Sweet Mother

Sweet Mother

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Sweet Mother episodes

  • Ruby Mae Brooks 🇺🇸
    Hello listeners! Welcome to the Sweet mother podcast- a podcast that exists to tell the stories of powerful women, as told by the daughters they left behind. I’m your host, Sohkor Solanke, and in this episode, we'll honor the life of Ruby Mae Brooks, a Creole woman born in Louisiana in 1928. She married Anthony Matthews, and together they had six children. Sadly, she died of cancer in her late 40's. My guest today is the youngest of her six children. She joins us to honor the life, legacy, and rich Creole heritage of the mother she lost when she was just 20 years old, and to explain how her mother's deathbed plea motivated her to advance from high-school dropout to four-time college graduate, with degrees from Xavier Uni, University of Maryland, Coppin State University, and Uni of Tampa. She is also a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. Please welcome to the podcast, Mrs. Regina Matthews.
    Check out my blog: medium.com/@sohkor
    Contact me: Email: [email protected] 
    Instagram: @sohkor_writes
    Graphics: Evelyn Sekajipo
    50 min
  • Evelyn Songu-Mbriwa 🇸🇱: Part 2

    Hello, listeners, and welcome back to the Sweet Mother Podcast. This is part two of a very special premiere episode on the life and legacy of my own mother, Mrs. Evelyn Songu-Mbriwa, who passed away in October 2021. I’m your host, Sohkor Solanke, and I’m joined, once again by my two younger sisters, Mrs. Omoh Head and Mrs. Evelyn Sekajipo.  

    Sound Engineers: Kehinde & Joshua Solanke.   

    Check out my blog: medium.com/@sohkor 

    Contact me: [email protected] Instagram: @sohkor_writes

    31 min
  • Trailer
    Welcome to the Sweet Mother Podcast. This podcast exists to tell human stories- one human story in particular: The lives of powerful women, as told by the daughters they left behind. It’s the story of mothers and daughters, of love and loss, of grief and healing. It’s a story that resonates for everyone who’s ever loved and lost a great mother, grandmother, aunt, or any other mother figure.
    My name is Sohkor Solanke, and in each episode, I’ll feature one woman and hear the story of her life and her legacy through the eyes of her daughters. So, join us as we travel the globe and dive into these stories, one mother at a time…
    1 min
  • Evelyn Songu-Mbriwa 🇸🇱: Part 1

    Welcome to this first episode of the Sweet Mother podcast. This premiere episode is dedicated to a woman who is so very dear to me- her my own mother, Mrs. Evelyn Onikeh Songu-Mbriwa nee Parper. My mom was a great mom. She was mom to six of us- 3 boys and 3 girls, and she had 8 grandchildren. Sadly, she passed away in October 2021 at the age of 75 after a short and sudden illness. It was a life well lived, and she is dearly missed. I had the opportunity to conduct an interview all about her life, as told through the eyes of two people who knew her very well- her two youngest children and my two younger sisters Omoh Head and Evelyn Sekajipo. I hope you’ll enjoy this first episode, all about my mother’s life as told through the eyes of her daughters. 

    Sound Engineers: Kehinde & Joshua Solanke

    Check out my blog: medium.com/@sohkor

    Contact me: [email protected]

    Instagram: @sohkor_writes


    43 min

About Sweet Mother

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Welcome to Sweet Mother- a podcast that tells the stories of the lives of powerful women as told by the daughters they left behind. In each episode, we’ll feature one woman and hear the story of her life and her legacy through the eyes of her daughters. So, join us as we travel the globe and dive into these stories, one mother at a time…