talk geopolitical economics today. We analyze the relevancy of Lenin whose analysis in "The Parasitism and Decay of Capitalism" ( Chapter 8 of Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism) remains deeply relevant today, as many of the tendencies he identified have intensified under neoliberal globalization and financialized capitalism. In this episode we break down 2 of 5 of his key arguments in the chapter and how these apply to the contemporary world: a) parasitism and the rise of the rentier class an...
2025-08-1624 min
Blossom of ThoughtVelaphi Mamba: US Deportees to SwazilandTreasurer General of the People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO - one of Swaziland political oppositions) political analyst, and a vibrant activist, Velaphi Mamba - Harvard Graduate - joins me in this episode to discuss and analyze the US deportees to Swaziland. The United States sent five immigrants, alleged to have been convicted of serious crimes, to the African nation of Swaziland. These deportees are reported to be from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos.
2025-08-1025 min
Blossom of ThoughtMoya Mzuri: History of the AAWRU Pt 3We have Part 3 of the history of the All African Women Revolutionary Union (AAWRU), a women’s wing of the AAPRP. Sister Moya Mzuri, covers another 10+ years of the history from the 10th Anniversary of the AAWRU in 1990 and beyond the year 2000. Post 1990 the AAWRU created a section on women in cadre political book lists and Integrating readings on women in all sections. Some sisters relocated to the Caribbean to build chapters and organize in the Virgin Islands by 1986-87. Others made the revolutionary leap to live and organize in Azania South Africa to assist in the est...
2025-07-2929 min
Blossom of ThoughtMoya Mzuri: History of the All African Women Revolutionary Union Pt 2This is Part 2 of the history of the All African Women Revolutionary Union (AAWRU), a women’s wing of the AAPRP. My guest, sister Moya Mzuri, covers 10 years of the history from the inception of the AAWRU to its 10th anniversary. These are the highlights of the record:•1980 - Central Committee mandates the creation of the AAWRU; Post African Liberation Day Regional Task Force created to found the Union; Union founded in CO, Ohio and elects Maisha Washington at the conference.•1982 - Women & Society reading @ January ’82 Central Union & Regional Coord. Mtg; Decision of Union to have Asse...
2025-06-3036 min
Le débat africainMali, Mauritanie, Trump vs Musk… L’actualité vue par les éditorialistes africainsAu sommaire : Ce lundi, une série d’attaques a été menée par le Jnim, le Groupe de soutien à l’Islam et aux musulmans lié à al-Qaïda, dans la ville de Tombouctou. Des attaques qui surviennent seulement quelques jours après celles de Boulkessi, de Soumpi et de Dioura. Quelle est la capacité d’action du Jnim ? Quelles réactions au Mali ? À Nouakchott, indignation et colère après le viol et le meurtre d’une jeune femme enceinte. Un nouveau féminicide qui rappelle que l’État mauritanien n’a aucune loi régissant les violences sexistes et sexuelles...
2025-06-0639 minLe débat africainMauritanie, Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire et Donald Trump… L’actualité vue par les éditorialistes africainsL’ancien président mauritanien Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz est condamné en appel à 15 ans de prison ferme pour « enrichissement illicite » et « trafic d’influence ». Avancée dans la lutte contre l’impunité ou règlement de comptes ? Au Gabon, l'ancien président Ali Bongo et sa famille ont été libérés et sont arrivés dans le plus grand secret à Luanda, la capitale angolaise. Beaucoup déplorent une justice à deux vitesses, à juste titre ? En Côte d’Ivoire, le leader du PDCI Tidjane Thiam est réélu à la tête du parti, deux jours après avoir démissionné de ce poste. Une élect...
2025-05-1638 min
Blossom of ThoughtMoya Mzuri: History of the All African Women Revolutionary Union - Pt 1Sister Moya Mzuri of the All African Women Revolutionary Union (AAWRU), a women’s wing of the AAPRP, speaks to me on the general history of the AAWRU. Sister Mzuri joined the AAPRP in 1976 - some 4 years before the establishment of the AAWRU. In this episode, the first of a couple to come documenting the history of the AAWRU, she speaks about the conditions that necessitated the launching of the AAWRU, and why the AAWRU was not formed immediately after the above ground announcement of the AAPRP in 1972. She concludes by highlighting the most noteworthy advocates for the establishment of...
2025-05-0431 min
Blossom of ThoughtMimut Nuhu: Fani Lou Hamer - RESISTANCE Par ExcellenceMinister Mimut Nuhu of the House of Sankofa, California, and cadre of the AAPRP is the guest in this episode. The subject is Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977), a woman characterised by RESISTANCE, a prominent civil rights activist, voting rights advocate, and leader in the fight for racial and economic justice in the United States. Born in rural Mississippi to sharecropper parents, she experienced poverty and racial oppression firsthand, which fueled her lifelong commitment to activism. This episode should be listened to together with the previous one on Ida B. Wells.
2025-04-2623 min
Blossom of ThoughtJohn Trimble: Appropriate Technology Manifesto - Chpt 2This episode covers Chpt 2 of the book Appropriate Technology Manifesto. Author, John Trimble, presents historical materialism (HM) as the application of dialectical materialism to society, production and reproduction, i.e., HM offers a materialist theory to examine the socio-economic impact of technology. According to John, those in charge of production guide technology development to maintain and enhance their control over resources. That is, the dominance of the conquest mentality and the capitalist class continues to shape technology policy. By extension, the workers are weakened and continue to be exploited. In all this, the biggest challenge is to overcome the...
2025-04-2029 min
Blossom of ThoughtMimut Nuhu: IDA B WELLS - An Anti-lynching CrusaderFrom the House of Sankofa California, minister Mimut Nuhu rejoins me today to shine a spotlight on Ida B Wells, an anti-lynching crusader, a civil rights pioneer, a person known for her fearless activism amid systemic oppression, and a relentless advocate for justice. We know so much about lynching in the Southern states such as Mississippi because of our ancestor, Ida - the champion of justice - whose mantra was: "The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them." Mimut passionately highlights the gruesome and inhumane crimes against people of African descent in North...
2025-04-0723 minLe débat africainDadis Camara gracié, droits de douane américains… L’actualité vue par les éditorialistes africainsAu sommaire : La grâce présidentielle accordée au capitaine Moussa Dadis Camara, huit mois après sa condamnation à 20 ans de prison ferme pour crimes contre l’humanité, fait polémique en Guinée et au-delà des frontières. Comment expliquer cette décision du général Doumbouya ? Le président américain a annoncé ce mercredi des « droits de douane réciproques » sur les importations des Etats-Unis, par pays, et avec un taux plancher de 10%. Quelles réactions à l’international ? Qui seront les grands perdants de cette nouvelle guerre commerciale ?Chaque semaine, des journalistes et éditorialis...
2025-04-0438 min
Blossom of ThoughtJohn Trimble: Appropriate Technology Manifesto - Chpt 1John Trimble joins me to talk about his latest book, APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY MANIFESTO: Shifting the Forces of Production to Empower People and Protect the Planet. With an intention to do a chapter per episode, in this episode we discuss chapter 1. In this episode John gives a critical analysis of the western paradigm of conquest, domination and exploitation which inspires the development of technology. Such technology turns out to be destructive to land, harmful to humanity, and disruptive to ecological systems. He argues that the technology of conquest, oppression and violence has further been developed to suppress all effort for...
2025-03-0828 minBlossom of ThoughtMimut Nuhu: A Tribute to Dr. KingMimut Nuhu, minister from the House of Sankofa in California and a cadre of the All African People’s Revolutionary Party, joins me in this episode to pay a respectful tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King was born on January 15th, 1929, and died on April 4th 1968. Minister Mimut speaks not only of Dr King, but his family too, stating that his brother, Alfred Daniel King, and mother (Alberta Christine Williams King) were assassinated too - something relatively unknown to the public and African community. MLK’s life was an embodiment and manifestation of the laws or principles of Ma...
2025-01-2028 minBlossom of ThoughtAhjamu Umi: The HealthCare System Extorts and Profits out of Peoples SufferingAhjamu Umi returns to the show to talk about the insurance industry from a Pan-African perspective, at the wake of the killing of the United health care CEO Brian Thompson. Ajamu is an organizer for over 40 years with the All African People’s Revolutionary Party. Ahjamu is an author, and his recent work, which has been gaining more attention and traction after the re-election of Donald Trump is title “A guide for Organizing Defense Against White SUpremacy, Patriarchy, and Fascist Violence” - a manifesto designed to provide guidance for how to organize neighborhoods on a block by block basis.
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2024-12-2940 minBlossom of ThoughtJoseph Kaluba: The Scourge of Racism in UtahMalcolm X is accredited with these words: You cant have capitalism without racism. Joseph Kaluba, originally from Zambia, now living in the US, is my guest today to speak about the challenges of racism in Utah. In recent years, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the United States Attorney’s Office for Utah had a settlement agreement with Davis School District in Utah - an attempt to address race discrimination in the district’s schools, including serious and widespread racial harassment of Black and Asian-American students.
As a parent, Joseph has children that have been h...
2024-12-1534 minBlossom of ThoughtJ Trimble & S Shakura: Organizing Activities in Southern & East AfricaTo realize their growing yearning for a liberated and unified Africa, Africans are organizing themselves throughout the continent and its diaspora. In this episode, John Trimble and Sobukwe Shakura join me to discuss their organizing activities in Southern and East Africa, respectively. They each have been organizing for over 40 years and are a
cadre with the All African Revolutionary Party
Some of the issues they discuss are land reclamation, the struggle against neocolonialism, the Green Revolution of Multination Corporations and the negative impact these have on the environment, local farmers and over the food sector.
This...
2024-12-011h 04
Podcast Pavel ProcházkaEP 44 | Jak na klidný život a prevenci konfliktů. (zkrácená verze)Celý díl na herohero.co/PPP nebo se staňte placeným odběratelem za 4 eura měsíčně pro zpřístupnění plné verze na spotify zde: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcastpavelprochazka/subscribeZamysleli jste se někdy nad tím, proč často vznikají konflikty doma, v práci nebo ve vztazích? Možná spolu málo mluvíme, nevyjasňujeme si očekávání, jsme neustále zrychlení a zapomínáme na to, co vlastně potřebujeme – a co by se nám líbilo. Žijeme v době, kdy je vše rychlé a efektivní, ale někdy se prá...
2024-11-2413 minBlossom of ThoughtFrom Black Power to Pan-AfricanismThis is an anthological episode dealing with Black Power and the intricacies of Pan-Africanism. In this regard we host the voices of Kwame Ture, Ahjamu Umi, and Kwame Nkrumah. Pan-Africanism has come a long way - going as far back as the 1900s or from the days of Marcus Garvey through W.E.B Du Bois who kept the lights of Pan-Africanism burning till the 1945 Pan-African Congress with George Padmore (from the Caribbean) and Kwame Nkumah representing the Motherland. It is a fact that the struggle of Africans in North America produced what is known as Black Power in t...
2024-11-0106 min
Blossom of ThoughtInem Richardson: From Captain Thomas Sankara to Captain Ibrahim TraoreInem Richardson, journalist with African Stream, co-founder of the Thomas Sankara Center/Burkina Books (Centre Thomas Sankara Pour La Libération et L’Unité Africain), sits down with me to discuss the Burkinabe peoples wrestles against colonial and imperialist West, such as France, in the past 4 decades. Inem is also A member and cadre of the All African People’s Revolutionary Party. She is originally from The Bay Area in Northern California, but she currently lives in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Burkina Books is a Pan-African library and political education center.
Inem gives us a detailed account of the poli...
2024-09-1556 min
Blossom of ThoughtPius Vilakati: Appraising the Swazi Struggle 2.0Pius returns to conclude his appraisal of the mass struggle for liberation and against the regime in Swaziland. He speaks of international solidarity vs. the so-called international community and which of these can support revolutionary changes in Swaziland. Pius is very candid on whether the monarch has a place in the modern political, economic, and social fabric of society.
The Multi Stakeholder Forum is not revolutionary according to him, hence, the Communist Party of Swaziland is not a member of this forum.
2024-09-0232 min
Blossom of ThoughtPius Vilakati: Appraising the Swazi StruggleFor an appraisal of the struggle for democracy in Swaziland, Pius Vilakati sits down with me. Pius is Central Committee Member and Head of Research and Policy Development of the Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) and a former International Secretary of the CPS. He is former President
of the University of Swaziland Student Representative Council (SRC) and a former prominent member of the Swaziland National Union of Students (SNUS). He has been exiled in Azania/South Africa for over a dozen years.
After the 2021 uprising and protests for democratic reforms in Swaziland, things are back to normal and...
2024-08-1842 min
Blossom of ThoughtAhjamu Umi: Organizing Lessons From the 60sAhjamu Umi returns to talk about Organizing Lessons from the 60s. Ahjamu is a dedicated activist/organizer/author who has engaged in on the ground work throughout Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and throughout the U.S. for 4 decades now. His latest work is "A Guide for Defense against White Supremacist, Patriarchal, and Fascist Violence" - it's a manifesto designed to provide guidance for how to organize neighborhoods on a block by block basis. He is also a long time organizer with the All-African Peoples Revolutionary Party (AAPRP).
Ahjamu elucidates on some of the positives, errors and lessons...
2024-07-091h 00
Kaviárové toustySport, sport, Sport! Rusové, politika a sportStalin měl rád kulatý nesmysl, Brežněv puk a Putin fandí žíněnkám. Povídali jsme si o sportu jako součástí ruské státní ideologie.
A jako aktualitu jsem si vzali povolení Ukrajině útočit na ruské území.
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2024-06-0358 min
We Travel There with Lee HuffmanDouala, Cameroon | Edea Reserve, Ekom Nkam Waterfalls & Marche de FleursWe’re in Douala, Cameroon, with Akang Claudy-Ann Ekinde of Tourism Forever Cameroon. We talk about seeing the animals at the Douala Edea Reserve, exploring the Ekom Nkam Waterfalls, and buying local crafts at the Marche des Fleurs local market. Show notes & our 1-page guide are at https://WeTravelThere.com/douala Acorns invests your spare change automatically on every purchase and earns Found Money at participating retailers. It's a great way to save for travel. For a limited time, sign up at wetravelthere.com/acorns & we’ll both earn $5.
2024-02-1230 minBlossom of ThoughtPan African Homage to Dr. Martin L King Jr.s LegacyIn this episode, Africans from all over the world share their thoughts about the honourable Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s legacy and contribution to the world struggle for justice and humanity. This episode published just a few days after King's birthday - January 15. We are greatful for the Africans who have taken their time, space, intellects and energy to make this episode a success.
2024-01-2227 min
Aby bylo jasno - rozhovoryČlověk Petra Pavla pohřbil Putinova admirála zaživa, KRIT objevil nástěnky a naše mozky v ohrožení
Víte, že premiér Fiala nikdy nechtěl zavádět cenzuru? Víte, že nástěnkám a plakátům se na Rakušanově ministerstvu říká public service announcement? A víte, že zástupce Vojenské kanceláře prezidenta Pavla nezná ani pravopis, ani dějiny a stal se zřejmě obětí ukrajinské dezinformace? Pojďme na to.
2023-12-2709 minBlossom of ThoughtImani Na Umoja: Democratic Resilience in Guinea BissauWe connect with Imani Na Umoja in Guinea Bissau to talk about the recent political upheavals in the country and the lessons that can be learned by rest of Africa from Guinea Bissau's democratic centralism. We further discuss the history of Amilcar Cabral's party, the Party of Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), struggle against western colonialism and imperialism to the present day.
Imani serves in the Political Beaureu of African Party of Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), serves on the National Secretariat of the PAIGC as a Director of PAIGC Amilcar Cabral Political...
2023-12-2359 minBlossom of ThoughtSalifu Mack: Why I Reject "Black American"Pan-Africanist and organizer with the All-African People's Revolutionary Party, Salifu Mack, is my guest in this episode. Salifu simply refers to himself as an African that was born in the United States (South Carolina), but is currently organizing in Burkina Faso - organizing for the unification and total liberation of Africa under scientific socialism. The subject of this discussion is based on a piece Salifu wrote for the Hood Communist titled: Why I Reject African “American.” The basis of this write up, in Salifu’s own words, is “America is Illegitimate & we must reject it outright.” He further makes the point...
2023-12-1048 minBlossom of ThoughtAhjamu Umi: Distinguishing Judaism From ZionismMy guest in this episode is Ahjamu Umi (from Sacramento, USA) and we speak about separating Judaism from Zionism. Ahjamu is a dedicated activist/organizer/author who has engaged in on the groundwork throughout Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and throughout the U.S. for about 4 decades now. His latest work is "A Guide for Defense against White Supremacist, Patriarchal, and Fascist Violence." His other works are “The Paradox Principles”, The Courage Equation, Mass Incarceration in California; Its about Profits, Not Justice. Last but not least, Ahjamu is an organizer with the All African People’s Revolutionary Party, a Pan-Africa politi...
2023-11-0458 minBlossom of ThoughtJohn Trimble & Albie Walls: Part History of The All African People's Revolutionary PartyIn this episode we seek to tap into the record the establishment, historical development of the The All African People's Revolutionary Party (AAPRP) a political party engaged in organizing all people of African descent for The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government. I have invited seasoned organizers from the party who have done organizing for decades. They are John Trimble (in Azania/South Africa) and Albie Walls (in Ghana).
Albie Walls initially joined the Pan-African movement while a university student in the U.S.A. in the 1980s. A long-time member of...
2023-10-151h 14
Blossom of ThoughtRafiki Morris: Consciencism - An African World ViewRafiki Morris is my guest for this episode. Rafiki is Muralist/Artist, Writer, Poet, Lecturer Politics: Revolutionary Pan-Africanist and cadre and a Central Committee Member in the All African People's Revolutionary Party. Some of the Works and/or Novels written by Rafiki are “The Call of the Drum”; “The Giant and the Fire”; “Leaving Eden”; War: The Blood in Our Eyes.
The subject we discuss is one within philosophical lines, namely: Consciencism, An African World View.
Rafiki takes a deep dive into Consciencism and the principles (egalitarianism, humanism, and collections) upon which this philosophy - coined by Kwa...
2023-09-131h 20
Blossom of ThoughtGeechee Yaw: The Non-Profit Industrial ComplexJoining me today to talk about the Non-Profit Industrial Complex, is GeeChee Yaw. Geechee is a published author, activist, organizer - has organized in the UK, the Baltimore and DC area and also organizes in Central America. Geechee is a member of a number of organizations like BPM. He provides research work and curriculums for a number of organizations. He is also a contributing writer for the Hood Communist - A collective of African revolutionary nationalists using journalism to advance the struggle for African liberation.
Geechee gives insights into foundations and/or non-profit organizations and how their...
2023-08-1445 min
Blossom of ThoughtErica Caines: Recapturing Black CultureThe subject of this episode is ‘Recapturing Black Culture’ and I and Erica Caines have a great discussion. Erica Caines is a poet, writer and organizer in Baltimore and the DMV. She is an organizing committee member of the anti war coalition, the Black Alliance For Peace as well as an outreach member of the Black centered Ujima People’s Progress Party. Caines founded Liberation Through Reading in 2017 as a way to provide Black children with books that represent them and created the extension, a book club entitled Liberation Through Reading BC, to strengthen political education online and in our co...
2023-08-0347 min
Blossom of ThoughtMandla Hlatjwayo: Swaziland - Debt, International Finance, Economics and DevelopmentMandla Hlatjwayo, Chairman of Letfu Sonkhe Institute for Strategic Thinking and Development returns to the show. Letfu Sonkhe Institute provides an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, educators and politicians to meaningfully engage and discuss the on-going challenges of Swaziland. Mandla has provided leadership in a litany of areas including in various corporations in Swaziland and South Africa. His education Includes a law degree from University of SD, an Executive Development Program from the University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa and a Bookkeeping- Intermediate from Pitman Institute in London. Mandla and I talk about debt, international finance and economics...
2023-07-161h 00
Blossom of ThoughtVelaphi Mamba: Tribute to Thulani Maseko - Servant of HumanityThis is a tributary episode on the world-renowned activist and human rights attorney, Thulani R Maseko (TR) from Swaziland, who was allegedly slain by King Mswati III's regime (Swaziland). For this homage, my guest is Velaphi Mamba a long-time friend and comrade of TR. Velaphi Mamba is a vibrant activist and treasurer general of the People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), and recent master's degree graduate from Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Velaphi and I talk about:
*Historiography and ethnology of the Maseko clan and their major contributions to Swaziland's polity.
*The...
2023-07-081h 11
ZET CupMartin Doktor: Na Evropských hrách v Polsku věříme v úspěch„Těžko se odpovídá na to, jaké máme na Evropských hrách v Polsku ambice. Formát soutěže je úplně jiný, než byl v Minsku nebo v Baku. Jsou tu další sporty, které na minulých Evropských hrách nebyly. Věříme přirozeně v to, že naši sportovci přivezou co nejvíce medailí. Jsou tam nově sporty, které nás k těmto domněnkám opravňují – například vodní slalom, který má na Evropských hrách premiéru a ve kterém jsou naši sportovci velice silní. Ale uvidíme, je to sport,“ říká vedoucí české výpravy Marti
2023-05-2217 minBlossom of ThoughtDexter Morton: The 7 Chakras and A Health SelfDexter Morton, founder of Chakra Wonders (Arizona, US) joins me for a chat in this episode. Chakra Wonders is a holistic healing resort organization - philosophers of the mind, body and spirit, who offer light energynto assist people while on their journey. In this episode we talk about Chakras,
their functions for a health human being, how to eat for their optimization, and how to revitalize them when they have been clogged.
Find Chakra Wonders at:
Website: https://chakrawonders.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chakrawonders/
2023-04-101h 25
Blossom of ThoughtKhet Waas Hutip: Power of African Traditional Healing ModalityOn this episode, from Charleston South Carolina, US, I have brother Khet Waas Hutip - a health and body healing expert, entrepreneur, educator and founder of Sacred Rootz shop. Khet is protégée of the famed Dr. Laila Africa one of the world's foremost authorities on health and nutrition. Khet appeals to the return to traditional African healing modality - herbs, and that Africans should eat for their culture to avoid disease.
2023-03-291h 06
Blossom of ThoughtLena Crawford & Geechee Yaw: Critical Analysis of "The Woman King" MovieIn this episode we critically analyze "The Woman King" movie with my guests Lena Crawford (Texas US) and Geechee Yaw (Costa Rica). My guests talk about the context of the making of the movie, its historical context, and inaccurate depiction of African history. The scriptwriters are European. This is one of those situations where African history has to be told through the lens of Europeans instead of having Africans tell their own story. The movie paints an inaccurate picture of slavery in West Africa between the Oyo kingdom, Dahomey kingdom, and the Portuguese slave traders. The fact of aggression...
2023-02-1343 min
Blossom of ThoughtAhjamu Umi: The Radical Side of Martin Luther King Jr.My guest in this episode is Ahjamu Umi (from Sacramento, USA) and we speak about the radical side of Marthin L. King. Ahjamu is a dedicated activist/organizer/author who has engaged in on the groundwork throughout Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and throughout the U.S. for about 4 decades now. His latest work is "A Guide for Defense against White Supremacist, Patriarchal, and Fascist Violence." This work is a step-by-step methodology on how to build strong empowered communities while linking them to the international struggle for justice and forward human progress. His other works are “The Paradox Principles”, The Cour...
2023-02-0234 min
Blossom of ThoughtSandile Bhembe: The Origins of Police Force in Swaziland - Who Were They Established to Protect?Sandile Bhembe, a Swazi historian, business analyst, and political activist returns to the show to talk about the origins of the Police Force in Swaziland. Police in Swaziland, like their counterparts elsewhere in the world, have increasingly become very violent and brutal to civilians agitating for democratic changes. Sandile tells us that the Police Force was established to protect European white settler capital interests. A hardly told story of Sobhuza II's mistrust of Police because of their loyalty to British settlers is told here. Astonishingly, the king was once arrested by the police as white settlers had no regard f...
2023-01-2047 min
FEMMES NOIRES TOXIQUES ET INSECURESMA COPINE FLORE DE LILLE EST TSCHANG DE L'OUEST CAMEROUN LA MENOI ? OU LE HAUT NKAM JE NE SAIS PAS
2023-01-0600 min
Blossom of ThoughtMandla Hlatjwayo: King Mswati - As a Businessman and the Effect on the Rule of Law, Economy and Business CommunityThis episode is on King Mswati III - the King of Swaziland - as a businessman and the effect that has on the rule of law, the economy, the political landscape and the business community. To talk about this subject, I'm joined by a very decorated leader - Mandla Hlatjwayo. Mandla Hlatshwayo is an activist and founding member of the Peoples United Democratic Movement [Pudemo]. He is also the Chairman of Letfu-Sonkhe Institute for Strategic Thinking and Development living in exile in South Africa. Letfu Sonkhe Institute provides an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, educators and politicians to m...
2022-12-1647 min
Blossom of ThoughtBook Review: The Kingdom of Swaziland: Studies in Political History (Contributions in Comparative Colonial Studies)Friends/comrades Saneliswa Magagula, Temazulu Zulu, and Sylvester Mhlangameet up with me for a book review on the history of Swaziland. The book under review is “The Kingdom of Swaziland: Studies in Political History (Contributions in Comparative Colonial Studies) authored by D. Hugh Gillis. The book entails Swaziland’s history from the 18th century to 1921 – before Sobhuza II ascends to power. Its focus is the Swazis’ contact and struggle with European colonizers, namely: the British and Boers. The book gives context to the current state of affairs in Swaziland relative to the power wielders – the monarch, culture, tradition and social mil...
2022-12-021h 08
Blossom of ThoughtSibusiso Nhlabatsi: Governments' Terrorists are People's Freedom FightersAn esteemed human rights lawyer from Swaziland, Sibusiso Nhlabatsi speaks to me on terrorism legislations, Swaziland’s Suppression of Terrorism Act, 2008 ("the Act"), and judicial crisis. Mr Nhlabatsi is known for his fortitude and taking critical human rights cases in Swaziland - even against the machinary of government.
In this episode we talk about: most terrorism legislations have been promulgated as weapons of governments to clamp down on political opponents. Swaziland Suppression of Terrorism Act is no different. The government passed it on a certificate of urgency devoid of following legislative promulgation processes. The Act violates fundamental hu...
2022-11-2054 min
Blossom of ThoughtErica Caines: Anti-ConsumerismIn this episode, we sit down with Erica Caines to discuss Anti-Consumerism. Erica is a poet, writer, and organizer in Baltimore, D.C, Maryland, and Virginia. She is an organizing committee member of the anti-war coalition, the Black Alliance For Peace as well as an outreach member of the Black-centered Ujima People’s Progress Party. Caines founded Liberation Through Reading in 2017 as a way to provide Black children with books that represent them and created the extension, a book club entitled Liberation Through Reading BC, to strengthen political education online and in our communities.
Erica defines consumerism as...
2022-10-1751 min
Blossom of ThoughtMaxine Davis: Britain's Underdevelopment of Africa and Queen Elizabeth II's LegacyIn this episode, I connect with Maxine Davis in England and we are discussing England's Underdevelopment of Africa over the past 500 years and Queen Elizabeth II's legacy and brutality against Africa and Africans. Sister Maxine is a committed Pan-Africanist born in England, of Jamaican parentage. She describes herself as an African born away from home. She's been a member and organizer for 30 years for the ALL African Peoples Revolutionary Party, founded by the father of Pan-Africanism, Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah. She is a community activist seeking to build racial justice for people of African descent in England. She has a...
2022-10-1053 min
Blossom of ThoughtDumsane Tembe: Liberalism or Liberation and SwazilandMr. Dumsane Tembe comes to the platform to talk about confusing liberal democracy with liberation in Swaziland. Mr. Tembe has a master’s in political science. He is a governance specialist, and political analyst, has experience in public policy development in RSA, writer, columnist, and blogger (Kunjalo D.co.za). He is doing his Ph.D. on the relationship between political leadership and government performance.
Some of Mr. Tembe’s views and talking points in this episode are Swaziland and political negotiation, and liberalism versus liberation. Tembe believes that “If you are fighting for liberation, you don’t fight...
2022-08-0847 min
Blossom of ThoughtDr. Jabulane Matsebula: On Good Governance and SwazilandDr. Jabulani Matsebula returns to the show to converse with me about Good Governance relative to Swaziland. Dr. Matsebula has a Ph.D. in political sociology. He has held various positions in academia and government in Australia, including international multilateral engagement in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), G20, and OECD. He is also a founding member of PUDEMO one of the largest liberation political formations in Swaziland.
We begin the discussion on the broader and complex concept of democracy and how it should be understood in the Kingdom of Swaziland. After this highlight, we zeroed things...
2022-07-2242 min
Blossom of ThoughtSandile Bhembe: King Sobhuza II Cunning TraditionalismMy guest in this episode is Sandile Bhembe - a Swazi historian, business analyst, political activist, and member of the Peoples United Democratic Party (one of the political parties in Swaziland). Our discussion is on King Sobhuza II and his cunning traditionalism/elite culture based on the controversial belief that the people of Swaziland are Swazis before they are Africans.
The highlights of our talk are:
The famed and much promulgated King Sobhuza II as one who has single-handedly gotten the Swazi people independence from Britain.
After the loss of the case in the Privy Council...
2022-06-2948 min
Blossom of ThoughtJohn Trimble: Imperialism Was Built on Settler-ColonialismI talk to Dr. John Trimble on Imperialism and Settler-Colonialism in this episode. John Trimble is an educator and organizer with the Azania chapter of the All African People's Revolutionary Party. John holds a Master's degree from Stanford University in computer science and from UC Berkeley in operations research as well as a Ph.D. in systems engineering from Georgia Tech. In 2015 John retired as an Associate professor in systems and computer science at Howard University. John has recently retired as Professor in Industrial Engineering at Tshwane University of Technology in Azania/South Africa.Points of Discussion:
2022-06-2055 min
Blossom of ThoughtPius Vilakati: Class Struggle in Swaziland: Pre-and-Post-Independence Swazi Socio-Economic ConditionsPius Vilakati is the guest for this episode. Pius is a political activist and International Secretary of the Communist Party of Swaziland. He is a political exile, resident in South Africa. He is a former president of the Student Representative Council (SRC), a student board, of the University of Swaziland. In this episode, we explore the subject of Class Struggle in Swaziland: Pre-and-Post-Independence Swazi Socio-Economic Conditions.
We discuss:
Pre-colonial socio-economic conditions in Swaziland and Europeans’ integration with the native aristocracy for the exploitation of the masses.
The Swazi resistance to colonialism
The establishment of a capitalist st...
2022-05-2358 min
Blossom of ThoughtOnyesonwu Chatoyer: The Cuban Revolution and African Liberation StruggleOnyesonwu joins me for this episode on the Cuban story and socialism. Onyesonwu is A Cadre and organizer of AAPRP, editor with Hood Communist (an anti-imperialist online publication), on the national coordinating committee of the Venceremos brigade (an organization opposing the U.S. embargo and travel ban, supporting normalized relations and recognizing Cuba’s accomplishments).
We Discussion:
The history of Cuba before the 1959 revolution, the Spanish-US war, and the story of the African people in Cuba's resistance to Spanish colonization.
The armed uprising in Cuba overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959, and how the re...
2022-04-1949 min
Blossom of ThoughtDr. Jabulane Matsebula 2.0: Political and Economic Crisis in SwazilandOn his return to our platform, distinguished Dr. Jabulane Matsebula speaks economic crisis in Swaziland and provides solutions. Dr. Matsebula has a Ph.D. in political sociology and has held various positions in academia and government in Australia, including international multilateral engagement in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), G20, and OECD. He is also a founding member of PUDEMO one of the largest liberation political formations in Swaziland.
He talks about:
The pillars or indicators of economic growth – namely – population, participation, productivity and production of goods and services, etc.
Leading economies are now operating on a dig...
2022-02-281h 20
Blossom of ThoughtMduduzi G. Simelane 2.0: eSwatini Politics - Dialogue or No Dialogue?Legislator, Mduduzi G. Simelane returns to our show to give an update on the current political conundrum in the kingdom of Swaziland/eSwatini. More arrest and brutalizing of protestors and pro-democracy movement leaders by the king's armed forces continues.
The legislator talks about:
The main objective of Swaziland Liberation Movement (Swalimo) in the struggle.
What can be done to force the king to take the dialogue as an urgent matter?
Is it still relevant to anticipate dialogue with the king or Swazis have an alternative?
The king ritualistic seclusion using derogatory words against the citizens.
An i...
2022-02-1130 min
Blossom of ThoughtDr. Jabulani Matsebula: The Question of Dialogue or Negotiation in SwazilandDr. Jabulane Matsebula is the guest for this episode. Dr. Matsebula completed a Ph.D. in political sociology in 2005 focusing on political developments in South Africa during the apartheid period and the transition to inclusive democracy. Dr. Matsebula has held various positions in academia and government in Australia, including international multilateral engagement in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), G20, and OECD. He is an experienced researcher, political analyst, negotiator, project manager, and stakeholder engagement. In academia, Dr. Matsebula has taught various political science subjects including international human rights law, governance, social movements, political transitions, public policy research, and...
2021-12-2058 min
Blossom of ThoughtJacqueline Luqman: Five Things Characterising African Americans' Endless Struggle in the USJacqueline Luqman is the guest for this episode. She co-hosts “By Any Means Necessary” on Radio Sputnik, a daily show that analyzes current political and social events through an anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist, radical Black internationalist tradition and lens. She is also a contributor to The Real News Network, Editor-In-Chief of the social media program Coffee, Current Events & Politics in Luqman Nation, and a contributor to Black Power Media. She has more than 20 years of activism in Washington, DC focusing on participating in and supporting community-level issues as well as regional and national that impact working-class, poor, and oppressed people in the...
2021-12-0655 min
Blossom of ThoughtEmerald Wilkins: Resolving Trauma and Its IntricaciesThe subject of this episode is trauma on mind and body. My guest is Emerald Wilkins from Florida, US. She is a Life Coach and has a Youtube channel - Diamond Net where she shares her perspective on the topics of wisdom, spirituality, enlightenment, depth psychology, the psyche, creativity, altered states of consciousness, and many other forms of exploration of Self and reality.
We divide deep on:
Effects of trauma on the body (immune system, central nervous system, etc.) and our minds.
Gaining control over the residues of past trauma and returning to being masters of...
2021-11-2238 min
Blossom of ThoughtWendy Cox: Physical and Mental Benefits of Practising YogaIn a quest to find healing for our bodies and minds, we find ourselves confronted with huge medical bills. Our world is one of complex medical issues. Western medicine's inadequacies are indisputable. Are there other healing modalities or alternatives to western medicine? Today we can draw so much from eastern wisdom and ancient traditions or spiritual practices to address the forever growing medical problems. Wendy Cox, a US citizen, yoga teacher, and certified life coach joins me today on this episode to discuss yoga - a very beneficial healing modality resuscitated from the ancient world.
Wendy advises...
2021-11-0810 min
Blossom of ThoughtMduduzi Simelane: Social Justice Advocate (Legislator)- Swaziland Political WarfareMusic artist, minister of religion, teacher, legislator, and activist of social justice - Honorable Mduduzi 'Gaw'zela Simelane, a man, amongst others, at the heart of political turmoil in Swaziland records with me his sentiments on the political warfare in Africa's last absolute monarch. A black cloud continues to hang over the kingdom of Swaziland. Calls for democracy are as vibrant as never before. Bloodshed and carnage persist – the king, his military, and police are killing unarmed citizens on their peaceful protests and call for democratic changes.
Highlights from my conversation with the "Legislator of Love:"
Hon' Ga...
2021-10-2548 min
Blossom of ThoughtMandla Dlamini & Comfort Ndzinisa: The Unthinkable (Documentary) - The Bloodiest Week in SwazilandArmed forces in eSwatini continue to brutalize and kill emaSwati who are calling for a democratic dispensation in the country. During recent protests, police and the military fired live ammunition, killing over 80 unarmed civilians, while hundreds of others sustained major injuries and were left permanently disabled or in need of continued medical care. Most of their stories have not been reported due to the regime’s silencing tactics which include the state capture of the media, internet shut down in the height of civil unrest, as well as continued targeted harassment and intimidation of ordinary citizens. The atrocities committed by...
2021-10-0145 min
Blossom of ThoughtSenele Mdluli: Political Unrest, Mass Trauma and Mental Health in SwazilandIn the height of a pandemic, while many were still mourning lives lost to COVID19, political unrest ensued in Swaziland. Armed forces brutalized and killed dozens of emaSwati who were calling for political reforms and even some who were bystanders. The tremendous impact of such traumatic events on the mental health of all affected has been a subject of discussion on social media. We speak to Swazi psychologist, Senele Mdluli on how to navigate mental health concerns as the struggle towards a new democratic dispensation continues. Senele is the co-director of Kushamiri Consulting; a woman-owned human capital and wellness...
2021-09-1326 min
Blossom of ThoughtMandla Monty Nkosi: Topling Swazi King and Forming Government of National UnityIn light of the recent Swaziland massacre, many believe the monarchy has no place in future democratic Swaziland they envision. We speak to Virginia-based accountant and activist Mandla Monty Nkosi on his vision for how Swaziland can transition into the new democratic dispensation. Born and raised in Swaziland, Monty obtained his Association of Accounting Technician (AAT) Level 1 certificate from the Swaziland College of Technology. He moved to the United States of America to study at the University of the District of Columbia, where he obtained his undergraduate degree in Accounting and Finance. He has since been working as an...
2021-09-0530 min
Blossom of ThoughtAaron Steven Thoming: Democide, Liberties and Freedoms (eSwatini, Taiwan, China, US, etc)In this episode, I’m joined by Aaron Steven Thoming, a US citizen. We speak about democide, liberties, and freedoms - a citizen's perspective. Aaron has lived for years in the east (Taiwan, China, and South Korea). He is a Strategic Communications expert.
Highlights of the conversation:
A comparative analysis of pre-democratic Taiwan and current eSwatini.
How Taiwan transformed into a democratic state - a likely path for eSwatini.
Democide (murder by government of its own citizens) in eSwatini, Taiwan (pre-democracy), China, Russia, etc.
Governments have murdered hundreds of millions of their citizens and those under the...
2021-08-1620 min
Blossom of ThoughtProfessor Angelo Dube: Crimes Against Humanity and eSwatini/SwazilandTo discuss crimes against humanity, with a particular focus on eSwatini, I’m joined by Prof. Angelo Dube. He is a professor of International Law at the University of South Africa. Prof Angelo is an expert in international criminal law, universal jurisdiction, comparative constitutionalism, amongst other things. He is also the Chief Editor of the South African Yearbook of International Law
Highlights of the conversation:
Crimes against humanity include Murder; Extermination; Enslavement; Deportation or forcible transfer of population Imprisonment; Torture; Sexual violence; Persecution against an identifiable group; Enforced disappearance of persons; The crime of apartheid; Other in...
2021-08-0933 min
Blossom of ThoughtThulani R. Maseko: Political Unrest in eSwatini/Swaziland and Intervention of International CommunityThulani Rudolf Maseko is my guest in this episode, and we discuss the intervention of the international community in Swaziland amidst the country’s political unrest. He also gives a high-level constitutional opinion and on the democratization of the country.
Thulani is an experienced human rights lawyer with a passion for the rule of law. He holds a Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa from the University of Pretoria, Centre for Human Rights. He holds a Hubert Humphrey Fellowship in Leadership from the American University Washington College of Law where he obtained a Mast...
2021-07-2934 minBlossom of ThoughtRobert McAthur: Effictiveness Through Passion Driven Goals and Empathic ListeningJoin me and Robert McArthur as we discuss passion-driven goals and empathic listening from an architectural standpoint. Robert resides in Bountiful, Utah, USA. He has been practicing architecture since he was 15. His passion is home architectural design. Robert has a master’s degree in architecture and a degree in interior design and housing. He has done continued education in Japan, Switzerland, and the University of Harvard.
“If you will advance confidently in the direction of your dreams and endeavor to live the life that you have imagined, you will meet with a success unexpected in common hours,”
PASSION: someti...
2021-07-1926 min
Blossom of ThoughtManqoba Nxumalo: Cancel Culture and Alternative Ideas and Platforms | eSwatini/SwazilandIn this episode, I'm joined by Manqoba Nxumalo, an activist from eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) currently based in Norway. He is a master’s degree candidate in Environment, Development, and Cultural Change at Oslo University (Norway). Manqoba is the publisher of an online weekend newspaper called The Bridge and a chairperson of the eSwatini Institute of Alternative Ideas (SIAI). SIAI is an independent platform for a healthy exchange of ideas about the developmental, political, social, and economic challenges facing eSwatini. The organization aims to promote alternative ideas on the transformation of eSwatini from an absolute monarchy to a democratic country....
2021-07-1613 minBlossom of ThoughtRyan Zadrazil: Dealing with Mental HealthRyan Zadrazil, from Wisconsin, US, joins me in this episode to discuss mental health. Ryan is an executive at BetterMynd, an Online Therapy for College Students. BetterMynd Partners with colleges to improve the mental health of students everywhere.
Below is an abridgment of our discussion:
A lot of universities have recognized that students need help but there’s not enough budget for that…students schedule appointments and this will not occur until another month out when they really need those counseling services there and there. That’s when BetterMind can come in and provide those diverse counse...
2021-07-1430 min
Blossom of ThoughtYitz Epstein: How Childhood Trauma Affects YouJoin me and Yitz Epstein, a Jewish narcissistic abuse and relationship life coach and healer, founder of the Magnolia Healing Center, creator of Narcissism Recovery Podcast. Yitz specializes in helping people overcome childhood trauma and abuse, specifically narcissistic abuse as well as narcissistically abusive relationships. Yitz is from the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, California, USA.
Highlights of our conversation:
No child grows and is left unscathed by childhood trauma.
Trauma is emotions that never got to be processed – they never got the space, the freedom, and environment to be felt and processed.
Childhood abuse is not al...
2021-06-2830 min
Blossom of ThoughtDavid Clark: The Family - Our Refuge In A Stormy WorldDavid Clark joins in this episode to talk about the place of the family in society. He is an advocate for family and family values. David is a former military lawyer in the US Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps. He had a six-year stint in entrepreneurship – building an executive benefits consulting and insurance agency. Most of his career has been spent in public utility regulation. He is a commissioner of the Utah State Public Service Commission. David has been an attorney for about 43 years.
Some of the highlights of our conversation:
The family is so critical to...
2021-06-2157 min
Blossom of ThoughtAllison Huish: Dietician - Surviving Brain TumorAllison Huish - a brain tumor survivor - is my guest in this episode. She has been an entrepreneur for over 10 years and lives in Salt Lake City, UT, US. Allison is a registered dietician with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and a master’s degree in dietetics.
She grew up a healthy girl, but at age 13 she was diagnosed with a brain stem tumor which altered her life forever. In her own words: “Part of my tumor was inoperable and so my teen years were focused on getting healthy, becoming stronger, and ultimately beating the re...
2021-05-3052 min
Blossom of ThoughtKelly Campana: The Power of Rest in a Restless WorldHope in and listen to Kelly Campana as she takes me for a walk on the power of REST in a world that is becoming more and more restless. Kelly, from Newport Beach, California, United States, is a life coach. Part of her coaching is helping women leaders in Fortune 500 achieve a life that exceeds their professional success through mindset coaching. Her services range from leadership development, life coaching, executive coaching, career development coaching, change management, team building, and corporate training. She has worked as a communication and messaging advisor to elected officials and new candidates at a local...
2021-05-1140 min
Blossom of ThoughtKat Niambi: Food as Medicine and African Spiritual TraditionJoin me as I converse with Kat Niambi, the founder of the Hungry Medium Podcast and an expert in digital marketing and demand generation strategies.
After a diagnosis of/and extensive treatment for breast cancer, Kat Niambi, aka The Hungry Medium tried to look for ways to take more control of her health. The answers always led to food. For a person who loved (loves) food so much, this news couldn’t have been more disappointing.
Eventually, she finally decided to watch the groundbreaking documentary, What the Health. It changed everything. Not only did the film e...
2021-05-0450 min
Blossom of ThoughtDr. Meadow Linville: The Problem is Addiction, The Answer is RecoveryIn this episode, my guest is Dr. Meadows M. Linville, M.D. from Willis, Virginia, United States. Dr. Linville is a retired oncologist and author of the bestseller SPIRITUAL PATHWAY TO RECOVERY FROM ADDICTION. He woke up one “morning of my 49th birthday to realize that I was addicted to drugs and alcohol and that my life was unmanageable, and I had no idea how to fix it.” But he eventually found his way out of this disease. He now spends his time helping others recover from the disease of addiction. In my conversation with him, he talks about:
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2021-03-281h 03
Blossom of ThoughtKrista Lynn: Overcoming Shame for Being Human in the Mist of Struggle.In this episode, I have Krista Lynn. Krista is a business lawyer who resides in Orlando, Florida, US, where she is the Deputy General Counsel for Airbus OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture between Airbus, the global leader in the aerospace industry, and OneWeb, a company founded in 2012 that will deploy and operate a constellation of up to 900 low-earth-orbit satellites providing global high-speed affordable internet access. Krista is also a speaker, blogger, and consultant under the handle @recoveringsuperwoman – a platform where she journals about her experiences extracting herself and her kids from an abusive marriage. Her story (or liberation) is an...
2021-03-151h 16
Blossom of ThoughtOlivia Vizachero 2.0: How to Change Our Circumstances for Better ResultsOlivia Vizachero returns to tap with me for a second episode. Olivia is a lawyer from the State Bar of Michigan, a life coach, and co-author of the bestseller #Networked – an anthology she and 19 other US women lawyers produced in the midst of a global pandemic, proving that despite Covid-19 lockdowns, their minds could not be locked down. When she is not practicing law, Olivia supports lawyers who find themselves overworked, over-stressed, and overwhelmed.
In this episode, she eloquently and intelligibly unloads the fundamental principles underlying her coaching institute. She dives deeper into the following:
Circumstance: ci...
2021-03-031h 35
Blossom of ThoughtSunil Godse: Intuitionology – Always Trust Your IntuitionJoin me and my guest, Sunil Godse, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and author of bestselling books “Gut” and “Fail Fast Succeed Fast”. Sunil is the founder and host of The Intuitionology Podcast Series. He is also one of the leading scholars on Intuition. Sunil Godse shows how companies can implement intuitive resonance in their organizations to establish trusted relationships that turn their statistics completely around, creating a tight-knit corporate culture that has employees intrinsically motivated to perform at their highest level, resulting in an increase in employee engagement, an uplift in team productivity and ultimately higher performance. In this episode, we also...
2021-02-171h 44Blossom of ThoughtClaire Parson - Learning Self-Compassion Through AdversityIn this episode, my guest is Claire Parson, a lawyer from Cincinnati, US, a member of Adams Law PLLC. She focuses her practice in areas of litigation, local government practice, and school law. Claire has been managing a successful practice and involved in a lot of community leadership with nonprofits. Adversity made her learn self-compassion, self-loving kindness. All this was foundational to her becoming a certified meditation teacher. In the midst of the covid-19 crisis, she co-authored, with other 19 women attorneys from all over the US, the bestseller #Networked.
Find Claire Parson @:
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2021-02-101h 23
Blossom of ThoughtOlivia Vizachero - Chasing & Changing DreamsMy guest, Olivia Vizachero, a lawyer from the State Bar of Michigan, and a life coach, speaks about chasing and changing dreams, the practice of the law, and coaching attorneys. She is a co-author of the bestseller #Network, an anthological work she did with 19 other highly motivated women attorneys from all over the US during the struggles of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Olivia, with her coaching boutique, supports lawyers who find themselves over-worked, over-stressed, and overwhelmed.
As early as 8, a lawyer was already incubating within her, as evidenced by her early fascination with the Italian Mafia...
2021-02-031h 27
Blossom of ThoughtRobert Levant - An Advocate of Justice, A Difference MakerMy guest in this episode is Robert Levant, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He is a veteran trial attorney, coach, and strategist for lawyers seeking to reach their greatest potential as advocates. He is the creator and co-host of the Iron Advocate – a podcast on legal practice. With the podcast, Robert can be described as a global citizen because his work vibrates beyond his locality, Philadelphia, and he receives great feedback from people from all over the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom. His global citizenry is also manifest in his charity work in Africa.
Much of...
2021-01-2648 min
Blossom of ThoughtTalar Herculian Coursey – An Iron Willed Armenian-American Philanthropist Attorney: American DreamMy guest in this episode is Talar Herculian Coursey - an Armenian, born in Beirut, Lebanon, grew up in Saudi Arabia, immigrated to Southern California at 12. She tells of her story of the American dream - an expression of an iron Will, that force unseen, the offspring of a deathless soul that hews a way to any goal though walls of granite intervene.
Talar has been an attorney in California, US, for over 21 years and has co-authored the best-seller #Networked. Her second book - Ralphy's Rules for Living – will be published soon. She is also a philanthropist an...
2021-01-191h 55Blossom of ThoughtEric D. Fontaine - You Learn the Most from the Worst TimesMy guest in this episode is Eric D. Fontaine, an entrepreneur, Podcaster, and YouTuber. We talk about i)Intuition, ii)perception, iii) how comfort will ruin you, iv) that it is a sin to be poor, and v) other nuggets or principles of success from his personal life.
Eric's personal philosophy is “minimize, prioritize, and maximize for a better life.”
Follow Eric Fontaine's podcast - RDO Podcast - on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Anchor, YouTube, etc.
2021-01-122h 22
Blossom of ThoughtMancoba Mabuza - Service: Political Activism and Landscape in eSwatiniI and my featured guest, Mancoba Mabuza, speak about his political activism, and the political landscape in eSwatini. We also talk about his community service through his establishment - Ubuntu Leadership Academy. Mancoba is a political activist, a Public Relations Practitioner who has served in various organizations including the government of eSwatini (Ministry of Health), Swaziland Competition Commission. He is currently Communications and Public Relations Officer for Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa. He is the author of a self-help book, “The Lane Taken.”
He can be reached at info@mancobamabuza.com
2021-01-051h 40Blossom of ThoughtGroup Cast - Mpilo Nkambule, Eric Fontaine, Gary Hartley, Amy Fournier, & Angelika WerknerJoin me and other podcasters - Group Cast - from all over the world. We speak about the fundamentals of life. Mpilo Nkambule (Blossom of Thought Podcast), Eric Fontaine (RDO Podcast), Gary Hartley (By The ChalkBord Podcast) Amy Fournier (Awakening Aphrodite Podcast), & Angelika Werkner (Midlife Midwife).
2020-12-281h 38
Blossom of ThoughtWinter Wheeler - Providing Justice Through Mediation My guest, Winter Wheeler, is an Atlanta-based attorney, mediator, and arbitrator. She speaks about access to justice through mediation and her mediation business. Additionally, she speaks about the bestselling book that she co-authored, "#Networked", a book detailing the triumphs of 20 female lawyers in the face of difficulties presented by COVID-19.
Winter is licensed to practice law in FL, GA, and NY. She does In-Person & Online Dispute Resolution Across the U.S. She is also a Keynote Speaker. Winter’s legal and mediation expertise has been featured by Voyage ATL magazine, The Impact Lawyers magazine, The American Bar Associ...
2020-12-151h 41
Blossom of ThoughtGary Hartley - Dealing With Midlife Crisis I and my guest, Gary Hartley, speak about the midlife crisis - the feelings of emptiness and meaninglessness - and how to deal with them.
2020-12-091h 13
Blossom of ThoughtLee A. Wright - Essentials of Legal PracticeJoin me and my guest, Lee A. Wright, an attorney of over 20 years and president of Kirton McConkie Attorneys. The firm is the biggest in the state of Utah with over 150 attorneys and has access to over 10,000 attorneys at more than 160 law firms based in 90 countries. He speaks about the fundamentals of legal practice, the hottest issues, and/or the global direction of legal practice.
2020-12-021h 08Blossom of ThoughtFinding Solutions to Our ProblemsIn this episode, I speak about one key practice that would solve enormous problems for us - go into the great silence, meditate and your problems will fade into nothingness.
2020-12-0107 minBlossom of ThoughtEdward Amos - On Conspiracies.Join me as I discuss the subject of conspiracies with Edward Amos, an economist graduate from New Zealand, who has studied the subject for about 10 years. He explains 9 11, media control, financial control, and Albert Pike's plan of the three world wars.
2020-11-271h 24
Blossom of ThoughtProfessor Leslie Hadfield - Crossing Famous RiversJoin me as I talk with professor Leslie Hadfield about her work and experiences as a white American engaging with South Africa.
2020-11-221h 08
Blossom of ThoughtDr. Taylor Hartman - On How to Effectively Connect with Others and Overcome DepressionOur featured guest, Dr. Taylor Hartman, is the author of best-selling books The Color Code (now The People Code) and The Character Code, has a Ph.D. in Leadership and Human Behavior, has been a psychologist for 40 years and is the founder of the Taylor Hartman Enterprise. He speaks about Motive, Personality, Character, how to overcome depression, and how to succeed in relationships and leadership.
2020-11-101h 16Blossom of ThoughtNick Carey - Spiritual AwakeningOur Guest, Nick Carey, speaks about his spiritual awakening and finding meaning in life after a life of self-limiting behaviour.
2020-11-101h 23Blossom of ThoughtWhat It Means to be CuriousFrom curiosity to real knowledge and success - our guest, Andrew Sitati, takes us through the journey of his life and manifesting that curiosity is the engine of achievement.
2020-11-101h 15
Blossom of ThoughtThe Journey of a Relationship Therapist, Award Winning Music Artist, and WriterBakhe Dlamini: A relationship therapist, a writer of 5 books, and an award-winning music artist tells his life journey to success, the key to relationships, and how he became more productive in the covid pandemic.
2020-11-031h 15
Blossom of ThoughtHow Self-Compassion Will Uplift YouJoin me and my featured guest, Sandile Makasi, as we discuss self-compassion, self-acceptance, the value of building long-term friendships and relationships with others, the power of education, lifelong learning, and integrity. Sandile has a degree in Applied Psychology from the University of South Africa, where he majored in Industrial Psychology.
He cut his teeth working in the trenches of sales and customer support at multinational companies. After working in the banking and financial industry, he managed operations and supply chain teams across East, Central, and Southern Africa. He is now a senior manager of leadership development and educa...
2020-10-251h 06
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2020-10-2451 minBlossom of ThoughtIntro to the Blossom of ThoughtThis an introductory episode of the Blossom of Thought podcast on living an inspired life with host Mpilo Nkambule.
2020-10-1710 minAFECAM RadioHoliness in Maintaining the Legacy of the Name - Emmanuel Nkam (ASOM 2020)Holiness in Maintaining the Legacy of the Name - Emmanuel Nkam
2020-10-0800 min
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