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We are delighted to bring you the final episode of Series 1 of THE OYÉ WORLD POD - the new podcast from Africa Oyé - the UK's biggest celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture. The 'Oyé World Pod', hosted by Oyé's Artistic Director, Paul Duhaney will welcome a different guest each show, chatting about the music they just can't live without, dream festival lineups and lots lots more. EPISODE 5 - PHINA ORUCHE TV Actress and writer Phina Oruche loves the word and is known for her theatre writing. Her one woman show "Identity Crisis" was nominated for an Alfred Fagon award. was reviewed well in Edinburgh, London, Bristol, Liverpool and all the places it toured. A long time former columnist for the Liverpool Echo. She now has turned her hand to different type of storytelling and found a creative way to motivate her son to read. And started writing for children to encourage her own son to read during Lockdown her debut book Jacopo Jacopo Football Star was written to inspire her son who is a keen footballer. The newest release book in the Jacopo series is Jacopo Jacopo On Lockdown and still inspires boys to be their best but lays bare "the talk” parents of children of colour have to have about race. Phina Oruche who credits include “Taken Down” RTE, Anthony on BBC 1, Footballers Wives ITV, Hollyoaks CH4, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer on WB, decided that though she didn't want to talk about race, the events of the last two months and the Lockdown in combination made a crucible for children that needed to be addressed

We are delighted to bring you to another episode of THE OYÉ WORLD POD - the podcast from Africa Oyé - the UK's biggest celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture. The 'Oyé World Pod', hosted by Oyé's Artistic Director, Paul Duhaney & Oyé Ambassador, Spykatcha, will welcome a different guest each show, chatting about the music they just can't live without, dream festival lineups and lots lots more. EPISODE 5 - Jubeda Khatun  Jubeda is the Artistic Director of BlackFest’s - Liverpool's grassroots Black arts festival. She is a performance arts graduate, theatre maker, producer and spoken word poet, an alumnus of the Artistic Director leadership programme: Future Leader of Tomorrow delivered by cohort of theatres Talawa, Tiata Fahodzhi, Freedom studios. She won Merseyside Woman of the Year 2022; featured in the Echo's Power list: 100 Most Influential People in Liverpool; and she was a Finalist as an Artist of the Year 2020 in Liverpool's Creativity and Culture Awards, recognised for curating many arts opportunities through the pandemic. She is a Trustee of two great mini grant funding initiatives in Liverpool: Awesome Foundation Trustee and Liverpool SOUP supporting great projects that bring joy and make positive change.

We are delighted to introduce you to THE OYÉ WORLD POD - the brand new podcast from Africa Oyé - the UK's biggest celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture. The 'Oyé World Pod', hosted by Oyé's Artistic Director, Paul Duhaney & Oyé Ambassador, Spykatcha, will welcome a different guest each show, chatting about the music they just can't live without, dream festival lineups and lots lots more. EPISODE 2 - NGUNAN ADAMU  Your hosts Oyé's Artistic Director, Paul Duhaney & Oyé Ambassador, Spykatcha are joined by Ngunan Adamu - producer and presenter for BBC Radio Merseyside, BBC International multi-platform trainer, and the founder and CEO of iWoman Academy.

We are delighted to introduce you to THE OYÉ WORLD POD - the brand new podcast from Africa Oyé - the UK's biggest celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture. The bi-monthly 'Oyé World Pod', hosted by Oyé's Artistic Director, Paul Duhaney & Oyé Ambassador, Spykatcha, will welcome a different guest each show, chatting about the music they just can't live without, dream festival lineups and lots lots more. EPISODE 1 - PILOT Your hosts Oyé's Artistic Director, Paul Duhaney & Oyé Ambassador, Spykatcha imagine their dream festival, discussing line-up, location, food and more!