From Portugal to Colombia, we're back with another amazing multilingual podcast episode that you'll have to stop what you are doing and listen.

Guest host Lisa Marie Zapata is in conversation with Liseth Martinez, who oversees marketing and branding for the ancestral drink and brand Viche Canao.

With a strong sense of cultural roots and a fighting mentality to stop the eradication of industries in Afro-Colombian communities, she believes in the importance of preserving and recovering ancestral knowledge from generation to generation.

In this episode, learn more about viche, which can only be made by Afro-Colombians, and how Liseth and the community are continuously advocating to be able to create a drink that is inherently a part of their heritage.

This podcast episode is also available in Spanish.

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Diaspora Food Stories is produced by The Global Food and Drink Initiative, a 501c3 nonprofit. Together with your generous donation we can continue to preserve the oral history and culture of Black food and drink stories both in English and other languages spoken throughout the African diaspora. To donate, visit globalforgood.org.

We all need at least one homegirl in our lives who we can talk to about anything and also make sure we have some good food. Our homegirl for this episode is Niehla Ollie, a Chicago entrepreneur who founded Homegirl's Hummus. Before making hummus herself, she remembers one particular vendor at a market in Milwaukee, and the taste of that green hummus she purchased regularly never left her mind or taste buds.

After deciding to make her own version and raving about how good it was, even better, she decided to start her business in 2016. Currently sold at farmers markets throughout the city, Chicagoans and those visiting will soon be able to stop by her new brick-n-mortar location in the Beverly neighborhood to pick up a few flavors and get to know her story like we did during this fun conversation.

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Diaspora Food Stories is produced by The Global Food and Drink Initiative, a 501c3 nonprofit. Together with your generous donation we can continue to preserve the oral history and culture of Black food and drink stories both in English and other languages spoken throughout the African diaspora. To donate, visit globalforgood.org.

Born and raised in the Republic of Congo, Victoire left the country at the age of 20 after receiving a visa to live in Italy. It was there that she found her passion for cooking and embarked on an amazing culinary career that includes opening her own restaurant in Milan and competing on Bravo's "Top Chef Italy," and "Top Chef World All-Stars."

In sharing her story, she is very candid about how the challenges of war in Congo as well as being an African immigrant in Italy pushed her to succeed so that others could see what is possible when you really put your heart and mind into something.

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Diaspora Food Stories is produced by The Global Food and Drink Initiative, a 501c3 nonprofit. Together with your generous donation we can continue to preserve the oral history and culture of Black food and drink stories both in English and other languages spoken throughout the African diaspora. To donate, visit globalforgood.org.

Aprille Thomas heads up the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) Public Relations Department, overseeing all PR efforts for the U.S., Canada, U.K., Latin America and the Caribbean, along with corporate communications for the organization.

Aprille joined BTMI after leading on PR strategy at the five-diamond Sandy Lane Hotel, and later helping Canadian fashion brand Joe Fresh expand internationally into Saudi Arabia, Egypt, South Korea, Mexico and the Philippines.

Prior to her PR career, Aprille was an editor for Fine Cuisine, Parenting Today and Smart Homes magazines. She is a graduate of Leicester University U.K., and Saint Michael's College, Vermont, USA.

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Estamos muito entusiasmados em compartilhar o nosso primeiro podcast multilíngue com a restaurateur Ana Sofia Lopes ou que muitos simplesmente conhecem como Sofia, proprietária do Sophia's Place em Lisboa, Portugal.

A anfitriã convidada Janice Da Silva fala com a Sofia sobre a sua infância na cidade e como os seus pais sempre fizeram questão de que ela se mantivesse ligada às suas raízes cabo-verdianas.

Da carreira de beleza à abertura de seu primeiro restaurante na mesma rua onde o seu pai também tinha um negócio, Sofia tem a missão de unir as pessoas, principalmente a diáspora africana por meio da comida. É uma conversa muito honesta e envolvente que você precisa ouvir!

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Guest host Janice Helena Goncalves Da Silva is talking to Ana Sofia Lopes about growing up in Lisbon, Portugal, and how her parents always made sure she stayed connected to her Cape Verdean roots.

From a career in beauty to opening her first restaurant on the very street where her father also owned a business, Sofia is on a mission to unite people, especially the African diaspora through food. It's a very honest and engaging conversation that you have to listen to.

This podcast is also available in Portuguese.

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Wambui Mbichi is the founder and host of Farm to Table Podcast KE; a platform that shines a light on innovations within Kenyan food systems as well as neighboring countries.

Her interest in agriculture started at home at a young age and extended into adulthood. She is passionate about finding sustainable food solutions and believes everyone has a role to play in doing so.

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Delaware-based chef O'Shay Lolley gives new meaning to the description of soul food with a twist. He is building a cult following in his hometown of Wilmington and beyond by coming up with some of the most innovative dishes including BBQ potato salad, orange soda greens,and fried banana pudding.

Chef O'Shay devoted much of his early career to traveling as a musician and private chef working in kitchens up and down the East Coast.

Not able to get any "good" soul food in Delaware, he set out to change that, opening the door to his creativity.

Viewers got to see his creativity in action last year when he appeared as a contestant on season 21 of Hell's Kitchen. He's giving us an inside look in this episode.

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Diaspora Food Stories is produced by The Global Food and Drink Initiative, a 501c3 nonprofit. Together with your generous donation we can continue to preserve the oral history and culture of Black food and drink stories both in English and other languages spoken throughout the African diaspora. To donate, visit globalforgood.org.

Siphokazi Mdlankomo was raised in Tsolo in the Eastern Cape, near Mthatha in South Africa. Growing up, she had an interest in music followed by fashion but was not able to pursue either.

At 19, she gave birth to a son and had to leave Tsolo to look for work, which she did as a domestic worker for a family in Cape Town. Over the years, as she cooked for the family, she nurtured her cooking skills and gained the confidence to compete on "Master Chef South Africa," season 3, where she was runner-up.

But the newfound fame didn't come with the opportunities Siphokazi had hoped it would as she continues to carve her own path in the culinary industry and make a name for herself.

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Diaspora Food Stories is produced by The Global Food and Drink Initiative, a 501c3 nonprofit. Together with your generous donation we can continue to preserve the oral history and culture of Black food and drink stories both in English and other languages spoken throughout the African diaspora. To donate, visit globalforgood.org.

Tamia Coleman-Hawkins knew at a young age that she wanted to be an entrepreneur. The Missouri native started Mia's Treats Delight at just 8 years old and as a teenager today, she is actively growing her business while managing her studies and participating on her school's track team.

The celebrated youth entrepreneur was named as The ROOT Young Futurist 2020 and Living Legends Young Shero 2022. She's even been featured in the esteemed Southern Living magazine.

Keeping her eyes on the future, Tamia has several projects in the works including a food truck and a secret project that she can only tease us about.

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Diaspora Food Stories is produced by The Global Food and Drink Initiative, a 501c3 nonprofit. Together with your generous donation we can continue to preserve the oral history and culture of Black food and drink stories both in English and other languages spoken throughout the African diaspora. To donate, visit globalforgood.org.