Japa Diaries Podcast

It's time to talk about the elephant in the room... This week we talked to a young Nigerian couple about their decision to leave the country. We discuss why so many Nigerians are making the move right...

22 Marras 202256min

This week, Ivorian-Nigerian influencer Faikat joined our discussion on how relocating affected our mental health. We opened up about our experience with anxiety and depression, seeing a therapist for ...

15 Marras 202248min

This week we're talking all things code-switching with Ethiopian content creator, Hewan. We discuss how we got our American accents, switching between languages/accents, and A LOT more!Spotify listene...

8 Marras 202244min

This week we talked to Cynthia Moka about all things dating after relocating. Listen to our takes on dating outside of your race/ethnicity, dating for papers, and more! Spotify listeners, have you eve...

1 Marras 202250min

We talk with Marcel, a Nigerian HBCU grad and Sigma man about identifying as Black in the U.S. We discuss identify crises, pledging fraternities and the "Diaspora Wars"Welcome to the Japa diaries fam!...

25 Loka 202248min

Hosts Malik & Abimisola discuss how relocating to the U.S. changed their views on feminism, beauty standards and men's role in dismantling the global patriarchy.TW: we talk about sexual harassment and...

18 Loka 202244min

In this episode, we talked with Salimata Sanfo about choosing an alternative career path. We talked her Kenyan and Burkinabé roots, modeling for Telfar, and her parents' reaction to seeing her in Vog...

11 Loka 202243min

It's Japa 2.0 for our guests, FK and Simi of F&S Uncensored Podcast. We talk moving from Lagos to London, London to Lagos, and Lagos to London again. Yes, it's complicated. It will make sense after yo...

4 Loka 202258min