Item 13: An African Food Podcast
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Item 13: An African Food Podcast
A podcast on all things African food! Every other week, Host Yorm Ackuaku delves into the world of African food chefs, curators and bloggers. Interviews with African food entrepreneurs cover new African cuisine, customer experiences, the role of social media in promoting African food and much, muc...
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Dr. Wanida Lewis on Building a Black Food Community & Enterprise in Accra
Dr. Wanida Lewis is the Founder and CEO of Crescendo Foods, Ghana and West Africa’s first shared commercial kitchen co-working hub located in Accra, G...
Nkem Oghedo on Spreading Joy through Black Cuisine
A Queens, NY native, Nkem Oghedo is the founder of Adá, a community & online destination for global Black food culture. Previously, she worked in mana...
Selasie Dotse on Blackness in Fine Dining
Born in Accra, Ghana but raised in the American South, food was always a large part of Selasie's life. For the past 5 years, Chef Selasie has worked a...
Selassie Atadika Experiments with African Flavors via Midunu Chocolates
After over a decade spent engaged in humanitarian work with the United Nations and years of self-teaching in the culinary arts, Selassie Atadika compl...
REPLAY: Changing Food Narratives in Africa with Ndidi Nwuneli
This week we're re-broadcasting our episode with Mrs. Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, co-founder of AACE Foods and an expert on social innovation, African agri...
Edwina Morgan is Re-imagining West African Food with Waakye Leaf
This week's guest is Edwina Morgan of Waakye Leaf.
The idea for Waakye Leaf was born out of a genuine love for building cultural bridges by shar...
Chef Pierre Thiam
This week's guest is US-based African chef, cookbook author and activist Pierre Thiam.
Pierre (who was born and raised in Senegal and now lives...
Afua Ayisi's Bosuo Foods
Inspired by her daughters, Afua Ayisi started a bottled beverage business featuring herbal teas across the continent. Starting with the roselle hibisc...
Samantha Kotey's Auntie's Ice Cream
Samantha Kotey is a corporate attorney, food enthusiast, and cook born and raised in Houston, TX to Ghanaian immigrants. Growing up with a Ghanaian mo...
Dine Diaspora and EatOkra Black Women in Food Grant
EatOkra, in partnership with Dine Diaspora, is providing $10,000 grants for Black women-owned restaurants across the United States. The EatOkra Black...
A New Season...and 13 Items
Back with a new season and can’t wait for you to hear! This week, I’m trying out a new segment/episode format: I3 Items on Item 13 featuring thirteen...
Changing Narratives Africa Fellow Aderoju Odunsi of Sorello Food and Beverage
This season, we’re showcasing stories from the inaugural class of Changing Narratives Africa Fellowship, a highly selective program for African food e...
Changing Narratives Africa Fellow Temi Jebutu of AACE Foods
This season, we’re showcasing stories from the inaugural class of Changing Narratives Africa Fellowship, a highly selective program for African food e...
Changing Narratives Africa Fellow Ebun Feludu of JAM Coconut Food Company: Building a Legacy Business
This season, we’re showcasing stories from the inaugural class of Changing Narratives Africa Fellowship, a highly selective program for African food e...
Changing Narratives Africa Fellow William Omamo of KnK Peppers
This season, we’re showcasing stories from the inaugural class of Changing Narratives Africa Fellowship, a highly selective program for African food e...
Changing Narratives Africa Fellow Chichi Eriobu of Phronesis Foods: Celebrating the Ukwa Fruit
This season, we’re showcasing stories from the inaugural class of Changing Narratives Africa Fellowship, a highly selective program for African food e...
REPLAY: Building an African CPG Brand with the Ginjan Brothers
This week we're re-broadcasting in celebration of the Ginjan Brothers' recent feature in Humans of New York. And big news: we're launching a new seaso...
Building an African Food Marketplace with Whitney Osei-Akintaju
Whitney Osei-Akintaju was born in Kibi, Ghana, and migrated to the United States with her father when she was six years old. In her sophomore year of...
Changing Food Narratives in Africa with Ndidi Nwuneli
Mrs. Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli is an expert on social innovation, African agriculture and nutrition, entrepreneurship, and youth development. She has over...
A Bi-Continental Wine Business with Tuanni Price
Award winning International Wine Educator Tuanni Price is on a mission to make the complicated world of wine simple. In fact, that is the motto of her...
Building Taco Africana with Zinyusile Khumbula (Zi)
Zinyusile Khumbula (Zi) was born in Zimbabwe and spent some of his childhood in South Africa. He moved to the United States in September 2009 and been...
The Revolution Will Be Brewed with Margaret Nyamumbo
Margaret is the founder of Kahawa 1893 Coffee. She is a third generation coffee farmer from Kenya and grew up on a coffee farm immigrating to the USA....
Ancestral Food Ways with Abena Offeh-Gyimah
Abena Offeh-Gyimah is a writer, a researcher, a business owner, and an advocate for an indigenous food sovereignty system. She's worked at Black Creek...
The Black Gourmet with Malicka Anjorin
This week’s guest is Malicka Anjorin, a Digital Forensic consultant by profession and a content creator by passion. Malicka inspires home cooks to exp...
Veganism, Gentrification...and Chocolate with Afia Amoako
This week’s guest is Afia Amoako , a PhD student who loves talking about veganism as it relates to my culture. On her platforms, she shares easy vegan...
REPLAY: Communal Dining The Beninois Way with Adégnimika Carrena
This week’s guest is Adégnimika (Adé) Carrena, owner of Dounou Cuisine. Born in Porto-Novo, Benin, Adé started her culinary journey here in the United...
Food Labeling & Packaging for Small Food Businesses with Abena Foli
Abena Foli was born and raised in Ghana until 2006, when she immigrated to the US. Her passion for food comes from her farmer-father who taught her ho...
Take Two with Carol Mathias O'chez
Take Two is our new mini-series, catching up with guests from previous seasons on what they’ve been up to since they were last on the show.
Eating Well and Tasty with Tina Munzu
Tina Munzu, a nurse and wellness blogger, helps busy people achieve optimal health through simple delicious healthy meals and an active lifestyle. Her...
Launching a Sustainable Food Movement in Ghana with Lotte Wouters
Lotte Wouters has been building food movements and campaigning for a just and sustainable food system since 2009 in the Netherlands, Lebanon and now G...
Take Two with Naa Oyoo Kumodzi
Take Two is our new mini-series, catching up with guests from previous seasons on what they’ve been up to since they were last on the show.
Taking West African Food Fast Casual with Ruth Nakaar
Ruth Nakaar is the founder and owner of Fudena, a food concept currently based in Philadelphia that aims to be America’s first West African fast-casua...
Take Two with Freda Muyambo
Take Two is our new mini-series, catching up with guests from previous seasons on what they’ve been up to since they were last on the show.
A Plantain Love Story with Rachel Laryea
Rachel Laryea is the founder and CEO of Kelewele, a food service and cultural lifestyle brand reimagining plantains in its mission to connect the Afri...
Take Two with Cynthia Péan
Take Two is our new mini-series, catching up with guests from previous seasons on what they’ve been up to since they were last on the show.
Introducing West African Cuisine to Astoria with Beatrice Ajaero
This week’s guest is Beatrice Ajaero, the third of six siblings, was raised on Roosevelt Island, a sliver in the East River between Manhattan (of whic...
Season 5 Trailer
Happy New Year! Learn what's coming up in Season 5 of the podcast.
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Presenting: Say Their Name
This week we want you to hear the trailer for Say Their Name, an incredible podcast that focuses on the assault and killing of unarmed Black people by...
Reflections on 2020
My thoughts on the season and this year so far.
I also share with you, in a pseudo rapid-fire segment, what I'm listening to, reading, e...
Building an African CPG Brand with the Ginjan Brothers (Part 2)
Ginjan Brothers was founded by Mohammed Diallo & Ibrahima Diallo. The brothers immigrated to the States in their early teens, 13 & 14, respectively. M...