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Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenAfrica Brooke On Figuring Out How To Be Her Own Best LoverWelcome to the final episode of our special live recordings of Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women, presented by AQ Studios. In this episode, we are honored to feature Africa Brooke, a renowned consultant, credentialed coach, strategist, and international speaker with unique expertise in tackling self-sabotage and self-censorship.
In this session, Africa Brooke courageously addresses the topic of overcoming sexual shame, sharing her journey towards becoming her own best lover. She provides insights on how to embrace self-love and authenticity in intimate settings. Additionally, Africa offers a live demonstration of intimate communication for enhancing connection and...
2024-07-2323 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenThe Sabrina Elba Effect: Beauty, Love, and a Little NaughtinessWelcome to another enthralling live recording of Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women, brought to you by AQ Studios. In this episode, we feature the multifaceted Sabrina Elba, a dedicated philanthropist and the co-founder of S'ABLE Labs, a beauty brand that celebrates ancestral traditions from across the African continent. As a special thank you to everyone who supported Sabrina Elba,and The Adventures Live Show, the S’ABLE Labs team is delighted to offer an exclusive 15% discount. Enter code “BEDROOM15” at checkout to receive 15% off your entire order!
In this session, Sabrina delves into the journey of sta...
2024-07-2319 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenYomi Adegoke: Being ‘A Wholesome Babe’ Who Also Loves Writing About SexWelcome to another special live recording of Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women, brought to you by AQ Studios. In this captivating episode, we are excited to feature Yomi Adegoke, a renowned journalist for The Guardian and British Vogue, and the author of the Sunday Times bestsellers The List and Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible.
During this session, Yomi opens up about her dating life and shares her experiences navigating the dating world while maintaining her identity as a "wholesome babe" who isn't afraid to delve into writing about sex and intimacy.
2024-07-2320 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenNew Mom, Hot Takes: Audrey Indome's Bedroom ChroniclesWelcome to a special live recording of Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women, brought to you by AQ Studios. In this episode, we feature Audrey Indome, known for being one-half of The Receipts Podcast and the author of the Sunday Times best-seller Keep The Receipts. Audrey is also an accomplished host and presenter, having worked on shows such as Dating No Filter and On The Cards: Colourism.
Audrey delves into her journey through new motherhood and marriage dynamics in this intimate and engaging session, offering honest and sometimes humorous insights into maintaining a relationship through everyday...
2024-07-2320 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenThe Dating OlympicsA funny and frank discussion about sex and dating in Africa.
“Where there is danger, I love it,” Queer activist and writer Solange Kibibi says. “Because sex is more interesting where it’s risky.”
Director Kwame Asiedu who has recently moved to Accra from London feels ‘the love that I'm receiving from everybody here is definitely elevating my spirit.’ So why does he still find dating challenging?
“If you're looking for that version of sex, sexuality, relationship traditionalness, I think it's a scary place to be right now,” says journalist and entrepreneur Vickie Remoe, as she explai...
2023-11-2033 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenSay Your Mind: Twerking & TruthsKelechi Okafor is an actress, a podcaster, a pole dance studio owner, a mama, and the woman who encourages us all to ‘Say Our Mind.’ She sits down with Malaka to talk about body positivity, the end of relationships, and what an Ayahuasca retreat in the Amazon jungle taught her about unconditional love.
Kelechi’s Book: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/edge-of-here-kelechi-okafor/7302144?ean=9781398712997
The Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women Podcast is a production of AQ Studios in partnership with Masi Media. Selly Thiam is the AQ Studios CEO and Mercy Githaiga is our ope...
2023-11-1327 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenSexuality On Screen: ‘A Life Mission’If you Google, ‘African film’ and ‘sex,’ you largely find articles about sexual violence. But, why are our lives being portrayed this way?
Enter Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu. It’s her ‘life mission’ to show African sexuality on film, as she does in ‘Rafiki,’ a beautiful lesbian love story that is banned in her home country.
“In every project, I truly try to figure out what does it mean to show tenderness and love? What does it mean to show sensuality for us?”
In a wide-ranging chat about creativity, tradition, patriarchy and pleasure, Wanuri also shares the ho...
2023-11-0626 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenAdventures From YOUR BedroomsIn today’s episode, listeners invite you into their bedrooms.
Ami questions what dating actually means, and asks herself whether she’s ready to activate her ‘ho phase.’ Jessica has a sexy shower and reminisces about a lost love. Sexual honesty helps Selma move past assault. And Bridget was all ready for her own ‘ho phase’ world tour, until a surprise encounter with ‘Black Jesus’ in Kenya.
Listen to the celebration, challenges, heartbreak and happiness that sex brings.
The Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women Podcast is a production of AQ Studios in partnership wi...
2023-10-3030 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenHow To Be A Sex-Positive Parent“I think some of the fear is that you have to have all the answers.” Jet Setting Jasmine says. “Let's bust that myth right there.”
Being a sex positive parent might seem like a big task, but if you listen to this podcast right now “after you heard what the title is, you are already on that journey.”
Nana Darkoa and Malaka speak to licensed clinical psychotherapist and sex worker, Jet Setting Jasmine, and mother and daughter duo, Ilse and Rebecca Oppelt, to learn more about the journey to inter-generational, open and honest conversations about sex, sexualit...
2023-10-2331 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenThe Wait Is SexyYvonne Orji is an actress, comedienne, author, karaoke queen, and if sanctified stripper was a real job title she says, “I could been out here living my best Chocolate Testimony life. That would be my stripper name,” she jokes. “I would be dropping it low and dropping the Word.”
As a committed Christian, Yvonne is waiting until marriage to have sex. She tells Malaka why the wait is sexy; explains why conversations about abstinence and celibacy are so important, and shares a sexy secret!
Yvonne’s Book: https://www.bamboozledbyjesus.com/
NB: This interview w...
2023-10-1626 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenMenopause: The Second Spring’Feminist Giant’ Mona Eltahawy fights shame by voicing the quiet stuff out loud. As she deals with the menopause, she says ‘instead of the monthly shedding of the lining of my uterus, I've been monthly shedding the patriarchal fuckery I've been socialized in.’ She talks about strength, celibacy and the importance of moisturizing your vagina.
Mona’s Essay: https://www.feministgiant.com/p/moisturize-your-vagina
The Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women Podcast is a production of AQ Studios in partnership with Masi Media. Selly Thiam is the AQ Studios CEO and Mercy Githaiga is our operati...
2023-10-0926 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenSpill The Sexy Tea, Bestie!Malaka and Nana Darkoa may be #BFFFLs, but there’s always space in their bedroom for their girls.
In a new occasional series, Malaka invites one of her besties - Ghanaian actress and celebrity Lydia Forson - to share all the things about single and married life that they haven’t spoken about before.
The Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women Podcast is a production of AQ Studios in partnership with Masi Media. Selly Thiam is the AQ Studios CEO and Mercy Githaiga is our operations manager, Frederica Boswell is the senior producer, audio edito...
2023-10-0227 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenThe ‘Problem’ With Obioma Ugoala’s Normal PenisIrish-Nigerian author, singer and actor Obioma Ugoala has experienced fetishization and prejudice playing Shakespearean nobility and musical generals on London’s stage.
He discusses the promise and pain of Black masculinity and sexuality in his book ‘The Problem with my Normal Penis.’ The paperback version was released with the new title, ‘The Making of a Man (and why we're so afraid to talk about it.)
Inspired to write it after a fellow actor said to him, “Black men just have higher sex drives than white men,” Obi was initially angry at his friend for not recognizing...
2023-09-2529 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenLadies, Shall We Have Some Fun?Following a sold out live show in London, Malaka and Nana Darkoa kick off the season with one of their star guests, British-Nigerian sexpert Oloni. Her book ‘The Big O’ should really be given to everyone over the age of consent!
Oloni might be famous for her raunchy Twitter chats, but she is also dedicated to seriously educating people about sex.
“Society has told us that sex is something that's done to us,” Oloni explains. “That's just simply not really true, and I would definitely encourage women to try and find their voices.”
In this conver...
2023-09-1828 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenAdventures From The Bedrooms Of African Women season 2 trailerMark your calendars for September 18th! The much-awaited Season 2 of Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women Podcast is about to drop! Get ready to dive into stories that will leave you spellbound, inspired, and craving more. The adventure continues, and it's just days away! #AFBAWSeason2
2023-09-0501 minAdventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenAdventures From The Bedrooms Of African Women LIVE SHOWAdventures from the Bedrooms of African Women Podcast is live on May 23rd, 7:30pm at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. Join host Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah and Malaka Grant on stage with Oloni, the sexpert author; actress, director, author Kelechi Okafor; and comedian and author Insecure’s own Yvonne Orji as they explore African women’s experiences of sex, sexuality, pleasure, and so much more.Join us for an extraordinary evening of storytelling as we bring the captivating narratives from our podcast to the stage.Limited tickets are available
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2023-05-1301 minAdventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenWe Are Nominated For A Webby!We are excited to announce that Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women has been nominated for a Webby People's Voice Award in the Podcasts: Best co-host category. This is a huge honor and we are grateful for the recognition.
Voting for the Webby People's Voice Award is now open and will close on April 20th, 2023. We would appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to cast your vote for Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women. Your support would mean the world to us and would help to amplify the voices of African women.
2023-04-1702 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African Women‘Learn To Self-Soothe’
“We pretend like there is a manual, but there isn't,” Ghanaian LGBTQ+ activist Moh says about sex. “So we just have to go with the flow, what makes us comfortable.”
In this final episode of the season, Nana Darkoa and Malaka bring together a fabulous panel of ‘semi’-experts to answer your questions about sex and relationships.
In a candid roundtable discussion, Nana Akosua Hanson; creator of the graphic novel, Moongirls; Kinna Likimani, Nana’s favorite feminist; and activist and communications strategist Moh give their advice on polyamory, prejudice, parenting, and pussy scents.
Malaka Grant a...
2022-08-2947 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenA Pleasure Masterclass“Pleasure is critical.” Zimbabwean master of all trades, Tapiwa Guzha, tells us.
In this episode, Malaka and Nana Darkoa ask you to slow down the pace and catch your breath as Tapiwa and Namibian artist and tantric coach Nakashwa Julia ya Hango talk us through how to curate and celebrate a session of self-pleasure.
“When I'm finding myself in that place of, ‘I'm feeling really emotional or angry,’ then I love to set up a little space for myself to channel this energy,” Julia explains. “I think pleasure is such a healing pathway.”
Malaka Grant and N...
2022-08-2228 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenThe ‘Yumminess’ Of Kink“That thing changed my life, and my expectations as far as sex is concerned,” Shazz Nderitu, a Kenyan comedian and blogger at queendom.blog admits about kink.
So, in this episode, Nana Darkoa and Malaka are encouraged to bring elements of kink into their bedrooms, as connoisseurs share their experiences and shatter stereotypes about BDSM.
As our hosts explore contradictions, care and consent within the kink world, they discuss its racial dynamics, and the difficult histories that whips and chains might bring up for Black people, and learn about the power and pleasure of after care.
2022-08-1527 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenA ‘Hiroshima Of Pleasure’A decade ago, Nana Darkoa wrote ‘How can you tell when a woman orgasms?’ for the Adventures blog. It remains one of the most popular posts to date. So, in this episode, Nana and Malaka dig into the mystery and mystique of the orgasm.
“It just feels like something's bubbling under, and then there's an explosion of pleasure,” Kenyan sex educator Kaz says. “It's a Hiroshima of pleasure.”
We’re talking about everything from science to screaming, politics to peeing. And most importantly, women share what the big O feels like…and give their tips on how to achieve it...
2022-08-0829 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African Women(De)Centering The DWith society’s traditionally binary views on gender, so much of what it means to be a ‘man’ is tied to the omnipotent power and performance of the penis. So, when Malaka and Nana Darkoa decided to explore the topic of dicks and masculinity, they expected the usual ‘size matters’ arguments to come through.
But, they soon learned that BDE may not actually have much to do with what’s in your pants. This episode gets a surprising take from a range of cis and trans men, as well as a gender non-conforming person, as they share their fears a...
2022-08-0130 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenThe Aunty Factor“What was the point of hurrying?” Sex toy guru Iheoma Obibi says, when asked what advice she would give her 20-year-old self. “I would've learned and understood my body better.”
In this episode, sexy ‘aunties’ tell Nana Darkoa and Malaka what they have learned about their bodies, and share what we all have to look forward to in the bedroom as we get older. The good news is, it’s plenty!
Could burning the rice set fire to your sex life? Get ready for these aunties’ advice. The alluring elders dig into how preference and pleasure change...
2022-07-2529 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenRomance Novels Ruined My Sex LifeDid your obsession with romance novels mess up your sex life? Did you grow up wishing it was Femi on the cover, not Fabio? This week, the aunties Malaka and Nana Darkoa return to their teen reads and question how the genre tantalized and traumatized them.
Inspired by an Adventures From The Bedrooms of African Women blogpost written by contributor, Voluptuous Voltarian – or VV - they dig into the problematic power dynamics of novels from Mills & Boon and Harlequin Romance. “I had just poisoned my brain,” VV says. “That stuff had given me a blueprint for romance and sex...
2022-07-1931 min
Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African WomenBest Friends For Frigging LifeMeet Malaka Grant and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah: friends since 1994, sex bloggers since 2009, now podcasters, and always #BFFFL.
In this new series, Nana Darkoa and Malaka welcome you into their bedrooms, and the bedrooms of African women where they uncover and discuss all things sex, sexuality, and pleasure.
They kick off and celebrate their friendship, expose how little they used to know about sex, and share their excitement for the conversations to come. In one episode, writer, poet, and producer, Nii Ayikwei Parkes describes sex as “that is how adults play,” which Nana Darkoa loves. “It’s soft a...
2022-07-1830 min2021-05-1901 min